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RIP Patty Waters. Just read about this posted a few days ago on Bob Nedelkoff's timeline. Her official bio page reported on July 19 that she died June 29, 2024.

 
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Had the car radio on briefly this afternoon and this tune was playing. Now a few hours later looking back at the playlist I can see that it was in tribute to the sudden passing of Martin Phillipps. RIP genius.

 
BeinPurplenGreen said:
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I had thought about these fellows a few days before you posted this, hoping that I'd forgotten that song of theirs with the ridiculous chorus, but I had to add it to the list of all the crap things that I still have stored in my noggin.

Now I've just listened to it and I put it to you that "Weoh, Weoh, Weoh" is their classic song.
 
E Shed said:
Quite a sad story his life. I remember Dave Warner in his book about his band The Suburbs (who are touring again) talking about going to see Ochs play at UWA in the 70’s & hardly anyone turned up. At one point he was compared to Dylan & then his career just nosedived.
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I remember you mentioned this a fair while ago. I've been looking at Mr. Warner's YouTube Channel, at first because he links a few of his football opinions there from other social media sites, but I noticed he has a video/story/song about the time he and some of his band met Phil Ochs at the UWA gig mentioned above, so I thought I'd share.

My sister was at UWA around the same time. Seeing Dave Warner in a Zappa t-shirt, I remember my sister telling me she went to a free lunchtime gig at UWA Winthrop Hall where there was also only a handful of people turned up to see Frank Zappa.

 
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Not one for engaging in non-Freo, let alone non-football chat, but can't restrain myself from popping in here to say that the new Cure album is unexpectedly great (for all those who like the Cure).
 
ignoramus said:
Not one for engaging in non-Freo, let alone non-football chat, but can't restrain myself from popping in here to say that the new Cure album is unexpectedly great (for all those who like the Cure).
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Yes I’ve had a couple of listens. First one I was like WTF is this shite, but the second listen was better. Couple of good tracks.

Bit of a feel of “Pornography ” with some of them, some “Disintegration”
 

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Lach72 said:
Yes I’ve had a couple of listens. First one I was like WTF is this shite, but the second listen was better. Couple of good tracks.

Bit of a feel of “Pornography ” with some of them, some “Disintegration”
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Was not really feeling it with the first two tracks, but third track (A Fragile Thing) could be straight off Wish. Then the whole album pivots on the fourth track (Warsong) and suddenly it becomes immense. It's too orchestrated/multi-instrumental to be compared with the early albums, I reckon, but yes, dashes of Disintegration (All I Ever Am) as well as Wish mashed up with the better moments of Bloodflowers (Endsong).
 
ignoramus said:
Was not really feeling it with the first two tracks, but third track (A Fragile Thing) could be straight off Wish. Then the whole album pivots on the fourth track (Warsong) and suddenly it becomes immense. It's too orchestrated/multi-instrumental to be compared with the early albums, I reckon, but yes, dashes of Disintegration (All I Ever Am) as well as Wish mashed up with the better moments of Bloodflowers (Endsong).
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I’ve actually put off listening to it because I couldn’t bear it being a third poor album of theirs in a row. Having ‘discovered’ them as a 16 year old in 1991 just before Wish was released they were the soundtrack of my transition from adolescence into adult - and alongside The Chameleons are the most cherished and important band in my life. I would have been happy for Bloodflowers to be their last album.

But, I finally bit the bullet today on a 50 minute car journey, I cranked the car stereo to its highest volume and listened from start to finish.

All I can say is - wow!! What an incredible achievement.

Totally agree with you about the first track, it’s the one that hasn’t grabbed me - but both tracks 2 and 3 could easily have been on Wish. Track 2 (And Nothing Is Forever) shares the DNA of Trust and To Wish Impossible Things - which is a good thing - but I’d argue it would be better served pushed back later on in the album because the opener needs a more immediate track like A Fragile Thing to follow it.

For me the last song (Endsong) actually brought me to tears - as someone who’s always loved the longer gothier tracks more than the throwaway pop songs (as good as many of them are) I could have happily had the last track go on for 15-20 minutes rather than just the 10 minutes. It’s simply their best song for 20 odd years.

I was sure my all time top five Cure tracks was set in stone: Disintigration, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Apart, A Forest and Burn (from the Crow soundtrack) but I actually think Endsong could sneak in.

I’m off to go and chuck on my Bose headphones and listen to it again.
 
