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Post by Doc Lobster on Jan 4, 2018 6:43:46 GMT -5
I really like it. Prefer it to his ITHOTM mix. Obviously he’s going for a very specific genre - minimalist acid house - so I can completely see why it wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but personally I can’t help but feel a little woozy when I hear a lovely 303 acid baseline. The ambient church melody is also gorgeous. As @isness said: in the right club, at the right time, with the right ears, this would sound immense. 🙌 X
808 cowbell + 303 bassline = WIN!
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Post by Doc Lobster on Dec 16, 2017 17:31:59 GMT -5
Definitely Holy Mountain, even though I like ITHOTM. Holy Mountain just keeps getting better and better.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Dec 11, 2017 12:35:41 GMT -5
I'm stuck in a crummy hotel in Frankfurt due to flight cancellations, having a beer at the bar, and the radio just had an advert for "NGHFB live" (that's all I understood since I don't speak German). They played bits of IIHAG, ITHOTM and Holy Mountain. Cool.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Dec 6, 2017 6:42:46 GMT -5
Sadly I can't rip the vinyl for you guys, but it's quite cool. I expected it would be boring without the vocals but it really isn't.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 30, 2017 7:42:38 GMT -5
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 29, 2017 4:36:40 GMT -5
The glam song he references on the interview:
Not bad, not bad at all.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 28, 2017 14:22:23 GMT -5
Pitchfork are completely out of their depth when it comes to avant-garde music (by the way, not everything is self-indulgent crap), or anything remotely challenging for that matter. Hipsters are more about indie pop and all that, they can't handle out there stuff. The only reliable publication for challenging music is The Wire. Not coincidentally, their reviews are descriptive and they don't give ratings (what's with all this decimal crap?). Avant grade covers so much though. For every William Basinski, you get some pretentious wanker who releases an album of white noise and calls it a work of art. Seriously, I heard an album recently that just sounded like mobile phone interference. I had to laugh at the morons who found it a ‘profound experience’. Avant-garde is not really a genre but a label for the stuff that falls in the gaps. That opens the doors for professional bullshitters, but if you're a discerning listener, you will recognise them easily. They usually feel the need to explain every small detail instead of letting the music do the talking. I tend to object to the use of the word "pretentious" just because the product in question is weird, though: one can be pretentious about a pop album. Certainly you could say the Gallaghers were pretentious in the 90s (maybe even still).
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 28, 2017 14:07:20 GMT -5
Maybe If Noel doesn’t think Oasis fans can handle his ‘new’ direction or wants to lose the parka monkeys he’s actually going for pretentious American hipsters? Tho doubt they’d be into having a scissor player, or a French speech in a middle of a song I very much doubt he seeks out to attract the American hipster crowd. Numerous shades of grey. He can cater for tastes that are neither caveman three chord clunky pub rock or snobby self indulgent avant grade ‘art’. Noel strikes a great balance by being nowhere close to either of these two types of shit. Both at opposite ends of the musical spectrum, but more similar than they think - I.e. they’re both shite. Pitchfork are completely out of their depth when it comes to avant-garde music (by the way, not everything is self-indulgent crap), or anything remotely challenging for that matter. Hipsters are more about indie pop and all that, they can't handle out there stuff. The only reliable publication for challenging music is The Wire. Not coincidentally, their reviews are descriptive and they don't give ratings (what's with all this decimal crap?).
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 28, 2017 6:49:20 GMT -5
My ranking would be:
Definitely Maybe WTSMG Who Built the Moon? Chasing Yesterday NGHFB SOTSOG/Be Here Now . . . the rest
(I don't really count The Masterplan as an album, but as a release it would be at the top with Definitely Maybe).
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 27, 2017 10:21:07 GMT -5
I'm counting on a remix album/EP being released next year. It was a great idea to collect (most of) the remixes from the last album cycle in one release (it would have been even better if it had all of them). The new album has even more remix potential than Chasing Yesterday, so it should be good.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 27, 2017 5:02:30 GMT -5
Honestly, this kind of shit is ruining the forum for me. If this is going to be the thing until one of the Gallaghers announces a new album, then I could very well see myself not visiting here for a few years.
The page-long Greek chorus lamenting every thread that devolves into tribal arguing doesn't do any favors either, you know.
Good attempt at sounding clever. What is the solution that you propose then? Every thread derails into the same discussion which just can't be settled. The Gallaghers are arseholes to each other and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The discussion revolves around which Gallagher is perceived to be the biggest arsehole, with everyone picking a favourite brother. It's a pissing contest, essentially.
I don't mind people discussing something that is pretty much part of the Oasis thing. The problem is that everything that could possibly said about this topic has already been said multiple times. The same points are being made on every thread and people take this shit personally. It's incredibly tiring for those of us who are mostly interested in the music.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 27, 2017 4:04:51 GMT -5
I can't tell which thread I'm in because each one of them is a Noel vs. Liam argument. Me neither. Every one of them seems to turn into one of them.
Honestly, this kind of shit is ruining the forum for me. If this is going to be the thing until one of the Gallaghers announces a new album, then I could very well see myself not visiting here for a few years.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 26, 2017 7:16:15 GMT -5
Holy Mountain seems pretty popular around these parts. It's getting played a lot on Danish radio.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 24, 2017 10:01:39 GMT -5
Amazing work by Mike Rowe considering he improvised everything on the spot!
I don't think he improvised everything on the spot. I might be ruining the song for everyone here, but I'm pretty sure Mike Rowe mentioned on the StageLeft podcast that he added keyboards to the recording while on the road.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 24, 2017 8:36:09 GMT -5
I read "badger race" and quickly clicked on the thread, just to be disappointed.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 24, 2017 8:15:45 GMT -5
This thread is going to be another one of those.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 24, 2017 7:12:19 GMT -5
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 23, 2017 17:34:42 GMT -5
Noel's clearly been listening to Talking Heads.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 23, 2017 16:21:51 GMT -5
He's going to try to play Fort Knox live!
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 23, 2017 16:14:49 GMT -5
He dedicated Cheese and Onions to his ex tambourine player. "This is the benchmark you guys still have to reach". Is it this one? Can you explain (I'm from Italy)? Is this some sort of Beatles parody? Man, if you like The Beatles and you haven't watched The Rutles, I fucking envy you. You're in for a treat. It's a Beatles parody film created by Eric Idle of Monty Python fame and Neil Innes, formerly of the Bonzo Dog Band. Noel stole a bit of his song How Sweet to Be an Idiot for Whatever. The film was produced by Handmade Films, owned by a certain George Harrison, who does a brief cameo. The film is surprisingly similar to the Anthology series.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 23, 2017 15:49:59 GMT -5
With the amount of shit the Gallaghers are giving each other, you would think they are trying to sell records.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 23, 2017 15:45:24 GMT -5
"My ex tambourine player" Did he say this for real referring to Liam? In which context? He dedicated Cheese and Onions to his ex tambourine player. "This is the benchmark you guys still have to reach".
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 23, 2017 15:43:49 GMT -5
Neil Innes is fucking great. The sad thing about Noel playing Cheese and Onions (he's copied my joke, by the way!) is that now there's going to be a million braindead fans repeating "Cheese and Onions! The Way We Were!" like parrots on Facebook and Twitter, and thus I won't be able to mention that track again without looking like a zombie.
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 23, 2017 15:38:05 GMT -5
"Not an outtake from The Way We Were". (I'm not making this up by the way).
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Post by Doc Lobster on Nov 23, 2017 15:35:23 GMT -5
I'm fucking roaring with laughter here.
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