No Love For Black Sea? |
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No Love For Black Sea? |
 Jul 28 2011, 12:30 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,749 Joined: 11-February 09 From: Sandy Eggo Member No.: 7  |
Wrong.
There's a LOT of love for Black Sea. It just hasn't made it here yet. http://ape.uk.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1027 |
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Jul 28 2011, 02:44 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 4-July 11 From: BC, Canada Member No.: 11,896 |
Mucho amore for Black Sea. It was my introduction to XTC and thus it will always be held in high esteem. I consider it my favourite XTC record, but it's still a temporary position until I've heard the few I'm still missing and spend some quality time with them all. You know, as a family. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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Jul 28 2011, 10:16 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,373 Joined: 11-February 09 From: here. Member No.: 18 |
I think Black Sea was the album where XTc got their mojo. It kicks ass in a way no other album of theirs does. I dont think it has the best songs but it has the most energy and aggressive passion.
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Jul 28 2011, 06:42 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 327 Joined: 12-February 09 From: Londinium - between the "old" London Airport, and the current one... Member No.: 30 |
BS is the best capture of their "live" best... the songs are tight, yet not as polished as English Settlement, if you know what I mean? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Jul 28 2011, 10:00 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 473 Joined: 13-September 10 From: Lincs. uk Member No.: 764 |
It seems to me to be quite a 'fans favourite'. I like most of it. Don't really like TIN too much though.
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Jul 28 2011, 10:05 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 396 Joined: 15-February 09 From: Canada Member No.: 54 |
QUOTE (Nowhereman437 @ Jul 28 2011, 06:00 PM)  It seems to me to be quite a 'fans favourite'. I like most of it. Don't really like TIN too much though. I kind of have to agree with you on that one dear boy.... TIN; I will pass on it. Sorry folks... even after all this time, I still don't care for that song (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) Love the rest of the album though.... I even have 2 copies !!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Jul 28 2011, 10:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,392 Joined: 21-February 09 Member No.: 77 |
Burning With Optimism's Flames - One of their finest moments.
Black Sea: me at my most fanatical, travelling around the NW of England to see them live. The Liverpool Uni gig was just the best gig ever. Looking back you could see the cracks forming, Andy's rants about having no money before singing Paper + Iron. But man it was something special. |
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Jul 29 2011, 12:29 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 12-February 09 From: UK Member No.: 29 |
I agree with the last two posts. Travels in Nihilon doesn't do that much for me (on most days) but Burning With Optimism's Flames is my favourite track from the album without a doubt.
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Jul 29 2011, 02:11 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,749 Joined: 11-February 09 From: Sandy Eggo Member No.: 7 |
I loved "Travels." In fact, I loved everything on the album, with the exceptions of "Sgt. Rock" & "Love At First Sight" -
which I didn't hate, just didn't consider them of the same caliber as everything else. I bought three copies of "Black Sea" as Christmas presents in 1980, brown paper 'overcover' and all. In a year that saw the release of some fine albums like "Scary Monsters" by David Bowie, "Remain In Light" by the Talking Heads, "Zenyattà Mondatta" by the Police and "Peter Gabriel III" by XTC's production team, this shows how enthusiastic I was about this band and album. I sure envy Donavan following them around the UK, and all the rest of you Brits enjoying the 'scene' there. Being an XTC fan in Missoula Montana in 1980 was a fairly lonely affair. Discovering someone new who liked them was always like meeting a kindred spirit. And it still is. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Jul 29 2011, 04:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 11-February 09 Member No.: 15 |
Excellent album, and the one I started with. Nihilon is so much a favorite that I covered it for the King For A Day tribute. Andy noted it as very scary when he signed my copy at a Borders visit on the Apple Venus rounds.
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Jul 29 2011, 04:48 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 471 Joined: 12-February 09 From: Pervginia Member No.: 33 |
Funny. TIN is one of my faves on that album.
