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pkazee 
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 Posted: May 08 2008 at 14:06 |
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Oops. Wrote that before you added to the list. Personally, I'd put DESPERATE STRAIGHTS at the top of the entire list. I think its absolutely brilliant in every way. Still sing these songs to myself years after 1st hearing them. That said, I certainly understand that Dagmar is not for everyone!
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Pnoom!
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Posted: May 08 2008 at 14:07 |
 NaturalScience wrote:
Just ordered all three Art Bears records (that should put a smile on laplace's face  )
I don't know, Pnoom, I wasn't thrilled with Desperate Straights. I would place In Praise of Learning above it.
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Meh, Desperate Straights is great.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 08 2008 at 14:08 |
Pnoom! wrote:
James wrote:
Oh and Desperate Straights is weaker too. I've heard that one, Lappy.
I will I will! I even have Slapp Happy's debut.
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Nah, not at all. And Casablanca Moon isn't a collaboration, I don't think...
Western Culture: 9.9
Winter Songs: 9.1
Leg End: 8.9
Unrest: 8.6
The World As It Is Today: 8.5
Desperate Straights: 8.3
Hopes and Fears: 8.2
In Praise of Learning: 7.7
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Well yes, my mistake, it was originally recorded with Faust as the backing musicians and was then later recorded with other musicians, including Geoff Leigh of Henry Cow. Little known fact: Roger Wootton of Comus does backing vocals. Not that much a surprise really, bearing in mind Lindsay Cooper and Didier Malherbe (I think) were on their second album. It's not an issue with Dagmar Krause on Desperate Straights but just the music isn't quite as interesting. I cannot remember how Hopes & Fears sounds, I'll have to play that one again.
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Padraic
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Posted: May 08 2008 at 14:10 |
Pnoom! wrote:
NaturalScience wrote:
Just ordered all three Art Bears records (that should put a smile on laplace's face )
I don't know, Pnoom, I wasn't thrilled with Desperate Straights. I would place In Praise of Learning above it.
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Meh, Desperate Straights is great. |
Meh yourself. 
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Pnoom!
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Posted: May 08 2008 at 14:14 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 08 2008 at 14:16 |
pkazee wrote:
Oops. Wrote that before you added to the list. Personally, I'd put DESPERATE STRAIGHTS at the top of the entire list. I think its absolutely brilliant in every way. Still sing these songs to myself years after 1st hearing them. That said, I certainly understand that Dagmar is not for everyone!
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As I said, it's not a Dagmar issue, I love her vocal style. The music isn't quite as good. I still like the album though.
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Padraic
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Posted: May 08 2008 at 14:17 |
James wrote:
I cannot remember how Hopes & Fears sounds, I'll have to play that one again.
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I'm listening to that now. It's a good, fairly eclectic mix of styles and I think some of Dagmar's better vocals, of the records I've heard anyway.
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Pnoom!
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Posted: May 08 2008 at 14:22 |
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Hopes and Fears is the weakest Art Bears album, Winter Songs ftw.
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Padraic
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Posted: May 08 2008 at 14:24 |
Good thing I just ordered the other two. 
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Pnoom!
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Posted: May 08 2008 at 14:28 |
NaturalScience wrote:
Good thing I just ordered the other two. |
Indeed.
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Padraic
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Posted: May 08 2008 at 16:23 |
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So I was compelled to start playing Desperate Straights and it's quite good. I should have given it a bit more credit.
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muddoctor
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Posted: May 09 2008 at 06:19 |
Great Band !!!
My fav are :
- Leg End
- Unrest
Please play in the songs list !!!
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Leningrad
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Posted: May 09 2008 at 22:32 |
NaturalScience wrote:
So I was compelled to start playing Desperate Straights and it's quite good. I should have given it a bit more credit. |
Yes. Yes you should have. 
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Padraic
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Posted: May 09 2008 at 22:36 |
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Leningrad
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Posted: May 09 2008 at 22:46 |
I'm beginning to appreciate Slapp Happy more because I realize how much I like Peter Blegvad. I'm excited to listen to Kew Rhone for that reason.
Speaking of Blegvad, has anyone ever read his Leviathan comic strip? I bought a hardcover collection off of Amazon for about six dollars and it's absolutely brilliant.
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Padraic
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Posted: May 09 2008 at 22:50 |
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Haven't read any of that strip, but for $6 maybe I'll grab it on my next Amazon order.
Can anyone recommend another of John Greaves solo (or pseudo-solo) efforts?
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Syzygy
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Posted: May 10 2008 at 06:16 |
NaturalScience wrote:
Haven't read any of that strip, but for $6 maybe I'll grab it on my next Amazon order.
Can anyone recommend another of John Greaves solo (or pseudo-solo) efforts?
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Songs is a good intro to his work, a mixture of reworked songs from his back catalogue and some new material played by a virtuoso all acoustic ensemble.
Kew.Rhone is a 5* masterpiece that you should already own. After that I'd suggest Little Bottle Of Laundry, The Caretaker and Verlaine.
The 80s albums Parrot Fashions and Accident have some great moments but a very 80s sound (Linndrums and synths).
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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 10 2008 at 10:03 |
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Great information! Thanks, I'll try and check some of those out.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 10 2008 at 10:53 |
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I have Little Bottle of Laundry on CD but as per usual, I have yet to give it a listen.
Hopefully I prefer it to Kew. Rhone.
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rileydog22
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Posted: May 10 2008 at 14:04 |
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Just got a newsletter from ReR USA today, and sometime this year they are going to release a NINE DISK Henry Cow box set. I wonder what they'll fill all those disks with?
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