Lazer Guided Melodies 30th birthday
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Lazer Guided Melodies 30th birthday
I'm sure it's not escaped folks that LGM celebrated its 30th birthday on Wednesday.
That makes many of us feel old of course but a listen to it for the umpteenth time showed how remarkable that album is. It still sounds as fresh as ever and the extraordinary beauty throughout hasn't faded in any way. It's hard to gauge the impact it's had on me but that was all softened at the time by an endless stream of mind-blowing gigs from 1990 onwards. I have to pinch myself at the luxurious array of live music there was, with Spiritualized at the top of the pile. LGM was like the soundtrack to that. I can't fault it and it'll always be up there with any list of favourite music I can come up with. Well worthy of a revisit this week... Of course that led to an exploration of many other Spiritualized albums but it'll always be this record that feels the most special.
Happy Birthday! 30 years young!
That makes many of us feel old of course but a listen to it for the umpteenth time showed how remarkable that album is. It still sounds as fresh as ever and the extraordinary beauty throughout hasn't faded in any way. It's hard to gauge the impact it's had on me but that was all softened at the time by an endless stream of mind-blowing gigs from 1990 onwards. I have to pinch myself at the luxurious array of live music there was, with Spiritualized at the top of the pile. LGM was like the soundtrack to that. I can't fault it and it'll always be up there with any list of favourite music I can come up with. Well worthy of a revisit this week... Of course that led to an exploration of many other Spiritualized albums but it'll always be this record that feels the most special.
Happy Birthday! 30 years young!
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It really has aged so well hasn't it. 3 decades after Jason set out to "make Electric Ladyland for £3,000" the album really stands out as an an ambitious and timeless classic just like that one. Happy Birthday LGM!
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I listened to LGM, the early singles then Fucked Up Inside before bed last night. Such a wonderful evening.
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I always find it hard to believe that the album didn't come out until 1992. As old(er) age is showing us, time really did go by slower when we were younger and I do remember it seeming to take an age between the first Spiritulaized gig I went to (Burberries, Birmingham summer(?) 1990) and the album coming out. We were, however, spoilt with having a lot of Spiritualized shows, singles and music paper activity at that time. And that had followed a constant stream of S3 output starting with the release of Playing Wtih Fire (Revolution, Recurring, Big City, Hypnotized etc.), which itself seemed to come out an age after Perfect Prescription, but I'm guessing that was probably less than 2 years. Our first child was born in October 1990 and I very much still parallel her timeline with Spiritualized. With parenthood came poverty of time and money so I didn't go to so many gigs or buy as many records through the 90's (I turned into a bit of a one-band man - Spiritualized). 1984-1992 was a real high point in my musical life, discovering S3/Spzd along the way and reaching a pinnacle with LGM.
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Not aged a bit. One of my Desert Island Discs for sure.
The day it was released i bought two copies, vinyl for me and cassette for a mate. That night, my friends were having a party and i was hoping to consummate my relationship with a girl i was head over heels for at the time but who lived some distance away. She never showed up Last i heard she was a lesbian. So, fair enough, no wonder it didn't work out!
I believe it was a good party with LGM on a loop for alot of it but i can't remember a thing about it. Too distraught no doubt
The day it was released i bought two copies, vinyl for me and cassette for a mate. That night, my friends were having a party and i was hoping to consummate my relationship with a girl i was head over heels for at the time but who lived some distance away. She never showed up Last i heard she was a lesbian. So, fair enough, no wonder it didn't work out!
I believe it was a good party with LGM on a loop for alot of it but i can't remember a thing about it. Too distraught no doubt
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That's a heartbreaking storysunray wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:17 am Not aged a bit. One of my Desert Island Discs for sure.
The day it was released i bought two copies, vinyl for me and cassette for a mate. That night, my friends were having a party and i was hoping to consummate my relationship with a girl i was head over heels for at the time but who lived some distance away. She never showed up Last i heard she was a lesbian. So, fair enough, no wonder it didn't work out!
I believe it was a good party with LGM on a loop for alot of it but i can't remember a thing about it. Too distraught no doubt
People come and go in your life, but the music stays for life.
Happy 30th bday LGM!
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Nice to read these stories. It was my first exposure to Spiritualized or Spacemen 3, (thanks to a review in the Coventry Evening Telegraph!) and as it turns out, quite a life changing moment.
30 years is a long time isn't it. Still my favourite album. Going to put on the vinyl now.
30 years is a long time isn't it. Still my favourite album. Going to put on the vinyl now.
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I take "I want you" every way over "Run". Having that seismic reverb on vocals for "Sway" is still a mystery to me and so good that Jase has never done it again. LGM = what a sexy beast.
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Good review here referencing the albums 4 suites which make a lot of sense. Anyone know is there any truth behind this arrangement or just the reviewers interpretation?
https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/2168/
https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/2168/
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'If I Were With Her Now', a romantic comedy drama starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Harry Styles will be released early December. We're just waiting on clearance from Jason for the soundtrack.heisenberg wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 1:10 pmThat's a heartbreaking storysunray wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:17 am Not aged a bit. One of my Desert Island Discs for sure.
The day it was released i bought two copies, vinyl for me and cassette for a mate. That night, my friends were having a party and i was hoping to consummate my relationship with a girl i was head over heels for at the time but who lived some distance away. She never showed up Last i heard she was a lesbian. So, fair enough, no wonder it didn't work out!
I believe it was a good party with LGM on a loop for alot of it but i can't remember a thing about it. Too distraught no doubt
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'Larger Gangster Melodies', Ray Winstone sings Spiritualized.angel-sighs wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:56 pmBest LGM review ever! they should have put that on ads for the album
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