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Jul 30 2011, 12:43 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 832 Joined: 6-May 09 From: The map's upside down, I tell you! Member No.: 183 |
QUOTE (Jeff Truzzi @ Jul 29 2011, 03:11 PM) I sure envy Donavan following them around the UK, and all the rest of you Brits enjoying the 'scene' there. Being an XTC fan in Missoula Montana in 1980 was a fairly lonely affair. Discovering someone new who liked them was always like meeting a kindred spirit. And it still is. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) It's such a shame you never got to see them live, Jeff. |
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Jul 30 2011, 06:33 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,749 Joined: 11-February 09 From: Sandy Eggo Member No.: 7 |
QUOTE (Bimble @ Jul 29 2011, 05:43 PM) It's such a shame you never got to see them live, Jeff. If I would have moved back three weeks later I would have missed it. Missoula was no concert mecca, although I saw Cheap Trick, Edgar & Johnny Winter, Return to Forever, and the Doobie Brothers with Ambrosia in the 70s. Simp recently saw Ben Folds there. But we had to drive to Spokane (230 miles away) to see Jeff Beck, and Yes with Donovan. And Seattle for 10cc, and Jethro Tull with UK - that's a thousand mile (round) trip. You Brits don't appreciate how bloody good you've got it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Jul 30 2011, 07:43 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,392 Joined: 21-February 09 Member No.: 77 |
If I would have moved back three weeks later I would have missed it.
You should tell us about it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Jul 30 2011, 01:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,749 Joined: 11-February 09 From: Sandy Eggo Member No.: 7 |
QUOTE (donavan @ Jul 30 2011, 12:43 AM) If I would have moved back three weeks later I would have missed it. You should tell us about it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Only if you tell us about warming up for Yes, Don. Ah, 1978. I remember it well.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Jul 30 2011, 01:16 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,749 Joined: 11-February 09 From: Sandy Eggo Member No.: 7 |
QUOTE (Jeff Truzzi @ Jul 30 2011, 06:06 AM) Ah, 1978. I remember it well.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ...NOT! You know the saying, 'If you remember the 60s, you weren't there'? Well, I do - and I was. But my '60s' was 1978. |
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Jul 30 2011, 01:27 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,749 Joined: 11-February 09 From: Sandy Eggo Member No.: 7 |
QUOTE (Jeff Truzzi @ Jul 29 2011, 11:33 PM) Missoula was no concert mecca, although I saw Cheap Trick, Edgar & Johnny Winter, Return to Forever, and the Doobie Brothers with Ambrosia in the 70s. You pretty much saw anybody who came to town. My very first rock concert ever was 3 Dog Night. My second was The Grateful Dead. But both Simp & I passed on KISS. |
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Jul 30 2011, 06:26 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,392 Joined: 21-February 09 Member No.: 77 |
QUOTE (Jeff Truzzi @ Jul 30 2011, 02:06 PM) Yes, yes, no, no, no. I've blanked it out. Who could blame me? |
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Jul 31 2011, 05:51 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 4-July 11 From: BC, Canada Member No.: 11,896 |
Love TiN. The drums, man. THE DRUMS. Intense and threatening, don't-bring-Andy-home-to-Grandma vocals (I would have (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ). The use of the word "whimsy" in a song that conjures images of anything but. The pissy outro.
Question, though. What's going on between "Travels, travels in Nihilon" & "we've seen no Jesus come and gone," and again after the Jesus line? It sounds like there's a word with a "w" in the bit of chanting there. Thanks in advance. Edit: Okay, I think I got the Ni-hol-eh-on part. Maybe the 'awuh' I'm hearing is an auditory hallucination of some sort. This post has been edited by rockpants: Aug 2 2011, 05:14 AM |
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Aug 2 2011, 12:48 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 11-February 09 Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (rockpants @ Jul 31 2011, 12:51 PM) Question, though. What's going on between "Travels, travels in Nihilon" & "we've seen no Jesus come and gone," and again after the Jesus line? It sounds like there's a word with a "w" in the bit of chanting there. Thanks in advance. Edit: Okay, I think I got the Ni-hol-eh-on part. Maybe the 'awuh' I'm hearing is an auditory hallucination of some sort. I've always subconsciously put the word "warrior" in there. For me, it fit because of the tribal sound of the song. This post has been edited by Blushift: Aug 2 2011, 12:49 PM |
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