SR V: To boldly go where no room has gone before

Keppa4v wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Keppa4v wrote: Alex, thanks for the Absent Lovers reminder, I bought it last weekend and liked it pretty much on the first listen today  No problem! Glad you liked it. Ah f**king hell...  I'd written a long story about hearing USA before Larks' Tongues in Aspic and how the studio songs still feel pretty lame compared to their live counterparts still all these years later, but then I managed to erase the whole thing. But yeah, now that I'll probably end up buying Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair pretty soon, I fear that the same thing might happen with Absent Lovers and those albums, if AL is so much better as I remember you saying. Surprisingly I much enjoyed the AL versions of Red and Larks II with the electronic drums and all

The studio albums are good too, but I just have to treat them separately. The Neal and Jack and Me DVD is even better than Absent Lovers.

I absolutely love that lineup.

Padraic wrote: Huh?  Jim Morrison wasn't self-indulgent?  Really?

Well, not in the conventional/musical sense, I think. The Doors were essentially a roots rock/pop rock/blues rock (at different times) band which brought in half a million psychedelic elements but still kept very much in touch with the visceral essence of rock. I hadn't really thought of them as self-indulgent, for some reason, combining alcohol/drugs with rock music isn't self-indulgent , and The Doors aren't often particularly obtuse or difficult to understand.

I've got a soft spot especially for the USA version of Exiles. The original is good too in it's delicacy, but the heavier, more flowing feel of the live version works so much better with me.

Edited by Keppa4v - May 11 2009 at 10:48

MovingPictures07 wrote: Keppa4v wrote: Alex, thanks for the Absent Lovers reminder, I bought it last weekend and liked it pretty much on the first listen today  No problem! Glad you liked it.

Alright, guys, I'm out for now. Going to eat some lunch and do a few things. I'll be back soon though.

James wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: James wrote: No, check out Five Suns first. Five Suns, Black Oni and Elixirs are a triptych.  It makes sense to play them in order. I'll play them in whatever order I want. It's not advised though. Five Suns is Zeuhl Black Oni is Doom/Zeuhl/Post Elixirs is just... well I'm not sure Start with Five Suns.

I know; I was joking.

I'll most likely do them chronologically.

Keppa4v wrote: Alex, thanks for the Absent Lovers reminder, I bought it last weekend and liked it pretty much on the first listen today

No problem! Glad you liked it.

Alex, thanks for the Absent Lovers reminder, I bought it last weekend and liked it pretty much on the first listen today 

James wrote: Listening to Alpha Centauri.

Tell me what you think. You may even like Zeit and/or Atem more, or about the same, or less. I really don't know.

For me all 4 are pretty good though.

James wrote: No, check out Five Suns first. Five Suns, Black Oni and Elixirs are a triptych.  It makes sense to play them in order.

I'll play them in whatever order I want.