Metamatic Forums Socialising The Green Room What Music Are You Listening To ?

thanks for the info for Friday Brian, only just noticed that I'd just missed it on TV a few minutes ago as I was channel surfing, but it is also repeated later tonight on Sky 'BBC2 NI' at 11.20pm

Cheers for letting us know about Magazine Brian!

I'm currently living under the dark skies of Burial & Four Tet Moth / Wolf Cub 12", Manafon and that other cheery party classic Mark Hollis

Think it's time for A Song From Under The Floorboards and The Correct Use of Soap

A rare music related intervention from me (Shock ,Horror) but I've been listening to LOVE BITES THE BUZZCOCKS quite a lot recently There's a track called LIPSTICK and you can hear a nascent (In the bass line at least ) SHOT BY BOTH SIDES trying to reach the light of day I don't know the time frame so maybe it's the other way round , but Shelley and Devoto's lawyers can sort it Maybe they wrote it amicably together and decided to squeeze two tunes out of it .

I took the Manafon and I had a very bad reaction to it!!!

You should have read the small print

I wonder if The Samadhisound Corporation has been hit by a lot of Lawyer's letters for Compensation Claims, post the introduction of Manafon into the marketplace

Ultravox - Uvox (2009)

Great to hear the extra tracks from the Barrowlands concert. Brought back fond memories.

Mojo's free cd: The Man Machine

Especially: Komputer: Like A Bird
Mojo's review:
'Formed in 1998 as a reaction to Britpop and openly hailing Kraftwerk as a key influence both in terms of sound and image, London-based duo Simon Leonard and David Baker have evolved musically over three albums. This track - and its accompanying video - echoes Kraftwerk's own sense of escapism coupled with the romanticism of things past'.

Albeit passively over coffee , at a friend's house THE BEST OF SUZI QUATTRO pleasant memories
Now at home Sticking to the 70's ROD THE MOD'S GREATEST HITS
Great mandolin driven stuff on MAGGIE MAY (Images of him playing footy on TOTP whilst Peelie pretends to play aforementioned stringed instrument ) YOU WEAR IT WELL another timeless gravel voiced classic . His shite hair is inversly proportional to his quality chart stuff . The bird he was going out with must have been pretty rough mind , if he compares her to Celtic (Stalybridge ?)

Well Roderick , you've got a great voice , but I don't really think you're sexy. In fact you're plug ugly but to paraphase the great bard of Wolverhampton , Mr N Holder "THANKS FOR THE MEMORY !"

David Bowie (aka Space Odddity) (40th Anniversary edition)- Yes, it's 40 years since this was released and man landed on the moon. Pure chance, pure coincidence...pure genius. This was Bowie's first serious release and should be grouped as part of his 70s works of art. The songs are very much of the era but are of a high calibre. I bought this one on CD way back in 1984/1985 when I got into Bowie. I later got the Rykodisc version which contained this brilliant obscure track A Conversation Piece. This appears in this collection along with the singles The Prettiest Star and Memory of A Free Festival, the unreleased single London Bye Ta Ta,the original b-side Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud amongst others. All in all nice music to relax to.

Back to electronics: Greatest Hits - Heaven 17. Already released before in one other shape or form this has the added bonus of featuring the band's videos on a separate DVD disc. The other bonus is the demo version of Temptation. It sounds like a Penthouse & Pavement outtake minus Carol Kenyon's epic vocals and John Wesley Barker's string arrangements. I've never realised this but like Martyn I own his two most treasured synths, the Roland Jupiter 4 and the miniKorg 700S. Ian's semi-modular Roland is too cumbersome to own, I guess it's best to visit Benge!

Hope to be listening soon to In the Glow, The Pleasures of Electricity and Shifting City. The Garden will do for now.

Chris

Three albums back to back today, and all making for a mystical musical mood –

Vas: In The Garden Of Souls.
Azam Ali’s fantastic voice, and a great 10 minute title track opener.

Dead Can Dance: The Serpents Egg.
The uplifting closing track Ullyses makes a lovely ending for this album

My Lost City.
Haven’t played this since before the summer, forgotten just how very good some of the tracks are. Imperfect Hymn even sounds slightly creepy to me now, or is it just these gloomy overcast days we’ve had. The romantic but slightly regretful sounding Holywell Lane also makes for a great start to the album. I’ll have to play MLC again in the winter months ahead.