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Loving The Stone Roses lately.
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I too have rediscoverd the Second Coming recently (found in 2nd hand shop
) and its not as bad as I had remembered. Opening track Breaking Into Heaven is as good a kick-off as Ive heard, big tribal rhythmic intro goes on and on until Squire cranks up his guitar...the acoustic Tightrope is class too, and of course Love Spreads, better known to most as the theme tune to Eamonn Dunphys Last Word show on the wireless.....ya see, good ol Eamo had taste!
And of course having bought it on CD for the first time I discovered the kinda odd hidden track which i think is called The Fuzz. One band though that defo wont be doing the "lets reform after 20 years thing" that the likes of The Police, Pixies, Pink Floyd, Led Zep have been doin recently, not even for a live gig. Shame really.
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I bought 'Turns into Stone' after hearing 'Fool's Gold' on an indie compilation years back.. I couldn't believe what a good album it was, and then I discovered it wasn't even a 'real' album. So off I went and bought 'The Stone Roses'. Couldn't get enough of it. For years I played it over and over. Loved it. Still do.
'The Second Coming' was a tad disapointing, but I still really liked it. I thought 'Love Spreads' was brilliant, not to mention the opening track, or TSLS. I didn't see them in Feile, but I wasn't bothered. At that stage Reni had left, and Squire's poncing about on the guitar was getting annoying (this from a big Jimmy Page fan).
I've seen Brownie a few times, and have had the pleasure of hearing him doing some of the classic Roses tunes. He's head and shoulders above Squire as a solo artist, but no, he can't sing.. at least not live.
And yes, The Seahorses were indeed, pants. I know, I bought the album
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Indeed. As Benjamin Franklin said: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes and The Smiths and Stone Roses never, ever reforming."
Ha ha love it I think the 4 Beatles have more chance of reforming than the Smiths!irlirishkev wrote: »And yes, The Seahorses were indeed, pants. I know, I bought the album
Yep, apart from 1...maybe 2 decent songs its dreadful. New stone roses fans, take note, just in case you think this is more of the same, it most certainly is not! The rest of that band are probably driving buses now....0 -
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JerryHandbag wrote: »I too have rediscoverd the Second Coming recently (found in 2nd hand shop) and its not as bad as I had remembered. Opening track Breaking Into Heaven is as good a kick-off as Ive heard, big tribal rhythmic intro goes on and on until Squire cranks up his guitar...the acoustic Tightrope is class too, and of course Love Spreads, better known to most as the theme tune to Eamonn Dunphys Last Word show on the wireless.....ya see, good ol Eamo had taste!
And of course having bought it on CD for the first time I discovered the kinda odd hidden track which i think is called The Fuzz. One band though that defo wont be doing the "lets reform after 20 years thing" that the likes of The Police, Pixies, Pink Floyd, Led Zep have been doin recently, not even for a live gig. Shame really.
I also think time has been kind to the Second Coming.
At the time, it suffered from comparisons to the first album and although it's not as good - I think it could have been, but for various issues with Squire - it's still a great album in retrospect. It's criminal that Mani and Reni - the 'blackest' rhythm section in 'indie' of the last two decades - are so low in the mix, and that it's such a rock album. I would have loved to hear them develop as a rhythm section and go down the route that Ian Brown took. Instead Reni dropped out of sight and Mani ended up doing fairly straight stuff with Primal Scream
Re: the hidden track. It's sh*t, basically. Somebody else pointed here once what a bitch it is to put the album on shuffle (I never have) as it has so many 'empty' tracks - the last one (# 99 or 100?) being the hidden one.
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Re: the hidden track. It's sh*t, basically. Somebody else pointed here once what a bitch it is to put the album on shuffle (I never have) as it has so many 'empty' tracks - the last one (# 99 or 100?) being the hidden one.
Hidden tracks really annoy me but that one takes the biscuit......like you say theres about 90 4 second tracks prior to it......nothing worse than listenin to a track on your ipod that has about 10 mins of silence at the end of it and you think your battery has died or something:mad:
Forgot to mention that Ten Storey Love Song is quite good too and perhaps couldve been worthy of a place on the debut album.0 -
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Manchester people are a bit like thatEarthhorse wrote: »On a slightly separate note I've always found the man himself a bit hard to pin down. One minute he's talking all this spiritual, peace and love stuff that I'm really all for and the next he's threatening to kick people's heads in!
I went to college in Manchester (well, Salford actually) around the time the whole Madchester thing was kicking off and the Roses first album was released. While I never liked the scene much (being a hoary old rock fan), I did really like the first album and still listen to it. Reviews put me off the second one but when I eventually did get it, I liked it too althought it is very different to the first album. As a Led Zep homage though, it was right up my street.
Favourite song? I always had a soft spot for Sally Cinnamon...0 -
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Oh my god I am insanely jealous - lucky bitch! :mad:I went to college in Manchester (well, Salford actually) around the time the whole Madchester thing was kicking off and the Roses first album was released.
Why did I have to be born in the late 70s and thus have Britpop as the soundtrack to my college years... 0 -
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Why did I have to be born in the late 70s and thus have Britpop as the soundtrack to my college years...
So I wouldn't have to experience that burden on my own? Seriously, I remember sitting there in first year, Oasis blasting from every corner, thinking "I have nothing in common with my generation".0 -
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If I had a time mechine I would swap...Earthhorse wrote: »Sure, rub in the fact that I was a loner during my college years. You're just like all the others!! 0 -
I only said I was sitting at the same table as them...Earthhorse wrote: »Sure, rub in the fact that I was a loner during my college years. You're just like all the others!
Thanks a lot for ruining my false memories of having friends... :mad:
Aw man, you could have said Discman - I mean they were around in '96. Now we are officially the nana and grandad of the music forum... :mad:walkman
I presume you mean '89/'90? Cuz you do NOT want to go back to the mid 90s - those years SUCKED for Madchester fans.If I had a time mechine I would swap...0 -
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I only said I was sitting at the same table as them...
Thanks a lot for ruining my false memories of having friends... :mad:
Oh, now she's bringing up the fact that her college had a table. Beautiful, just beautiful. :mad::mad::mad:Aw man, you could have said Discman - I mean they were around in '96. Now we are officially the nana and grandad of the music forum... :mad:
Those scenester kids get it from your side of the family you know.I presume you mean '89/'90? Cuz you do NOT want to go back to the mid 90s - those years SUCKED for Madchester fans.
I would have been eleven at that stage. Could have been the Doogie Howser of Commerce. Currently working on a way to blame you for this not happening. Will get back to you.0 -
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