Socrates

DeRank ™: 2,30

DeAge™ : 7890 days • Here since 2 november 2004

XTC Skylarking

17 mar 05

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I have shamefully forgotten "Drums & Wires," a true New Wave icon, featuring a track that "smashes," as the younger ones say ;-), "Making Plans for Nigel."
Zion, daddy's boy, starts from here.

XTC Skylarking

17 mar 05

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I wrote "identity" like De Mita. :-) I apologize.
If any kind-hearted dwarf could correct it, I would be grateful.

Sylvian and North, it seems that this time we don't totally agree: on the '80s we have a shared perspective (if I had a bit of time I'd also compile a substantial playlist); we diverge quite a bit on Andy Partridge's group (I hope to find a few more convinced admirers...). For me, there are at least three masterpieces: "English Settlement," the "summing up" of our experiences, "The Big Express," asymmetric and experimental, and the aforementioned one.
P.S. David, how are things going with Danny Wilson?

Air 10.000 Hz. Legend

17 mar 05

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I was about to write the review when I noticed there was already one. For me, unlike what Karl claims, it’s a great album, one of the best of the last five years.

The Polyphonic Spree Together We're Heavy

13 mar 05

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I have both of Danny Wilson's albums on vinyl and CD (the second one isn't bad for me either). Gary Clark is a talented composer of pop songs, just like the good Gregg Alexander (New Radicals): both make a living writing songs for others. If I'm not mistaken, Gary has a hand in the penultimate album by dell'Imbruglia. It's a case of "what one has to do to survive!"

The Polyphonic Spree Together We're Heavy

13 mar 05

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I took a look at your profile: many shared albums (not surprisingly, one of my first reviews on DeBaser was about Sylvian...). As for the oblivion that Gary Clark (Danny Wilson) has fallen into, do you want to handle it or should I? ;-)

The Polyphonic Spree Together We're Heavy

12 mar 05

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We are on the same side, even though I have a vague feeling that one of their goals is to make followers, not just musical ones. They scare me a little, but I like them. :-)

Bob Dylan Desire

11 mar 05

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they were coming... I stand corrected.

Bob Dylan Desire

11 mar 05

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I have an indelible memory connected to "Hurricane," which, as I mentioned in another post, early on changed my conception of music. Listening to Dylan's song on the Hit Parade radio show by Lelio Luttazzi (how many people in their forties are around here?), opened up a world for me. I intuitively understood, without yet knowing English, just a little over the age of twelve, the power of those words, the outrage and the sense of justice that came from them. Even if it were just the story of boxer Carter, this record would deserve 5 stars for me.

Fatboy Slim Palookaville

6 mar 05

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I am also an early admirer, having known the good Cook since the heroic days of the Housemartins (their "London O - Hull 4" deserves a review).
I have never considered dance music a lesser genre; I have never given in to the idea that there is an Aristotelian, immutable pyramid with pop and its (de)generated offspring at the bottom.
Fatboy's first work reinforced this belief of mine. I will, therefore, listen to this album attentively.