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SaraM wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:52 am Absolutely agree re Elvis and Contino, except that I never find myself wanting to hear anything by Elvis.

Want to stick up for Pills n Thrills though; the comparison to Oasis is really unkind. Probably comes down to whether you can stick Shaun Ryder or not, but the music itself is great; danceable, summery, funky, textured, with some lovely understated guitar work. Nothing like Oasis's lumpen dirge imo.
It all get's lumped into that Brit Pop Manchester sound for me .. Step On is one of my most hated songs of all time and for some reason I find them really depressing.. I don't dance ..I didn't get that family gene for some reason
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SaraM wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:52 am Absolutely agree re Elvis and Contino, except that I never find myself wanting to hear anything by Elvis.

I sometimes find myself needing to listen to I just Can't Help Believing, no idea why, it's comfortably his best but I don't think that's it. My aunt was an Elvis superfan, the only music in the house was Elvis, posters, plates, an Elvis teddy bear. Something must have stuck in the psyche
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oh f**k ..
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faaip wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:14 am It all get's lumped into that Brit Pop Manchester sound for me .. Step On is one of my most hated songs of all time and for some reason I find them really depressing.. I don't dance ..I didn't get that family gene for some reason
Not a fan of 'Madchester' in general, but there is some good music on that Mondays album. I can understand why you might find Ryder's schtick off putting though. It's crudely cynical and hedonistic lyrically, but I do find some of it laughably funny, in a Bon Scott kind of way.

I'm not a fan of 'dance' either, in the sense of the monotonous, electronically generated beats thing that somehow passes for music, but I do like dancing. It's not a skill, it's just a physical way of responding to music with rhythm.
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faaip wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:20 am I sometimes find myself needing to listen to I just Can't Help Believing, no idea why, it's comfortably his best but I don't think that's it. My aunt was an Elvis superfan, the only music in the house was Elvis, posters, plates, an Elvis teddy bear. Something must have stuck in the psyche
Always found that weird. You get it with Cliff Richard too, with ladies of a certain generation.
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faaip wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:20 amoh f**k ..
You really like Jeff Beck...?
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SaraM wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:29 am You really like Jeff Beck...?
Had to play Just Can't Help Believing - Elvis
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faaip wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:36 am Had to play Just Can't Help Believing - Elvis
Tried it... got 27 seconds in... it's that phoney vibrato on the voice.
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SaraM wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:43 am Tried it... got 27 seconds in... it's that phoney vibrato on the voice.
Must be the childhood trauma then
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faaip wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:12 am Must be the childhood trauma then
I expect so. Most things are.
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Haven't listened to my last nominated album by MSP yet

Life is hectic plus the Euros, Royal Ascot taking up much of my spare time!
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Muppet the Cat wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:12 pm 81 Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Safe As Milk

362 Penguin Cafe Orchestra- Music From The Penguin Cafe

752 Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle

Ummmmm 🤔
‘Safe As Milk’ - hadn’t ever listened to before and after a couple of listens ⭐️ and 1/2 (can’t really get on with the Captn’s vocals at all)

‘Music From The Penguin Cafe’ - now I do own ‘Preludes, Airs and Yodels’ (largely bought on the back of liking Perpetuum Mobile), but rarely play these days. Didn’t rate MFTPC as much ⭐️

‘Doggystyle’ - a pile of 💩 so a big fat 0️⃣

Those three didn’t exactly trouble the scorer :roll:
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1964white wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:07 am Haven't listened to my last nominated album by MSP yet

Life is hectic plus the Euros, Royal Ascot taking up much of my spare time!
I'm in the same boat with knobs on ! The missus has just said you're either watching racing, football or totting up your racing comp.
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Gandalf wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:46 pm I'm in the same boat with knobs on ! The missus has just said you're either watching racing, football or totting up your racing comp.
Glad I'm not the only one getting earache ;-)
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Muppet the Cat wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:34 pm ‘Safe As Milk’ - hadn’t ever listened to before and after a couple of listens ⭐️ and 1/2 (can’t really get on with the Captn’s vocals at all)

‘Music From The Penguin Cafe’ - now I do own ‘Preludes, Airs and Yodels’ (largely bought on the back of liking Perpetuum Mobile), but rarely play these days. Didn’t rate MFTPC as much ⭐️

‘Doggystyle’ - a pile of 💩 so a big fat 0️⃣

Those three didn’t exactly trouble the scorer :roll:
Thought you may struggle with those three albums Cat.

Safe As Milk is probably Beefheart's most accessible album so you personally can forget the rest of his catalogue.
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Apart from Cat, anybody waiting for three more numbers?
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1964white wrote: Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:12 pm Thought you may struggle with those three albums Cat.

Safe As Milk is probably Beefheart's most accessible album so you personally can forget the rest of his catalogue.
Having heard tracks I have I’ve never bothered delving further, knowing it’s not for me.
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Beefheart is just a genius .... so innovative and interesting. This is excellent to get some insight imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhhB9teHqU
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Your next three albums Faaip.

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SaraM wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:29 am You really like Jeff Beck...?
Jeff Beck is not for you Sara, I suspect you'll find the Kayne West album even more irritating :lol:

How are getting on with the Tom Petty album?
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