Each to their own
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Tasty guitar
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Help needed!
Iāve just received an email telling me that " YOU ME AT SIX are one of the most beloved British rock bands of all time" are touring Australia for the final time.
I have absolutely no idea who this band is.
What am I missing here?
Those of you who know my general tastes music wise, should I be listening to them?
You and me both, swoods. NFI who they are.
Shouty, Linkin Park type emo if I had to guess, but thatās purely me hypothesisingā¦
Editā¦ the first hit on Dr google says thusā¦
" You Me at Sixās musical style has been described as pop-punk, alternative rock, pop rock, post-hardcore, emo pop, and screamo".
On that basis then, happy to be blissfully unaware of themā¦
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Na, they are lower level ā ā ā ā ā compared to some of the top liners touring. Saw them with bmth in 2019
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Yeah just sounds like 5 million other bands running through the same hackneyed sounds.
I think I looked it up a while ago and heās a producer for Coldplay. Whichā¦kind of shows.
If you find them shallow and glossy then I guess youād feel the same way about this, but I like it.
It makes me feel good.
Thisā¦is not like that.
But I like it all the same.
I am still listening to this and i still dont know hoe @mrjez didnt win blond DJ.
My car goes faster every time i play this
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I havenāt liked the last few Guster releases, which have been smothered in modern (over)production. Their latest album largely returns to the more organic and acoustic sounds of Keep It Together and is all the better for it.
Missing the trio live is one of my great regrets. A rare gem from the archives.
In light of Blitzās meltdown today I was forced instead to go the Box Hill Record Fair. The price of records now!.. Had to exercise great restraint in not completely emptying the piggybank.
With some judicious shopping I was able to gather a nice haulā¦ was particularly pleased with H&Cās Talking To A Stranger 7 inch ($1 thankyouverymuch, and pristine condition) and Modelsā Cut Lunch 10 inch ($7).
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I used to have the UK 12ā but sold it on cos the two tracks were already on the album. Then I realised later it was a Mike Howlett mix of TTAS - do you know if that sounded much different from the original?
The new James record, āYummyā may well be album of the year
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I was looking at that today actually. The 7" single has a 4ā39" version on the A-side (called āMichaelās version editā) and a 7ā19" version on the B-side (called āOur versionā which I guess is the album version).
The version which was on the Collected Works greatest hits album is a 3ā58" edit, so Iām going to be interested to hear exactly what this single has on it. Must plug the turntable in and find out.
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Great pick-ups, both of them.
Edit: actually, a pretty good haul overall.
I still give What A Life! a spin on actual vinyl every now and then.
Itās always annoyed me that the CD version of this has a different tracklisting to the original album. The CD version most widely available here has the US tracklisting - which removed several songs and replaced them with US-remixed versions of Desperate songs.
I ended-up mastering my own CD with the correct tracklist from the released cassette of the album. Obviously not a great source sonically, hence me picking up the vinyl this weekend in order to master a better CD copy.
Iāve since found out that a small boutique US label released a 2CD version of What A Life a couple of years ago, which restores the original tracklist, and has the US tracks (as well as other curios, B-sides, out-takes etc.) on the additional CD. Reviews of it Iāve read suggest that its mastering has been brick-walled to buggery though, unfortunatelyā¦
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After the Semantics debacle I do Not want to hear the āmade for the USā Desperate songs.
Strikes me as odd, though. I thought they were signed to a US label (Chrysalis?ā¦or am I just thinking of Chrissieā¦) straight away.
But maybe Iām misremembering and it was after Desperate.
I could google but Iām feeling lazy.