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Jeremey wrote:Holy fuck, Jana .. thanks for sharing. This is awesome news. I've recently awarded "Songs From The Big Chair" my coveted "Favorite Album Ever Released," and "The Working Hour" as "Favorite Song Ever." After listening to both since I was 13 or whatever. This is the best music news I've heard all year. Gotta go listen to the tune now.
Jeremey wrote:Holy fuck, Jana .. thanks for sharing. This is awesome news. I've recently awarded "Songs From The Big Chair" my coveted "Favorite Album Ever Released," and "The Working Hour" as "Favorite Song Ever." After listening to both since I was 13 or whatever. This is the best music news I've heard all year. Gotta go listen to the tune now.
Memorex wrote:Now that article has taken up at least 2 pages on the internet. Shame, really.![]()
I kid.
Jana wrote:
Woman in Chains is my most-played, I think. It's never out of rotation. Although, I love Shout as far as the way it builds, the guiltar solo towards the end, the line he sings over top of other lines, "I'm really going to break your heart." I still love the cover you did of Goodnight Song, another favorite of theirs.
What did you think of the cover of Ready to Go? Listening to it with earphones, I really loved the strings, the synth, the drum and bass used. If this is where Roland is going with his songwriting this time as far as arrangements, it shows he's in an experimental state of mind and bringing some synth sound back to their music, which I know most fans will be excited about.
Are you a fan of Depeche Mode, still a full-on electronia/synthpop band? Because they just kicked off their U.S. leg of the tour this week, and the reviews overseas have been fantastic, fans calling it their best tour since the Devotional Tour in '93. Dave's voice is back in a big way. His voice is so strong and clear. I don't know what he's done, but he sounds fantastic. Maybe he quit smoking since his cancer bout last tour. He also is wearing in-ear monitors for the first time. Anyway, if you are a fan, you should try to catch them this tour, as they only tour every four years. I'm going twice this year.
Here's a few clips from Chicago this weekend. Should Be Higher is the best song off their new album, and the backdrop to the song is one of best screen backdrops I've ever seen, really dramatic. And Martin sang Shake the Disease from '85, and the crowd went wild. I have never seen him sing that song.
Should Be Higher - (Shot far enough back for you to see the great screen backdrop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTwDMnQS7EY
Shake the Disease - Martin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r811Nel3ZxY
Ehwmatt wrote:Very cool band. I enjoy everything I've heard by them, but frankly, I haven't made as good of an effort as I should to really learn the "ins and outs" of their catalog. I love the atmosphere in their tracks. From my (superficial) knowledge of their catalog, they effectively meshed the best parts of the synthesized 80's with the AOR/guitar-heavy music that's more in my sweet spot. Cool to hear they're still out there creating.
Jeremey wrote:Ehwmatt wrote:Very cool band. I enjoy everything I've heard by them, but frankly, I haven't made as good of an effort as I should to really learn the "ins and outs" of their catalog. I love the atmosphere in their tracks. From my (superficial) knowledge of their catalog, they effectively meshed the best parts of the synthesized 80's with the AOR/guitar-heavy music that's more in my sweet spot. Cool to hear they're still out there creating.
Yeah, in the 80s, I think they were unfairly grouped with the superficial synthpop bands of the time, a lot of that due to their image and fashion ... they had songs like "Shout" which could stand up to anything Depeche Mode was putting out at the time, and then they would release these remixes of the deeper cuts for dance clubs and stuff (see "Mother's Talk"). But the guitars and arrangements never got the respect they deserved.
Jeremey wrote:Ehwmatt wrote:Very cool band. I enjoy everything I've heard by them, but frankly, I haven't made as good of an effort as I should to really learn the "ins and outs" of their catalog. I love the atmosphere in their tracks. From my (superficial) knowledge of their catalog, they effectively meshed the best parts of the synthesized 80's with the AOR/guitar-heavy music that's more in my sweet spot. Cool to hear they're still out there creating.
Yeah, in the 80s, I think they were unfairly grouped with the superficial synthpop bands of the time, a lot of that due to their image and fashion ... they had songs like "Shout" which could stand up to anything Depeche Mode was putting out at the time, and then they would release these remixes of the deeper cuts for dance clubs and stuff (see "Mother's Talk"). But the guitars and arrangements never got the respect they deserved.
slucero wrote:
Hey Jeremey.. If I remember right.. they were one of the very 1st groups to completely sequence their music..
(oh and BTW.. Logic X is amazing)...
Jana wrote:Jeremey wrote:Ehwmatt wrote:Very cool band. I enjoy everything I've heard by them, but frankly, I haven't made as good of an effort as I should to really learn the "ins and outs" of their catalog. I love the atmosphere in their tracks. From my (superficial) knowledge of their catalog, they effectively meshed the best parts of the synthesized 80's with the AOR/guitar-heavy music that's more in my sweet spot. Cool to hear they're still out there creating.
Yeah, in the 80s, I think they were unfairly grouped with the superficial synthpop bands of the time, a lot of that due to their image and fashion ... they had songs like "Shout" which could stand up to anything Depeche Mode was putting out at the time, and then they would release these remixes of the deeper cuts for dance clubs and stuff (see "Mother's Talk"). But the guitars and arrangements never got the respect they deserved.
I love the Mother's Talk remix. Yeah, I always love the guitar interludes Roland put into songs and even the heavier guitar sound, like Elemental, he still carried over that atmospheric Tears for Fears sound. I still love so much of Saturnine, Martial & Lunatic, the B sides and rarities album, because the airy experimental atmospheric sound really is prevalent throughout it. And I've always thought they have great instrumentals.
I love this song from it, Deja Vu and the Sins of Science because of the soundscape to the song. It was a B side to the single Cold from Elemental. And I love Pharaohs. I don't know which album that was a B side to, but that British shipping report introing that instrumental is genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGuGyUHrwT0
And I love the more rock song, Schrodinger's Cat off of it also. It was a B side to Break it Down Again off Elemental. I don't know why it wasn't put on the album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8fevFcAITQ
Jana wrote:Standing on the Corner of the Third World used to be my favorite off of SOL for a long time after Woman in Chains. Now I think Swords and Knife is.
Listen is breathtaking. There are are no words for the otherworldliness of that instrumental.
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