The title brings to mind the opening track of Eno's first pop album "Here Come the Warm Jets", that track is 'Needles in the Camel's Eye'. Classic. My favorite Eno track is from his 3rd album and it's called 'St. Elmo's Fire' which has my #1 guitar solo by Robert Fripp.
As Fripp wrote in his diary "I've just come back from spraying burning guitar over one of Brian's tracks". That and his work on The Roches' "Hammond Song" are two Fripp highlights for me.
Thank you, Justin, for completing this album. This was a very important album to me when it came out, but it is not one that is frequently discussed or reviewed. It was, however, exceedingly influential for the next two decades. I wasn't sure that you would make it to the end, so it was a pleasant surprise to see you returning here over the last few weeks. If you enjoyed this one, you should check out David Byrne's solo soundtrack album, "The Catherine Wheel." Fair warning - much of it is short instrumentals, so if you decide to do reactions you should plan to do two to three songs at a time. Thanks again.
Accessible soundscapes is a good way of describing the album... but it was a real revelation when it first came out in the 1980s. No-one in the field of rock music had ever done anything like it before, so it was truly groundbreaking. It paved the way for work from everyone from U2 to Cabaret Voltaire to Radiohead.
As kids we had one simple standing instruction: Be back before sunset. One of our favourite places to play was in the storm drains. Good thing there was never a thunder storm while we were in there. (Your memory of your road culvert triggered mine of similar pipes that could be used as caves, too. What I was thinking right away was that you might meet an alligator on the way through, but then I remembered you saying you were originally from somewhere I'd guess is North of the alligator belt. The worst we'd have encountered would have been a puff adder, maybe. Or a rabid dog. There's still a bit of a rabies problem in this part of the world. Not easy to eradicate.) Anyway, it's nice to hear what musicians like this manage to do with "found sounds".
Tryin my best to listen to this....At the moment i can hear this playing on my phone, the washing machine finishin it’s spin, the telly broadcasting a rom com film and a faint voice tellin me to turn my phone down. So. Us. Up. i/o. Happy Monday JP. Paul Buchanan called. Currently chillin in Mid-Air since 2012. More Snow Songs on the way? This fire is bliss, no heating on in the rest of the house. Next year’s Christmas playlist? The Needles or No Sad Songs by the lilac time! Now Gonna listen to Gryphon once everything’s quietened down here!
Justin. I would have never listened to this album without you. The album is not something played on a top 40 radio station. I was completely unaware David Byrne had done this album with Brian Eno.
You should definitely listen to Eno's solo "rock" albums. "Here Come the Warm Jets", Taking Tiger Mountain" and "Another Green World" are all my favorite albums of all time.
This track reminds me of the evocative ambient sounds of Richard Barbieri in the band Japan (especially the instrumental "Temple of Dawn" on the Oil on Canvas album). Imagine Mick Karn's bass and David Sylvian's vocals on top of that..... ! 😎
Since you've entered ambient territory I'd highly want to recommend you try out some more Krautrock, in particular 'Watussi' or 'Sehr Kosmisch' by the band Harmonia. Or any other track from the album Musik von Harmonia from 1974. My hero Hans-Joachim Roedelius, part of Harmonia, was also part of Cluster and they've recorded two albums worth of music with Brian Eno himself. Definitely checkworthy. ps. It's long overdue for CAN's 'Yoo Doo Right' as well. Or Future Days. Tschüss!
I know Fripp et al can be a bit 'block-happy', but if you've not done The League of Gentlemen album from 1981 already, I highly recommend it. Includes 'Eye Needles', a track whose tone is far more in tune with what you were expecting from climbing a mountain of needles! Even if you can't chance a reaction vid, it's well worth the listen.
Oh, I forgot about this one. This is actually not bad, more in keeping with Eno's ambient/soundscape stuff. Beats the hell out of the, dancey, samply, ten piles of steaming doodoo we had to listen to to get here. Though not sure it's been worth the wait.
The title brings to mind the opening track of Eno's first pop album "Here Come the Warm Jets", that track is 'Needles in the Camel's Eye'. Classic. My favorite Eno track is from his 3rd album and it's called 'St. Elmo's Fire' which has my #1 guitar solo by Robert Fripp.
