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Mystery Date (formerly known as Blind Date)
11/14/07 | by sammymaudlin
If you know the artist, then shut the F up please refrain from commenting. If you don't, please offer your unbiased opinion of the following tracks. Those with the biggest balls will contribute first.
15 comments
Comment from: homefrontradio [Member] 
Huh. According to the All Music Guide, I believed the English Critical hype and bought this album back in February, then promptly forgot it existed in my collection.
Which isn't that surprising, the NME has been responsible for so many of my underwhelming 'best new band / greatest album ever' purchases over the years, that you'd think I'd have learnt by now. (1)
I guess that means I know the artist, so i'll shut the F up.
(1) A few, offhand:
Stone Roses (the very first one of these)
the Coral
British Sea Power
Doves (except for that one song that sounded like the Las)
the Thrills
that band that did the woeful kate bush cover that sounded like the Students of Widney High
Still, at least I didn't buy the Libertines.
Which isn't that surprising, the NME has been responsible for so many of my underwhelming 'best new band / greatest album ever' purchases over the years, that you'd think I'd have learnt by now. (1)
I guess that means I know the artist, so i'll shut the F up.
(1) A few, offhand:
Stone Roses (the very first one of these)
the Coral
British Sea Power
Doves (except for that one song that sounded like the Las)
the Thrills
that band that did the woeful kate bush cover that sounded like the Students of Widney High
Still, at least I didn't buy the Libertines.
11/14/07 @ 04:48
Comment from: homefrontradio [Member]
Huh, i apparently also bought a Shack album last year, (they were the 'Uncut' rave of 1999). Wonder what it's like.
11/14/07 @ 04:52
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
I have no idea who this is, but I almost like it. Almost. It answers my long-running plea for an opportunity to hear Yes with all the extraneous, non-pop bits removed. The singer reminds me of Graham Nash. At times I think I'm listening to Supertramp, a band, like Jethro Tull, that hints at greatness despite the fakt that I don't like them. (Sorry for that "k" - it seems one of my boys spilled water on our keyboard and the key that begins the word for the house version of a feline is not working.) I was thinking it was some Adrian Belew album, but that's not his singing.
11/14/07 @ 08:42
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
By the way, great RTH produktion on that video!
11/14/07 @ 08:49
Comment from: hrrundivbakshi [Member]
I think Moddie nailed the analysis here; I can add nothing, except to say that I probably like this better than he does. I might even buy a few tracks at eMusic on my next spree (I support RTH!). Also, I ask: where do guys like this find the time to construct such complex arrangements? I mean that literally.
11/14/07 @ 09:16
Comment from: hrrundivbakshi [Member]
And, yes, that video is f*cking hilarious! Get it out on YouTube, pronto!
11/14/07 @ 09:18
Comment from: mrclean [Member]
Yeah - a bit of Yes proggy-ness without the "non-pop" bits. Are they Scottish? These tracks appeal to my pre-punk prog tendencies but I don't think I'd listen to them on a regular basis...
11/14/07 @ 09:20
Comment from: kpdexter [Member]
hey homefrontradio, that Shack album from last year
...The Corner of Miles and Gil
is really good.
I may play it now. I got it from emusic.
...The Corner of Miles and Gil
is really good.
I may play it now. I got it from emusic.
11/14/07 @ 09:42
Comment from: BigSteve [Member]
God, it's so Yes-like it's ridiculous.
And btw it would be more of a mystery if you didn't leave all the mp3 ID tags intact. Once I opened up the file in WMP it identified it right away. I'd heard the name but not the music.
And btw it would be more of a mystery if you didn't leave all the mp3 ID tags intact. Once I opened up the file in WMP it identified it right away. I'd heard the name but not the music.
11/14/07 @ 11:04
Comment from: sammymaudlin [Member]
Once I opened up the fileWe in the Mystery Date division of Rock Town Hall do not condone unlawful downloading. Music provided is for listening purposes only.
Excuse me now while I go smoke some tobacco with my bong.
11/14/07 @ 11:11
I just let Quicktime play it, so I have no idea what it is. What's with the really long intro's? I'd have changed the station four times before I ever got to the songs themselves. It's too pretty for me, even though I replied late and have small balls. But I still don't care for it.
The video is fantastic, though! I loved the dud. My connection foze for about five seconds when that hit and I laughed my ass off!
The video is fantastic, though! I loved the dud. My connection foze for about five seconds when that hit and I laughed my ass off!
11/14/07 @ 13:14
Comment from: Oats [Member]
There's some early Genesis going on here too, I think. I can picture Tony Banks tapping out that Moog riff, his anti-charisma filling the room with positive Prock vibes.
11/14/07 @ 13:21
Comment from: alexmagic [Member]
I do like these and will want to hear them again. The long openings are probably keeping me from fully embracing them so far. I don’t know, maybe I do like the extended, minor-ELO Tightrope-ness opening of Mystery B. Perhaps the openings play better in album context.
The second one has that Our House piano, which might be creating the Graham Nash vocal association or reinforcing it. Aside from the Yes-ness, the first one reminded me a little of AC Newman, I think, with some Klaatu guitars or something.
With at least two mentions in the last month, I have to ask: has Tull been dealt with directly on RTH in the past?
The second one has that Our House piano, which might be creating the Graham Nash vocal association or reinforcing it. Aside from the Yes-ness, the first one reminded me a little of AC Newman, I think, with some Klaatu guitars or something.
With at least two mentions in the last month, I have to ask: has Tull been dealt with directly on RTH in the past?
11/14/07 @ 14:05
Comment from: sammymaudlin [Member]
Excellent comments thus far. For those of you who haven't weighed in: small balls are better than no balls... usually.
11/14/07 @ 14:09
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
Akexmagic, long, long ago, on the list's original form, we dealt with Tull. Most likely no more than a dozen Townspeople will recall that discussion. I'm cool with us revisiting Tull, and I sense I'm not alone.
11/14/07 @ 14:13
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