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SIMPLE MINDS!
ok….
one more moment….
well I guess the first shock has ebbed down about now, so now we can talk. No really, I discovered something for myself again like last year when I found how brilliant early Genesis were. Simple Minds were once a very visionary and creative band. I’m old enough to remember their mid to late 80ties mainstream hits and I admit I actually liked some of them and never got into their early stuff. But now, oh my… especially the albums Real to Real Cacophony, Empires And Dance and Sister Feelings Call. That last one is hard to find on vinyl (and not at all on CD) so one has to get the weaker Sons and Fascinations CD on which it is featured as kind of bonus album. But only on the 2003 re-release in its entirety, mind, which adds up to 15 songs. There’s an earlier release omitting 2 tracks, and those were not the worst.
Traces of Kraftwerk, Bowie, Roxy Music, Frippy guitar work and lots of nice atmospheres, grooves and soundscapes are very present.
So here’s some from REAL TO REAL CACOPHONY:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLPxO3ZCqW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H65y7nYe6a4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi6uNVa6_tI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9y-RL-P3Os&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRTFy7Lrxeg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H65y7nYe6a4
EMPIRES AND DANCE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y87BwqtXt0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lds_GcdLnc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwtrSEVbbWc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C6cGe1oidQ&feature=related
SISTER FEELINGS CALL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FfCxLvV2nc&feature=related
(fantastic, no? listen to this one LOUD!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiLLzRk3Fzc&feature=related
I must vote for Timothy. Trust Us is my second fave album though. And Taifun probably my favourite song overall. But it’s Timothy’s Monster that brought me into Motorpsychedelism and its every song is stuck in my system.
Great King Rat wrote
Quote:I reckon nothing is further apart than old-school rock music and HipHop,I disagree. Not even because of hiphop’s manner of recycling but mostly because it has the same louder! fatter! meaner! attitude. And look what the Beastie Boys do. I’d even say that lots of palefaced introvert fakedepressed indiebands are farther away from classic rockism than some (not gangsta-) cool hiphoppers. And therefore from Motorpsycho. Like N.E.R.D., who I like. Or Arrested Development. The Hippie Hiphoppers.
Spotify says:
Quote:For absolute clarity, Spotify is completely legal. Music available on Spotify has been agreed with record companies, and artists are compensated for their work.
screw them. buy the records.
Released vinyl can still be bought at Stickman Records, especially those recent 7″. They’re neither extra nor rare.
After Manmower Blissard is kind of over for me and Fool’s Gold and Nathan come “only” like a prolonged fade out. But in those ’96 Rockefeller (if I’m not mistaken) versions they do shine golden. I don’t think there’s any filler on Blissard but there’s quite a bunch of songs with all the same tempos and styles. Another running order might have helped there.
Timothy has no filler at all for me. I can play each side to maximum entertainment.
