tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post7824530917219300266..comments2023-11-04T19:54:43.564+00:00Comments on fantastic journal: No CommentCharles Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-46575879666359787292010-06-07T09:22:12.205+00:002010-06-07T09:22:12.205+00:00Thanks Grit. Seems to be an unlikely consensus for...Thanks Grit. Seems to be an unlikely consensus forming on the importance of the gated reverb! Never thought I'd hear the day...Charles Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-54816197390415650702010-06-03T09:23:13.323+00:002010-06-03T09:23:13.323+00:00Lord Almighty, the Synth Rock (80s Division)Apprec...Lord Almighty, the Synth Rock (80s Division)Appreciation Society have finally come out of the dark ;) <br />The only thing I can love Phil for is the gated reverb drum sound that he & Gabriel came up with for late Genesis records. You could hear that big banging noise on almost any best-selling 80s record form there on. And I love it with all my heart. <br />Love that blog, too. ;) <br />Grit of nichtwinken.blogspot.comNichtwinkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18109913538504271332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-71157117468611566302010-06-02T20:51:51.507+00:002010-06-02T20:51:51.507+00:00Thanks Anon. Owen, I hadn't noticed, but that ...Thanks Anon. Owen, I hadn't noticed, but that song has a fabulous synthesised steel drum sound.....Charles Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-39538624414429994982010-06-02T17:14:28.587+00:002010-06-02T17:14:28.587+00:00No no, Phil Collins is every bit as dreadful as pe...No no, Phil Collins is every bit as dreadful as people say. That said, I will admit to liking, for inexplicable reasons, a few songs by Peter Cetera. I'm so ashamed of this that I'm leaving my credentials anonymous.<br /><br />Also, you really do have a nice blog! I wish there were more like it in architecture blog-dom.<br /><br />CheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-62953472005298668362010-06-02T08:34:39.831+00:002010-06-02T08:34:39.831+00:00They were good up till and including Sons and Fasc...They were good up till and including Sons and Fascination. *Puts away Official Guide to Rock*. Actually, I liked them until Waterfront. After that - aside from the music - the lyrics stopped not making sense in a good way and started making sense in a bad way. I would be very keen to read about their earlier neo-classical euro synth era thoughCharles Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-69603540425965300222010-06-02T00:06:58.846+00:002010-06-02T00:06:58.846+00:00I suppose there's some tentative acceptance th...I suppose there's some tentative acceptance that they were once good via <em>Rip It Up And Start Again</em> etc, but 'Alive and Kicking' approaches 'Invisible Touch'-like levels of appallingness.<br /><br />...mind you, nobody seems to have noticed that the blog subtitle I've had for the last month is a quote from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6MwzSaBBQY" rel="nofollow">this.</a>owen hatherleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943115307136493045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-1190891748558127562010-06-01T19:31:25.240+00:002010-06-01T19:31:25.240+00:00Well, yes, New Gold Dream is fabulous and very odd...Well, yes, New Gold Dream is fabulous and very odd (what were they on about?) although Belfast Child is nowhere near as disliked as anything off No Jacket Required. <br /><br />I think you're the man for the job though.....Charles Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-70072112185176207382010-06-01T17:41:03.973+00:002010-06-01T17:41:03.973+00:00...but it is a bit tricky to listen sort of thing ......but it is a bit tricky to listen sort of thing if you live in a shared flat. People might talk.owen hatherleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943115307136493045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-5292796633227890322010-06-01T17:30:12.426+00:002010-06-01T17:30:12.426+00:00Being a fan of the unpleasant grey area between pr...Being a fan of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKb9XQ39-zc" rel="nofollow">unpleasant grey area between prog and post-punk</a> I liked the Phil Collins article a lot. Someone needs to do a similar thing for Simple Minds, whose cultural crimes in the mid-late 80s mostly obscure their earlier prog-electro brilliance - but who were, tellingly, big Genesis fans, even circa <em>Empires and Dance</em> and such.<br /><br />...though in both cases it's cheating a bit, isn't it...if someone other than Patrick Bateman were to make a real case for 'Another Day In Paradise' or 'Belfast Child', that'd be more impressive...owen hatherleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943115307136493045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-34115005827623817792010-06-01T17:01:51.660+00:002010-06-01T17:01:51.660+00:00Aww shucks...I now know I have nice blog!
I was g...Aww shucks...I now know I have nice blog!<br /><br />I was going to link to the scene in American Psycho where Bateman discusses the merits of early and late (Collins era) Genesis but it gets distinctly pervy halfway through and then thoroughly disturbing after that. Mind you, not much more disturbing than the drumming solo...<br /><br />Zone, Yeah Tommy Lee wins. I like the bit when he's at 45 degrees best.Charles Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-25145470999842393122010-06-01T14:04:02.533+00:002010-06-01T14:04:02.533+00:00hey! you have nice blog!
Is it pedantic of me to ...hey! you have nice blog!<br /><br />Is it pedantic of me to observe that whoever titled that video on Youtube has a highly flexible definition of the word 'solo'?<br /><br />anyway, this video has to be the final word on 80s drum solo excess - it's long but worth it<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJD94O0Hw_I<br /><br />HERE I FUCKIN COME TAKOMA!Sam Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256521398930476465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-4301241663178417922010-06-01T12:30:23.573+00:002010-06-01T12:30:23.573+00:00hey! you have nice blog! link me pleeze?hey! you have nice blog! link me pleeze?Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658628800390775081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-7054617191163938032010-06-01T12:25:28.650+00:002010-06-01T12:25:28.650+00:00Phil Collins' role on this earth, Mark II:
He...Phil Collins' role on this earth, Mark II:<br /><br />He made Don Johnson and er...the other one, appear like classically trained thespians in an episode of "Miami Vice", once.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608144436173241063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-73805324684818994262010-06-01T12:24:14.401+00:002010-06-01T12:24:14.401+00:00Surely Phil Collins was put on this earth to provi...Surely Phil Collins was put on this earth to provide Brett Easton Ellis with inter-chapter comedy material in "American Psycho"?<br /><br />And btw - I've told you before - Fantastic Journal shows that architecture's gain is journalism's loss.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608144436173241063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-43608164068769883012010-06-01T08:56:29.953+00:002010-06-01T08:56:29.953+00:00I've been finding out just how fun comments ca...I've been finding out just how fun comments can be myself this week, having witnessed the bilious outpouring provoked by the aforementioned article. In view of this, here's mine:<br /><br />"Many thanks Charles."<br /><br />By the way, I got about 30 seconds into that clip you linked, then had to go out and get some fresh air. 'Follow You, Follow Me' is lovely though.Gary Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556754977248564025noreply@blogger.com