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Post by mimmihopps on Jan 3, 2016 12:37:08 GMT -5
what a great album. i forgot all about these guys. they opened up for oasis back in 2005. I liked Jet back in time. You had Jet and we had The Coral to open Oasis in 2005.  |
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Post by matt on Jan 3, 2016 17:51:20 GMT -5
The thread for everyone who is stuck in the past: The Beach Boys - Sunflower You know, after Pet Sounds (and the Smile sessions) I casually dismissed everything The Beach Boys ever did after that, thinking Mike Love was the instigator in destroying everything (which he eventually got round to after Dennis's untimely death). But Sunflower is a real gem - Dennis Wilson takes top billing as opposed to Brian, but he really showed off his songwriting craft with this one and his solo album. The album that followed was Surf's Up which was a real step forward and very progressive for them (the dark album cover being a 'self-aware' image of how different it was from their earlier 'sunnier' ouput). 1970/71 was a real resurgence for them critically, if not commercially. Brilliant brilliant albums - hidden gems in particular as they weren't in fashion at the time. |
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Post by Greedy's Mighty Sigh on Jan 3, 2016 20:10:16 GMT -5
Real Lies - Real Life
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Post by World71R on Jan 3, 2016 20:42:00 GMT -5
All of the Coldplay albums, but definitely Viva la Vida. That album surprised me, and sort of blew me away with how brilliant it is. I just bought A Rush of Blood to the Head so that will be a 2016 discovery, and Parachutes will be also, but not A Head Full of Dreams. I'm not a fan of that album, at all. I also discovered Achtung Baby, The Joshua Tree, and Pop, a.k.a. some of U2's essentials. I just bought Rattle & Hum and War, plus I have Songs of Innocence on my iPod I bought a few weeks ago (album came with the iPod  ), so I'll have to check out those in 2016. Others: The Seven Seas by Elephant Stone and Dig Out Your Soul by Oasis. The latter was more of a rediscovery than anything else, though. |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Feb 14, 2016 14:48:14 GMT -5
Became an Oasis fan I think, some time in 2008, so I can't remember what that one song that turned me into a fan was for me, (if there even was just one - think it was quite a gradual thing for me; know I still hadn't listened to The Masterplan collection in full by 2011, for example), so I'd be interested, andybellwillring and noelygthelegend , to know what got you into 'em. Any one song or album? And @supermario , how's that Bolan Boogie treating you? Listened to T. Rex's follow-ups to Electric Warrior yet? |
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Feb 14, 2016 16:36:19 GMT -5
Became an Oasis fan I think, some time in 2008, so I can't remember what that one song that turned me into a fan was for me, (if there even was just one - think it was quite a gradual thing for me; know I still hadn't listened to The Masterplan collection in full by 2011, for example), so I'd be interested, andybellwillring and noelygthelegend , to know what got you into 'em. Any one song or album? And @supermario , how's that Bolan Boogie treating you? Listened to T. Rex's follow-ups to Electric Warrior yet? You became an Oasis fan when you were 10? Woah. That's amazing! |
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Post by mkoasis on Feb 14, 2016 16:40:11 GMT -5
If we're talking 2016, it's only been filling the gaps in Bowie's back catalogue for me.
Station to Station being my favourite 'new' one so far. The title track is like Bowie's DYKWIM.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Feb 14, 2016 17:13:52 GMT -5
Became an Oasis fan I think, some time in 2008, so I can't remember what that one song that turned me into a fan was for me, (if there even was just one - think it was quite a gradual thing for me; know I still hadn't listened to The Masterplan collection in full by 2011, for example), so I'd be interested, andybellwillring and noelygthelegend , to know what got you into 'em. Any one song or album? And @supermario , how's that Bolan Boogie treating you? Listened to T. Rex's follow-ups to Electric Warrior yet? You became an Oasis fan when you were 10? Woah. That's amazing! Well my brother's got 7 years on me, and he'd been a fan from Lyla coming out, so it just happened gradually by process of osmosis, I guess. It took some time though. I remember when my brother was going through his moody teenager phase, when he'd sit at our massive old desktop computer upstairs, for hours on end, blasting out Roll With It on repeat, I just didn't get it at all. I couldn't see why anyone would choose to listen to such a voice, let alone pay to hear it... But yeah, around 11 was when I got into them. And just in the nick of time as well, because for my twelfth birthday in May I got tickets to see them in Manchester the next month, and a few months after that, they split. As you can imagine, a shy boy of 12, standing on a ripped-up field with 70,000 people (many of whom were pissed up beefy bald blokes about two feet taller than me) was quite overwhelming. And, predictably, not once in the hour and a half they played, did I manage to see Liam, Noel, or anyone in the band (some dimwit having decided to put the big screens either side of the stage actually on level with the stage, rather than way up high where they should have been!), which was a bit of an odd experience, if truth be told. Still though... WORTH IT! |
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Feb 14, 2016 17:15:45 GMT -5
If we're talking 2016, it's only been filling the gaps in Bowie's back catalogue for me. Station to Station being my favourite 'new' one so far. The title track is like Bowie's DYKWIM. Station to station is fucking awesome. |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Feb 14, 2016 17:21:58 GMT -5
If we're talking 2016, it's only been filling the gaps in Bowie's back catalogue for me. Station to Station being my favourite 'new' one so far. The title track is like Bowie's DYKWIM.Maybe that's why I like Station To Station so much...  Seriously though, top tier Bowie tune. Wonderful lyrics on that one, and it must have one of the best intros to a song ever, with that playful, slightly sinister keyboard coming in, followed by the bass and then the drums (never don't air-drum those two beats that come down the right channel), and then the guitar... It's so utterly brilliant, Bowie coming in with the opening line, announcing the arrival of his new alter-ego, sung in his most theatrical voice, is almost incidental. |
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Post by noelygthelegend on Feb 14, 2016 17:22:08 GMT -5
Became an Oasis fan I think, some time in 2008, so I can't remember what that one song that turned me into a fan was for me, (if there even was just one - think it was quite a gradual thing for me; know I still hadn't listened to The Masterplan collection in full by 2011, for example), so I'd be interested, andybellwillring and noelygthelegend , to know what got you into 'em. Any one song or album? And @supermario , how's that Bolan Boogie treating you? Listened to T. Rex's follow-ups to Electric Warrior yet? for me I as making a collection for somebodies birthday of her favourite songs and oasis was on there so I had a listen it was live forever and roll with it so then got songbird, dlbia, ww, live forver and lbl from time flies and kept them for a bit then I listned to masteplan and champagne supernova and decided to get definitely maybe and I think morning glory. after I listened to that I got all their stuff and the rest is history. tbh that was only over about a month but if I remember correct my first loves were definitely maybe and for some reason don't believe the truth . |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Feb 14, 2016 17:32:47 GMT -5
The return of the Thin White Duke,
Throwing darts in lovers' eyes.
