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Lou Reed New York

31 jan 09

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Bravo Kant, once Lou said that without New York he wouldn’t be the Lou Reed we know. The lyrics of the album are important at least as much as the music, accusations of corruption against local politicians (Strawman), still the Vietnam veterans (Xmas in February), dedications to Andy Warhol (Dime Story Mystery), AIDS (Halloween Parade). The nice thing is that the lyrics were translated into the language of their respective countries—German, Spanish, French—except Italian, seemingly due to legal issues. Five for a lifetime.

Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

31 jan 09

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Oh sorry, I didn't know that you prefer to talk about a "band of members" conjugating the verbs in the singular :-)

The Vaselines The Way of the Vaselines - A Complete History

31 jan 09

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According to the reviewer, Meat Puppets and Pixies are a discovery of Kurt Cobain, it’s like saying that America was discovered by Giovanni Soldini sailing solo across the Atlantic. The fact that hardly anyone cared about them before Cobain declared his love for them is another load of nonsense. Where were you back then? In the cradle or in the Belgian Congo? But why make such statements? To make the review sound cooler?

Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

31 jan 09

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The reviewer, in the frenzy of giving the album 5 stars, forgot to mention that Bright Eyes is the "band-like" project with interchangeable members of Conor Oberst, the young man who released his first solo album under his own name in 2008 and I believe is driven by the same ambition for greatness as Ryan Adams. The best tracks on this album are the country ones where Oberst gets help from Emmylou Harris to sound like Gram Parsons. Personally, I'm already less enthusiastic about this album compared to the low-fi debut where he could truly remind one of a new Bob Dylan. Now he has become a new Ryan Adams. And in my opinion, there's a big difference.

Adrian Belew Lone Rhino

31 jan 09

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@azzo, if you happen not to know it, check out "Sound on Sound" by Bill Nelson and let me know.

Adrian Belew Lone Rhino

31 jan 09

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ehm...anticipating "Discipline" since Bill Nelson's album is from 1979...

Adrian Belew Lone Rhino

31 jan 09

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Anyway, to those who like Belew, I would recommend, if you don’t know him, another great guitar hero/multi-instrumentalist who is on the same crazy wavelength: Bill Nelson. Get his "Sound on Sound" under the name Bill Nelson's Red Noise. He mixes Zappa, Devo, and King Crimson from the "Discipline" era onwards. Extraordinary, a 5.

Adrian Belew Lone Rhino

31 jan 09

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One of the most talented guitarists, yet often underrated. Honor to the mustached one for discovering him and to others like Bowie on "Lodger" and the Talking Heads on "Remain in Light" for highlighting his work. This album is indeed naive, as the reviewer says; after all, during that time, Belew was also working with the Talking Heads' side project, the danceable Tom Tom Club. Even "Inner Revolutions," which, as macaco rightly points out, is more Beatles-esque, is rich in experimentation, both in the use of voice and guitar. Well... he hung out with Uncle Frankie, and you can tell.

Hawkwind In Search of Space

30 jan 09

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The reviewer’s mistake is in trying to forcefully categorize and compare Hawkwind "within the emerging progressive wagon." Hawkwind doesn’t give a damn about progressive; they don’t use moogs and mellotrons to enter a fairyland but remain anchored to the "old" powerful riffs aimed at space euphoria. And so I see many reviewers/commentators who, having "read" them in books as innovators, are left disappointed and label dated bands like Hawkwind, the Pink Fairies, or Twink himself.

Dashiell Hedayat Obsolete

30 jan 09

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Hi igordimi, clearly you are referring to the album released under the pseudonym Melmoth. I know it was reissued (as Obsolete) on compact disc by Mantra a long time ago, but I’ve never seen it "around" either (unlike Obsolete). However, I have seen the LP from 1969 for sale at 220 euros.