Spiritualized

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I'll have to second the love for Don't Just Do Something (this thread is morphing into a 'favourite songs' one!)- an absolutely momentous piece of work both musically and lyrically. It works on so many levels. I do find Amazing Grace rather enjoyable- it's good for a quick fix and covers most of the...

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it's alright but I find it unrewarding when compared to how much praise it receives. couldn't disagree more. I don't think it can be praised highly enough. I played Let It Come Down ....realised how good it is. Agreed. Every now and again I go through a phase of listening to this album over and ove...

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Im not sure how I feel about Royal Albert Hall- it's certainly an impressive piece of work- literally though. When I realised just how much overdubbing and post production went into that I enjoy it now more as some ideal Spz gig that exists in Jasons head rather than a document of that tour. It just...

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For me it goes: (from best to worst)

1. Ladies & Gents
2. Lazer Guided
3. Let It Come Down
4. A&E
5. Pure Phase
6. Amazing Grace

Nos 1&2 is a photo finish, 3&4 are also very close

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Lay It Down Slow Borrowed Your Gun Lord Let It Rain On Me Again, for me they are only 'least favourites' rather than bad. I dont find any Spz songs repellant or bad enough to skip every time- even the lesser song maintain the mood of the album, kinda fit in, etc I would have said She Kissed Me.. pre...

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A very poetic review BzaInSpace! Think i might go ahead and give it a try. btw this site has reviews and audio clips of the first batch of treader recordings. tchicai with strings sounds the most palatable to my more conventional ears, but i'm also intrigued by Amplified Trio. http://www.boomkat.com...

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Sorry to hear about your Dad sunny. Im sure he will perk up after a bit when he adapts.

Thats a pretty impressive tally for this tour!

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Ladies & gentlemen

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Life's a problem... :D I sometimes think that Spz fans are the most unreasonable and demanding people ever. :D haha! dont get me wrong sunny still loved the gig its just for the first half the x factor wasn't there which lifts a gig into greatness. i guess i should be suprised doggens amp hasnt die...

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yeah thinking about it i wish the sound could have been as loud for the first few songs as it was later on in the set, it really would have stepped it up a gear. But i guess you've gotta have the contrast so it really cranks up and hits you in the face.. Its just that the first half seemed just 'ok'...

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there is a 1CD version as well as the 2CD (and the ludicrous 3CD). I'll be downloading the 3rd disc like anyone with sense. This album is brilliant by the way. The stripped down versions of Mississippi and Most Of The Time- sublime. And that civil war song at the end- wow. I love the sound he has ov...

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nobody pick this up at any of the shows? id love to know what it sounds like- hopefully a bit more 'live' than guitar loops. Along with some quality blues/field recordings stuff, before the gig last night there was a nice blissed out jazz piece playing over the PA- I have a sneaky feeling it was one...

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Slightly disappointed overall, frankly. Not the bands fault mostly though- Doggen was having gear problems for most of the set (they had to change his amp just before DTY Fiddle, Jason strummed around the intro for a bit then went into the song anyway!), you could hardly hear his guitar lines on WWJ...

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he actually now drums for Oasis, weirdly!

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This guy has also put up loads of stuff from the World trade centre show!

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Faust- Jennifer

Wilco- Jesus etc

Galaxie 500- Isn't It A Pity

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gottafire wrote: Please just one version of True Love though...am I the only person who isn't really keen on that song?

yes.

its beautiful.

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Mama Said was played at the Fibbers back in 2004 electrically. As was Death Take Your Fiddle and Baby I'm Just A Fool if my memory serves me right. wasnt it Sage Gateshead 05 they were played? i could be wrong. I've gotta say i'm really intrigued by this 'Mama Said' song- i'd love to get a copy of ...

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see the news page.

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Well i am officially green with envy. October can't come soon enough.

Was the setlist the usual?

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burningwheel wrote:All at sea again
And now my hurricanes have brought down this ocean rain
To bathe me again
My ships a sail
Can you hear its tender frame
Screaming from beneath the waves
Screaming from beneath the waves

That and My Kingdom are my faves- what a way to end an album.

