― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 05:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 05:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 05:34 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't know why I never really responded to the other Palace albums (though I like some of the songs on "Days in the Wake"). These early singles are just another breed - not just the songs themselves, but the production, the playing, the atmosphere...
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
"just to see my holly home" is a very funny song. it's about, i guess, the dark side of the whole "nuclear family" thing--the family has a remarkable closeness, but it comes from denigrating and attacking all others and ultimately locking them and the world out forever. oldham cheerfully places mysogynystic musings next to a kind of idealization of his partner/family. anyway this is a boring exegesis but what makes it work is how oldham finds a peculiar balance b/t silliness and earnestness. the balance wouldn't hold if the song had such an insinuating sound.
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 23:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― robin (robin), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link
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― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 23:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― matthew james (matthew james), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 00:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― jess, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― C0L1N B3CK3TT (Colin Beckett), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― jess, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― C0L1N B3CK3TT (Colin Beckett), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― jess, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 01:35 (nineteen years ago) link
i'm not kidding.
― alindall, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 02:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 03:04 (nineteen years ago) link
What should I buy next?
a) Ease On Down The Roadb) The Lost Blues compc) Arise, Therefored) Not these ones you nutd) Bugger it, get them all
BTW, I no longer have the indie guilt referred to up thread. I drowned it in the bath tub last week, most satisfying.
― piers (piers), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 03:54 (nineteen years ago) link
PLUS the "one with the birds"/"take however long you want" single.
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 03:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 03:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― piers (piers), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 04:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sonny A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 04:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 04:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 12:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huey (Huey), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 12:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huey (Huey), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 12:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huey (Huey), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 13:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― cºzen (Cozen), Saturday, 4 September 2004 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jim Reckling (Jim Reckling), Monday, 20 September 2004 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― piers (piers), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:14 (nineteen years ago) link
piers are you looking for a oldham cd to buy next? i'd recommend "i see a darkness" and then probably one of the two "lost blues" comps and then "days in the wake". "master and everyone" is better than "ease down the road," i think, though both are good. i actually find latterday oldham more interesting than earlier oldham even if the records haven't been perfect.
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Arise, Therefore is good so far, but only first listen. Based on what you said I think I'd go with the two lost blues comps and maybe days in the wake. Jess also posted a pretty good S&D way upthread including the first Palace album. He has a fun, if bewildering, back catalog to explore eh?
― piers (piers), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― BbetaA, Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:04 (nineteen years ago) link
i have this theory in which i see a darkness is real late at night and ease on down the road is the morning after.
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:08 (nineteen years ago) link
well, that makes me feel like a boring old professor, thanks ("yes, mr. amateurist, we've this one already").
that's not a very evolved theory.
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― rsssgnld;s, Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:47 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm having trouble with BPB sings Greatest Palace Muscic.
― Will (will), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jim Reckling (Jim Reckling), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 02:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 02:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 02:11 (nineteen years ago) link
I am finding this completely frustrating, since I am obsessed with his "Brokedown Palace" cover, and the other songs are similarly blowing my mind.
Does anyone have an actual copy of this e.p.? Is it available anywhere? Goddamn it, it's amazing.
― Chuckling at the Tomkat's Marquee (Ben Boyer), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 17:49 (nineteen years ago) link
feel like the title 'Good Morning, Popocatépetl' is some sort of infringement
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 00:34 (seven months ago) link
new record is great imo
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 08:56 (seven months ago) link
absolutely, def top tier Oldham.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 14:16 (seven months ago) link
Bonnie "Prince" Billy is headlining Supersonic festival in Birmingham this August/September... I'm hoping this means there will be some other UK dates around that time.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 1 March 2024 11:55 (four weeks ago) link
he’s playing QMU in aug. presale is open
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Friday, 1 March 2024 18:07 (four weeks ago) link
Thanks, obviously I'd totally missed that! When was it announced? I blame wretched social media algorithms.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 1 March 2024 19:00 (four weeks ago) link
He also has a small role in the upcoming movie The Bikeriders
― bbq, Friday, 1 March 2024 19:07 (four weeks ago) link
Every now and then I become convinced “Troublesome Houses” is one of the greatest songs ever written.
― H.P, Friday, 1 March 2024 21:20 (four weeks ago) link
H.P otm
also this news today: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3-jBRyunnM/"ryan daly made this film. i witnessed and nudged. @criterionchannel is now streaming it. the idea was to give audiences a time and space to listen to an intentional grouping of songs, in this case the Bonnie Prince Billy record KEEPING SECRETS WILL DESTROY YOU. it was shown in movie theaters across the western world. i am a card-carrying Criterion subscriber and have found it a tremendous resource for uplift, edification and, at times, escape. we are honored and grateful to have our work on the channel. @dragcityrecords @dominorecordco"
― pitted (blue6ave), Saturday, 2 March 2024 05:24 (three weeks ago) link