Yeah, Nick Cave's recent stuff has been quite tame.
And that Bunny Munro book was gash compared to And the Ass Saw the Angel.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:05, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

EXACTLY
To give you chance to vent about something I know winds you up, do you think Chase & Status write all their new stuff to the opening ten seconds of Pink Floyd's "Money"?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:08, Reply)

Yes.
They sometimes also motivate themselves with Mudhoney's version of The Money Will Roll Right in.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:11, Reply)

I concur
Their transition from d'n'b wannabes to chart-friendly cash-machines was signifcantly more sudden than Pendulum's
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:16, Reply)

They have the same manager as Bendulum.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:27, Reply)

Yeah, I know
Funny how their career trajectory changed so suddenly, eh? Now you've got Nero, signed to C&S' label, making more Pendulum-lite poppery. I shouldn't complain, from my point of view it's a hell of a lot better than the mid-90's, when everyone wanted to sound like Oasis
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:32, Reply)

Everybody shit tried to sound like Oasis.
Spiritualized and Primal Scream made two of the finest albums of that period and sounded nothing like Oasis.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:38, Reply)

You have to admit that Give Out But Don't Give Up was a change in direction for them though
Even if it was obviously much better than anything Oasis did, it wa still disappointing by their standards. And Screamadelica preceded Britpop, in fact part of my problem with that whole scene is that it killed British music's creativity stone dead just as it was threatening to get interesting.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:48, Reply)

i was referring to Vanishing Point.
Their best record by a long way.

And compared to the first two, Give Out wasn't really a change in direction, just a step backwards.

The first three songs on it are superb though.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:55, Reply)

got to love Lyre of Orpheus and that stuff though

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:08, Reply)

Start of a downward trajectory.
Nocturama was poor. His best are Let Love In, Murder Ballads, Boatman's Call and Henry's Dream. Those records represent a pretty good run.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:13, Reply)

I'm not that familiar with what songs are on what album really
But I am familiar with Murder Ballads and it is quality
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:15, Reply)

He followed the insanity of Murder Ballads
With the sophistication of The Boatman's Call. A great album, not a duff track on it.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 10:20, Reply)