The One & Only Official Music Geeks' Thread

[Tom_]

Nick Cave is pretty much an institution here. One of my favourite songwriters so I'm biased but he's very popular amongst 'alternative' / 'indie' types. Probably hasn't been huge with the more mainstream market or the latest generation but I wouldn't really know much about that...

He recently curated the first ATP festival in Australia (which was pretty incredible) so that's an indication of his status. If you're interested there's a best of out there which is OK, or pick up something like Murder Ballads or No More Shall We Part, or even the latest album (Dig, Lazarus, Dig!) which isn't quintessential Nick Cave but good none the less.

A Question for Dan or anyone

On the subject of older performers at glastonbury the wife was watching Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds .
They are Australian , she wants to know are they big in Australia and what do you know about them.

PS My wife is more clued up on modern music than me . Our son , aged 20, is always playing current stuff .

Me well I am in a time warp.I think I got stuck after the 80's .

[SPL]

Thanks Chugger. The wife says he was definately different!!! I will look him up on youtube as I did not
see him.

[martinkohout]

A Question for Dan or anyone

On the subject of older performers at glastonbury the wife was watching Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds .
They are Australian , she wants to know are they big in Australia and what do you know about them.

PS My wife is more clued up on modern music than me . Our son , aged 20, is always playing current stuff .

Me well I am in a time warp.I think I got stuck after the 80's .

You made it all the way to the '80s?

One of my favorite movies, Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (1987), includes scenes of Nick Cave in performance. The angel finally meets his beloved in a club where Cave and the Bad Seeds are playing.

[aveslacker]

A Question for Dan or anyone

On the subject of older performers at glastonbury the wife was watching Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds .
They are Australian , she wants to know are they big in Australia and what do you know about them.

PS My wife is more clued up on modern music than me . Our son , aged 20, is always playing current stuff .

Me well I am in a time warp.I think I got stuck after the 80's .

You made it all the way to the '80s?

One of my favorite movies, Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (1987), includes scenes of Nick Cave in performance. The angel finally meets his beloved in a club where Cave and the Bad Seeds are playing.

Isn't that the movie they re-made with Nick Cage and Meg Ryan about a decade ago? The remake sucked, and it had that horrible Goo Goo Dolls song.

[gordonvandekamp]

Isn't that the movie they re-made with Nick Cage and Meg Ryan about a decade ago? The remake sucked, and it had that horrible Goo Goo Dolls song.

Yeah it was. Never saw that one, but watched the original every year in German class when I was younger, kind of surreal

[martinkohout]

Isn't that the movie they re-made with Nick Cage and Meg Ryan about a decade ago? The remake sucked, and it had that horrible Goo Goo Dolls song.

Yeah it was. Never saw that one, but watched the original every year in German class when I was younger, kind of surreal

I never saw the remake either; it got absolutely terrible reviews. Wings of Desire is indeed surreal - Peter Falk as a fallen angel?!? - and if, like me, you don't speak German, I imagine you lose a lot of the beauty of the language. But the imagery is breathtaking, and I love the idea of invisible angels moving among us and being able to hear our thoughts by placing their hands on us.

And that's probably enough about movies on a music thread....

[SPL]

Nick Cave at Glastonbury is on you tube. I will ahve to catch some of his songs.

Mako the wife is not sure I reached the 80's but I told her 3 of my all time favourites were in that era
ie Kate Bush Freddie Mercury and Meat Loaf.

[DanK]

Nick Cave is pretty much an institution here. One of my favourite songwriters so I'm biased but he's very popular amongst 'alternative' / 'indie' types. Probably hasn't been huge with the more mainstream market or the latest generation but I wouldn't really know much about that...

He recently curated the first ATP festival in Australia (which was pretty incredible) so that's an indication of his status. If you're interested there's a best of out there which is OK, or pick up something like Murder Ballads or No More Shall We Part, or even the latest album (Dig, Lazarus, Dig!) which isn't quintessential Nick Cave but good none the less.

A Question for Dan or anyone

On the subject of older performers at glastonbury the wife was watching Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds .
They are Australian , she wants to know are they big in Australia and what do you know about them.

PS My wife is more clued up on modern music than me . Our son , aged 20, is always playing current stuff .

Me well I am in a time warp.I think I got stuck after the 80's .

Nick Cave is a living legend. Absolutely one of the greatest singer/songwriters of his generation (the world over btw). No question.

He has a very long list of music releases depending on your tastes, probably go with Chuggers recommendation and work from there if you get hooked.

And I love that despite living in England for a while, he still has a perfect Aussie accent :)

[Davo15]

Wonder when Blur might make a trip this side of the Atlantic? Seeing them in London would be amazing but not sure when I'm headed back there. Last year when I was I did manage to see Punk Rock legends The Stranglers at Shepard's Bush Empire which was rather sweet.

[Blind3]

Just read that Mudhoney will be playing De Melkweg on 10/14. Well , if I make it to Amsterdam, at least I don't have to worry about a scheduling conflict with a CL fixture .

[SE6Ajacied]

OK, another new CD recommendation from me. From Concerto Records in Amsterdam who had it on their listening post (not sure if you'll get this outside of NL).

Unleash by Rob Klerkx, drummer with the band Moke. Really good CD this, very mellow lyrics but quite a rock sound (as you'd expect maybe from a solo album from a drummer). He has a voice (but not necessarily a musical stype) very similar to Peter Gabriel I think.

