lazarus
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Hey Ax, have you listened to Unwed Sailor?
Imagine how many Lance's Mom has listened to (among other things).
Hey Ax, have you listened to Unwed Sailor?
Much better is Apple Venus Vol. 1, which shares many themes with Skylarking but approaches them from a lush chamber music angle. An astonishingly composed and joyous record that illustrated their maturity and mastery over their influence going into the 21st century. It's perhaps my second favorite XTC album, sandwiched between Skylarking and Drums and Wires.
As for the rest of their career, Oranges & Lemons is a fucking mess but King For a Day and especially The Mayor of Simpleton are pop masterpieces.
You wrote this giant post and somehow failed to mention their final album (for now) Apple Venus Vol. 1 aka Wasp Star and as I’m listening to it again right now I can only conclude it’s because YOU’RE DUMB.
Love the energy and hooks on this thing, it’s a refreshing punctuation, almost as if R.E.M. had ended their discography with Monster or Accelerate.
While My Guitar and Long Long Long are gems but Piggies and Savoy Truffle are miles and miles below the likes of Dear Prudence, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, I'm So Tired, Julia, Revolution 1. John was the MVP of that album.He wrote the best songs on both White Album and Abbey Road.
He wrote the best songs on both White Album and Abbey Road.
Also odd you’d not like it much given the presence of your boy Dylan.
I used to agree with Laz, but over the years, All Things Must Pass has passed(!) up the rest of the pack to be my favorite solo Beatles record. If you asked me to pick my favorite 10 post-Beatles songs, a good 6-7 of them would be from that album.
This would be a perfect 10/10 and probably in my top 20-30 all-time:
1. I'd Have You Anytime
2. My Sweet Lord
3. Wah-Wah
4. Isn't It a Pity
5. What Is Life
6. If Not For You
7. Behind That Locked Door
8. Beware of Darkness
9. Apple Scuffs
10. Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
11. Awaiting on You All
12. All Things Must Pass
13. Hear Me Lord
While My Guitar and Long Long Long are gems but Piggies and Savoy Truffle are miles and miles below the likes of Dear Prudence, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, I'm So Tired, Julia, Revolution 1. John was the MVP of that album.
George killed it twice on Abbey Road but that album wouldn't be the masterpiece it is without Paul coming through and stitching together the medley with George Martin.
As for The White Album, strongly disagree. While My Guitar is great, but most of that is thanks to Clapton's participation.
What does Clapton do vs George on that song? I don't think I know.
Clapton plays the lead guitar and solo on the song.
Where's DaveC?!
Omg, Travelling Wilburys had an amazing lineup, is their music good?????
(although he was never given a chance by John and Paul to actually flourish)
He's my favourite Beatle.
The other thing I need to post about is Los Campesinos!
The other night I was having a shit night, I cut my damn finger on one of those mandolin slicers lol, and just everything was not going to plan, and Em was out, and so I needed some music to just take my mind off that and other stuff that was going on in my head.
So I played Romance is Boring for the first time in a long time and... holy shit, what a fucking trip. I realised just how fucking dear to my heart I hold that album. I'm a lot happier these days than I was when I first heard it but I was just so instantly transported back to 2010 listening to it. I felt the emotion. It's so, so important to me, and when I do make my decade list maybe it'll be #1... there's literally only one song (Plan A) that I don't love.
There are so many lyrics on that record that feel like they were written about my life, at that point in time, being a straight man in his very early 20s who was desperate for female connection but always seemed to be the friend (don't worry, I'm no incel, I could write a very long story about myself and what it was all about).
And how
The frequent public displays
Of sisterly affection
Left her feeling safe
Left him with an erection
I can't believe I chose the mountains
Every time you chose the sea
I've been playing straight chicken with gay girls, it's never enough
She keeps on pulling the peace sign, and I think it's a taunt
I'd quote I Just Sighed, but I don't think there's a single song in history that speaks to me more. Not any more. But when people talk about great songs about unrequited love, which is obviously a huge trope in music, none of them ever know I Just Sighed, which is devastating, because it so perfectly captures what it's like to feel unrequited love. Even nearly a decade on, and four years into an amazing relationship, the lyrics still cut me. Very little music does that to me these days.
And then this, which I genuinely think might be my all-time favourite lyric, by anyone:
If you were given the option
Of dying painlessly in peace at forty-five
But with a lover at your side
After a full and happy life
Is this something that would interest you
Would this interest you at all?
I need to write a longer piece about this album. Los Campesinos! have always been so under-loved and under-appreciated. And I wish they knew how important they've been, even if it's not a large amount of people. And I fear that someday soon they will call it quits because they just don't make enough money from LC! to make a real go of it. I might try to shop it around to Stereogum, Av Club, Buzzfeed... and then if no one takes it just publish it on my blog. If anyone knows of any websites that might publish an article like this, please let me know.
And sound off if you love this album, I know there were heaps of us back in the day. Shout outs to Shouter and Laz for being so passionate about them, I shudder to think about my life without this album and Los Campesinos!
Omg, Travelling Wilburys had an amazing lineup, is their music good?????
The other thing I need to post about is Los Campesinos!
The other night I was having a shit night, I cut my damn finger on one of those mandolin slicers lol, and just everything was not going to plan, and Em was out, and so I needed some music to just take my mind off that and other stuff that was going on in my head.
So I played Romance is Boring for the first time in a long time and... holy shit, what a fucking trip. I realised just how fucking dear to my heart I hold that album. I'm a lot happier these days than I was when I first heard it but I was just so instantly transported back to 2010 listening to it. I felt the emotion. It's so, so important to me, and when I do make my decade list maybe it'll be #1... there's literally only one song (Plan A) that I don't love.
There are so many lyrics on that record that feel like they were written about my life, at that point in time, being a straight man in his very early 20s who was desperate for female connection but always seemed to be the friend (don't worry, I'm no incel, I could write a very long story about myself and what it was all about).
And how
The frequent public displays
Of sisterly affection
Left her feeling safe
Left him with an erection
I can't believe I chose the mountains
Every time you chose the sea
I've been playing straight chicken with gay girls, it's never enough
She keeps on pulling the peace sign, and I think it's a taunt
I'd quote I Just Sighed, but I don't think there's a single song in history that speaks to me more. Not any more. But when people talk about great songs about unrequited love, which is obviously a huge trope in music, none of them ever know I Just Sighed, which is devastating, because it so perfectly captures what it's like to feel unrequited love. Even nearly a decade on, and four years into an amazing relationship, the lyrics still cut me. Very little music does that to me these days.
And then this, which I genuinely think might be my all-time favourite lyric, by anyone:
If you were given the option
Of dying painlessly in peace at forty-five
But with a lover at your side
After a full and happy life
Is this something that would interest you
Would this interest you at all?
I need to write a longer piece about this album. Los Campesinos! have always been so under-loved and under-appreciated. And I wish they knew how important they've been, even if it's not a large amount of people. And I fear that someday soon they will call it quits because they just don't make enough money from LC! to make a real go of it. I might try to shop it around to Stereogum, Av Club, Buzzfeed... and then if no one takes it just publish it on my blog. If anyone knows of any websites that might publish an article like this, please let me know.
And sound off if you love this album, I know there were heaps of us back in the day. Shout outs to Shouter and Laz for being so passionate about them, I shudder to think about my life without this album and Los Campesinos!
I can only rue the fact that I might have had it in my life years ago but never quite made the step from Pure Bathing Culture's self-titled EP of 2012 to their debut album in 2013.
This is a band I would never have thought would be your thing. But yeah they're a pretty solid group. Pendulum is a great track.