ewerk 27063 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Roots - Game Theory MSP - The Holy Bible Beatles - The Best Of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 The lyrics from The Holy Bible are immense like. Pretty much all the way through. PCP is probably my favourite but there's so many clever well written songs on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14168 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Aye, THB would be close to my list too. Although for all the lyrics are great, it's funny hearing James have to wedge them into some kind of musical structure since he's obviously just been given this ream of non-rhyming free-form writing by Richey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 The Manics were always so strong in every department though so even now they are kicking out decent enough albums, I quite enjoyed a few tracks on 'Send away the tigers' and 'Journal for plague lovers'. Not quite old manics but good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14168 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 They've got back to some kind of form compared with the flabby stuff they were churning out in the first half of the 2000s, definitely. Still can't find it in myself to care about them the way I did about the Richey-era albums, although being a miserable teenage sod at the time probably helped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 That normally helps with most music around people's teenage years I suppose. Most people are still attached to what they loved at that period of 14-17yrs or whatever. I still love Green Day who I have probably liked since I was 12, even if the world thinks they're gash now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonMarshy 2 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Damn - 3 is really nasty number to narrow it down to! gonna have to just be nasty and ruthless with selection Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me Muse - Origin of Symmetry Radiohead - The Bends Though theres about 8 more that could easily oust one of these - for now this is what it stays as xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Great thread. That's me on the download. Loving Spiderland sounds like Television having a fight with Nirvana - two tracks in anyway. that's a pretty good description actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4030 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 They've got back to some kind of form compared with the flabby stuff they were churning out in the first half of the 2000s, definitely. Still can't find it in myself to care about them the way I did about the Richey-era albums, although being a miserable teenage sod at the time probably helped! They hit "bottom" about 4 albums ago with Lifeblood but since then they've picked up imo - although I prefer the more Bible-esque Journal for Plague Lovers than the last one which has a more expansive Everything Must Go type sound. Going to see them next Saturday and really looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Great thread. That's me on the download. Loving Spiderland sounds like Television having a fight with Nirvana - two tracks in anyway. that's a pretty good description actually Well I doubt it's too far off - very jangly guitars here and there before thrashing power chords and loose vocals, Some pretty mad narration in there too. Quite enjoying Red House Painters as well, although they are very, very depressing a lot of the music I listen to is anyway. The guitar playing is nice and simple but well complimented by the vocals and use of reverb. I would still say Buckley gets the edge with sad guitar playing but only because of Sin-E` or perhaps because he walked into a river and drowned, who knows? Also I had never heard Heart Attack & Vine by Tom Waits which I enjoyed quite a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20232 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 holy bible was definitely the best manics album - raw as fuck and as tom said, richie's best lyrics before he walked. i don't think they ever hit those heights in any of the following years. i lost interest after everything must go - stadium rock tastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Great thread. That's me on the download. Loving Spiderland sounds like Television having a fight with Nirvana - two tracks in anyway. that's a pretty good description actually Well I doubt it's too far off - very jangly guitars here and there before thrashing power chords and loose vocals, Some pretty mad narration in there too. Quite enjoying Red House Painters as well, although they are very, very depressing a lot of the music I listen to is anyway. The guitar playing is nice and simple but well complimented by the vocals and use of reverb. I would still say Buckley gets the edge with sad guitar playing but only because of Sin-E` or perhaps because he walked into a river and drowned, who knows? I think Buckley is a lot more dramatic a songwriter which isn't really my thing - what I love about Red House Painters is that their songs don't really go anywhere half the time whilst Buckley most of the time needed some fat vocal crescendo which felt a bit tiresome after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Yeh i appreciate that, RHP are a lot less attention consuming and easier to drift off to. Very enjoyable record. Got the rest of their discography to go through to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) In no particular order. The Verve - Urban Hymns Pink Floyd - Animals The Who - Who's Next Edited January 14, 2011 by @yourservice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD 0 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 They're probably my top 3 most played on my iPod like. Oh aye, and this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Yeh i appreciate that, RHP are a lot less attention consuming and easier to drift off to. Very enjoyable record. Got the rest of their discography to go through to. Definitely listen to Down Colorful Hill and Songs For A Blue Guitar next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 39 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 In no particular order. Pink Floyd - Animals That is an awesome album, should really have been in my top 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I always have nightmares when I listen to that album! It's mint like!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) Edited January 15, 2011 by LeazesMag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) Floyd is one band I've never been able to like , and one that people always assume that i do, and going on my taste etc i really should.No idea why but another brick in the wall and money especially i can't stand, something from hearing them when i was a kid i think lol Same here, I realise they are a great band but I just don't get them. My first 2 albums are easy, but any of 5 or 6 could have been 3rd. Best in recent years, for you young un's , is American Idiot. Edited January 15, 2011 by LeazesMag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Floyd are so overrated it's not even funny. I do quite like their Barrett-era stuff but as soon as he left and Gilmore's ego swelled to the size of Allardyce's head they became shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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