Random Music Talk CXXXI: Interference Finally Gets Its Revenge on Cobbler

[Hewson]

Am I the only one who hated it and barely used it?

No. I didn't use it much.
Do most of my posting from work on a desktop anyway, but even on my phone I would just use the mobile site, not the app.

 

[Salome]

I'll definitely give that a go.
Do hope it's less of a slog than that latest Carlos Niño & Friends album.

Almost as much of a slog. Far from bad though. Will be interesting what André 3000 will release in another 15 years.

 

[iron yuppie]

The greatest album of all time comes out on Friday.

André 3000 Releasing Solo Album New Blue Sun This Week

Cobbler have you listened to this thing yet? I thought there were some great moods and textures throughout, especially on the panther track. The choice to use the digitized flute over a live one is completely baffling, though.

 

[cobl04]

I have, just in the background at work yesterday, and all the jokes aside I do really like it. I think it's a totally fair question to ask would it be getting held up as it is if it wasn't an Andrè 3000 record, and I think the answer to that is clearly no, but I don't think you can look at this album devoid of the context (well, you can do whatever the fuck you want, but I'm not). The story and the artistry behind it is part of it. I'd probably never listen to it again if it was just a Carlos Niño record - indeed I would never have heard of it or listened to it in the first place if it was - but I'm gonna be playing it heaps because I love Three Stacks. I think it's a fantastic ambient jazz record, with elements of Eno, the instrumental back halves of Low and "Heroes", 808 State and Zelda soundtracks. I also found "digitised wind instruments" strange to read in the liner notes, I actually don't conceptually understand what that is?

 

[iron yuppie]

I think instead of playing the instrument, he programmed the sound into a synthesizer and played that.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

AARP is sponsoring the Rolling Stones tour, why not?

 

[david]

K-Earth 101, a classic rock radio station in Southern California, has started playing The Killers - Somebody Told Me.

 

[lazarus]

The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce New Album and Tour, Share Video for New Song: Watch





Definitely laughed when I saw the self-referential "Jamcod" title. Interesting that the album cover's title font is the same as the one used on their last pre-breakup album Munki.

 

[david]

How many references to early to mid 90s grunge/alternative videos and bands can you spot in the new MGMT music video?:

https://youtu.be/eX5NIs8bV54?si=qV8H6-2yhZHMkJ0P

It’s been so long using desktop version of the board that I can’t remember how to embed YouTube links.

 

[cobl04]

I saw Liz Stringer and Jackson Browne last night. Liz is an Aussie singer-songwriter, she's fantastic. Jackson Browne, it was a gift for my dad, I was really only there to hear two songs - Running on Empty and The Load-Out/Stay. They were both a fucking delight. Holy shit most of the rest of the show was interminable.

 

[david]

Shane MacGowan has left the earth.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Shane MacGowan has left the earth.

Rest in peace, only 65

 

[Hewson]

He lived a hard lifestyle that took its toll.
Shame.
RIP.

 

[Salome]

Probably the greatest lyricist ever.
What a waste.
RIP

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

 

[cobl04]

Dreamers
They never learn
They never learn.
Beyond the point
Of no return
Of no return
And it's too late
The damage is done
The damage is done

This goes
Beyond me
Beyond you

White room
By window
And the sound comes through

And we are
Just happy to serve
Just happy to serve
You.

 

[lazarus]

Kiss Announce That They Will “Rock Forever” by Performing as Digital Avatars



Now they will Suck Forever.

 

[cobl04]

Finally listened to Paul's Boutique on a whim. Very cool album, it's actually quite jaw-dropping the sample usage, like to hear several proper Beatles samples, and know this was a commercial album that was/is for sale, is wild when you think about how restrictive sampling is nowadays. How did it even get made?! Also cool to recognise a sample that’s been used on an OutKast track (and as it turns out, tons of songs), “it’s the joint”, from Funky Four Plus One. And That Lady in the last track, which I recognised immediately from i.

 

[iron yuppie]

Leave it to Pitchfork to name an album that came out in 2022 as their best of 2023. Maybe they wouldn't have this problem if they didn't publish their year-end lists the week after Thanksgiving.

 

[david]

Finally listened to Paul's Boutique on a whim. Very cool album, it's actually quite jaw-dropping the sample usage, like to hear several proper Beatles samples, and know this was a commercial album that was/is for sale, is wild when you think about how restrictive sampling is nowadays. How did it even get made?! Also cool to recognise a sample that’s been used on an OutKast track (and as it turns out, tons of songs), “it’s the joint”, from Funky Four Plus One. And That Lady in the last track, which I recognised immediately from i.

