Favo(u)rite Sp. 3 song?

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Favo(u)rite Sp. 3 song?

Post by man »

probably beaten to death but since it's a new forum...


i'd have to say 'come down easy' right now.. the way it just rolls out of the end of 'things'll never etc' is great. always find myself singing the 'it's nineteen eighty seven' lines too!

what about you?
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Post by clewsr »

Hard to pick an ultimate fav, but the first that came into my head was 'feel so good' - fanstastic stuff.
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Post by natty »

There was a time when it was 'Come Down Easy', it still brings back the best memories. I really love 'Let Me Down Gently', 'So Hot' and 'That's Just Fine' but reckon my absolute favourite is 'Ode to Street Hassle'.
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Come Together Full volume does it for me or for when im in a calmer mood Just to see you smile but its got to be the single version which is longer and more minimal than the recurring version just gorgeous
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Post by wadders »

may the circle be unbroken. beautiful.
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For me, there's is no song that churns my insides up more than the PWF version of 'So Hot' - beautiful, minimal and sung with conviction. The only other one that comes close is 'Angel' on Sonic's allbum Spectrum.
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Post by Ian »

Another vote for Feel So Good, particularly the Walkin' With Jesus b-side version. But my real answer is "just about all of them"...

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Post by opete »

transparent radiation is their most beautiful recording, i love how does it feel also
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Post by nasty »

Amongst many "sometimes" and "bill whizz" have always stood out. IMHO recurring was an amazing album (both sides) that never seems to get as much mention as it deserves.
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nasty wrote:Amongst many "sometimes" and "bill whizz" have always stood out. IMHO recurring was an amazing album (both sides) that never seems to get as much mention as it deserves.
Agreed Wholeheartedly. I've always loved this album, and might even rank tracks 9 onward as my second favorate spiritualized album. For a time I used to automatically go straight to track 9 ignoring Sonic's side. But I realised my mistake soemtime ago. That too is really very good. I prefer it to his other spectrum work. My only regret with recurring is that the tremendous original of these blues never made it on there. Can't for the life of me understand why.
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H Y P N O T I Z E D aaahhhh......
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Post by good dope/good fun »

Although there are songs on both sides of Recurring that are utter bliss,
I have a hard time of justifiying that to be a true Spacemen 3 album.
Hyptnotized, Set Me Free, and Feelin' Just Fine are excellent though.....

Losing Touch With My Mind
Suicide
Revolution
Hey Man (Amen)
Mary Anne
Things'll Never Be the Same

all of the above are what I think of when I think of Spacemen 3
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Post by moanin' jones »

"Call The Doctor" has always been my absolute favorite
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Post by twentysixdollars »

"Come Down Softly To My Soul" has that haunting Byrdslike crystalline jangle and one of Jason's finest vocals if not the finest.

Or: "Take Me to the Other Side" - Peter's best ever song without argument and one of the best rockers that I think has ever been cut.
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Post by spacedudesteve »

My fave is probably 'So Hot'.

Transperent Radiation is great tooo, but I've never heard the album 'recurring' I still can't find it - why can't they rerelease it? (contracts etc probably).
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Post by babyjane »

It's impossible to choose just one!

Ecstacy Symphony
Losin' Touch with My Mind
When Tomorrow Hits
Transparent Radiation
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Post by nicolai »

right now, the demo version of WWJ on forged prescriptions.

i love that distorted tone floating in the background.
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Post by pauldrone »

my all time favourite sp3 song

is probably

let me down gently ..........cos it is so simple yet sounds so complex .....also the subject of let me down gently im sure everyone has felt at some point in their lives

drone on

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Post by a beautiful noise »

Well well well, I recently picked up the SP3, Walking w/ Jesus, it has a very child-like-nursery-rhyme vibe to it. Its a 7" w/ this very appropriate swirled orange and grey vinyl.

Have to say thats back to being my favorite. Or the Asteroid #4 cover, absolutely tight.


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Post by helm »

come down easy has always been my favourite i think. those guys who were talking about recurring are right too. a brilliant album. wish they'd re-release it as my cd's a bit knackered!
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Has to be

Losin touch with my mind
Feel so Good
Transparent Radiation
Come down easy

with the darkside - guitar voodoo being one of my favourite all time tunes
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Post by turnstone »

Good shout - "Guitar Voodoo" is a fantastic track. That rumbling bass as the intro to their live set - wow.

Favourite Spacemen track - Revolution. That's today's choice, tomorrow's could be any one of about a dozen others (rarely stays the same for more than a day).
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Post by Firmament »

haven't heard Recurring, but Suicide is easily my favorite....
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REVOLUTION!!
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Post by jane »

has to be take me to the other side.
no doubt about it. theyre all great but that is the best song ever written by man.
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in no order

When Tomorrow Hits
Hey Man
Comedown softly to my soul
so hot (wash away all of my tears)

but there all great really i mean ecstacy syphomny is fantastic loosing touch with my mind is brilliant Lord can you hear me and walking with jesus are beautiful
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Post by JD Ford »

My favourite song they've recorded is 'Starship' from Translucent Flashback but thats a cover.

My Favourite Spacemen 3 Original is 'Walking with Jesus' taken off The Perfect Prescription.'
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Post by gersey »

can't believe no one's mentioned 'lord can you hear me' yet, way prefer that to the LICD version. either 'let me down gently' or 'feel so good' would be my fave SP3 track. someone called sonic147 said 'come together' on full volume was their fave track - did the spacemen also have a come together song?
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Post by BzaInSpace »

It's a cover of MC5's Come Together which is on 'Kick Out The Jams' - which is about "...the original dance".

There's a great version on 'Performance'.
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Post by snakeseatinfrogs »

lord can you hear me
walkin with jesus
may the circle be unbroken
hypnotized
set me free
i believe it
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Post by mh »

TMTTOS is easily the best - garage rock at it's finest!!! And as a pure statement of intent it's utterly peerless.
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take me to the other side
call the doctor
come down easy
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Post by a beautiful noise »

i believe it's called "it's alright" it's the bo diddley cover they do on 'taking drugs to........."

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oooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Why Couldn't I See (Alternate Mix) max Vol!

tingles my spine...
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Post by ash »

For what it's worth:

- transparent radiation
- sometimes
- billy whizz / blue 1
- i love you
- starship
- lord can you hear me


...quite possibly in that order.


I'll also put my hand up for Recurring - I'd even go as far as to say that it pretty much tops Perfect Prescription as my favourite Spacemen album. Such a huge pity that there wasn't any inter-band collaboration on the tracks, though...
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Post by JPB »

I agree. Despite everything Recurring hangs well together as a record. Feeling Just Fine and Billy Whizz work so well together. Doesn't get much better than that.
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Post by owl »

How come nobody has picked rollercoaster, especially the live version from perfomance. Its definitintley in my top five along with Revoloution, transparent radiation, Mary Anne and Come down easy.
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Post by herman »

'How does it feel' is the ultimate Spacemen 3 song for me, apart from 'Transparent Radiation'.
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