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bunnyben wrote: i'm stsrting to like these album plays. seen this and berlin and loved each second of both!

whens Jason gonna do ladies & gents!! thats what i want to know.

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cool. an excellent album, definitely their best methinks.

Isnt the album like half an hour though? i presume they played some other tunes too.

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ro wrote:
angelsighs wrote:The title track is sung by Sister OM Terrell.?
It's funny, I was just listening to her yesterday
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j2ik33

cheers! she looks pretty cool.

http://www.last.fm/music/Sister+O.M.+Terrell

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that is pretty damned beautiful.

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mojo filters wrote: ...however can he swap over and knock one out on the harp live, like Sean Cook used to do on These Blues at the end of the set in the late 90's?

doubtful!! Although Doggen can knock one out on the harp- Sam could play the bass like Kate did. He wouldnt look as good in a miniskirt though..

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http://www.newtone-records.com/index2.php?id=n_t0028433

The title track is sung by Sister OM Tarrell.. could be that song. It may well contain the lyric jesus be my radio but I cant find the lyrics anywhere... why isnt spazed coming clean?

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Urban Hymns may be the weakest 90s Verve record, but its still an awesome set of songs- the differences in quality between those first three album really are incremental. It may be more of a Richard album, but with hindsight we can now see that period was his peak in terms of conventional songcraft...

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The bass player definitely uses some sort of fuzz box- I noticed it when they were soundchecking earlier in the year. Thats the only pedal he had though.

For what its worth, I think he's doing a great job- best bass player since Sean Cook I reckon.

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thats a different show- Spz and Steve M did a flux show in 98 and one in 99 (?), pretty much same setlists. However I've never seen the non-Spz bits (ie the orchestral interludes) having names before. Cool. I also never knew it was Doggens first gig.. don't cuss me if the 'doggen' info turns out to...

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I have the Electricity DVD and also Hultsfred 2002 and Glastonbuty 2004. If I could work out a way to rip em i'd upload them somewhere..

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thats a different show- Spz and Steve M did a flux show in 98 and one in 99 (?), pretty much same setlists.

However I've never seen the non-Spz bits (ie the orchestral interludes) having names before. Cool.

I also never knew it was Doggens first gig..

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radioshack wrote: Still too smooth in the production, and still too much like an Ashcroft solo record. But I'm beginning to grow to the record, and it's nowhere near the disaster it's been written off as.

yep this pretty much hits the nail on the head.

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Hi Paul.

It's so cool to read threads like this.

I reckon the definite recent bootleg is Live In Washington 930 Club- there should be a thread with a link a bit further down in this forum. Glastonbury & Pitchfork are also good (but the guitars are a bit queit for my liking)

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legendary Edinburgh Queen's Hall show that I was lucky enough to witness - it's the most rock n' roll acoustic show ever! Everybody who was there was never the same again... That was some crazy f****** night. Amen to that. I was lucky enough to witness what seem to be 2 of the key Acoustic Mainline...

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simonkeeping wrote:picked up the other 3 Dave Godin deep Soul comps yesterday, they are the best soul comps Ive ever heard. EVERY track is a beauty.
get them

might have to invest then!

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a slightly more melodic version of tio bitar sounds pretty cool.

I agree I love the guitar tone. The drum sound is also excellent- nice and roomy and spacious, led zep or mitch mitchell style.

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I've got Tio Bitar- thats an awesome record. Is the new one in the same vein?

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I totally disagree about the Thaw Sessions being the best recording to come from the Verve reunion. "Sit & Wonder" is killer. There are at least six songs on the album that I'd much rather listen to than that poorly recorded 14 minute jam, interesting as it may be. I agree that Sit An...

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moop wrote:forgetting the album for a second, they played a life's an ocean-> rappers delight jam when i saw them last month. was this a regular on the setlist for the rest of this tour?

yep.