And when it came out in 1989 it was considered a commercial flop. The world wanted Licensed To Ill part 2. But they stated distancing themselves from that image and sound. Supposedly they actually did pay for every sample at the time which cost $250,000 at the time. I was 12 years old at the time of its release and struggled with it but then again I was 12 with a very limited musical palette and my prior knowledge of the band was their silly over the top brash jokester image from the Licensed to Ill era. Paul’s Boutique clicked with me in the mid 90s. I actually liked it more than their 1992 Check Your Head album.

 

[Salome]

Been listening a lit to those first 3 Beastie albums this year.
Amazing stuff. Hard, if not impossible, to pick a favourite.

 

[u2popmofo]

Leave it to Pitchfork to name an album that came out in 2022 as their best of 2023. Maybe they wouldn't have this problem if they didn't publish their year-end lists the week after Thanksgiving.

Speaking of which, what are everyone's favorite albums of 2023? I miss our old massive best of threads & lists.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Speaking of which, what are everyone's favorite albums of 2023? I miss our old massive best of threads & lists.

I miss that stuff too. I relied heavily on everyone's posts to seek out stuff I missed during the year and would always discover at least one gem.

Here are a few albums I vibed with this year.

Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard
Sofia Kourtesis - Madres
Purelink - Signs
Sigur Rós - Átta

And I'm still working my way through the three Royksopp albums that were released at the end of last year.

 

[iron yuppie]

 

[cobl04]

if it weren't for "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi", one of the five best songs ever written, "Daydreaming" might be my favourite Radiohead song.

 

[cobl04]

This is cool:

To mark what would have been David Bowie’s 77th birthday, Parlophone Records are proud to announce the release of a very special David Bowie limited vinyl LP, WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) which will be released on 20th April, 2024 for Record Store Day.

The album is taken from the Trident Studios 1/4” stereo tapes dated 15th December, 1971, which were created for the then provisional tracklisting for what would become THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS album.

The tracklisting for WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH) runs differently from the ZIGGY STARDUST album and features four songs that didn’t make the final album.

Side 1

Five Years
Soul Love
Moonage Daydream
Round And Round
Amsterdam


Side 2

Hang On To Yourself
Ziggy Stardust
Velvet Goldmine
Holy Holy
Star
Lady Stardust

 

[U2inUtah]

Just barely learned this week that it is Flea and Dave Navarro playing on Alanis Morisette's "You Oughta Know". Going back and listening to it, that bass line is unmistakable Flea and really elevates the song. Apparently Taylor Hawkins was also the drummer on the Jagged Little Pill tour but didn't play on the original recording.

Even though I'd heard the song 100 times on the radio growing up I never really paid much attention to it, but Alanis lyrics and emotional vocal delivery are really pretty great. The ultimate scorned lover song.

Also, pretty weird that the song is likely about Dave Coulier, (though Alanis will never fully admit to it). It's hard for my brain to reconcile the asshole portrayed in the song is the same goofy dude from Full House.

 

[Hewson]

Also, pretty weird that the song is likely about Dave Coulier, (though Alanis will never fully admit to it). It's hard for my brain to reconcile the asshole portrayed in the song is the same goofy dude from Full House.

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Isn't it ironic.

 

[cobl04]

Condé Nast Rolls Pitchfork Into GQ As Ad Dollars Decline

 

[mikal]

Just barely learned this week that it is Flea and Dave Navarro playing on Alanis Morisette's "You Oughta Know". Going back and listening to it, that bass line is unmistakable Flea and really elevates the song. Apparently Taylor Hawkins was also the drummer on the Jagged Little Pill tour but didn't play on the original recording.

Even though I'd heard the song 100 times on the radio growing up I never really paid much attention to it, but Alanis lyrics and emotional vocal delivery are really pretty great. The ultimate scorned lover song.

Also, pretty weird that the song is likely about Dave Coulier, (though Alanis will never fully admit to it). It's hard for my brain to reconcile the asshole portrayed in the song is the same goofy dude from Full House.

I peed next to him in a bar about 15 years ago. It’s guy code to never look left or right, when at a urinal, but when I got to the urinal, I immediately asked myself if that was him. So I discreetly glanced over to my right and confirmed it. And then started laughing.