Originally posted by @saintbletch
Pleasant KRG, but it didnāt really grab me to be honest.
Iāll give it another couple of listens.
Clearly misjudged, soz bletch.
Originally posted by @saintbletch
Pleasant KRG, but it didnāt really grab me to be honest.
Iāll give it another couple of listens.
Clearly misjudged, soz bletch.
Originally posted by @KRG
Originally posted by @saintbletch
Pleasant KRG, but it didnāt really grab me to be honest.
Iāll give it another couple of listens.
Clearly misjudged, soz bletch.
I think Iāve misjudged too kRGā¦sorry.
Bob Dylan - Hurricane.
Some funster looking for value for money has put it on the pub jukebox.
Dylan could write a song and no mistake.
Itās strange how popular perceptions of Dylan have changed. I remember as a kid looking on in envy as a schoolmate walked in with a white-covered bootleg. We listened knowing we were eavesdropping on genius. Now barely a ripple, yet heās still doing some great work. Such as this:
I know itās probably a minority view, but Hurricane is part of a seventies Dylan that I thought was his creative highpoint.
Itās a fine song, and I love the video.
Heās good, but heās no Billy Bragg.
BTW, when did he stop playing an acoustic?
Did I miss something?
Originally posted by @saintbletch
Heās good, but heās no Billy Bragg.
BTW, when did he stop playing an acoustic?
Did I miss something?
Judas!
Good as he is, heās terrible live. Itās just incomprehensible mumbling.
Yesterday, I watched a street artist performing to The Avenerās Fade Out Lines; later, this lead me to listen to some of Phoebe Killdeerās stuff, and, through her, to the work of French group Nouvelle Vague. This is the first time that Iāve properly listened to some of their bossa nova style arrangements of English Punk and New Wave classics. Iām a fan of the latter - my era, innit - but, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, I find myself liking some of Nouvelle Vagueās versions:
Isnāt that just music for car ads, designed to please young people who donāt realise that everything they listen to has been done before.
I heard a great new song from (insert name of X-Factor loser) - something about Lucy in the Sky/Brown Sugar/Stairway to Heaven/Imagine etc
innit
I saw Nouvelle Vague a few years ago not knowing what to expect - felt like a slightly classier karaoke unfortunately.
Harsh, TCK!
I can only think you frequent a higher class of karaoke than I do!
Another of my evangelical crusades that fell upon deaf ears back in the 1990sā¦Eric Matthews. This is about the only track from his 1995 album, Itās Heavy In Here that got any airplay⦠Great voice, great song, great video.
I was excited when I saw the Sub Pop moniker, Life. Not so excited by the song Iām afraid. Iāll give the album a go though. I couldāve chosen one of many Sub Pop releases but have gone for something relatively recent. Great band name. Good tune. Amusing video:
Ah I quite like Nouvelle Vague and did see them a few years ago at the Brook.
Originally posted by @TheCholulaKid
I was excited when I saw the Sub Pop moniker, Life. Not so excited by the song Iām afraid. Iāll give the album a go though.
His delivery is very precise, in an almost British accent. His lyrics and music are so perfect it has you believing he is delivering a profound message but itās all total bananasā¦I think thatās something I really love about his music. If youāre going to give his albums a try, Lateness of The Hour is probably his best.
What is it they say about books? There are only a limited number of plots and Shakespeare originated all of them. Perhaps itās the same with songs!
Seriously though, RB, I empathise with the point you make and agree there are many groups you could level that charge against; but, for me, Nouvelle Vagueās arrangements differ from the original to such an extent that they almost feel like entirely new songs. Interestingly, they claim to only cover songs that their female vocalists havenāt previously heard; they say this helps to achieve an entirely fresh interpretation.
Anyway, it seems there are split opinions amongst the Sotonians that have actually seen them perform live - the subjectivity of music is one of of its joys! - but, if nothing else, one of Nouvelle Vagueās former members, Phoebe Killdear, was largely responsible for this quite wonderful (imo) and original record: