What albums did you listen to today?...continued

Don't diss Kraftwerk !! I love The Man Machine (actually, I prefer The Workings Of A Woman.......) but seriously (ha, PhilCo dig.......) those late-70's Kraftwerk albums are pretty good, but my ultimate favourite is their debut - no, NOT Autobahn, but their s/t album with Ruckzuck. Pure Krautrock brilliance

Meltdowner wrote: Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: I used to rate `Expresso 2' higher than I do now (I still enjoy it, but it's not as consistent as `Gazeusse!' before it), but at the same time, it's much better than both `Downwind' and `Time is the Key' that followed, which sounded like Pierre Moerlin having a vibraphone orgy with his mates at his place on the weekend! (Although, I'll admit it's been a few years since I've played both of those two, I'm now seriously curious to dig them out again) `Trans Europe Express'....that's considered a masterpiece WHY??? I mean, it's perfect alright...although I still maintain that the band build up these potentially cool electronic pieces and then sh*t all over them with those dreary repetitive vocals. I don't know...I'm on about my tenth listen at this point, and I can listen to it in the background and kind of enjoy it, but for something with its status, it seems so...lightweight to me? Urgh...and if I hear `Even the greatest stars....' repeated one more time....   I'll have to give it more spins before I buy Gazeuse then. This is still the only Gong album I have in my collection  At least on PA, none of their albums reaches 4 stars  I try not to be affected by the common opinion, although once in a record store, I heard a father tell his daughter "that's Kraftwerk, the creators of Electronic music"  That's bad parenting, if you ask me

That actually borders on child abuse, Sam, pretty sure you have permission to go up and slug that guy in the face!

Over the last few days:
Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen
Soft Machine - Live at the Paradiso (1969)

Past few days:

Wednesday...

Meltdowner wrote: Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Gong – Expresso 2 Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express  What do you think of this one? I gave it a few spins already and I find difficult to stay focused until the end, it sounds quite samey. Any improvement since last week?

I used to rate `Expresso 2' higher than I do now (I still enjoy it, but it's not as consistent as `Gazeusse!' before it), but at the same time, it's much better than both `Downwind' and `Time is the Key' that followed, which sounded like Pierre Moerlin having a vibraphone orgy with his mates at his place on the weekend! (Although, I'll admit it's been a few years since I've played both of those two, I'm now seriously curious to dig them out again)

`Trans Europe Express'....that's considered a masterpiece WHY??? I mean, it's perfect alright...although I still maintain that the band build up these potentially cool electronic pieces and then sh*t all over them with those dreary repetitive vocals. I don't know...I'm on about my tenth listen at this point, and I can listen to it in the background and kind of enjoy it, but for something with its status, it seems so...lightweight to me? Urgh...and if I hear `Even the greatest stars....' repeated one more time....

I could also give two tosses that it namedrops David Bowie and Iggy Pop in the lyrics either, no matter how much it might make the trendies cream themselves.

Hmmm, this post took a rather uncomfortable sexual direction in a few spots , sorry folks!

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Gong – Expresso 2 Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express

^  Thanks, I'll check it out.   

^  I have not heard the new SBE song yet, is it on Bandcamp or YouTube or somewhere else?