What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

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Originally posted by munch:

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Originally posted by Whizzkid:
put on your black leather and make up and join the party.

Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again






Dean...

Dean i can put my hand on my heart when i say they do nothing for me.
There vince clark stuff was ok but after that .
Not for me.
Munch

Munch


In the world of Electronica and Dance music Depeche Mode are as important as Kraftwerk believe it or not. They influenced all the major producers in House and Techno.



Dean...

Some great tracks, some dreck. In short, a classic.

One classic followed by another.


Radiohead - OK Computer






Dean.....

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Originally posted by Mr Underhill:
Cassadaga: Bright Eyes



Bought this due to the 9/10 rating in HiFi+.

My verdict? Well, it has elements of The Beatles in the use of string backing, Floyd with the use of random conversations, and the vocals sound a bit like Dylan. I've listened to it a few times and like it more each time - but I think for me it'll be a 6/10. If I'd been able to borrow it I suspect I wouldn't have bought it.

Note to self: Reviews by PD in HiFi+, his musical taste is different to mine.

Sam's Town - Killers

I really enjoyed their first album but held off for No 2, waiting for the price to drop!

Now bought and listened to ....and I'm not sure whether it is in the same class - but I am enjoying it; although some of the lyric delivery keeps reminding me of The Cars.

This will be a regular listen for at least the next few weeks.

M

Welllll, actually it has been the other way round, Cassadaga has really grown on me and Killers has been played rarely!

Cassadaga has some nice musical touches, got under my skin.

M

James Morrison
"Undiscovered"

Munch


You are missing the point of what I am saying, its not about what you think about them musically its about they're influence on young Black Americans in Chicago and Detroit in the early 80's which helped them develop House music which with Hip Hop were the real musical achievements of the 80's. Never make the mistake of just considering Depeche Mode as just a pretty Synth pop band. I would say have a listen Construction Time Again and then try Violator and Songs Of faith And Devotion to see how they fit into the pantheon of great British bands.

I have this suspicion that because music is of the Electronic persuasion its not considered great. And I will not have that.



Dean..

munch, Dean

I know its opinion and I'm no aficionado when it comes to dance music - sorry but you'll always find me in the kitchen at parties. When it comes to Electronic music (is that the same as Electronica?) then I would rate Delia Derbyshire as the pioneer - she was the first exponent of the form that I became aware of. I doubt one can dance to Delia's music except perhaps the theme from Doctor Who. Her work with David Vorhaus is quite compelling. David went on to make other pleasant, if rather unexciting albums, using all manner of electronics - for which he retained the name White Noise.

I think Tangerine Dream were highly inventive and original and produced some music that is really great to listen to. I'm not really familiar with Klaus Schulze and I don't think his work on the Tangerine Dream debut Electronic Meditation was characteristic of his later work. That T-Dream debut sounds nothing like anything else they have done - more Floyd like than T-Dream like. I don;t think there are many groups that sound like Edgar and friends.

Kraftwerk were rather different though - they started in the Delia Derbyshire vein and introduced some electronic instrumentation, but then became increasingly mechanical though no less enjoyable and highly melodic, almost hypnotic, in the music they created. I think Kraftwerk were far more influential than any other electronic group. Lots of the better 80s bands borrowed much from Kraftwerk - early Human League, Tubeway Army (and the stuff simply credited to Gary Numan), Depeche Mode and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark are three that come to mind. I also think Neu! - the splinter group from Kraftwerk - were influential, but hardly as well known as their illustrious brethren.

I'm not sure how influential Tonto's Expanding Head Band were, but their album certainly sounds like mid to late 70s' Kraftwerk, which it pre-dates. Beaver & Krause were also worthy exponents of electronic music.

Ironically of all the groups, I've mentioned above - it is only Depeche Mode that I have no albums by - just never got around to it - perhaps I should.

If you'd like to try some disastrous electronic music then hunt a copy of Ceremony by the otherwise excellent Spooky Tooth. This collaboration between the highly talented Gary Wright and the avante-garde composer Pierre Henry is unlistenable - I gave my copy away.

Well I've been listening to


The black hit of space
Get James Burke on the case

Important I doubt it, enjoyable unquestionably.

ATB Rotf

Dean

You're right I did misunderstand your point - I really know zero when it comes to black American music or hip-hop or house. I certainly didn't know Depeche Mode had such a big influence.

Wasn't the real music achievement of the 80s - Trumpton Riots - I thought it knocked everything else for six when it burst on to the scene. I didn't enjoy the 80s until Back in the DHSS came along. Then I'm an olde English folkie who can't dance, so it was bound to appeal to me.

ATB Rotf

Remember to my generation, and I discovered Hip Hop first and House/Techno later on, these musical styles to us were as big as the birth of Rock 'n' Roll so if you have an influence like Depeche Mode did along with The Human League, Giorgio Moroder and Kraftwerk I would consider you important. Though later albums like Violator and Songs Of Faith And Devotion are mature pieces of work. Though Munch I was not inferring that they influenced Hip Hop it was to put things in context. Hip Hop was a fusion of Jazz Funk, European Electronic music and Blues but overall it was the manipulation of Vinyl that made it stand out Cutting and Scratching is still used today in quality Hip Hop not the pop rubbish that is passed off as Hip Hop.


ROTF


Sorry to hear you cannot Dance, I have the opposite affliction I have to much Rhythm I can't stop dancing when I go out to a club.



Dean..

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Originally posted by mtuttleb:


What more could one want

Mark,

I have the English version:



I hope that I am not loosing too much with the translation...

Regards,
Haim

Jim Hall (guitar) with: Paul Desmond (Alto sax), Chet Baker (trumpet), Ron Carter (bass), Steve Gadd (drums) & Roland Hanna (piano).

Recorded 32 years ago.

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Originally posted by munch:

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Originally posted by Steve S1:

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Originally posted by ewemon:

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Originally posted by munch:

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Originally posted by Steve S1:
Hi Munch,

It was Wishbone Ash's "Live Dates 2".

A vinyl 2LP that dates from the M. Turner/S. Upton/A. Powell/L. Wisefield line-up.

It has yet to appear on CD for some bizarre reason. You might be lucky with a vinyl copy on e-bay or similar.

Enjoyed Friday, thanks. More damage to the old cc on Amazon.

Steve

Whats live dates like on vinyl? I cant find live dates 2
Munch

I have just got a copy of an authorised soundboard recording from their current tour.

The original Live Dates is excellent. It contains mainly tracks from Ash's first three albums:-





Argus is rightly regarded as a classic 70s fayre.

Steve

Its on order.
Cheers Munch

I have ordered the new Dlx version of Argus supposedly remastered from the original tapes and it's also got an official version of a BBC gig I have had for years.

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Originally posted by munch:
Who is going to switch off Blackpool's lights ?

Radiohead

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Mark,

I have the English version:

I hope that I am not loosing too much with the translation...

Regards,
Haim

Haim,

You could always stick a Babel fish in the ears to make sure

I also like the complete set of Haydn piano trios from Beaux Arts Trio

Regards
Mark

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I also like the complete set of Haydn piano trios from Beaux Arts Trio

Mark...is that the french version

Ryan Adams- love is Hell part 1 & 2.

Ryan

"Parallel Lines" Blondie. Remaster of a classic.

"Greatest Hits 1&2" Linda Ronstadt. Great Rhino remaster of these two fine albums.

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I also like the complete set of Haydn piano trios from Beaux Arts Trio

Mark...is that the french version

You haven't got Live Dates 2 by any chance?