As Fripp wrote in his diary "I've just come back from spraying burning guitar over one of Brian's tracks". That and his work on The Roches' "Hammond Song" are two Fripp highlights for me.
Thank you, Justin, for completing this album. This was a very important album to me when it came out, but it is not one that is frequently discussed or reviewed. It was, however, exceedingly influential for the next two decades. I wasn't sure that you would make it to the end, so it was a pleasant surprise to see you returning here over the last few weeks. If you enjoyed this one, you should check out David Byrne's solo soundtrack album, "The Catherine Wheel." Fair warning - much of it is short instrumentals, so if you decide to do reactions you should plan to do two to three songs at a time. Thanks again.
Accessible soundscapes is a good way of describing the album... but it was a real revelation when it first came out in the 1980s. No-one in the field of rock music had ever done anything like it before, so it was truly groundbreaking. It paved the way for work from everyone from U2 to Cabaret Voltaire to Radiohead.
As kids we had one simple standing instruction: Be back before sunset.
One of our favourite places to play was in the storm drains. Good thing there was never a thunder storm while we were in there. (Your memory of your road culvert triggered mine of similar pipes that could be used as caves, too. What I was thinking right away was that you might meet an alligator on the way through, but then I remembered you saying you were originally from somewhere I'd guess is North of the alligator belt. The worst we'd have encountered would have been a puff adder, maybe. Or a rabid dog. There's still a bit of a rabies problem in this part of the world. Not easy to eradicate.)
Anyway, it's nice to hear what musicians like this manage to do with "found sounds".
Eno would probably love the memory the song brought up.
This track, remember me, the Andy Partridge/Harold Budd album Through The Hill.
Tryin my best to listen to this....At the moment i can hear this playing on my phone, the washing machine finishin it’s spin, the telly broadcasting a rom com film and a faint voice tellin me to turn my phone down.
So. Us. Up. i/o. Happy Monday JP.
Paul Buchanan called. Currently chillin in Mid-Air since 2012. More Snow Songs on the way? This fire is bliss, no heating on in the rest of the house.
Next year’s Christmas playlist? The Needles or No Sad Songs by the lilac time!
Now Gonna listen to Gryphon once everything’s quietened down here!
Justin. I would have never listened to this album without you. The album is not something played on a top 40 radio station. I was completely unaware David Byrne had done this album with Brian Eno.
You should definitely listen to Eno's solo "rock" albums. "Here Come the Warm Jets", Taking Tiger Mountain" and "Another Green World" are all my favorite albums of all time.
This track reminds me of the evocative ambient sounds of Richard Barbieri in the band Japan (especially the instrumental "Temple of Dawn" on the Oil on Canvas album).
Imagine Mick Karn's bass and David Sylvian's vocals on top of that..... ! 😎
Since you've entered ambient territory I'd highly want to recommend you try out some more Krautrock, in particular 'Watussi' or 'Sehr Kosmisch' by the band Harmonia. Or any other track from the album Musik von Harmonia from 1974. My hero Hans-Joachim Roedelius, part of Harmonia, was also part of Cluster and they've recorded two albums worth of music with Brian Eno himself. Definitely checkworthy. ps. It's long overdue for CAN's 'Yoo Doo Right' as well. Or Future Days. Tschüss!
Cluster! That takes me back. Must listen to them again soon.
The aftermath of a nuclear disaster. If you listen carefully, you'll hear the threatening clicks of a Geiger counter.
I know Fripp et al can be a bit 'block-happy', but if you've not done The League of Gentlemen album from 1981 already, I highly recommend it. Includes 'Eye Needles', a track whose tone is far more in tune with what you were expecting from climbing a mountain of needles! Even if you can't chance a reaction vid, it's well worth the listen.
Justin, have you heard any of Fripp's Soundscapes? If not... : )
Ouch.
That was so good. This album is a definite Desert Island Disc for me. I could listen to that any time.
Oh, I forgot about this one. This is actually not bad, more in keeping with Eno's ambient/soundscape stuff. Beats the hell out of the, dancey, samply, ten piles of steaming doodoo we had to listen to to get here. Though not sure it's been worth the wait.
Hi Justin.Happy new year from Athens Greece. 🌷👏🇬🇷🇺🇲