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Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Hmmm..... I'll give these a miss !!!
Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dire Straits - Alchemy
Donald Fagan - The Nightfly
Dire Straits - Alchemy
Donald Fagan - The Nightfly
Delapsus Resurgam - When I fall I shall rise!
Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Just noticed Haighy, no heavy rock bands in this current pollHaighy wrote:Hmmm..... I'll give these a miss !!!
Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Charlie Parker The Complete Dial and Savoy Sessions
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms
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Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Chris Isaak -- "Chris Isaak" from 1996, almost entirely for the brilliance that is James Calvin Wilsey's guitar (check him out on the cut "Wild Love").
Dire Straits -- Communique
Charlie Parker -- way too many to choose from, but if I have to, it will be "Bird in Paris"
Got to see Dire Straits at a tiny little night club in Connecticut called the Shaboo Inn back in September or October of '78 just after their first album dropped in the US. "Sultans of Swing" was, by then, a massive hit, and the band were playing arena-sized shows, but Mark Knopfler insisted upon keeping the Shaboo date as he wanted to reward the venue for signing the band before anyone in the US knew who they were. Knopfler is on my short list with Richard Thompson for the world's greatest living guitarist.
Have to go even more off-topic and tell a story about the Shaboo Inn. It was a dive of a club in an old thread mill in Mansfield, Connecticut, but would get the greatest bands on their way between Boston and New York because the owners, David "Lefty" Foster and Bruce John, were just great guys.
About the same time Dire Straits played, the Police also showed up. The Shaboo show was just the band's second in the United States, and Foster did it as a favor to drummer Stewart Copeland's brother Ian Copeland, who booked the band. "``He goes, `Lefty, do you want Iggy Pop in six weeks?''' Foster remembers. ``I said yes. He did the agent thing where he said, `If you want Iggy Pop, then you'll take my brother's band.''' So Foster took a band he had never heard of and set the cover charge at $1. ``The record hadn't come out yet, so we knew it was going to be dead,'' Foster says. Plus, the World Series was on, and the Yankees were playing the Dodgers. This didn't sit well with Sting.
"``It's a tie game, and Sting is in the barroom pacing, completely bored, going, `I really want to play,''' Foster says. ``He was driving everybody nuts, so finally, I say, `Look, what's your name? Sting? Sting, look, we're all going to watch your band, but it's a tie game; it's the World Series. Wait until 10 o'clock, and then go on.''
I was in the bar that night watching the game, but had no idea that drama was going on behind me. The Police went on afterward, with a crowd of just a couple hundred or so. To their credit, they put on a great show.
Dire Straits -- Communique
Charlie Parker -- way too many to choose from, but if I have to, it will be "Bird in Paris"
Got to see Dire Straits at a tiny little night club in Connecticut called the Shaboo Inn back in September or October of '78 just after their first album dropped in the US. "Sultans of Swing" was, by then, a massive hit, and the band were playing arena-sized shows, but Mark Knopfler insisted upon keeping the Shaboo date as he wanted to reward the venue for signing the band before anyone in the US knew who they were. Knopfler is on my short list with Richard Thompson for the world's greatest living guitarist.
Have to go even more off-topic and tell a story about the Shaboo Inn. It was a dive of a club in an old thread mill in Mansfield, Connecticut, but would get the greatest bands on their way between Boston and New York because the owners, David "Lefty" Foster and Bruce John, were just great guys.
About the same time Dire Straits played, the Police also showed up. The Shaboo show was just the band's second in the United States, and Foster did it as a favor to drummer Stewart Copeland's brother Ian Copeland, who booked the band. "``He goes, `Lefty, do you want Iggy Pop in six weeks?''' Foster remembers. ``I said yes. He did the agent thing where he said, `If you want Iggy Pop, then you'll take my brother's band.''' So Foster took a band he had never heard of and set the cover charge at $1. ``The record hadn't come out yet, so we knew it was going to be dead,'' Foster says. Plus, the World Series was on, and the Yankees were playing the Dodgers. This didn't sit well with Sting.
"``It's a tie game, and Sting is in the barroom pacing, completely bored, going, `I really want to play,''' Foster says. ``He was driving everybody nuts, so finally, I say, `Look, what's your name? Sting? Sting, look, we're all going to watch your band, but it's a tie game; it's the World Series. Wait until 10 o'clock, and then go on.''
I was in the bar that night watching the game, but had no idea that drama was going on behind me. The Police went on afterward, with a crowd of just a couple hundred or so. To their credit, they put on a great show.
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Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Dire Straits Making Movies
Daughter If You Leave
Daughter If You Leave
Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
1964white wrote:Just noticed Haighy, no heavy rock bands in this current poll
Re: Favourite Albums Poll
Can Tago Mago - 4/5
Charlie Parker Charlie Parker With Strings - 4/5
Chris Isaak Heart Shaped World - 3/5
David Gray White Ladder - 3/5
Depeche Mode Violator - 4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners One Day I'm Going To Soar - 4/5
Diana Ross Diana Ross - 4/5
Dire Straits Brothers In Arms 4/5
Donald Fagan The Nightfly - 4/5
Charlie Parker Charlie Parker With Strings - 4/5
Chris Isaak Heart Shaped World - 3/5
David Gray White Ladder - 3/5
Depeche Mode Violator - 4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners One Day I'm Going To Soar - 4/5
Diana Ross Diana Ross - 4/5
Dire Straits Brothers In Arms 4/5
Donald Fagan The Nightfly - 4/5
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Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Cheers mategessa wrote:Both mine are 4/5
Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Daughter - If You Leave
Daughter - If You Leave
Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Revealing story JohnJohn in Louisiana wrote:Chris Isaak -- "Chris Isaak" from 1996, almost entirely for the brilliance that is James Calvin Wilsey's guitar (check him out on the cut "Wild Love").