BarbieITFC said:
I’ve actually put off listening to it because I couldn’t bear it being a third poor album of theirs in a row. Having ‘discovered’ them as a 16 year old in 1991 just before Wish was released they were the soundtrack of my transition from adolescence into adult - and alongside The Chameleons are the most cherished and important band in my life. I would have been happy for Bloodflowers to be their last album.

But, I finally bit the bullet today on a 50 minute car journey, I cranked the car stereo to its highest volume and listened from start to finish.

All I can say is - wow!! What an incredible achievement.

Totally agree with you about the first track, it’s the one that hasn’t grabbed me - but both tracks 2 and 3 could easily have been on Wish. Track 2 (And Nothing Is Forever) shares the DNA of Trust and To Wish Impossible Things - which is a good thing - but I’d argue it would be better served pushed back later on in the album because the opener needs a more immediate track like A Fragile Thing to follow it.

For me the last song (Endsong) actually brought me to tears - as someone who’s always loved the longer gothier tracks more than the throwaway pop songs (as good as many of them are) I could have happily had the last track go on for 15-20 minutes rather than just the 10 minutes. It’s simply their best song for 20 odd years.

I was sure my all time top five Cure tracks was set in stone: Disintigration, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Apart, A Forest and Burn (from the Crow soundtrack) but I actually think Endsong could sneak in.

I’m off to go and chuck on my Bose headphones and listen to it again.
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Agreed on the sequencing. The main cause of me being down on the first two tracks is the fact that one follows the other. Push track 2 a bit later and I probably react differently to it on the first few listens.

The other reason why they weren't doing much for me — and also why the first few bars of Endsong, on a first listen, did not have me expecting much of it — is that the synth strings are just so in your face. With Endsong, the strings very quickly get pulled into line after 4 repeats of the main chord progression (the same could probably be said of And Nothing Is Forever), but in Alone they carry much of the song, and I found them overbearing initially.

Of course, it's a minor gripe, and after a few listens, it's easier to forgive these little deviations from an imagined perfection. It's a really strong album, leapfrogging Bloodflowers and already mounting a very strong case to be counted alongside the 6 (imo) stone cold classics that I prefer not to disciminate between.
 
These glowing recommendations for the latest Cure album made me wonder what other old fart bands are people still loyal to.

I've only recently discovered Peter Perrett's solo albums of the last decade "How The West Was Won" and "The Cleansing" and have been chuffed to hear his recognizable drawl has gotten gnarlier to match his songwriting.

 
Nails with Max fronting with his song Territory

Sound quality ain't the best but the song is epic. Best metal vocalist! Crowd off tap.

Epic!

 
King Huskii said:
It's tripped out, soulless music.
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Just about everything is, these days. You think your rap artists are real?

I'll make a note here that this is the first time I've seen someone post something to say they didn't like music posted on here. That it was you, in response to me, comes as no surprise.

I've seen plenty of things I didn't like on here (and a lot I did), but I understand that music is a subjective thing and that there are those who are eclectic in their tastes to one extent or another, and those who just have an axe to grind. I don't remember negatively commenting about anything in particular in this thread - I just take a look at what has been posted, and decide whether or not I like it for myself.

Babymetal have colluded with a fair few acts now, including a recent one with Electric Callboy which I like as well, and another with Bloodywood (India). Bands reach out to them with collab requests, and those requests are screened very carefully, I understand.
What I saw in that performance was a bunch of people who were having an awful lot of fun. Oli included, hamming it right up.
Everyone knows it's tongue in cheek, Huskii. Everyone. It's just entertainment.

I really miss the old Kami Band in accompaniment, which they still do (mostly in Japan) but have other commitments now.
I think Amuse made some errors with regard to Babymetal, the gradual relegating of the Kami band into the background on stage being one of them. The loss of Fujioka Mikio was significant as well.

I've posted some way out stuff on here from time to time when I don't think Australian audiences have been exposed to it that much - Ren, is one I remember. Be thankful you weren't subjected to a couple of Broken Peach (Spain) videos last Halloween. I was tempted.
Here in Australia, we miss an awful lot of things going on around the world in the music business. I could post more mainstream stuff I like, but I normally don't. That area is pretty well covered.

I mean, I could go back and find everything you've posted and comment on it, but I don't - and won't.
See if you can figure out why, you pretentious little ant. Lighten up.

/chuckle
 
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