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Hi Maryann,

There’s no rush here! I think everyone on here is quite happy to talk about those albums again! And with the re-issues coming along, I guess we’ll also be having those conversations we never had in ’81, ’83 and ’85 too!

I agree with you on ‘From Trash’ – overall, it’s easily his best album with Gordon.*

Garry


(*let the ‘Sideways’ vs ‘From Trash’ debate/disagreement/West Side Story-style dance fighting sequence commence! )

David Bowie 1.Outside

Ok I'm on the Sideways side ...

one of my fave party tricks is singing "sailing on sunshiiiine .. sailing on sun shiiiiine" in Liam Gallagher pose/manchester accent ..

but I digress ....

Glad I'm not the only one then! I just do the same with 'In A Silent Way'!

LOL .. works with any song with the word 'sunshine' in it BTW.
I've oft thought JF was connected with Oasis .. via Liverpudlian combo The Beatles of course...but that's for another thread.

Heh! Reminds of singing along to 'Wide Boys' and suddenly going into a Mark E Smith vocal;

Ahh took uh walk down New York avenue uh
Wearing my latest disguise-uh
Enjoying the uh perfume of utter dismay-ah
I was effectively uh-anaesthetised-uh
Starving so arrogantly in jumble-sale clothes
Ahh Evangeline hires out my throat uh
Uh We've got the streets of London wrapped in our beds-uh
Ah - Nagasaki in our own coats

We're uh wide boys-uh
Uh Up on the streets-uh
Wide boys-uh
Ah, go on and meet me-uh
Wide boys-uh
Delightfully unpleasant-ah
With the foxy adolescent-ah!

Right, I'm off to listen to '50,000 Ultravox! Fans Can't Be Wrong'

Okay then. Even with my limited exposure to both, that one is easy : From Trash

There are still a couple of tracks on "The Letting Go" which baffle me, but then the classic first 6 or so albums are almost impossible to top. "Master and Everyone" was the one that first lost me, everyone seemed to be raving about it as well. The best aspect of this record is the cover image (superb beard).

I like your comment about immeasurable depth, and it's nice to get thrown a curveball every now and again. One of my latest is the last Scott Walker "And Who [...]": I really don't get it so far. Like Marc Almond on "Tilt": "Is it just me?"

Still listening to Depeche Mode. Making a couple of remix compilations.

And The Flaming Lips "At War With The Mystics" - music for both sad and happy times. "Christmas on Mars" is coming soon, at long last, which will be great.

What else? I would side with "Sideways", just.

I haven't played Joy Division for a LONG time but I am looking forward to seeing "Control" now that it is out on DVD.

currently on one's ipod:

Duran Duran: Red Carpet ..
Joy Division: Closer
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
Electronic: Raise the Pressure
Nirvana: Nevermind
Travis: The Boy With No Name
Can: Can you do the Can, Can? (my own compilation)

..and many more...

D - I'm intrigued; what tracks did you put on your Can comp?

Today I'm listening to The Fall: '50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong'