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Well, I was listening to the supposedly recently leaked 10-minute version of Revolution 1 on YouTube, but by the time I'd finished listening, EMI's lawyers had been at it and it was no longer available! (kind of surprised it took them that long to get to it...)

Interesting stuff. Polished up, I think I might have preferred something along these lines on the White album, rather than branching the experimental part off into Revolution #9 as a separate track.
Out Of The Blue - ELO: This is close to becoming my favourite ELO album now. The remastering on the new edition is excellent

Who's Next - The Who: Rallying myself up for the forthcoming Oz tour by turning up one of rock music's most perfect albums

No Line On The Horizon - U2: Certainly their most impressive CD since Zooropa. Most reviews I've read so far have expressed surprise on how good it is. Of course this won't sway any anti-U2 fans to join the fan club!

Pet Sounds Live - Brian Wilson: Not the album, the DVD. A very good job on recreating this studio tour-de-force on stage.

Corroboree - Split and The Incredible Ends: You may know this one. Been comparing old and new mixes. Got to say I'm leaning towards the 2007 mixes on most tracks although I'm still bewildered why they changed the track sequence on the new edition (I just program the old sequence back in. Call me a traditionalist!)
Which era of the Bee Gees Chook? I love the first three albums, then it gets a bit patchy until the Main Course album (Jive Talkin', Night's on Broadway etc..) generally like the helium years, but don't like anything after Tragedy (which is a pretty bad song, but I still love it in a it's so bad it's great, it's like a self paraody).
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Originally posted by Camus:
Which era of the Bee Gees Chook? I love the first three albums, then it gets a bit patchy until the Main Course album (Jive Talkin', Night's on Broadway etc..) generally like the helium years, but don't like anything after Tragedy (which is a pretty bad song, but I still love it in a it's so bad it's great, it's like a self paraody).


I don't have a specific era, more just the best of and a live cd. I just like their music, I don't know why... Smiler
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Originally posted by Chook:
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Originally posted by italianplastic2:
Only 2 weeks till the Auckland COldplay gig Big Grin

Your going to tell me all about it right? Wink


I sure will! Don't worry about that! I am so excited! My first gig! Who is supporting them in Auckland?

I think its Mercury Rev and Hollie Smith.
I guess you get Mercury Rev and a local Oz act?
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Originally posted by Semi-Detached:
Modest Mouse
We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Going through an indie and/or "anything but top 40 radio" phase...


I am permanently in such a phase! Gav, there is an AMAZING radio station in my city (Seattle) that may be the cure for what ails you...you can stream it live online at kexp.org - it is the best station ever

speaking of Modest Mouse, I've been listening quite a lot lately to a really cool album by Sun Kil Moon - it is called Tiny Cities and it's all covers of Modest Mouse songs. good stuff.
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Originally posted by italianplastic2:
Listening to this great Semi-acoustic version of the Radiohead song You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CnCWAncnwE


I have a kid about 2 years older than you and all he listens to is choral music, classical, jazz and bigband and he plays the trombone.
I sometimes wonder if you are the child I should have had, IP2.
If ever your parents get sick of you, let me know and we'll arrange an adoption. Wink
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I have a kid about 2 years older than you and all he listens to is choral music, classical, jazz and bigband and he plays the trombone.


Nothing wrong with that. They sound like they have good taste.

Recently:

Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Animals
Syd Barrett - Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett - Barrett

Pink Floyd - Vegetable Man (what a fantastic song).
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Originally posted by Beajai:
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Originally posted by italianplastic2:
Listening to this great Semi-acoustic version of the Radiohead song You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CnCWAncnwE


I have a kid about 2 years older than you and all he listens to is choral music, classical, jazz and bigband and he plays the trombone.
I sometimes wonder if you are the child I should have had, IP2.
If ever your parents get sick of you, let me know and we'll arrange an adoption. Wink

Teeehee Big Grin Im lucky to have parents that love the same music
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Originally posted by sunset swimmer:
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Originally posted by Semi-Detached:
Modest Mouse
We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Going through an indie and/or "anything but top 40 radio" phase...


I am permanently in such a phase! Gav, there is an AMAZING radio station in my city (Seattle) that may be the cure for what ails you...you can stream it live online at kexp.org - it is the best station ever

After the all-day Chinese water torture at work that is top 40 radio, I mostly listen to the local university radio station Radio One 91FM when I get home...oh what bliss it is to be unfamiliar with 80-85% of the music!!! Familiarity has bred strong contempt in this here music listener.

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Originally posted by Camus:
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Animals
Syd Barrett - Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett - Barrett

Pink Floyd - Vegetable Man (what a fantastic song).

