i want british musicians to tell me what to do. i crave it

albo: i want british musicians to tell me what to do. i crave it

How did you respond when George Michael implored us all to "Listen Without Prejudice"?

sigdiamond2000: albo: i want british musicians to tell me what to do. i crave it

How did you respond when George Michael implored us all to "Listen Without Prejudice"?

He's basically the Brit pop version of Ghandi.

filth: He's basically the Brit pop version of Ghandi.

Sh*t, Ghandi isn't fit to hold George Michael's jock.

sigdiamond2000: Sh*t, Ghandi isn't fit to hold George Michael's jock.

there's an awesome joke there, somewhere

albo: sigdiamond2000: Sh*t, Ghandi isn't fit to hold George Michael's jock.

there's an awesome joke there, somewhere

It's in the men's room at the park.

Why should I care about what the guy who practically invented Muzak thinks about anything?

filth: albo: sigdiamond2000: Sh*t, Ghandi isn't fit to hold George Michael's jock.

there's an awesome joke there, somewhere

It's in the men's room at the park.

Fun fact: In researching my witty rejoinder to albo, I learned that George Michael is, believe it or not, of Greek ancestry.

Who would've ever guessed that in a million years?

sigdiamond2000: filth: albo: sigdiamond2000: Sh*t, Ghandi isn't fit to hold George Michael's jock.

there's an awesome joke there, somewhere

It's in the men's room at the park.

Fun fact: In researching my witty rejoinder to albo, I learned that George Michael is, believe it or not, of Greek ancestry.

Who would've ever guessed that in a million years?

His boyfriend?

El Freak: Why should I care about what the guy who practically invented Muzak thinks about anything?

Practically invented Muzak? Damn, he's older than I thought.

El Freak: Why should I care about what the guy who practically invented Muzak thinks about anything?

tisk tisk.... I fear that you have misguidedly besmirched Eno and for his i shall direct you to his first 3 albums. "another green world" "Taking tiger mountain" and "here comes the warm jet" : not that many bands can accomplish albums this freaking brilliant, let alone one person

think about that, next time you are home, masturbating to Pete Wentz' shaved chest while the new fall Out Boy is playing at top volume

HappyHarryHardOn: "another green world" "Taking tiger mountain" and "here comes the warm jet"

I have to agree with you here. I dont throw him on all the time but love it every time I do.

Third Uncle is one of my all time favorite songs.

I also love the guy because he helped with Bowie's album Low which is my favorite Bowie album.

HappyHarryHardOn: El Freak: Why should I care about what the guy who practically invented Muzak thinks about anything?

tisk tisk.... I fear that you have misguidedly besmirched Eno and for his i shall direct you to his first 3 albums. "another green world" "Taking tiger mountain" and "here comes the warm jet" : not that many bands can accomplish albums this freaking brilliant, let alone one person

think about that, next time you are home, masturbating to Pete Wentz' shaved chest while the new fall Out Boy is playing at top volume

Ah yes, the old "you don't like what I like so obviously you're an uneducated rube who likes what MTV tells him to like" routine. Very original.

Considering that he's on record as saying that he wants to make music that's played in the background as people go about their daily lives and made a shiat ton of money for recording the Windows 95 startup sound, I think calling Brian Eno muzak is pretty apt. It's elevator music. Just because all the kids at Hot Topic haven't heard of something doesn't mean it sucks less.

Baby's On Fire. Fat Lady of Limbourg. Burning Airlines Give You So Much More...Eno's been a favorite for years.

/can still do without the political/social commentary, however.

Gunny Highway
I have to agree with you here. I dont throw him on all the time but love it every time I do.

Third Uncle is one of my all time favorite songs.

You rang?

... oh wait. nevermind.

HappyHarryHardOn
tisk tisk.... I fear that you have misguidedly besmirched Eno and for his i shall direct you to his first 3 albums. "another green world" "Taking tiger mountain" and "here comes the warm jet" : not that many bands can accomplish albums this freaking brilliant, let alone one person


ahem.
did you forget "Before and After Science"? :-P

that's probably my favourite Eno album.

While they're all pretty damn close to each other, here's my order, 70's style:
1. Before and After Science
2. Here Comes the Warm Jets
3. Another Green World
4. Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy

[3 and four are basically a tie]

and yes, i had to think long and hard about this list and its album placement/ranking.

/ music for airports is pretty good too, but i didn't include it on the list because it didn't fit in with his quad vocal albums.

I like muzak music by KLF, Orb, Wejdas, Aphex Twin and FSOL. Oh, almost forgot dark muzak by Burzum
/

Third_Uncle_Eno: You rang?

... oh wait. nevermind.

Haha I was wondering when you were going to get here. Welcome to the debate. If this catches any steam it has the potential to be a real barn burner.

but seriously, to the topic at hand,
when will this ridiculous sh*t END?
i mean didn't this gaza/israel stuff happen at this time last year??
is this deja vu all over again?
who started it *this* time??

