Spiritualized

Greeny

Just 53...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/ma ... e-martland

Only really heard the Flux shows with Spiritualized, to be honest, but clearly a man who believed in his work.

RIP

Greeny

Headlining and curating the last ever holiday camp-based ATP Festival:

http://www.atpfestival.com/newsview/1304261021.php

Haven't been to an ATP for years but I must say that one could be a belter...

Greeny

I'm like a few others, I have a gaggle of favourites and any one of them could come out on top depending on my mood and current musical muse. At this very moment of writing? Lift to Experience at Dingwalls. I've never seen one man do so much with one guitar, and for the second half of the gig we wer...

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Absolute waste of time. Given up trying, something I didn't even do during the worst years of Glasto ticketing...

Greeny

Thanks for taking the time to do that BZA

Greeny

You took the plunge where I was only thinking! Definitely worth separating into its own thread - can't have too many new discussion points on here. It makes me smile to picture the EMI execs' faces when Hollis & co spun the tapes of Spirit of Eden for the first time. However, relations do seem t...

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moop wrote:Really looking forward to checking out Laughing Stock next..

Let us know how you get on with Laughing Stock Moop...

Greeny

the story of how those albums were made is quite interesting. . of course, there's no interviews with Mark anywhere but I think ethere are some articles with the engineer in a magazine called Tape Op (i think?) you can find them online with a google. There is a promo interview with MH for Laughing ...

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Per angelsighs & Greeny's request: previous posts regarding Talk Talk and their latter-period masterpieces have been moved from the 200+ pages of the 'What Are You Listening To Now?' thread and merged here in chronological order... BZA 10/12/12 Talk Talk - 'Laughing Stock' I think I only exhale...

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mkb wrote:Desertshore by XTG, which is maybe my album of the year. Stunning.

Just bought this, really looking forward to getting a chance to play it properly (i.e. when missus is out!)...

Greeny

Guess I've been fairly lucky over the years and have made almost every gig I had tickets for. An exception was a mixed bill at Fabric a few years ago that was supposed to include Death in Vegas launching Satan's Circus. However, DiV pulled out at the last minute, so I rolled up to the venue and foun...

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There are a few reasonable choices in there (Nico being one)... but waaay too superficial as you'd expect from the NME.

No Skin (Shame, Humility. Revenge is absolutely the darkest record I own) or Throbbing Gristle for starters...

Greeny

Magnificent song - a reminder that there was a reason why I loved this band...

Greeny

Talk Talk - 'Laughing Stock' I think I only exhaled once it had finished... utterly, utterly beautiful melancholy. I can't believe it has only just come into my life. a really good album, but 'Spirit of Eden' is much better in my opinion, have you heard that one? It's on order!! I only picked up La...

Greeny

Talk Talk - 'Laughing Stock'

I think I only exhaled once it had finished... utterly, utterly beautiful melancholy. I can't believe it has only just come into my life.

Greeny

I reckon the bass from those babies would ruffle your trouser legs...!

Greeny

I saw them in Brighton on the last tour, they were bloody great. Still got it.

Greeny

It's not from 98, that was when they had the full choir/orchestra etc. I'm really struggling to place that show - he's not wearing the silver trousers either, which rules out their Other Stage slot a year or two later. And it's not inside either by the looks of it, which rules out the John Peel Tent...

Greeny

Here's another amazing-sounding show that seems to be well under the radar...

May 25 at Village Underground:

http://www.villageunderground.co.uk/eve ... al-box-dub

Tickets still available...

Greeny

I'm almost tempted to emerge from gig retirement for this, just on the off chance she does Song to the Siren. That would just about complete my life...

Greeny

Yup, she'll be playing with her other half Damon Reece as well as Sean Cook and Thighpaulsandra!!

More details here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/ma ... r-meltdown

Greeny

I agree that this message board is super grown up compared to many! But it's not cloud cuckoo land and people are allowed to find disappointment in things Jason does artistically. That said, after making my feelings clear about the Albert Hall show I have steered completely clear of commenting on Sp...

Greeny

In the end I didn't bite. Sometime later this year, when the missus and lad are away at her parents, I'll grab the best bootleg from their US tour, stick it on my (pretty powerful) stereo at good volume, line up a chair in the perfect audio spot in the room and enjoy that with a nice bottle of red.....