Great CD anyway, if anyone wants to listen you can hear the title track here http://robklerkx.bandcamp.com/track/unleash

[Kowalczyk]

Just read that Mudhoney will be playing De Melkweg on 10/14. Well , if I make it to Amsterdam, at least I don't have to worry about a scheduling conflict with a CL fixture .

I'm going on holiday to Cyprus from Oct 9th to Oct 21st. Which is nice, but almost immediately after booking the gigs started falling down from the sky: The Pixies @ Heineken Music Hall, Mudhoney @ Melkweg and Ray Davies (of The Kinks) @ the Carré...

Great...

K.

[Kowalczyk]

Australia's Next Superstar!

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/601991/ ... ns_in.html

Believe it or not, but we get even bigger talents here in Holland!

K.

[SE6Ajacied]

Australia's Next Superstar!

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/601991/ ... ns_in.html

Believe it or not, but we get even bigger talents here in Holland!

K.

LMAO! I'm with the guy who fell off the chair I'm afraid, thanks for posting that - brightened up my day!

[Kowalczyk]

Blind3, were you THERE...?

K.

[Blind3]

Ko, I was at all four shows, 27,28, 30, and 31 October. FUCKIN' EPIC ( and I'm not referring to the record company of the same name) !! The setlists were unbelieveable !!! Whip It was awesome. I know two of the folks who caught parts of the Devo costumes when the lads threw them into the crowd. Ed, in Mark Mothersbaugh glasses, even bought out a 6 foot bullwhip during Whip It ,which he cracked a few times.

[Kowalczyk]

Oh God, I'm not jealous...



K.

[Blind3]

Hoping for a DVD . Glad that the official bootlegs will be available soon . I'm definitely buying all four boots through the Ten Club .

[Kowalczyk]

This is absolutely brilliant, by the way...

The Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody

My favourite bit is the first verse ("Mamaaaa") by Animal.

K.

[Manneken Pis]

Went to see the Tragically Hip here in Brussels a week ago (to remind me of my Canadian days).

They were simply outstanding...
Gordon Howie has one of the best stage presence out there.

Highly recommend them if they're passing your way.

[Kowalczyk]

Want a nice Christmas album...?

Download THIS. Christmas Candy is a Christmas EP of Dutch indie bands. It's a free download, including artwork. Spread the word.

Like it? In that case you might want to check out the fantastic Cover Club. The Christmas Candy EP is theirs, too. Four EPs full of covers (a Sex Pistols EP, a Neil Young EP, a 'Dirt Pleasures' EP and a four-song version of the Christmas EP), all available for free download.

The guy behind all this is in The Gasoline Brothers, from Utrecht, who released their fantastic second album Tsk! this year. The Gasoline Brothers offer all of their music for free. You can download the new album for free from their website: HERE. It's the top one.

Not available for free download, but highly recommended nonetheless: the great Excelsior Recordings label released some of their very best albums this year. The three below are 'must haves' for people like SE6Ajacied, who bought XLCR stuff before.

* Anne Soldaat - In Another Life (buy it here)
* Moss - Never Be Scared/Don't Be A Hero (buy it here)
* El Pino & The Volunteers - The Long-Lost Art Of Becoming Invisible (buy it here)

Just a few recommendations...

K.

[Khraa]

hmmm, going to see El Pino next month. I hope it is as good as you say it is....

[SE6Ajacied]

Not available for free download, but highly recommended nonetheless: the great Excelsior Recordings label released some of their very best albums this year. The three below are 'must haves' for people like SE6Ajacied, who bought XLCR stuff before.

* Anne Soldaat - In Another Life (buy it here)
* Moss - Never Be Scared/Don't Be A Hero (buy it here)
* El Pino & The Volunteers - The Long-Lost Art Of Becoming Invisible (buy it here)

Just a few recommendations...

K.

Haven't bought any music at all for a while so haven't got any of those but I am familiar with all of them from the website.

I did get the GEM United box-set when I was in Amsterdam in the Summer though which is much recommended if anyone's not already got the stuff on it.

Still listening to Rob Klerkx a lot (great CD) and hoping to get a chance to play the classic New York Dolls CD that I picked up secondhand in the market near work later....

[Wie kent Cees de Wolf nog]

Want a nice Christmas album...?

Download THIS. Christmas Candy is a Christmas EP of Dutch indie bands. It's a free download, including artwork. Spread the word.

Like it? In that case you might want to check out the fantastic Cover Club. The Christmas Candy EP is theirs, too. Four EPs full of covers (a Sex Pistols EP, a Neil Young EP, a 'Dirt Pleasures' EP and a four-song version of the Christmas EP), all available for free download.

The guy behind all this is in The Gasoline Brothers, from Utrecht, who released their fantastic second album Tsk! this year. The Gasoline Brothers offer all of their music for free. You can download the new album for free from their website: HERE. It's the top one.

Not available for free download, but highly recommended nonetheless: the great Excelsior Recordings label released some of their very best albums this year. The three below are 'must haves' for people like SE6Ajacied, who bought XLCR stuff before.

* Anne Soldaat - In Another Life (buy it here)
* Moss - Never Be Scared/Don't Be A Hero (buy it here)
* El Pino & The Volunteers - The Long-Lost Art Of Becoming Invisible (buy it here)

Just a few recommendations...

K.

Brilliant tip from the Ko-ster!

[Kowalczyk]

Brilliant tip from the Ko-ster!

That's right... He's more than just a sexy poster...

K.