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Post by The Escapist on Aug 16, 2020 16:24:32 GMT -5
Blur were just a half-decent singles band, for me. Their "Best Of" is class, but their albums are shite to my ears. Tonnes of bands from that era who are a cut or two above them. I’ve always enjoyed Parklife Blur 13 I went back to Parklife the other month, and I just don't get it. The tunes are thin, it's far too long, it's knowingly "eccentric" and Damon's vocals get annoying after about five minutes. I can put up with The Great Escape but the rest are just poor. Demon Days and Plastic Beach are by far the best record Damon has been involved with.
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Post by defmaybe00 on Aug 16, 2020 17:06:50 GMT -5
Blur were just a half-decent singles band, for me. Their "Best Of" is class, but their albums are shite to my ears. Tonnes of bands from that era who are a cut or two above them. I’ve always enjoyed Parklife Blur 13 Same, Modern Life Is Rubbish is pretty good too I don't think anything they did ever came close to the overall quality of DM and WTSMG, and that's without even considering the b sides They're a great singles band tho, there's at least 5-6 of their tunes I think are absolutely amazing
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Post by Lennon2217 on Aug 16, 2020 17:08:07 GMT -5
I’ve always enjoyed Parklife Blur 13 I went back to Parklife the other month, and I just don't get it. The tunes are thin, it's far too long, it's knowingly "eccentric" and Damon's vocals get annoying after about five minutes. I can put up with The Great Escape but the rest are just poor. Demon Days and Plastic Beach are by far the best record Damon has been involved with. I def never thought Parklife was long. It’s got a bunch of tunes under 2 min with the majority being 3-4 min. Moves quickly for me.
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Post by Aman on Aug 16, 2020 17:22:30 GMT -5
Blur were just a half-decent singles band, for me. Their "Best Of" is class, but their albums are shite to my ears. Tonnes of bands from that era who are a cut or two above them. Yeah my thoughts too. Could never get into any of their albums.
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Post by Headmaster on Aug 16, 2020 20:20:14 GMT -5
I really like Parklife, Blur and 13 are great too, Modern Life is very good, the rest I don't care for, The Magic Whip in particular did nothing for me, a very cold album.
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Post by mimmihopps on Aug 17, 2020 4:34:47 GMT -5
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Post by Elie De Beaufour on Aug 17, 2020 18:18:28 GMT -5
What is one riff people should know about?
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Post by The Thieving Magpie on Aug 17, 2020 21:57:16 GMT -5
I like Let It Be Naked except Across the Universe reverb at outro.
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Post by Elie De Beaufour on Aug 18, 2020 22:11:37 GMT -5
RIP SeanHeist,43 too young
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 19, 2020 8:35:49 GMT -5
Easily the Streets’ best track. Still fucking top.
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Post by Elie De Beaufour on Aug 20, 2020 23:33:13 GMT -5
Varg Vilkernes:
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Post by tiger40 on Aug 23, 2020 13:48:12 GMT -5
I'm not a massive fan of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers but I do like some of their songs. Anyway, I read in the news Yesterday that their guitarist Jack Sherman has died aged 64. He co wrote the songs for their second album. Anyway, R.I.P
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Post by mkoasis on Aug 25, 2020 0:55:07 GMT -5
I'm not a massive fan of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers but I do like some of their songs. Anyway, I read in the news Yesterday that their guitarist Jack Sherman has died aged 64. He co wrote the songs for their second album. Anyway, R.I.P Think he only played on their first album, before their first regular guitarist Hillel (and then John frusciante after that). I think. Nonetheless, that is news to me. Thanks for sharing the news.