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Here's where i stand at the mo:- Columbo is the best song by a country mile. Closely followed by Sit and Wonder and Appalachian Springs (obviously a solo Ashcroft song at heart yes, but the band take it to another level- it lifts and surges in all the right places- stunning.) Judas is lovely, if a b...

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ben crook wrote:all the dave godin comps are amazing. get them all. its a shame they'll be no more.

ah thanks Ben. why no more is dave no longer with us? actually how many of the comps are there?

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finally got Forth. Will be posting my thoughts on it soon. Its a right old mixed bag but there is a lot to like on it. But anyone expecting a return to the sound of the early days will only intermittently be pleased i'm afraid.

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Don't Just Do Something. Love that song. The key change in the live versions makes me go all funny.

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yeah i wasnt looking forward to the new mogwai as i didnt think much of Mr Beast, but i've now heard 'Batcat' and i really like it- its like a much superior version of Glasgow Megasnake- the metal influence coming thru again but with more twists and turns and a lot more going on. Mercury Rev, I also...

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I agree. More of these types of threads please!

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simonkeeping wrote: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1: Taken from the Vaults

I also have this- gorgeous stuff! That last song (apparantly old Dave's all time fave) is simply sublime. Let me know if vol 2 is as good.

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you are absolutely right ben, it seems to encourage downloading when you walk into the average record shop and all they have is whatever is currently in the charts, along with some select back catalogue (Dylan, Beatles). Ive tried to buy physical copies of some albums that are hardly obscure, just n...

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excellent pics. this sure seems like a good time to be into Spiritualized

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presume you mean as tears go by then.

any more thoughts about the album then? like A&E i'm resisting listening to leaks so I can go and buy it on day of release, old skool style. whet my appetite for me.

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heres the clips for comparison

http://www.parlophone.co.uk/forth/

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more opinions and descriptions of the tracks, please. i'm resisting the urge to listen at the mo.

the easiest thing to see if they are final/mastered would be to compare with the small clips they posted on facebook.

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Dark End Of The Street- Flying Burrito Brothers
You Lie You Cheat- Spz (any live version)
Sauget Wind- Uncle Tupelo

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are these full tracks!? not the clips from facebook?

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mine are:

UK- Don't You Want Me?- Human League

US&AUS- 'Physical' Olivia Newton John

this is surely a sign that I was an unplanned child!!

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This is slightly tenuous as I know these polls are only a laugh but Im not sure I want to bring anyone back. theres legends who have passed on who's music I adore but look at how things span out for those legends left? a reunion gig at the O2, a new album with Elton John on it. A messy divorce in t...

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get the radio session here:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/oha16t

theres also video at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe

yeah pretty lame of Richard to be planning the next solo album now. not the time.

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ha! yeah! i presume you mean valium skies? that and a couple of others certainly sound more like Ashcroft solo (but obviously with a massively better rhythm section and, guess what, no strings!). I've got no major problem with that- like it or not his ballads are a part of the bands sound and should...

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excellent, cheers mate! I'm a bit worried about the new album but hopefully this will put my mind at rest..

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That's an excellent story! Fair play to J.

So is there any way us Brits can see this performance of YLYC? I suppose it wil find its way onto youtube at some point.

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Hendrix.

He could make an appearance on a version of YLYC..

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Lazer Guided- Angel Sigh
Pure Phase- The Slide Song
Ladies & Gents- Ladies & Gents
Let It Come Down- Don't Just Do Something
Amazing Grace- Rated X
A&E- You Lie You Cheat

bonus track- These Blues (demo from Blue on Blue)

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http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/uncut/news/11949

some pretty good support bands too..

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'amazing grace'.. really? do tell more!!

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ah, springsteen, im a bit partial too. although the best record to get via the Suicide connection would indeed be Nebraska, I find it slightly overrated. for me Bruce is all about the first three records. My absolute fave is The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street- like you said, its a heady stew ...

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just listened to this- what an excellent recording!! thought it might be a good un as i grabbed a wilco bootleg from this site (same venue) which also sounded brilliant. it's the first one from this tour for me which really gives a flavour of being at the A&E shows- in previous recordings the gu...

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