I'm not much for Japan, but early Eno is almost beyond compare.
Nice Newsradio list, Joe. I'm in awe at the intersections of your encyclopedic knowledge.
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
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There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Jul 07, 2004 11:51:33 am PDT #3846 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2004 11:52:38 am PDT #3847 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The other re-issues are the first four Eno albums with songs/lyrics (Discreet Music doesn't really count in this) and I'm listening to Here Come the Warm Jets as we speak. DAMN! What a wonderful album. I'm going to work my through to my favorite (also the first Eno album I bought) Before and After Science.
Cool! I've been looking for early Eno CDs, with no luck. I think Before and After Science was my first Eno album too. That is, if I don't count My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (the Eno/Byrne album).
Hayden - Jul 07, 2004 11:55:38 am PDT #3848 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Y'know, I don't think it's fair of me to discount Japan so easily. I've only heard a few tracks, none of which I found particularly gripping, but it may have had to do with a number of factors, including the mostly awful mix they were on (which, fwiw, was a technopop mix from years back that seemed designed to highlight the worst of each artist; I've since come around to appreciation for some of the other artists on that mix).
Edit - I overexplain just because.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2004 11:58:48 am PDT #3849 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do folks who love early solo Eno also like the first two Roxy Music albums? (Eno was in Roxy for those two albums.) 'Cuz they are good and stuff.
bon bon - Jul 07, 2004 12:07:06 pm PDT #3850 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
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Frankenbuddha - Jul 07, 2004 12:13:42 pm PDT #3851 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I love Roxy in all its incarnations. I think the first album has higher highs, but For Your Pleasure is the more consistently good of the two Eno albums. I don't think Roxy hit its peak, though, until Country Life/Siren.
Hayden, I wouldn't say Japan is for everybody - very delicate and precise, but they don't sound dated in any way. Give Quiet Life a listen, because it's much less precious than the other two (and has some kick-ass guitar that later got phased out of the band's sound). I will admit that Sylvian's vocals are like a more mannered Bryan Ferry's, but he's got a different edge - as a reviewer said shy rather than dissipated or jaded.
I'd also HIGHLY recommend the Fripp/Sylvian collaboration The First Day, but I'm a total Crim head, so take that with whatever grains of salt you will.
Totally with you on the early Eno, though. The man had something going on. Whether how it changed was for the better or for the worse, I don't want to get into (because I like a lot of his ambient stuff), but those four "conventional" albums are SUBLIME.
Hayden - Jul 07, 2004 12:27:17 pm PDT #3852 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I should probably check it out again. Hey, I listened to King Crimson's Red the other day for the first time in about 12 years. Gotta say, it was pretty damn good.
Jen - Jul 07, 2004 12:35:11 pm PDT #3853 of 10003
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
hayden, I'm listening to Calexico's Feast of Wire on your recommendation. It's freaking amazing, and I love it.
Next up, Lambchop.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 07, 2004 12:55:07 pm PDT #3854 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hey, I listened to King Crimson's Red the other day for the first time in about 12 years. Gotta say, it was pretty damn good.
Oh HELL YES!!!! If you haven't heard any of their recent releases (THRAK, The Power to Believe), I recommend them highly. Also, if they play anywhere near you, go see them. I've seen them four times, and outside of Tom Waits, I can't think of anyone who's been a more transformative experience live.
Hayden - Jul 07, 2004 1:12:06 pm PDT #3855 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
hayden, I'm listening to Calexico's Feast of Wire on your recommendation. It's freaking amazing, and I love it.
Next up, Lambchop.
Sweet! Yeah, Calexico's absolutely fantastic and almost a necessity if you ever find yourself driving through the West. Which Lambchop? I'm partial to Nixon, but I haven't heard everything they've done, including either of their recent double releases.
Oh HELL YES!!!! If you haven't heard any of their recent releases (THRAK, The Power to Believe), I recommend them highly. Also, if they play anywhere near you, go see them. I've seen them four times, and outside of Tom Waits, I can't think of anyone who's been a more transformative experience live.
Roger that. I was a big fan as a teenager, but rejected them at some point. Red is fucking great, though. I have Discipline, Lark's Tongue in Aspic, and Starless & Bible Black on vinyl, too, so I've been thinking I should pop those on the turntable sometime soon.