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Post by Elie De Beaufour on Aug 25, 2020 5:22:24 GMT -5
What happens when you put blast beats to Ricky Martin? This:
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Post by Manualex on Aug 25, 2020 7:56:58 GMT -5
I'm not a massive fan of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers but I do like some of their songs. Anyway, I read in the news Yesterday that their guitarist Jack Sherman has died aged 64. He co wrote the songs for their second album. Anyway, R.I.P Think he only played on their first album, before their first regular guitarist Hillel (and then John frusciante after that). I think. Nonetheless, that is news to me. Thanks for sharing the news. He write some of the songs on Freaky Styley and did backing vocals on Good Time Boys, Fire and Higher Ground from Mothers Milk
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Post by tiger40 on Aug 25, 2020 13:04:51 GMT -5
I'm not a massive fan of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers but I do like some of their songs. Anyway, I read in the news Yesterday that their guitarist Jack Sherman has died aged 64. He co wrote the songs for their second album. Anyway, R.I.P Think he only played on their first album, before their first regular guitarist Hillel (and then John frusciante after that). I think. Nonetheless, that is news to me. Thanks for sharing the news. I'm not too sure to be honest. It was on the BBC entertainment pages where I read it and they said he co wrote songs for their second album. Or maybe they got it wrong.
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Post by themanwholivesinhell on Aug 25, 2020 17:10:04 GMT -5
I really like Parklife, Blur and 13 are great too, Modern Life is very good, the rest I don't care for, The Magic Whip in particular did nothing for me, a very cold album. I thought The Magic Whip was quite good (6.5-7/10), but Ive only played it once so its a bit early. Plus i havent had too much urge to replay it. For me Parklife is their one classic (9.5/10), then Blur and Great Escape are fairly great (8/10). IMO 13 and Modern Life are very good (7/10), while the two i dislike most are Leisure and Think Tank (5 or 6/10).
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Post by Manualex on Aug 25, 2020 22:13:51 GMT -5
Think he only played on their first album, before their first regular guitarist Hillel (and then John frusciante after that). I think. Nonetheless, that is news to me. Thanks for sharing the news. I'm not too sure to be honest. It was on the BBC entertainment pages where I read it and they said he co wrote songs for their second album. Or maybe they got it wrong. True Men Don't Kill Coyotes - written in late December 1983/early January 1984. Jack and Flea wrote the basis of that song when Jack was passing the audition for the band. Their jam was the rudimental form of this song. Buckle Down - the band needed some more new songs for a debut lp and Jack and Flea sat down in chairs in front of each others, stared in the faces of each other and began writing the song. Baby Appeal - basically it's Hillel Slovak's song but it was finished with Jack Sherman and the band gave him credits (the only song where both Slovak and Sherman were credited) Why Don't You Love Me - a song with lyrics from Hank Williams but a new tune written mostly by Jack Mommy Where's Daddy - result of Jack and Flea's studio jam which became the only song that was performed by all Chili Peppers lineups. Grand Pappy Du Plenty - psychedelic jam by Sherman/Martinez/Gill that was made during the final sessions of debut album after they smoked some weed and listened to The Band's old lp. Battle Ship - the number that was planned to be released as a single in early 1985, but this never happened. The song was played during the debut album tour. Blackeyed Blonde - a new song that was played during late 1984 shows to support debut album. Millionaires Against Hunger - late 1984 irony about 1984 charity songs by all-stars. The song was played live before "Freaky Styley" was released. Jungle Man - the song was written in late 1984 and most likely demoed at that time with Jack - those demos were sent to George Clinton in Detroit in February 1985. The Brothers Cup - the song was written in late 1984 and most likely demoed at that time with Jack - those demos were sent to George Clinton in Detroit in February 1985. American Ghost Dance - the song was written in late 1984 and most likely demoed at that time with Jack - those demos were sent to George Clinton in Detroit in February 1985. Catholic School Girls Rule - the song was written in late 1984/early 1985 and most likely was demoed at that time with Jack - those demos were sent to George Clinton in Detroit in February 1985. Lovin & Touchin - a small joke number which was also credited to Jack as co-writer Yertle The Turtle - the rudimental version of that song was played even before the debut album sessions, the band finished the song in early 1985. Bonus: 16. Human Satellite - an unreleased track from debut album sessions that was recorded but never released. Cliff and Jack told several times that it was a lame commercial rubbish. Probably was planned to be released as a bonus track for debut re-issue in 2003, but was rejected
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Post by tiger40 on Aug 26, 2020 13:20:13 GMT -5
Ok thanks for that. I'm not a big fan of them so I don't really know a lot about them.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Aug 26, 2020 14:42:17 GMT -5
Another John Lennon best of compilation is coming out. How many of these do we need? I feel like he has 9 best ofs compared to 5 real albums.
