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Lofty's Wall of Sound - What are you listening to?

It is a very good version but it is one of the few songs that I will always prefer the original recorded version of due to the care an attention that went into trying to make it perfect.

 
The live version reminds me of watching them live in '94 in Oslo. I was just 15 at the time but my cousin, who is a lot older than me and a Floyd-aholic since birth, wanted me to have a experience of a lifetime. I wasn't really into Pink Floyd at the time, had only heard "Another Brick In The Wall" on the radio a couple of times, but boy was I in for a real treat. I think it was an August night and although it wasn't dark when they started playing, I was so amazed by the lazerworks, the big screen and all the lights. My cousin cried a couple of times during the concert and I have to admit I did too. I remember I sat there and did not want it to end. I would've given a lot to relive those moments and I am very sad that I'll never again will get to see Floyd live.

Strange thing though, I didn't to really fall in love with Pink Floyd until my early twenties, despite of having been blown away by the concert. I was too much into football, Chelsea and Iron Maiden in my youth. And shame to admit, I didn't discover "The Dark Side of The Moon" until at the age of 25. But then again now I never get tired of listening to Pink Floyd and never will :o

 
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That was The Division Bell tour which was the same one I saw except I saw them in Toronto. You would probably have seen them a month or so after I did as they did the US/Canada gigs first then moved on to Europe with it finishing with that mammoth run at Earls Court.

 
Every time I see your avatar Loz I always think of a Monty Python skit called "management trainingcourse". "Ah, goood-a-niiiight a-ding-ding-ding. Ah, goood-a-niiiight a-ding-ding-ding. FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!!"

 
loz said:
That was The Division Bell tour which was the same one I saw except I saw them in Toronto. You would probably have seen them a month or so after I did as they did the US/Canada gigs first then moved on to Europe with it finishing with that mammoth run at Earls Court.
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Changed my life that concert.

My cousin also wanted to go and see them in Earls Court but didn't get tickets.

Every now and then I play the PULSE DVD and just sit back and enjoy with a pint.

 
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loz said:
That was The Division Bell tour which was the same one I saw except I saw them in Toronto. You would probably have seen them a month or so after I did as they did the US/Canada gigs first then moved on to Europe with it finishing with that mammoth run at Earls Court.
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Loz, I'm very jealous. I found a spectacular bootleg from that tour, but obviously it's not the same as it would have been to be there.

 
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Loz, I'm very jealous. I found a spectacular bootleg from that tour, but obviously it's not the same as it would have been to be there.
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I nearly didn't get to go to it. I had gone to Toronto for the summer to work and had been a promised a job before I got there. When I got there that didn't materialise and I was left in something of a fix as I didn't have much spare cash as I had expected to be earning form the start. It took me just over three weeks to get some bar work and it was in that 3 week period that the concert was on. I was offered a ticket by a tout for about $200 CAN and the sensible part of me said 'Don't be stupid - you have rent to pay and food to buy' The Loz side of me said 'It's Floyd'

I spent the next week bloody starving.

 
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I've been luxuriating in the wonders of the Citizen Steely Dan box set ever since it arrived. Those old classics sound so much better than they ever did on vinyl or cassette. In my introduction I stated Deacon Blue to be my favourite song? Well it was at the time, but my favourite changes by the week, even by the day.. and today's is Bad Sneakers:

Yes, I'm going insaneAnd I'm laughing at the frozen rain

And I'm so alone

Honey, when they gonna send me home?

Bad sneakers and a piña colada, my friend

Stomping on the avenue by Radio City with a

Transistor and a large sum of money to spend
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How can you not love lyrics like that?!

 
Been converting some more albums from cassette to iTunes this afternoon, yet another trip down memory lane...

The Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)

Scorpions - Lovedrive (1979)

Gillan - Mr.Universe (1979)

Motörhead - Iron Fist (1982)

.38 Special - Tour De Force (1984)

 
Well yesterday was the 24th anniversary of Phil Lynott's death, so I've been listening to a fair bit of Thin Lizzy. :)

RIP

 
I've been listening a bit to an album/a group called Broken Bells. Their debut album is leaked on the internet, and consists of this singer and a producer called Danger Mouse, who is the producer in Gnarls Barkley (well known for their song Crazy). I like it.

Listen to their single The High road. Just great.

Edit: How do you get the youtube-box in the post?

 
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I'm still converting vinyl to iTunes, seems to be going on forever....

Savoy Brown Blues Band - Shake Down (1967)

Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train (1972)

The Mandrake Memorial - The Mandrake Memorial (1968)

Graham Parker - Another Grey Area (1982)

 
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I'm listening to some strange South African band who would probably best be described as ska, (apparently they describe themselves as 'monki punk') although the lead singer is incredibly flamboyant. Their name is Boo!, and my family and I went to see them at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2004 before they broke up and they were quite incredible. I hadn't heard them in a long time and dug out the CDs for the first time in years today for a trip back to six years ago.

I would understand why someone might not like them, however. They're really quite odd:

 
Being that the ACN is on right now I'll recommend a fine compilation on a label called Soundway:

Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dance Floor 1974-79

http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/307403-01.htm

If you like that kind of sound there is a great crew based in London called Sofrito Sounds who put out re-edits of obscure old Afrobeat tracks and throw the odd party too:

http://sofrito.co.uk/

Finally I should also give a mention to my one of my favourite groups Fat Freddy's Drop who have an excellent new album out called dr. boondigga & the big bw. Here is a link to the video for one of the tracks:

Fans of Reggae, Soul and Funk should give it a listen.

Catch them live if you have a chance.

 
Just dug out Echo & The Bunnymen to give them a spin again for the first time in a while. Proof that Liverpool isn't entirely bad.

 
My favourite African musician by far was Lucky Dube, a brilliant reggae artist from South Africa. He was heavily influenced by Peter Tosh, and tragically he ended up murdered just like his hero.

 
Cliff Richard The Rock 'n' Roll Years 1958-1963 [box set]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rock-Roll-Years-19...7442&sr=1-3

anyone who thinks cliff richard is all about crap xmas songs should listen to this. it'll be a revelation, this is proper rock & roll. elvis who?

i've just checked that amazon link and there are 3 copies on sale used & new. the cheapest is £94.99 all the way up to £200!!

 
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My favourite African musician by far was Lucky Dube, a brilliant reggae artist from South Africa. He was heavily influenced by Peter Tosh, and tragically he ended up murdered just like his hero.
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I always liked Osibisa (actually saw them on Hastings Pier)

Nowadays Tinariwen have my ear

 
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