Greeny

It is very pricey, particularly as the stage setting is hardly big budget stuff from what I have seen. People were paying over Â£70 all-in on WASTE this morning and Ticketbastard is hardly going to be cheaper! Radiohead was going to be my only gig of the year but to be honest I'm not sure I actually...

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He was - and is - right at the very top of my all time musical favourites. Stupidly talented. I was so sad when he died, for the personal tragedy but also because he had so much more to give. Worth checking out the documentary "Everybody here wants you" and if you can get past the intervie...

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Yes, but the lyrics are entirely appropriate to the lifeboat theme. Confused the hell out of a lot of the punters, but I'd already seen this article:

http://thequietus.com/articles/07394-st ... g-lifeboat

So it made perfect sense to me!!!

Greeny

runcible wrote:
Greeny wrote:Even managed to squeeze in a Ruts cover...
Really?! Which song?

West One (Shine on Me) - complete with an appearance on stage by Steve's Norfolk lifeboat crew!!!

Greeny

I would really love to have seen that. I just missed a Crass gig in 1981 and have always regretted it. 'Shaved Women' would have been an amazing thing to witness. Did they play 'Big A Little A' and 'Punk Is Dead'? They played those and just about everything else you could imagine - he was on the st...

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Steve Ignorant - The Last Supper, Crass Songs 1977-84. Utterly incredible punk rock, with the icing on the cake provided by a suprise appearance from Penny Rimbaud and Eve Libertine for a couple of songs. I'd love to have gone to that. What songs did PR and EL appear on? Penny and Steve did 'Do the...

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Steve Ignorant - The Last Supper, Crass Songs 1977-84. Last ever performance by Igs of these songs on Saturday night at Shepherd's Bush. Utterly incredible punk rock, with the icing on the cake provided by a suprise appearance from Penny Rimbaud and Eve Libertine for a couple of songs. Everyone on h...

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Is it me or is the bonus disc waaaay better than the actual release? I absolutely love it!

Greeny

By the way....has anyone got any spare ticket stubs from the gig that they'd be glad to donate? As I was standing I got my ticket swapped for a wrist band and completely forgot to pick up a ticket stub on my way out of the venue. I'd really appreciate a momento of a fantastic night. You're welcome ...

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The Stone Roses at the O2 just sounds really, really wrong. The most corporate venue in London and they pick it. AIt will be a very sad day if they play there. Tear me apart and boil my bones I'll not rest till she's lost her throne My aim is true my message is clear It's curtains for you, Elizabet...

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From NME:

Frontman Ian Brown said:

"We plan on spending the rest of the day jumping up and down with our hands in the air."

Ha ha ha! Buy us a pint, monkey man!!

Greeny

Sold out already, 3rd night added. :) M And when that sells out that will rack up, in basic ticket sales for Manchester alone... Wait for it... TWELVE MILLION POUNDS!!! No wonder Squire has swallowed hard and gone along with it. Given how they got totally screwed over by Silvertone I have to say go...

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The iTunes thing, assuming it's at the Roundhouse as usual, would be worth it, but that comes down to getting lucky in a draw.

No surprise they're milking the UK, but is their legend *really* strong enough to play big arenas in Europe? Time will tell I guess...

Greeny

Kowalski wrote:Allegedly getting announced on Monday:
etc etc

Greeny

Holy shit - tickets for Heaton Park gonna be Â£55 plus the usual rip-off extras!!

IIRC Spike Island was Â£14 a pop...

Greeny

Basically the only bands who you could say hand on heart won't reform are those where too many members are dead (Beatles) or where the principal artists involved hate each other *so much* (Spacemen 3, Talking Heads) it's beyond reconciliation no matter how many dollar bills are waved in front of the...

Greeny

I had an invite to that but it was rescinded after I told Jason the gig was shit...

Not really

Greeny

I wonder whether they've misjudged this one? I've hardly heard a good word said about this particular reunion. No surprise either, given the way things finished last time around. That said, all the stuff about them being shit live in their original guise is a bit harsh - they were pretty bloody good...

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sunray wrote:Fame at last thanks to pic 9

Looking at those photos seems to be a lot more people at the gig than i thought.

Not wishing to labour a point, but note the number of people with their arms by their sides, or worse-still folded, among that "ecstatic" crowd in pic 9...

Just sayin.

Greeny

In the interests of balance I should emphasise that it wasn't the choice of opening with all new material that bothered me about the show, it was the fact that a fair proportion of that material was *to my ears* very uninspiring, the sound was dreadful in both places I stood and the staging was low-...

