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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 01 2015 at 01:48 |
aroobarajpoot wrote:
<span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px; : rgb248, 248, 252;">Space Shanty, forever and ever.</span> |
Amen
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 04:03 |
Guy Guden wrote:
The Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin albums got a heap o' airplay from me. Big Idea. When I met David A. Stewart of the Eurythmics for the first time, I asked him if he was often mistaken for his other namesake. "Yes," he said with a chilly look and turned to talk to another. I felt a small victory for art. (For the record, Annie Lennox and I got along super because I had played Les Vampyrettes with Holger Czukay) |
What's Annie Lennox got to do with an ex-CAN member ???
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octopus-4
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 04:53 |
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 05:00 |
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 07:18 |
^ & ^^ - I'm truly dumbfounded................. I have an intense dislike for Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart and Eurythmics............I am honestly GOBSMACKED !! that these folks hooked up with Holger AND Jaki............ ............obviously there's more to this revolutionary rhythmic duo............. (I did know Conny produced leading New-Wave acts) but never ever did/would/could I think they'd work with these prominent POP entities............... I obviously DON'T know as much as I think..............
Edited by Tom Ozric - April 02 2015 at 07:19
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 07:51 |
Welcome to the club Tom I had no knowledge of this either and I consider myself quite the Can man + a big fan of Conny Plank.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Padraic
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 08:10 |
What's so bad about Annie Lennox?
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 08:11 |
- Thanks my dear friend !! Conny was quite a sought-after producer for major 80's players - I never thought he'd work with such a group as Eurithmics - let alone get Kraut heroes Czukay & Liebezeit to help out their work. Man this is a stunning bit of news........(doesn't mean I'll dig Lennox anytime soon - always have, always will be repulsed by her sh*t........
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chopper
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 08:14 |
Barbu wrote:
The Rotters' Club |
This.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 08:15 |
Well I kinda dig Eurythmics myself but then again, I grew up with their music playing over the radio. Annie Lennox has always reminded me of David Bowie, visually not musically. Something very androgynous about the both of them. Depending on make-up or lack thereof they can both look like a man or a woman.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 08:22 |
^ I admire much of Bowie, I have a passionate dislike for Lennox, can't stand not one of the songs she sings. I am deeply sorry if I offend some folks here with that statement. Holger & Jaki needed to make a living, I guess.......
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Padraic
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Posted: April 02 2015 at 10:09 |
She just always struck me as someone that wouldn't engender "passionate dislike", but whatev.
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Guy Guden
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Posted: April 03 2015 at 04:13 |
Well, thanks. This is why I'm here Before they sold out to Hollywood, Lennox & Stewart were quite avant-garde. They were in a pre Eurythmics band called the Tourists. Annie had worked on a one-off with Holger Czukay called Les Vampyrettes. I played both of these on my radio show SPACE PIRATE RADIO as import releases. In the Garden was an import only before the suits at RCA USA had a clue. Then came the signing and an attempt to reign them away from the oddness of their earlier work. Hence the clash of values. Interesting experimental work, or air-friendly, consumer oriented material. Annie still had an artistic connection, which is why we got along. When she introduced me to an RCA A&R wonk, she said "he was the first to play our stuff." The white liner sniffed, "You and a dozen others." " No," she corrected. "He played our early IMPORT stuff." Dave A., as I mentioned earlier, was already picking up on the Hollywood headiness. You start out as artists for the sake of art, and their is some cool crossovers, but the money and prestige takes over, and their in lies the choice one must make. I have a seemingly endless number of these Hollywood business stories and it is why I walked away from this industry of fertilizer with no growth potential. So yeah, Can cool. Dave Stewart without the middle A. Cool. Good Friday to you.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: April 03 2015 at 11:26 |
Padraic wrote:
Yeah, I wanted to like Space Shanty, but after many repeated attempts I'm afraid I just can't see the appeal. Might have been more interesting as an instrumental record; the lyrics are really just awful.
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You can count me in on also not being a big fan of Space Shanty. On the positive side it isn't one of those albums that I cringe at when it comes up in rotation.
Edited by Slartibartfast - April 03 2015 at 11:27
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Lafayette Assburn
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Posted: April 03 2015 at 11:32 |
Anyone mention the "Surveillance" lp?
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proggman
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Posted: April 16 2015 at 02:48 |
Khan, Space Shanty.
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When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 16 2015 at 03:56 |
What's with this 'Surveillance' LP ??? I even enjoy all those Locomotion and I'm In A Different World versions..... .......not a patch on his work with Egg, Hatfield or Bruford ,,,,,, ............how can we expect to hear his fizzy Hammond things after Gradually Going Tornado ???? From my approach (whatever that is) - his 'Pop' works still have tongue-in-cheek humour and virtuosic skill involved. Just like Nick Beggs and Kajagoogoo. Whatever genre, if a musician is highly skilled, then FANTASTIC !!
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memowakeman
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Posted: April 16 2015 at 14:08 |
All of those are awesome albums. The Rotter's Club is still my favorite.
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