MIne was Airconditioning* by Curved Air.
The first issue of a picture disc in the UK. Nothing wrong with the band or the musical content but the reproduction quality was absolutely terrible making it a very poor purchase. Although it seems its rarity value makes it worth about £60 today!
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but thing was, the locals had said “ he’s a prog rock singer”, and they were right, at least he had been. He’d been the singer in Aphrodités Child, with Vangelis, championed by no less than John Peel. Recently Tim Charles on Radio Caroline has been playing them. Real ground breaking stuff. But Demis Roussos saw bigger wonga in crooning. Big early lesson for me. Try before you buy. And like local drinks, music you enjoyed on holiday doesnt necessarily travel..
Kasabian's debut album.
another one is Kings of Leon. didn't mind their earlier albums. a mate of mine had them though i was never much of a fan. i went and bought their most successful album Only by the night. was disappointed. another album that I own and never play
One good song and the rest was plinky plonky drivel.
Which album was it? "Lost in a Dream" is most fans' favourite. It's funny how they divide opinion. My wife thinks they're all a bit meh and samey. And the concert didn't help!
I think i was about 14 and had been getting into all the hard rock stuff that was in the chsrts in the early 2000s like linkin park, limp bizkit, blink 182, sum 41 ect.
https://youtu.be/qO-mSLxih-c
slightly heavy song by them. has the chorus. other songs don't have such a screamy bit too it.
takes over a minute before the song starts.
a band i do like is System of a down which could be right up your street. Mezermize is a great album.
edit: seriously though i think emo music might be to your taste. get over the stigma of it and you might enjoy it. its not a world away from bands you liked when you were younger.
I haven't listened to it in years, but have just seen some rave reviews of it. Dare I give it another go?
A year earlier I'd got into Pixies, me and perhaps another CL subscriber, and some others - saw them play in summer 1988 across London, and the next year as they took over the whole scene - I was there, sort of thing...
By spring 1989, the heavily trailed second proper LP was much anticipated. First broadcast on John Peel as session tracks, I captured onto cassette and replayed ad infintum on Walkman ... slightly 6th form music weirdo but otherwise largely unnoticed. The gigs were another world. At each gig a new song was burned into our hearts.
I bleed, debaser, tame, hey ... they seemed were exclusive to cassette forever (about 6 months in reality, if that...) They were figments of a vinyl dream. Not recorded, not released. Just for personal use.
I had stolen from them from the radio, and I knew the future.
An then at the club, Gil Norton wasn't there. A mate's sister was liaising (linking?) with him. He was in London, but not at the gig. Or maybe, he was hidden from me.
You see I would've told him; Doolittle is a pile of shit. What have you done? Why this watered down, coffee table turd of an LP? How dare you temper the Pixies energy, swear ... why did you even think to get involved? Why not get Billy Joel to play some piano, you f...
Luckily he wasn't there. (It was another night I got thrown out the Borderline.)
And of course I still have my copy of Doolittle. With the 4AD cards and book thingy. Love the songs, hate the production. Bring back Albini!
And I play the other Pixies LPs to the kids.