Nice stuff, Joe. The Floyd really need to give us some rare and unreleased stuff, the hold-outs! Some BBC sessions would be nice.
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Originally posted by italianplastic2:
Ohhh!, I heard about this!
How was Glen Hansard (or it might have been The Swell Season)

Unfortunately, Glen Hansard was not at this particular show. It was nominally a show by the two guys in Calexico who were part of the 'house band' for the Carnegie Hall tribute, but the main part of this show was rehearsal of some of the REM songs for the following night. We got Darius Rucker, Rachel Yamagata, Rhett Miller, Marshall Crenshaw, and Keren Ann.

I didn't go the actual tribute show itself.
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Originally posted by Semi-Detached:
Nice stuff, Joe. The Floyd really need to give us some rare and unreleased stuff, the hold-outs! Some BBC sessions would be nice.


Yeah, I've never been a Floyd fan, but all I really knew were Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall (which after listening up to The Wall I'd say were their worst two albums IMO).

I can't believe they've continually blocked a release of Vegetable Man. It's such a good song. Luckily, like the Beatles there's a shed load of bootlegs out there if you know where to look.

Jugband Blues is one of the most harrowing songs I've heard.

Bike is currently my favourite Floyd song (as you can guess I much prefer the Syd Barrett era, Piper at the Gates of Dawn is genius).
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Originally posted by Camus:
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Originally posted by Semi-Detached:
Nice stuff, Joe. The Floyd really need to give us some rare and unreleased stuff, the hold-outs! Some BBC sessions would be nice.


Yeah, I've never been a Floyd fan, but all I really knew were Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall (which after listening up to The Wall I'd say were their worst two albums IMO).

I can't believe they've continually blocked a release of Vegetable Man. It's such a good song. Luckily, like the Beatles there's a shed load of bootlegs out there if you know where to look.

Jugband Blues is one of the most harrowing songs I've heard.

Bike is currently my favourite Floyd song (as you can guess I much prefer the Syd Barrett era, Piper at the Gates of Dawn is genius).

Syd Floyd and post-Syd Floyd are pretty much two different bands. Piper is the definitive psychedelic album for me.

I get the impression that 'Vegetable Man' and 'Scream Thy Last Scream' remain unreleased out of respect to Syd. They're virtually studies of a mental breakdown in progress. You're right about 'Jugband Blues' though...it's like Syd knew he was falling apart, but couldn't stop it.
Going to see The Who next week so I've been listening to:
The Who Sell Out - 1967 vintage and shows softer sides to the band. It's very good and a concept album of it's time that a) works and b)not pretentious (in Townsend's case that's a minor miracle)

Quadrophenia - Finally got around to getting this! Heard lots of talk that this is their true masterpiece. After hearing it right through six times in this last week, I could be very much swayed to that arguement

Tommy - Still very much a wonderful thing

Who's Next - You can't understate how brilliant this album is

Live At Leeds - Often cited as the greatest live album ever made. I can't think of a better one myself.

Endless Wire - I may have slagged this off when I first got it but after a few more listens, I'm starting to warm to it. It's The Who c.2006 - something which the band knows but I have to get my head around the idea. It would be like Spilt Enz doing a new album and the listener expecting it to be like True Colours; they've moved on so we have to as well

So you can see I'm all geared up for the gig next Thursday
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Originally posted by italianplastic2:
Green Eyes-Coldplay

Still buzzing from last night.
If you get the chance to see them live, even if you dont like them PLEASE GO SEE THEM!
It was an amazing show!!!


Sorry italianplastic, but after sound relief I never want to hear Viva La Vida again. ever.

I actually agree with you...Its one of their worst songs...
I've been on a major country kick lately, so I've been playing the heck out of both of Kirsty Lee Akers's cds.

Loving the new Shane Nicholson album, as well as the cd he and Kasey put out together.

I'm also a really really big fan of the most recent Jimmy Barnes cd. It was funny, the first time I heard the Blue Hotel, I was like "Man does that sound like a Neil Finn song." Sure enough, The Man wrote it.

Also, "Universes" by Birds of Tokyo is amazing.
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Originally posted by Semi-Detached:
I get the impression that 'Vegetable Man' and 'Scream Thy Last Scream' remain unreleased out of respect to Syd. They're virtually studies of a mental breakdown in progress.


Have you heard Vegetable Man Gav? I think that's a bit of a copout if that is the reason. It's certainly nowhere near the place Jugband Blues is. And Vegetable Man is so catchy.
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Originally posted by Camus:
Have you heard Vegetable Man Gav? I think that's a bit of a copout if that is the reason. It's certainly nowhere near the place Jugband Blues is. And Vegetable Man is so catchy.

Yeah Joe I have. I don't think an "official" reason has been given on why they haven't been released but that seems to be the assumption. There's so many gaps in the Floyd catalogue and that's just one of them.

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Originally posted by Greatfox:
Mark Seymour's two acoustic albums, in light of seeing them at Sound Relief it's a good comparison to the original Hunnas songs. Great albums, very well produced, you can hear every instrument and overdub clear as day

Have you got the H&C Horn Of Plenty box set, Foxy? What a stunning thing that is.

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