Cockhill, Buncrana, Donegal, Superthread

[LemonMelon]

I have no clue why I'm listening to Synchronicity. But man, I really don't like the Police. I'll give this about 3 more songs to get better before I give up on it completely.

 

[bono_212]

I have no clue why I'm listening to Synchronicity. But man, I really don't like the Police. I'll give this about 3 more songs to get better before I give up on it completely.

I've never listened to that all the way through, but it's got my favorites on it

 

[LemonMelon]

I've never listened to that all the way through, but it's got my favorites on it

Synchronicity I and Walking In Your Footsteps annoyed the shit out of me. O My God was pretty good. Mother is obvious filler. That's as far as I've gotten.

 

[Axver]

I have no clue why I'm listening to Synchronicity. But man, I really don't like the Police. I'll give this about 3 more songs to get better before I give up on it completely.

The only Police album I really find enjoyable on any level is Regatta de Blanc. The rest may have one or two good songs but otherwise bore me.

 

[LemonMelon]

The only Police album I really find enjoyable on any level is Regatta de Blanc. The rest may have one or two good songs but otherwise bore me.

I still don't know what the sound is that they're going for. It's just one pointless world music-inspired experiment after another, buried in shitty 80's production values.

Synchronicity II is way better than the first one, though it definitely bugs me that the two songs have nothing to do with one another.

 

[bono_212]

 

[the tourist]

I've never cared for Sting in general.

 

[Axver]

I've never cared for Sting in general.

That's OK, $ting doesn't care for your band's music either. It's not "world" enough.

 

[LemonMelon]

The Police loved to sell out in the middle of their albums. Every Breath You Take barely sounds like the same band, and feels as out-of-place as Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic did on Ghost In The Machine. Both songs are pretty decent though.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

Try waking up and making breakfast and having Sting's lute music as the SBS soundtrack with the test pattern while you wait for the cycling updates. NO way to start the day....

(sorry I disappeared so abruptly from the thread last night, I had a strange email that needed dealing with....)

 

[Axver]

BEING LEGALLY BLIND IS THE BEST THING EVER.

I just called the Palace Theatre to confirm they won't have issues with my cane at the Opeth gig tonight. End result? I'm to come to the venue just before doors open, go straight to the front of the queue, talk to security, and they'll accommodate me and do their best to get me up the front. Fucking WIN.

 

[bono_212]

 

[Axver]

Try waking up and making breakfast and having Sting's lute music as the SBS soundtrack with the test pattern while you wait for the cycling updates. NO way to start the day....

(sorry I disappeared so abruptly from the thread last night, I had a strange email that needed dealing with....)

Hey BEG!

That sounds like it would be enough to put you off your breakfast ...

 

[bono_212]

ATTENTION:

Sex is the leading cause of babies


That is all

 

[LemonMelon]

OK, I give up. The Police are too dull for me.

Next album on the list.

 

[Axver]

ATTENTION:

Sex is the leading cause of babies


That is all

Being born is the leading cause of death.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

*files away info for future reference*

 

[bono_212]

OK, I give up. The Police are too dull for me.

Next album on the list.

What it is?

 

[Axver]

*files away info for future reference*

Get yourself a cane and you're sweet. Tip: If anybody is ever suspicious that you can see more than they think you should be able to, just use the line "low vision does not mean no vision".

I'm not joking when I say legal blindness is one of the best things that's ever happened to me.

 

[LemonMelon]

What it is?

There is no specific "next album", but I do have a list.

Doves - The Last Broadcast
Peter Gabriel - So
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Carole King - Tapestry
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Battles - Mirrored
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Aretha Franklin - Never Loved A Man The Way That I Love You
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
The Cars - The Cars
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Talk Talk - Natural History
The Left Banke - There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966-1969
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
The Band - Songs From Big Pink
Tool - Ænima
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déja vu
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
Parliament - Mothership Connection
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
Al Green - Greatest Hits
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Elliott Smith - XO
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Lou Reed - Berlin
Paul Simon - Graceland
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
The Jam - Snap!
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Rush - 2112
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
Silver Jews - American Water
Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
New Order - Substance
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap
Chicago - The Chicago Transit Authority
Ride - Nowhere
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
Beach Boys - Sunflower/Surf's Up
Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
The Police - Synchronicity
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
The Fall - This Country's Saving Grace
The Postal Service - Give Up
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Air - Moon Safari
Slint - Spiderland
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de Habitual
James - Laid
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

Thanks to this list, I've listened to like 30 new albums in the last month and a half.

 

[Axver]

Traviud, that is quite the list.

 

[LemonMelon]

Traviud, that is quite the list.

I just scanned the rateyourmusic top 2,000 and picked out what I thought I would be interested in. With the help of Google Blog Search and used CDs on amazon, I may complete the list by year's end.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

Get yourself a cane and you're sweet. Tip: If anybody is ever suspicious that you can see more than they think you should be able to, just use the line "low vision does not mean no vision".

I'm not joking when I say legal blindness is one of the best things that's ever happened to me.

I'm over having to line up for anything. This could be gold for any future U2 stadium shows! Or the supermarket.....

 

[the tourist]

I have some of those albums.

 

[LemonMelon]

I have some of those albums.

Any that particularly jump out as must-listens? I can never decide what to listen to next.

 

[bono_212]

oh my Jesus, that's quite a list, I only have like three of those albums

BUT!

So

 

[LemonMelon]

oh my Jesus, that's quite a list, I only have like three of those albums

BUT!

So

Now you know how I'm able to cope with The U2 Album Delay 2008.

 

[Axver]

I'm over having to line up for anything. This could be gold for any future U2 stadium shows! Or the supermarket.....

It'll be interesting to see how it goes tonight, and if other venues are quite so generous. I was stunned. All I wanted to know was whether security would let me bring the cane into the GA area without having any issues, and next thing I'm being told to go to the front of the queue just before doors!

Well, now I can kick back and not leave so early.

 

[bono_212]

Now you know how I'm able to cope with The U2 Album Delay 2008.

And you should do it...with So

 

[LemonMelon]

And you should do it...with So

It can be my

...SLEDGEHAMMER