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Post by Elie De Beaufour on Aug 26, 2020 22:42:33 GMT -5
When two bands claim they are the real band because of booting the other, no you're not.
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Post by redvers on Aug 27, 2020 9:36:39 GMT -5
I'm not too sure to be honest. It was on the BBC entertainment pages where I read it and they said he co wrote songs for their second album. Or maybe they got it wrong. True Men Don't Kill Coyotes - written in late December 1983/early January 1984. Jack and Flea wrote the basis of that song when Jack was passing the audition for the band. Their jam was the rudimental form of this song. Buckle Down - the band needed some more new songs for a debut lp and Jack and Flea sat down in chairs in front of each others, stared in the faces of each other and began writing the song. Baby Appeal - basically it's Hillel Slovak's song but it was finished with Jack Sherman and the band gave him credits (the only song where both Slovak and Sherman were credited) Why Don't You Love Me - a song with lyrics from Hank Williams but a new tune written mostly by Jack Mommy Where's Daddy - result of Jack and Flea's studio jam which became the only song that was performed by all Chili Peppers lineups. Grand Pappy Du Plenty - psychedelic jam by Sherman/Martinez/Gill that was made during the final sessions of debut album after they smoked some weed and listened to The Band's old lp. Battle Ship - the number that was planned to be released as a single in early 1985, but this never happened. The song was played during the debut album tour. Blackeyed Blonde - a new song that was played during late 1984 shows to support debut album. Millionaires Against Hunger - late 1984 irony about 1984 charity songs by all-stars. The song was played live before "Freaky Styley" was released. Jungle Man - the song was written in late 1984 and most likely demoed at that time with Jack - those demos were sent to George Clinton in Detroit in February 1985. The Brothers Cup - the song was written in late 1984 and most likely demoed at that time with Jack - those demos were sent to George Clinton in Detroit in February 1985. American Ghost Dance - the song was written in late 1984 and most likely demoed at that time with Jack - those demos were sent to George Clinton in Detroit in February 1985. Catholic School Girls Rule - the song was written in late 1984/early 1985 and most likely was demoed at that time with Jack - those demos were sent to George Clinton in Detroit in February 1985. Lovin & Touchin - a small joke number which was also credited to Jack as co-writer Yertle The Turtle - the rudimental version of that song was played even before the debut album sessions, the band finished the song in early 1985. Bonus: 16. Human Satellite - an unreleased track from debut album sessions that was recorded but never released. Cliff and Jack told several times that it was a lame commercial rubbish. Probably was planned to be released as a bonus track for debut re-issue in 2003, but was rejected Wow, I had no idea Jack had input to so many songs from Freaky Styley. Thanks for the info.
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Aug 27, 2020 16:53:21 GMT -5
Another John Lennon best of compilation is coming out. How many of these do we need? I feel like he has 9 best ofs compared to 5 real albums. Well, 9 WAS his favourite number...
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Post by mkoasis on Sept 1, 2020 0:57:54 GMT -5
I’m listening to Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind album today. Been meaning to listen to his later period albums from the 90’s onwards lately for whatever reason. I liked Tempest, thought that was a pretty good album, but I’ve not heard any others. Any fans here who can post their thoughts on later Bob Dylan albums?
Also, thoughts on the new one Rough and Rowdy Ways?
Here’s my favourite from Time Out Of Mind:
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Post by Elie De Beaufour on Sept 3, 2020 4:52:39 GMT -5
I must admit, blast beats do make some songs better:
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