Dire Straits -- Communique
Charlie Parker -- way too many to choose from, but if I have to, it will be "Bird in Paris"
Got to see Dire Straits at a tiny little night club in Connecticut called the Shaboo Inn back in September or October of '78 just after their first album dropped in the US. "Sultans of Swing" was, by then, a massive hit, and the band were playing arena-sized shows, but Mark Knopfler insisted upon keeping the Shaboo date as he wanted to reward the venue for signing the band before anyone in the US knew who they were. Knopfler is on my short list with Richard Thompson for the world's greatest living guitarist.
Have to go even more off-topic and tell a story about the Shaboo Inn. It was a dive of a club in an old thread mill in Mansfield, Connecticut, but would get the greatest bands on their way between Boston and New York because the owners, David "Lefty" Foster and Bruce John, were just great guys.
About the same time Dire Straits played, the Police also showed up. The Shaboo show was just the band's second in the United States, and Foster did it as a favor to drummer Stewart Copeland's brother Ian Copeland, who booked the band. "``He goes, `Lefty, do you want Iggy Pop in six weeks?''' Foster remembers. ``I said yes. He did the agent thing where he said, `If you want Iggy Pop, then you'll take my brother's band.''' So Foster took a band he had never heard of and set the cover charge at $1. ``The record hadn't come out yet, so we knew it was going to be dead,'' Foster says. Plus, the World Series was on, and the Yankees were playing the Dodgers. This didn't sit well with Sting.
"``It's a tie game, and Sting is in the barroom pacing, completely bored, going, `I really want to play,''' Foster says. ``He was driving everybody nuts, so finally, I say, `Look, what's your name? Sting? Sting, look, we're all going to watch your band, but it's a tie game; it's the World Series. Wait until 10 o'clock, and then go on.''
I was in the bar that night watching the game, but had no idea that drama was going on behind me. The Police went on afterward, with a crowd of just a couple hundred or so. To their credit, they put on a great show.
Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Dire Straits - Making Movies
David Gray - Slow Motion
Diana Ross - The Force behind the Power
Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell
David Gray - Slow Motion
Diana Ross - The Force behind the Power
Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell
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Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Forgot to add David Gray......
Sell, Sell, Sell is still my favorite, although I love them all. Huge fan.
Sell, Sell, Sell is still my favorite, although I love them all. Huge fan.
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Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Can - Tago Mago
Charlie Parker - Bird in Paris
David Gray - White Ladder
Depeche Mode - Violator
Charlie Parker - Bird in Paris
David Gray - White Ladder
Depeche Mode - Violator
"When the going gets weird, the weird get professional!" Hunter S Thompson
Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
You've done it again Nick.lufc1304 wrote:Can - Tago Mago
Charlie Parker - Bird in Paris
David Gray - White Ladder
Depeche Mode - Violator
I almost voted for Bird In Paris too, would have been a full house
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Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Getting to be a habit this, Leon!!1964white wrote:You've done it again Nick.
I almost voted for Bird In Paris too, would have been a full house
Forgot about Dexys, Searching for the young soul rebels is their finest work and gets 5/5 from me
"When the going gets weird, the weird get professional!" Hunter S Thompson
Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
Blimey Swan you are putting Hector & others to shamewhiteswan wrote:Dire Straits - Making Movies
David Gray - Slow Motion
Diana Ross - The Force behind the Power
Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell
Re: Favourite Albums Poll
Favourite Studio/Live Albums by any of these artists
ROUND 16
VOTE NOW + include your ratings out of five if you wish
Can
2 - Tago Mago
Charlie Parker
2 - Bird In Paris
1 - The Complete Dial and Savoy Sessions
1 - Charlie Parker With Strings
Chris Isaak
1 - Heart Shaped World
1 - Chris Isaak
Daughter
2 - If You Leave
David Gray
2 - White Ladder
1 - Slow Motion
1 - Sell, Sell, Sell
Depeche Mode
2 - Violator
1 - Speak & Spell
Dexys Midnight Runners
3 - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
1 One Day I'm Going To Soar
Diana Ross
1 - Diana Ross (1970)
1 - The Force Behind The Power
Dire Straits
3 - Making Movies
2 - Brother In Arms
1 - Comminique
1 - Alchemy
Donald Fagan
2 - The Nightfly
Voted - Billie, Durly, Gandi, Ges, Hector, John, Whiteswan, 64, 1304
ROUND 16
VOTE NOW + include your ratings out of five if you wish
Can
2 - Tago Mago
Charlie Parker
2 - Bird In Paris
1 - The Complete Dial and Savoy Sessions
1 - Charlie Parker With Strings
Chris Isaak
1 - Heart Shaped World
1 - Chris Isaak
Daughter
2 - If You Leave
David Gray
2 - White Ladder
1 - Slow Motion
1 - Sell, Sell, Sell
Depeche Mode
2 - Violator
1 - Speak & Spell
Dexys Midnight Runners
3 - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
1 One Day I'm Going To Soar
Diana Ross
1 - Diana Ross (1970)
1 - The Force Behind The Power
Dire Straits
3 - Making Movies
2 - Brother In Arms
1 - Comminique
1 - Alchemy
Donald Fagan
2 - The Nightfly
Voted - Billie, Durly, Gandi, Ges, Hector, John, Whiteswan, 64, 1304
Re: Favourite Albums Poll - Can/Parker/Isaak/Daughter/Gray/Dep Mode/Dexys/Ross/Straits/Fagan - VOTE NOW
It's not my fault that Swannies taste in music is "questionable" to say the least...1964white wrote:Blimey Swan you are putting Hector & others to shame
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Song machine is coming down....
And we're gonna have a party Uhuhu
And we're gonna have a party Uhuhu