There are we,
One magical moment,
Such as the stuff from where dreams are woven.
Bending sound,
Dredging the ocean,
Lost in my circle.
Here am I,
Flashing no colour,
Tall in this room overlooking the ocean.
Here are we,
One magical movement
From Kether to Malkuth.
There are you,
Drive like a demon
From station to station.
The return of the Thin White Duke,
Throwing darts in lovers eyes.
The return of the Thin White Duke,
Making sure white stains.
Once, there were mountains on mountains,
And once, there were sun birds to soar with;
Once, I could never be down.
Got to keep searching and searching,
And oh! what will I be believing,
And who will connect me with love?
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful when.
Have you sought fortune evasive and shy?
Drink to the men who protect you and I:
Drink, drink, drain your glass, raise your glass high.
It's not the side-effects of the cocaine,
I'm thinking that it must be love.
It's too late to be grateful
It's too late to be late again
It's too late to be hateful
The European canon is here!
I must be only one in a million,
I won't let the day pass without her.
It's too late to be grateful
It's too late to be late again
It's too late to be hateful
The European canon is here!
Should I believe that I've been stricken?
Does my face show some kind of glow?
It's too late to be grateful
It's too late to be late again
It's too late to be hateful
The European canon is here!...
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Feb 14, 2016 19:11:44 GMT -5
And @supermario , how's that Bolan Boogie treating you? Listened to T. Rex's follow-ups to Electric Warrior yet? I completely forgot about that! So no, still got that on my to-do list. Well rest assured there're plenty of treats in store for you for whenever you choose to listen to those records. And to co-incide with you changing your avatar, I must add Syd Barrett and the other Floyd records I've not heard yet to my to-do list. Saw Madcap Laughs in a record store the other month, but passed up on it for some reason. Can't remember why now.. |
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Feb 14, 2016 19:16:33 GMT -5
I completely forgot about that! So no, still got that on my to-do list. Well rest assured there're plenty of treats in store for you for whenever you choose to listen to those records. And to co-incide with you changing your avatar, I must add Syd Barrett and the other Floyd records I've not heard yet to my to-do list. Saw Madcap Laughs in a record store the other month, but passed up on it for some reason. Can't remember why now.. Which Pink Floyd albums have you heard so far? |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Feb 14, 2016 19:23:35 GMT -5
Well rest assured there're plenty of treats in store for you for whenever you choose to listen to those records. And to co-incide with you changing your avatar, I must add Syd Barrett and the other Floyd records I've not heard yet to my to-do list. Saw Madcap Laughs in a record store the other month, but passed up on it for some reason. Can't remember why now.. Which Pink Floyd albums have you heard so far? I've got their debut (though am still yet to sit down and listen to it properly from start to finish), Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and I've heard The Wall once, back when I had Apple Music for a spell. |
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Post by andybellwillring on Feb 15, 2016 16:51:51 GMT -5
Became an Oasis fan I think, some time in 2008, so I can't remember what that one song that turned me into a fan was for me, (if there even was just one - think it was quite a gradual thing for me; know I still hadn't listened to The Masterplan collection in full by 2011, for example), so I'd be interested, andybellwillring and noelygthelegend , to know what got you into 'em. Any one song or album? And @supermario , how's that Bolan Boogie treating you? Listened to T. Rex's follow-ups to Electric Warrior yet? I remember (with some help from Spotify) stumbling across Half the World Away on there in late 2014 and fell in love with it at first listen; it made me want to hear more so I did some reading and dove into the MG era. The next ones I found were Acquiesce ("holy shit this fucking rocks") and DLBIA (which I'd obviously heard before but that'd been many years ago). After that I discovered Hello, Wonderwall (also obviously heard it before) and The Masterplan. Then it was the occasional additions to the playlist (Fade Away, Whatever, All Around the World, TIOBI) until I finally ran through the whole WTSMG album and joined the fan ranks. I'm also noticing I'd started to listen to Ride at around the same time so the Andy Bell connection probably meant something in terms of becoming a fan of both. Still find it pretty funny how the indie rock-songwriter from Oxford ended up playing bass for a massive arena-level rock band from Manchester! Edit: Station to Station might be my favourite Bowie track! |
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