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Post by jules on Apr 15, 2008 16:07:51 GMT -5
Nice performance by The Last Shadow Puppets on Later Live just now with a familar looking conductor, who even gets a name check from Jools. I'm sure it will be you tubed soon
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Post by funkage on Apr 15, 2008 16:10:51 GMT -5
I just saw that too...pity he isnt on the line-up promoting his new stuff as well!
Was a great performance though
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Post by braddock on Apr 15, 2008 21:41:06 GMT -5
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Post by manus21 on Apr 16, 2008 2:45:36 GMT -5
really good performance  |
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Post by fiona on Apr 16, 2008 15:35:52 GMT -5
the album is apparently roaming the interwebs.
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Post by jules on Apr 16, 2008 17:41:58 GMT -5
the album is apparently roaming the interwebs. you don't say  I've heard it really rather good actually |
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Post by fiona on Apr 16, 2008 17:59:28 GMT -5
i'm not a big fan of turner arctic monkey face, ever since he ran away from me in SF, but the strings are very prominent and damn good.
it's a bit James Bond.
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Post by jules on Apr 17, 2008 2:45:32 GMT -5
i'm not a big fan of turner arctic monkey face, ever since he ran away from me in SF, but the strings are very prominent and damn good. it's a bit James Bond. Well it certainly got a late 60's film score quality, but that is mainly because it was a popular style for the more mainstream recordings of the time and main films had a similar score. Bond is just the one that remains in the public consciousness. I can hear a lot of Doors influence in some tracks (just Hammond Organ syndrome probably) The album starts with a bang, but to me only really gets back up to upper heights from My Mistakes onwards. The strings on My Mistakes are gorgeous whilst Black Plant (love the bit of strings at the end), I Don't Like You Anymore and In My Room are probably my favorites off the album because of the quality of the textures and the pacing of the songs. In My Room sweeps you away totally... and why isn't Andy Williams singing Meeting Place as it would sit in his catelogue with ease. I've never been totally convinced by the Arctic Monkeys stuff and I think that this is much higher quality, but I'm guessing that's because I'm in tuned with the style and you can't beat a good bit of orchestration. Overall this is the best 60's album done since the 60's and will stand the test of time. |
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Post by jufro on Apr 17, 2008 7:15:21 GMT -5
nice album review. wait, how did you get the album??? its not out yet is it?
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Post by Ren on Apr 17, 2008 8:11:38 GMT -5
Jules is magical.
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Post by cal on Apr 17, 2008 9:38:49 GMT -5
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Post by fiona on Apr 17, 2008 10:17:04 GMT -5
Overall this is the best 60's album done since the 60's and will stand the test of time. Bbut why make a "60s album" in the 00s? I have to say I'd prefer to see Turner using his [admittedly extensive] talents to do something groundbreaking and contemporary, same as I would any artist or designer. As for James Bond, I'm a child of the 80s, not the 50/60s, and that's my point of reference for this sound.  |
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Post by braddock on Apr 17, 2008 11:29:35 GMT -5
Bbut why make a 60s album in the 00s? I have to say I'd prefer to see Turner using his [admittedly extensive] talents to do something groundbreaking and contemporary, same as I would any artist or designer. Calling it "60s" is dismissive, what I've heard is as captivating and intelligent as anything from the last few years. It does all fit in nicely with some of Axelrod's projects, and that's a huge compliment. It is a bit vague what they're doing, with the fuzz, strings, Russia promo and obscure Bowie covers... but the songs really are more substantial than mindless nostalgia. Plus it's about 20x more better than any Arctic Monkeys work! ...we should be mentioning Miles Kane more, he's half the story here. Love his voice. |
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Post by jufro on Apr 17, 2008 17:17:58 GMT -5
oh ya sorry somehow missed that post. |
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Post by jules on Apr 17, 2008 17:39:15 GMT -5
Bbut why make a 60s album in the 00s? I have to say I'd prefer to see Turner using his [admittedly extensive] talents to do something groundbreaking and contemporary, same as I would any artist or designer. Calling it "60s" is dismissive, what I've heard is as captivating and intelligent as anything from the last few years. It does all fit in nicely with some of Axelrod's projects, and that's a huge compliment. It is a bit vague what they're doing, with the fuzz, strings, Russia promo and obscure Bowie covers... but the songs really are more substantial than mindless nostalgia. Plus it's about 20x more better than any Arctic Monkeys work! ...we should be mentioning Miles Kane more, he's half the story here. Love his voice. totally agree with you, Miles is a large part of the reason this is good. I don't believe that by saying it's a 60's album it makes it old fashioned or invalid in the current music period, just like being at the leading edge of the next sound wave doesn't make something 00ish good. It's a 60's album because it draws it's inspiration from the epic pop records of the time. It resonates with the spirit that those great tunes provide but still had the razor sharp edge of modern values. It's valid because it makes a statement that says that epic pop can still be produced without being a pastiche of what came before. if you read any interview done about why this record occurred its abundantly clear where the inspiration is drawn from so why not celebrate it's spirit rather than decry it. Miles and Alex have achieve something that will be discovered over and over again in the future and will probably lead many to find the source itself. If that's not worth an album then what is? I remember being lead there myself almost 30 years ago when Zoo records and Julian Cope released "Fire Escape in the Sky" because a whole decade had passed and the godlike genius was lost to my generation. Perhaps because music is so accessible these days that people don't realize how wonderful it was to find something of such quality that was undiscovered. |
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