Greeny

Well argued review here:

http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/sp ... lbert-hall

Greeny

Some harsh comments going on here! Not in the great scheme of things. It's a message board. For Spiritualized fans. They played a big show, some of us liked it, some (like me) thought it was a total stinker and have explained why we thought that. I don't think any less of people who had a great tim...

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Hmmm - I seem to be swimming against the tide on here, although certainly not among my group of friends. Jason has done many amazing things in his career, especially live, but I for one won't be putting that among them. Leaving aside the "career spanning setlist" issue the first half just ...

Greeny

Ha ha ha - that's genius!

Fucking bring it on!!!!

Greeny

Sooooo, given that they've got a big fuck-off orchestra and a choir at RAH, do we think this is going to be the format for that show as well??? I have my doubts, despite Jason's legendary fidelity to one setlist throughout a tour. Maybe an opening section with a mix of new stuff and old stuff done b...

Greeny

I'm just a teeny-weeny bit

FUCKING EXCITED!!!!

About this now...

Greeny

I think ATP might be the one for you runcible. not only is the sound quality much better (all indoors), you get the luxury of a chalet and the lineups are often very much up your street ATP is quality, although I think I'm retired from there also after two blinding and one just blind drunk experien...

Greeny

I think it's high time Shine A Light/Electric Mainline are put back together, like the good old days...

Greeny

Hi Sim,

I don't seem to have it, PM away!

Greeny

Sim,

Do you want any more t-shirt pics for the discography? I could send you a couple of different 12 steps ones, a glow in the dark Electric Mainline, a US-only "Amazing Grace" logo one and there may be a few others lurking around in my chest of drawers...

Greeny

I'm a big convert to Twitter - as someone else has said, ignore all the people who just post what they had for breakfast and use it like a news filter that you control and build up over time once you've discovered the most useful tweeters. Best if you stick to one or two subject areas in my experien...

Greeny

Never been to the RAH before so this should be a fitting first gig for the venue. (I'm short, and standing - might take the yellow pages) 3rd time for me. First went in about 88 to see Siouxsie and the Banshees, I had seen Jim Foetus the night before and spent most of the night with my fingers in m...

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jesus son wrote:no standing as far as I remember 14 years ago

hope there are balloons again!

There certainly was standing 14 years ago, because I was in it!

Despite the advancing years and creaking joints we're happy to go for standing again, just for old times' sake...

Greeny

NME report on the show has added the words "career spanning set" which I don't think I've seen anywhere else - wonder if that's legit???

Greeny

toomilk wrote:
Greeny wrote:Roky looks much more alive and with it than even when I saw him in London last year...music heals eh?
Well, this is actually from 2008......so maybe it kills?!?!?!??

Ha ha - didn't spot that! Perhaps he was just having an 'off night' at that London show...

Greeny

I've managed to keep all but a handful of my ticket stubs over the years. I can't estimate how many really, but if I clamp them tightly together in my hand they run to three inches thick!

Greeny

toomilk wrote:Pitchfork is showing this show for a week!

http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/2527- ... -vampire/1

Loving that - thanks for posting the link.

Roky looks much more alive and with it than even when I saw him in London last year...music heals eh?

Greeny

Another one here for Low. I'm a confirmed Christmas humbug and I hate most Christmas-focused music, but that drum-roll at the start of Just Like Christmas gets me everytime...that album is pure magic.

Greeny

How was the show, Runcie?

I got the new album and I hate to say it but I was really disappointed. They're always good live, though, in my experneice anyway...

Greeny

Hmmmm - wish they would go for someone a bit more edgy...although Ornette Colman was an inspired choice.

Pan Sonic's Meltdown - that would do me!!

(or Jason Pierce, of course...)

Greeny

In a live context I always think you have to take Electric Mainline together with Shine a Light, and for me the best non-bootleg version of those is on the Pinkpop version of the Abbey Road EP.

In terms of actually being there, Brixton Academy was one of my favourites...

Greeny

A few years ago I bought the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab box set of Sinatra LPs. I was totally blown away by the quality, even though the real Sinatra afficionados moan about two or three of the pressings in that box. I just bought the MFSL reissue of Sinatra at the Sands - bloody hell, this thing is ...

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The simple fact is that today's music industry and new generation of consumers don't make for the sort of "paid their dues" steady rise to success or indulged creativity that "our" generation of bands enjoyed, so nothing is really capturing the imagination today. Arctic Monkeys? ...

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