(I'm sorry if this has been discussed recently elsewhere--someone, you see, has disabled my search function... )
I'm beginning to think that The Stone Roses - s/t is perhaps my favorite album ever. Its self-assurance, musical flexibility, musical proficiency, and its sheer musicality appeal to me like very few albums I've ever encountered*. It has brilliant tunes and swagger like you wouldn't believe. (It is the clear antecedent to Achtung Baby.) Their b-sides collection, Turns Into Stone, is nearly equally terrific.
There's little point to this thread other than to declare my full-on homosexual love for Ian Brown, Squire, and every other Stone Rose , especially since I don't see them mentioned too often. So discuss the band here: anyone see them live? (perhaps my main regret in life ), favorite tunes? (mine = where angels play, one love, waterfall, etc.)
*Close competitors:
U2 - Achtung Baby
Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
Beatles - Abbey Road
Wilco - Summerteeth
Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
etc...
I'm beginning to think that The Stone Roses - s/t is perhaps my favorite album ever. Its self-assurance, musical flexibility, musical proficiency, and its sheer musicality appeal to me like very few albums I've ever encountered*. It has brilliant tunes and swagger like you wouldn't believe. (It is the clear antecedent to Achtung Baby.) Their b-sides collection, Turns Into Stone, is nearly equally terrific.
There's little point to this thread other than to declare my full-on homosexual love for Ian Brown, Squire, and every other Stone Rose , especially since I don't see them mentioned too often. So discuss the band here: anyone see them live? (perhaps my main regret in life ), favorite tunes? (mine = where angels play, one love, waterfall, etc.)
*Close competitors:
U2 - Achtung Baby
Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
Beatles - Abbey Road
Wilco - Summerteeth
Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
etc...