POLL: Best Track on Eno & Cale's "Wrong Way Up"

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I'd heard about the language-book lyrics for Cordoba - looked for the source today:

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=g8KlL80sQ-sC&q=%22according+to+his+father+he+is+very+ill%22&dq=%22according+to+his+father+he+is+very+ill%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGkK6jv-DJAhVEbRQKHbiECeMQ6AEIHzAA

that's awesome

Actually more likely this one in the same series, given the dates:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R43FKpfjAEAC&dq=%22according%20to%20his%20father%20he%20is%20very%20ill%22&source=gbs_book_other_versions

gah those are my favorite types of language instruction books too -- tons of drills, sentences that are written for their sounds, super old school methodology that's pretty useful when you're at the beginning stages of learning a language

Love Spinning Away so much, but a friend sort of pooped it up a bit for me by noting the simple chord progression is pretty much "Hey Soul Sister."

ilxor Tom D. just pointed out that "Spinning Away" is merely a rewrite of "The Big Ship"...

but I'd like to chime in that "Spinning Away" unfortunately replaces the original's heavily distorted synths & Frippotronics with late 80s flourishes like gated drums & world music cliches.

Spinning away is beautiful

yeah c'mon it's like top ten Eno

but I'd like to chime in that "Spinning Away" unfortunately replaces the original's heavily distorted synths & Frippotronics with late 80s flourishes like gated drums & world music cliches.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli),

Your imagination unfortunately was replaced by heavily distorted farts

Trying to imagine if Julien Baker* (or hell even Cale**) covered it on solo piano...

*a la her cover of "Accident Prone"
**a la his cover of "Frozen Warnings"

I love this album. Footsteps and been there are the 2 tracks I’m not so hot on, though I enjoy them - love all the rest

Eno did a lazy lugubrious cover of “ring of fire” in the style of “the river” around this time, I love it just for giving me more of that vibe

brb gonna listen to the oh-oh-ohs from "Empty Frame" again.

Had I been around I might have voted for that one itp

Listened to it today! Particularly love "Cordoba".

ilxor Tom D. just pointed out that "Spinning Away" is merely a rewrite of "The Big Ship"...

that's a cool observation, I think this tune fits in with those two as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycTSIC0aCA

(not Eno though)

Spinning Away is absolutely classic of course (even the Sugar Ray cover is good!!) but I'm still bothered by the drum loop sounding like a 96kbps MP3

It's a fairly standard chord sequence, probably been used lots of time. Eno only uses straightforward chord sequences, Cale often does too.

I wish I could vote on this to show Been There Done That some love

I'm finally home (!) and am here to tell you that:

"The Big Ship"
C - F - Am - F - C - G/B - Am - F
I | IV | vi | IV | I | V* | vi | IV *inversion

"Spinning Away"
A - E - F#m - D
I | V | vi | IV

so a slight difference, but in Tom D's defense, the reedy/overdriven DX-7 preset sounds remarkably similar in both tracks.

My big takeaways: "The Big Ship" uses the same chords as "No Woman No Cry" & "Spinning Away" uses the same chords as "Three Little Birds".

Is Eno a closet rasta?

Hasn't he just been working with Lee Perry?

I'm finally home (!) and am here to tell you that:

"The Big Ship"
C - F - Am - F - C - G/B - Am - F
I | IV | vi | IV | I | V* | vi | IV *inversion

"Spinning Away"
A - E - F#m - D
I | V | vi | IV

so a slight difference, but in Tom D's defense, the reedy/overdriven DX-7 preset sounds remarkably similar in both tracks.

bumping this thread for the "Spinning Away" chord progression soundalike... my wife's native ringtone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW6gUttBqpM