By Tor

So sorry to hear.

R.I.P.  Lorraine . 

Hello .

Next year !

 

Samantha Fish

Smoke Fairies

Band Of Horses

Dead Can Dance

Nick Mason

Om

Larkin Poe

All Them Witches

Deep Purple / B.O.C.

 

So far .

There is only one album from me this year .

 

Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling .

 

I`ve listened to McCartney`s , Dylan and AC/DC but i would`nt say they were albums of the year or any year .

But if Box sets count , Thin Lizzy , Legends is bloody brilliant

I need it after listening to McCartney III all the way through .

How do you like it?

 

Hello fellow Mancunian !

 

You may or may not know I`m a big Beatle fan , so much my son was named after Paul McCartney .

So what did I think of it ?

 

I did`nt like it

 

For me Macca`s voice has been shot to bits since the late 90`s

I know it`s "Unpolished " and I should be grateful that he`s still recording etc , but I don`t really like his albums for the last 20 years .

There is a bit of a quiver in it but he gets around it I think.

 

I have listened to a few more times of some tracks and it was`nt as painful .

Don`t think it will be in my collection any time though .

What about the last few of his albums?

 

Not a fan of them really .

Flaming Pie is Ok and Chaos In Creation is also not bad , the songwriting is typical Macca , but his voice .

I wasn`t all that keen on McCartney II when that came out .

You can imagine at that time I was listening to The Wall Hemispheres , Gabriel 3 and then you stick on Temporary Secretary .

I`ve struggled for many years with Macca`s solo stuff .

Flowers In The Dirt was the last album I really played and enjoyed , but was his back to touring album so I got to see the tracks live , that helped .

I need it after listening to McCartney III all the way through .

How do you like it?

 

Hello fellow Mancunian !

 

You may or may not know I`m a big Beatle fan , so much my son was named after Paul McCartney .

So what did I think of it ?

 

I did`nt like it

 

For me Macca`s voice has been shot to bits since the late 90`s

I know it`s "Unpolished " and I should be grateful that he`s still recording etc , but I don`t really like his albums for the last 20 years .

There is a bit of a quiver in it but he gets around it I think.

 

I have listened to a few more times of some tracks and it was`nt as painful .

Don`t think it will be in my collection any time though .

I need it after listening to McCartney III all the way through .

How do you like it?

 

Hello fellow Mancunian !

 

You may or may not know I`m a big Beatle fan , so much my son was named after Paul McCartney .

So what did I think of it ?

 

I did`nt like it

 

For me Macca`s voice has been shot to bits since the late 90`s

I know it`s "Unpolished " and I should be grateful that he`s still recording etc , but I don`t really like his albums for the last 20 years .

I need it after listening to McCartney III all the way through .

I listened to Music in my early teens and then heard The Beatles

I listened to The Beatles like my life depended on it .

Then I heard The White Album .

I listened to other types of Music after that .

Hear I am on a Rush forum .

That's quite the story!

 

Thank you !

Typo on the Hear , it should be here .

 

OH dear :)

 

There is one more Beatle / Rush connection

 

I saw Lennon on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975 ish , and that was amazing , so I watched the show every week or when every it was on .

Then in late 1977 The O.G.W.T. showed a little clip of Rush and that they were touring the U.K. early next year .

Next day me and my Queen loving and drum nut school mate could`nt believe the size of the kit , I could`nt believe that there were two twin necks !

So we got tickets for our first concert .

Rush , Farewell To Kings Tour . Manchester Apollo 1978 .

I listened to Music in my early teens and then heard The Beatles

I listened to The Beatles like my life depended on it .

Then I heard The White Album .

I listened to other types of Music after that .

Hear I am on a Rush forum .

I don`t know what to write and on the other side of it , I could write what Rush means to me , which is now 42 years on .

My first band I saw live .

Thank God it was Rush .

 

Stone Cold Sober

 

Truth - Jeff Beck

 

 

See what I did there

So far this year .

 

Smoke Fairies - The Soup Kitchen . Manchester

The Staves - The Gorilla Bar . Manchester

Samantha Fish ,The Gorilla Bar . Manchester

Nick Mason`s S.S. - Manchester Apollo

Deep Purple / Blue Oyster Cult . Manchester Arena

 

This year...so all of those were today?? That is highly impressive!

 

;)

 

Time Machine . :eyeroll:

 

I should have said up and coming

So far this year .

 

Smoke Fairies - The Soup Kitchen . Manchester

The Staves - The Gorilla Bar . Manchester

Samantha Fish ,The Gorilla Bar . Manchester

Nick Mason`s S.S. - Manchester Apollo

Deep Purple / Blue Oyster Cult . Manchester Arena

Kate Bush

 

1. The Kick Inside ( The Kick Inside )

2. Ariel ( Nocturn )

3. Hounds Of Love ( The Ninth Wave ) .I can`t split the masterpiece up !

4. Lionheart ( Oh England , My Lionheart )

5. Never For Ever ( Breathing )

6. The Dreaming ( Get Out Of My House )

7. Sensual World ( This Woman`s Work )

8. Red Shoes ( Moments Of Pleasure )

9. 50 Words For Snow ( Lake Tahoe )

I don`t want to put a damper on this thread but I think he did`nt think that people would be pondering on it over 30 years later

Hand Cannot Erase - Steven Wilson

The Raven Refused To Sing - Steven Wilson

Blackstar - David Bowie

Fractured - Lunatic Soul

Push The Sky Away - Nick Cave

Let England Shake - P J Harvey

Anathema - The Optimist

Clockwork Angels - Rush

Brothers - The Black Keys

Earth Rocker - Clutch ( to be fair I only heard this about 6 months ago )

Kiss

 

And I think they cover a few other worst categories

 

Stonechild - Jesca Hoop

Fake Plastic Trees

 

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

Dust My Blues

 

Kate Bush

Natural Science

 

It`s my fav Rush track . So it`s a winner all the way

Good points Mosher

 

I just think that the bands such as Rush and Yes did`nt need to follow down that horrid road of that 80`s soulless sound

 

Peter Gabriel still shone in the 80`s and he was probably at his most successful period then as a solo artist

My question is...I wonder what was the attraction that bands like Yes, Rush, Genesis, and Jethro Tull had to that sort of Kraftwerk/Gary Numan-esque sound?

 

What a bloody good question !

 

I wish I had an answer for it that makes sense

As as far I was concerned it did`nt make any sense

It almost destroyed Yes , Rush , Jethro Tull , Mike Oldfield ( out for debate on Mike ) finished Floyd , and many more

I had to live through that decade and as it went on I thought Music was dead and I even started selling off my albums as you could`nt buy decent record players anymore and they even stopped selling flared Jeans , my life was in a right state , so much I got married and settled down

There was such dire Music in the 80`s

U2 were a band that still played their own instruments and were great live

So I will always have a soft spot for them

Don`t agree with that they hav`nt done a good album since the Joshua Tree

Achtung Baby was a breath of fresh air after the end of one of the worst decades in Music :finbar:

 

I know I know. I liked "Baby" when it came out. Filled with hits with a more fresh modern Euro sound.

 

Today the album puts me to sleep like most modern UPOO.

 

Give me "Party Girl" live!

 

"Do you know what I mean?"

 

Like a trampoline ...

I have to that was one song I did`nt like !

 

Unforgettable Fire is a great album , just needed to turn up the amps a bit .