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CymruPolo wrote:

GaryUK wrote:I saw Oasis at the city of manchester stadium not long ago, they were excellent and their new stuff is (slowly) growing on me.

I was there on the first night! What night were you there?

I went on the Sunday, was a great atmosphere

My favourite Oasis albums have to be whats the story, the masterplan and be here now!

thanks to the wonders of amazon and getting the urge to blow some dollar on tunes after a long hiatus, i have recently (after the first 3 discs of a swelling tidal wave arrived..)

* Rediscovered Terrorvision. Damn they're good. Unexpectedly so. (Got Shaving Peaches for about £1.50 plus postage, as i wasn't convinced it would be any cop. It sure as hell is! Well, except for the NON remixed version of tequila hehe). "How to Make Friends and Influence People" is an even better album (and in transit)

* Updated my old tape of Therapy?'s Infernal Love to duper digital CD (& of course, mp3..). It's clearer, less distorted 'n' all, but somehow I think it sounded better on the cassette. There's something slightly more metal about that format than anything digital, that makes it feel thrashier... Still a ruddy fine album anyway. (Ditto Troublegum)

* Took a chance on seeing if The Rasmus' previous (non uk released) album "Into" (containing the tune that first introduced me to them) would be any better than Dead Letters. Think it's about neck and neck... the tunes don't seem as "quality" (if thats really the right word to use ) but there's a whole lot less tiresome hey-look-we're-goths-now-yeah pretension going on and a less X-treme euro indie pop vibe instead. Doesn't bring the whole disc up to the summertime headbop standard of F-f-f-falling (Into's somehow award-winning standout track), but its more listenable and less fake-whiney at least.

As for what other music i'm currently into..... i'll have to see what the postman drops off next!

alternative answer...
M J Hibbett and the Validators --- they're playing The Bull somewhere in Moseley tonight, which conceptually is close to me. However I have no clue where that is and am too late to find out, as until I realised the mistake this afternoon, I was actually thinking of a pub just off the A38, in Aston. Which is bloody miles away from Moseley.

Spray. Alternately cheeky and mock-noir transatlantic electropoppers spun off from the cuban boys.

The Magic Numbers. Folksy gentle lovelyness (if an acquired taste)

Smile.DK - like Scooter but they make their own tunes, are two scandinavian girls, and aren't suicidally annoying. So not actually like scooter at all.

oh yeah... the magic numbers... worth checking out if you fancy a chilled out rock-folky kind of vibe with no pretencious BS in it. Singing isn't so hot but it does evoke a kind of Eaglesy, Fleetwood Mac flavour --- and therefore is best listened to whilst rolling through the countryside or on a long motorway trip rather than sat at a desk or in your living room. They're playing the Edinburgh fringe at some point too, if you're going.

all types really, im pretty open minded. my preferred is Emo, Metal, (Post) Hardcore, and the likes.

i'll try to be quicker with this one.... but smallerise it anyway

Therapy? - Troublegum: Classic album, opening with nearly the best non-segueing one-two pair of tracks ever - Knives and Screamager. The rest is pretty awesome too, though at 12 years old there's a slightly dated flavour (a lot of rock stuff from the early 90s has an oddly unique sound)

Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive: Was very surprised to find this was from 1981 and so is as older than I am - it's got a timeless quality and must have been recorded on top flight equipment (got it randomly on a tape from a mate ages ago and is top long-haul driving entertainment... queue of traffic, windows down, radio up). If you need some jazz-swing education, it's a good place to start --- old standards being given a very authentic re-airing by one of the stars of the day, and it sounds great 24 years on.

Shivaree - I Oughtta Give You A Shot In The Head (for making me live in this dump): Title's far too long. Album is quite nice, but unfortunately not too memorable. Might show a few more stand-out tracks (other than Goodnight Moon, which i've liked since long before Kill Bill) after a couple plays. Modern american folk rock, if there is such a thing.

It's Jo and Danny - But We Have The Music: Similarly, nothing that really leaps out after only a couple plays, though the gently bouncing "A.N.D." may feel familiar from some minor radio airing. A sort of half morcheeba, half cardigans, half aphex twin feel to it (no, really).

(the last two were experimental purchases, and i don't think it's money particularly wasted... they're solid growers rather than instant classics, like skunk anasie's paranoid and sunburnt)

My favourite all-time chilling tune has to be
Moody Blues - Knights In White Satin

-Ben-

CymruPolo wrote:oasis.... masterplan, whats the story, be here now

oh, definately ... masterplan is a gem, particularly as i was mostly too young to get any of their singles at the time and enjoy the B-sides. Sometimes it feels like it's their best work! The only thing is, it's missing Whatever... it wasn't on any of the other albums, instead a standalone single - but as it's not a B-side it doesn't fit the Masterplan bill!*
Whats the Story and Definately Maybe are hard to fault... you know how sometimes you get an album that's got no filler at all and is all good? Far too rare - oasis managed two in a row, hardly surprising they seemed to burn out a bit after!
Be Here Now i didn't like when I first got it, it was too much of a change of pace, but granting it another airing (by dint of it coming along on the mp3 player after WTS and not getting up to skip on), it's far better than it first felt. Hindsight's great innit .. just had to get used to them trying something softer. Do y'know what i mean... great

Giants is waiting in the queue of CDs To Gradually Buy though

* my memory might be broken on this point, might be thinking of a different band... am I BSing?

CymruPolo wrote:I think 'Be Here Now' is great, if it wasn't so over produced and the songs were shorter the critics would have loved it IMO.

I actually think Be Here Now is one of their better albums, the fact it is over produced and the songs go on for too long are the reasons I like it! I think the critics were expecting/wanting Whats the Story 2, it's certainly the last great album they have done (IMO).



Slightly off topic but went shopping for The Delays album on Saturday, £15.00 something in Virgin, saw it in music zone for £7.97!

There's been some class quotes from the Gallaghers, usually around the time of a new album

I bought Faded Seaside Galmour, the new album isn't out yet, but should be good especially if it has 'Lost in a Melody' on it. I liked Keane when they first came out but gone off them lately.

I've only downloaded the newest Oasis album, haven't got round to buying it yet and dont know if I will, there's a couple of tracks I really like and have learnt some of them on guitar but probably won't buy it.

Hmmm...interesting...well...here's what I've been listening to recently...

Timo Maas, Basement Jaxx, Sissor Sisters, Manic Street Preachers, Royksopp, Faithless...but I also like the oldies, Duran Duran, Beatles, Beach Boys, ABBA, Carpenters, Monkees...ha ha ha! Can't beat a bit of cheese now and then!