Thread: Manufactured "bands"

Originally Posted by Andy Mac

I wish I had them all on CD.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: thats a disgusting thing to say :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
They need a needle not a little lazer to be at their brilliant best

Originally Posted by Andy Mac

Got a boxed set of Pink Floyd, vinyl. Now my turntable's retired/replaced I wish I had them all on CD... Good shed music.

a fair while ago our turntable died and all our albums sat around then I got an idea and bought a turntable at tandys and hooked it into my computer and now all my Pink Floyd,cat stevens ,boxed set beatles led zep etc are on cd (personal use) and the vinyl stuff is safely packed away
I now have shed music and also as mp3's on my mp3 pod thingy
Best of both worlds and I now dont have to worry about the vinyl ones getting scratched...................Sorry Al no Max B here
Pete

I put my hand up as a Floyd fan. Animals is my favourite. Also got every album Bowie made until he went mad in the 80's.

Originally Posted by silentC

I put my hand up as a Floyd fan. Animals is my favourite. Also got every album Bowie made until he went mad in the 80's.

Aladin Sane is my pic. Scary Monsters was his last decent album.

If you get the chance Geoff Duff ex- Kush has an album and sings Bowie songs in the mannor of Frank Sinartra and vice versa. Its called Ground control to Frank Sinatra. Great listening

Hard to pick a favourite. The Man Who Sold the World maybe. Aladdin Sane is up there too.

Agree on Scary Monsters. He lost the plot after that.

Bowie's never lost the plot...............he just avoided being totally drawn into the "commercial/mainstream" side of the business and maintained his evolving individuality, consequently, some of his offerings haven't appealed to people.




"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench.........a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs.
There's also a negative side" ----Hunter S Thompson----

he just avoided being totally drawn into the "commercial/mainstream" side of the business and maintained his evolving individuality

Two words for you: Let's Dance.

Plot lost. QED

OIY!!!

That's why I said "he just avoided being totally drawn into " .......the implication being that there are/were exceptions.

Personally, I think that is a damned good song, even had some hack guitarist with the initials SRV playin' on it. Pin Ups is probably my fave album even if it is a lot of covers.

There are the occasional good bits on some of the later albums, not that I've listened to anything much beyond Blue Jean.

I suppose what I should have said is that he lost me

Low, Heros and then Lodger in the late 70`s was the first i thought he wasnt the god i thought he was, then back with a vengance with Scary Monsters then unfourtunatly all down hill from Lets Dance onward. Remember Tin Machine:eek:

I started listening to him with Lodger, discovered the other stuff retrospectively. There are a couple of good tracks on it IMO. Likewise Low has some good stuff on it if you can get past Brian Eno. Not my favourites though.

Every album he put out would have a track or two on it thats good, after all the bloke is pretty special when it comes to music. Heros was the pick of the three for me. Later he done the soundtrack for The Buddha of Suburbia which i loved. But compare all those to Space Oddity, Man hwo Sold the World, the sensational Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Alladi Sane, Pin upps, Diamond Dogs and the very underated Station to Station, the post Scary Monsters are rather dull and ordinary

Station to Station is probably one of my favourite tracks. Love Earl Slick's lead riff in the tail end of it.

Originally Posted by fxst

a fair while ago our turntable died and all our albums sat around then I got an idea and bought a turntable at tandys and hooked it into my computer and now all my Pink Floyd,cat stevens ,boxed set beatles led zep etc are on cd (personal use) and the vinyl stuff is safely packed away
I now have shed music and also as mp3's on my mp3 pod thingy
Best of both worlds and I now dont have to worry about the vinyl ones getting scratched...................Sorry Al no Max B here
Pete

Is this difficult? I have not heard one of my 200+ LP's for 10 years. I was just thinking 'bout setting up the LP12 again - this could make me do it. What's the sound quality like, what gear do you need etc?
I see that Dave Gilmour has a new albumn out, and is touring in the states. He also announced that the Floyd would never do another live gig. Bugger, lucky I saw 'em in the UK.

This is a wierd thread. I like it.