At the end of my tether

What about that bloke from Blue?

I think his new single is worse, and I keep confusing the two of them.



Cheers,

Jon

Sorry jon but im with Kevin!
Id even go as far as to say i hate JB more than Graham hates Coldplay!!!!!!
I had to cross the pyramid stage at glasto while he was playing and if it wasnt for the fact the cider bus was on the other side to offer some pain relief i would have happily buried my head in the mud rather than listen to any more of his whining!

Oh Hawky.....and I thought you had taste!

Kevin, Jon, Hawk

I've already had my musical prejudices paraded here, so I'll just say (in a very quiet voice) that I have, and like, Back To Bedlam.

I'm amused that the album's "fucking high" has been changed to "flying high" for the benefit of radio listeners on "You're Beautiful".

Sorry, chaps.

Graham

I can't say that "wretched" is perhaps the appropriate term here. Kevin, reading your previous posts you do seem to occupy a very black and white space musically and, frankly, your tether seems a rather short one. I'm not so sure what there is to get worked up about here.

My musical tastes derive from experimentation and reviews and not from the media where you are likely to be drenched in populism and inevitably find it disheartening from time to time.

Personally, I think that anyone who judges someone on one song or album is rather blinkered. Many great artists developed from dire, bland, derivative starts and, frankly, one album is simply too early to judge.

I'm not a fan but anyone who heard Tori Amos first album would never have bought anything else by her unless they were willing to be open-minded. Ditto Dylans first album. A great example of something that was superficially impressive but ultimately empty and derivative.

A sobering thought really in view of what followed!

Mike

i actually think its rather good. very well recorded too.
its like anything that seems popular tho as a single, its played to death on the wireless!

the album imo, is worth a buy.

nor.

Blunt - whats that then?

Never heard it myself, but I think I trust Kevin's judgement on this, so won't seek it out.

DS

ITCC - Mathew Jonson - Put your booty shorts on

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Hughes:
anyone who heard Tori Amos first album would never have bought anything else by her unless they were willing to be open-minded.

Woah Mike - ANYTHING off of "Little earthquakes" is more interesting and less mainstream than the drivel off of "Under the pink", barring maybe 3 tracks including "Icicle". How anyone can say "Winter" or "Man and a gun" are derivative etc is beyond me!!

As for James Blunt, not heard, don't care. However, that danged Cider Bus near the Pyramid Stage - now THAT'S something I don't mind talking about - he he!

quote:

Originally posted by domfjbrown:
However, that danged Cider Bus near the Pyramid Stage - now THAT'S something I don't mind talking about - he he!

lol, i prefer the dry to the sweet cider! and that bloody pear cider is serious brain altering material

Dom,

Common misconception but Little Earthquakes was not Tori Amos first album. Whilst I don't find anything to rave about on LE you have to say it was a quantum leap from her first album.

Mike

Call me cynical but i do get the impression about Blunt that it went something like this..

Record Co exec.. E're how come this Nick Drake dude sells so many records and hes been dead almost 30 years.

Minion.. Well he's been champoined by the likes of Paul Wleer name droppnig him etc, and they used a track by him in an advert in the USA for Toyota and peole just like him.

RE... So who was he.

Minion .. well sort of quintessetial middle class lad from the Midlands.. University educated singer songwriter who wrote for the lonely of soul and seems to hit a chord with the post modern generation. hes kinda bleak in a tuneful way..

The rest as they say .. is history.. Blunt even treis to nick Nicks' phrasing at times and that really does set my teeth on edge.

Stevedog

Bow logs!

But there we are.

G

As i actually work in the music indusrty i happen to know this isn't so far from the exact scenario..

There was the classic 80s story where some up and coming thursting exec was canvassing opinions for a new guitarist for a particular band.

Everyone they spoke to said..Well, Paul Kossoff would be perfect..

The exec then demanded that Kossof be contacted and offered the job... And they always wondered why people thought they were just a bit of a prat.

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Hughes:

I'm not a fan but anyone who heard Tori Amos first album would never have bought anything else by her unless they were willing to be open-minded. Ditto Dylans first album. A great example of something that was superficially impressive but ultimately empty and derivative.

A sobering thought really in view of what followed!

And what did you think of Freewheelin' ?

To be fair though Blunt is annoying.

He really really means it, thats the most annoying bit, 'Your beautiful, its true..'

fuck off.

"And what did you think of Freewheelin' ?"

Well the cover was quite good!!!

Mike

What amazes me is that people never seem to get bored of or even notice the repetitive nature of this stuff. The mere fact that *everyone* who makes popular music these days is referred to as "the new X" or "a blend of X and X" just shows how little innovation there is.

I suppose in any high-stakes big-money industry there is a refusal to take a risk, so we get the same 'safe' proven money-making formula of carbon-copy bands and singers singing the same songs over and over again, with everyone becoming horribly inured to it. Same with films really...

I'm off to buy Bjork's new CD, she's the only one doing anything interesting!

Owen

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Hughes:
"And what did you think of Freewheelin' ?"

Well the cover was quite good!!!

Mike

OMG! Dylan articulated the feelings of the time for a lot of people. Myself included. Were you actually there?

Nime

Posted Fri 29 July 2005 15:41

quote:
Originally posted by Mike Hughes:
"And what did you think of Freewheelin' ?"

Well the cover was quite good!!!

Mike

OMG! Dylan articulated the feelings of the time for a lot of people. Myself included. Were you actually there?

NIME,

I suspect the full irony of my post was missed. On his first album Dylan articulated other than, with the benefit of hindsight, his desire to be who he is now. The sequence after that are amongst the greatest sequences of albums in popular music IMHO.

Unfortunately, I was not there. I was, ahem, "busy being born"!!!

Mike

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I'm off to buy Bjork's new CD, she's the only one doing anything interesting!

No just screeching the same stuff. To my ears anyway.

H