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VanderGraafKommandöh 
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 Posted: May 05 2008 at 23:29 |
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ZOMG they iz bettr than ze Magma u n00b!
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Leningrad
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 23:26 |
 NaturalScience wrote:
Chameleon wrote:
Henry Cow, you say? Eh, they're ok. I guess. |
zomg d00d there the bomb lolz!!1!!
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If Henry Cow fans were the stupid people, I can only imagine how great the rest of the world would be. 
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Padraic
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 23:23 |
Chameleon wrote:
Henry Cow, you say? Eh, they're ok. I guess. |
zomg d00d there the bomb lolz!!1!!
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Leningrad
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 23:21 |
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Henry Cow, you say? Eh, they're ok. I guess.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 22:08 |
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I have all Matching Mole, including those live and BBC sessions, yet I've not gotten around to sticking them on yet.
And I call myself a Robert Wyatt fan?
I don't even have his good 1980s and 1990s albums yet!
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rileydog22
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 22:04 |
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Matching Mole is insanity in the form of music. And I don't mean that in the positive way I usually do when I say things like that.
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Padraic
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 22:03 |
James wrote:
Let us all know what your opionionionionionionionions are about them. I need to listen to News from Babels debut again, as I cannot remember how exactly it sounds.
I also need to have a Matching Mole marathon.
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I still need to get some Matching Mole!  What kind of a Canterbury fan am I, anyway? 
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 21:39 |
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Let us all know what your opionionionionionionionions are about them. I need to listen to News from Babels debut again, as I cannot remember how exactly it sounds.
I also need to have a Matching Mole marathon.
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Padraic
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 21:32 |
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Just downloaded Western Culture, Letters From Home, and Hopes and Fears. I'd rather still be on the beach listening to all this than going to work tomorrow.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 21:18 |
rileydog22 wrote:
Haha, funny story: the first time I put on Letters Home, I didn't realize Wyatt was involved, and I immediately said "who's this clown think he is, Robert-F'ing-Wyatt?!" A few minutes later I realized that it actually WAS Robert Wyatt.
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He's brilliant on it too. I also love Lindsay Cooper's keyboard work, it reminds me of a cross between Ratledge and Gowen.
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Padraic
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 21:11 |
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Sirens and Silences/Work Resumed on the Tower. Looks like they have Letters Home on emusic as well, I'll have to grab that.
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rileydog22
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 21:08 |
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Haha, funny story: the first time I put on Letters Home, I didn't realize Wyatt was involved, and I immediately said "who's this clown think he is, Robert-F'ing-Wyatt?!" A few minutes later I realized that it actually WAS Robert Wyatt.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 21:05 |
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Syzygy
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 15:29 |
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Some labels, ReR among them, do not make 15 minutes + tracks available on emusic (AMMMusic and Faust BBC sessions are also missing crucial tracks). When I first signed up emusic had a lot of Tzadik (J Zorn) releases, now sadly unavailable, but on the plus side they've got loads of Seventh records (Magma & related) these days.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Padraic
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 14:01 |
James wrote:
That's why buying real, physical silver discs is so much better, Pat.
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Too true, although emusic is a nice way to sample. Now that I'm this much of a fan I think it's time to shell out the $60 to get all four albums from Wayside, though.
I cannot remember, but have checked out News from Babel yet?
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I've also grabbed one of their records from emusic, but haven't sampled it yet. I'll be listening to that and probably Art Bears Hopes and Fears sometime this week.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 13:52 |
That's why buying real, physical silver discs is so much better, Pat. I must have a play through my Henry Cow collection again. I cannot remember, but have checked out News from Babel yet?
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Padraic
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Posted: May 05 2008 at 13:34 |
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Just got back from vacation, where I listened to a lot of Henry Cow. I would say that they are my most played band of the past few weeks. The download service emusic is a great way to sample their records - but be warned, one of their greatest tracks, the 15+ minute "Living in the Heart of the Beast" off of In Praise of Learning is for some bizarre reason absent from emusic.
I am slowly getting used to Dagmar Krause. On the whole, I can hear how the band might be very difficult (if not impossible) for one to digest. I'd say start with Leg End and if something like "Nirvana for Mice" and "Amygdala" scare you away, the band is probably not for you.
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Pnoom!
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Posted: May 03 2008 at 13:45 |
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I relistened to Leg End yesterday, what an amazing album.
EDIT: ah, now I have to go review it.
Edited by Pnoom! - May 03 2008 at 13:45
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mithrandir
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Posted: May 03 2008 at 13:40 |
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I personally think Cow's "Concerts" is their best, I wished they had more official live albums out there,
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Pnoom!
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Posted: May 01 2008 at 12:57 |
schizoid_man77 wrote:
Western cuture was just too much weirdness for me, and thats a lot, I'm a Kayo Dot fan! |
Try Leg End.
One of the most brilliant bands I've ever had the pleasure of hearing.
Western Culture: *****
Leg End: ****1/2
Unrest: ****
In Praise of Learning: ***1/2
Art Bears:
Hopes and Fears: ****
Winter Songs: ****1/2
The World As It Is Today: ****
Both amazing.
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