Cindy Tells Me that she thinks that Israel deserves its land.
It's literally Driving Me Backwards. I tried phoning her again, but No One's Receiving because she thinks I'm the Great Pretender. So I left a message saying I don't want her to be Back in Judy's Jungle.
There are too many Little Fishes and Sombre reptiles in there.

El Freak: : Just because all the kids at Hot Topic haven't heard of something doesn't mean it sucks less.

Subby has this backwards, it's Eno that is the puppetmaster, the throbbing brain that rules from the center of the multiverse. All the Eno haters can DIAF, almost every band that matters today was either produced or inspired by Eno.

/Eno!

We've heard from Eno, without Bono. What about Leno or Ono?

Hey, don't forget Vanessa Redgrave, at the forefront of the UK-celebrity-condemning-Israeli-"colonialism"-with-no-apparent-sense-of-irony movement.

Awwww, don't cry, Eno kid.

The 80's called.

/

How nice, another self-important celebrity who thinks his rapidly fading fame somehow makes his opinion more valid than mine. I'm still not sure how his musical career qualifies him to comment on Middle East affairs, but I guess I'll take his word for it.

NYZooMan: The 80's called.

/

Or maybe the 70's?

Who the fark cares what this dipshiat has to say. Now if Jeff "Skunk" Baxter wants to talk about missile defense systems, then I'm all ears.

angusyoung: How nice, another self-important celebrity who thinks his rapidly fading fame somehow makes his opinion more valid than mine. I'm still not sure how his musical career qualifies him to comment on Middle East affairs, but I guess I'll take his word for it.

Nobody said a word about you. He doesn't fit the profile of the "self-important celebrity" and he has a body of innovative and influential work stretching back several decades, and probably thinks less about his own fame than you do. His work with the Long Now Foundation shows him to be interested in the next millennium, not the next issue of Tiger Beat. It is close to impossible for your personal tastes in music to not include someone he has influenced.

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Daddy's Big Pink Man-Squirrel: Nobody said a word about you. He doesn't fit the profile of the "self-important celebrity" and he has a body of innovative and influential work stretching back several decades, and probably thinks less about his own fame than you do. His work with the Long Now Foundation shows him to be interested in the next millennium, not the next issue of Tiger Beat. It is close to impossible for your personal tastes in music to not include someone he has influenced.

Oh please, I didn't say anything about Brian Eno not being a musical innovator, but please take his dick out of your mouth long enough to realize that he isn't an authority on Middle Eastern peace.
Was there some sarcasm in your post I missed?

sigdiamond2000: filth: albo: sigdiamond2000: Sh*t, Ghandi isn't fit to hold George Michael's jock.

there's an awesome joke there, somewhere

It's in the men's room at the park.

Fun fact: In researching my witty rejoinder to albo, I learned that George Michael is, believe it or not, of Greek ancestry.

Who would've ever guessed that in a million years?

No shiat? A swarthy European man named George is Greek?

Who?

Dimmu_Burger
Who?

[sigh]
/facepalm

Brian Eno has been involved in some of my favorite music over the last several decades.

Strong recommendation for the incredibly interesting "A Year (With Swollen Appendices)" - his diary of a year, oddly enough.

It reads like HTML - with an aside here or there that you have to head to another part of the book to read. Entertaining, thoughtful, and a little bit different than your average "star" diary.

But, honestly, I don't think that he's the best person to step up to the plate and make a political speech - whether he's right or wrong. The fact that he's an "entertainer" of some sort (which shouldn't really trump the fact that he's a forward-thinking big-picture Artist) makes his opinion subject to the derision that we're seeing here.

Gangway Fathead: Brian Eno has been involved in some of my favorite music over the last several decades.

Got that right.

Taking Tiger Mountain is the highpoint of Eno's body of work. Followed closely by his participation on the Talking Head's Remain in Light.

"Remain in Light" is an amazing album, but I'd consider "The Catherine Wheel" as the Byrne/Eno masterpiece, at least in terms of innovation.

He drank his own piss once you know.

Been listening to Taking Tiger Mountain tonight. It's pretty much the best album ever made.

Why no mention of "Before and After Science"?

Just as good as the other three always mentioned.

I was jamming with my band recently and fooled myself into thinking I had just spontaneously come up with this amazing funky bassline only to later realize I was playing "No One Receiving"

Trashing Eno's musical contributions? Idiots. Don't bother arguing; you are wrong.

eno is good

Gunny Highway 2009-01-06 05:10:20 PM
I also love the guy because he helped with Bowie's album Low which is my favorite Bowie album.

Dude, you need to raise your standards for love.

ONCE AGAIN an 'artiste' with no more (and probably a lot less)
knowledge of world affairs than most people here offers his guidance in world affairs.

What a moran.

dmax:
But, honestly, I don't think that he's the best person to step up to the plate and make a political speech - whether he's right or wrong. The fact that he's an "entertainer" of some sort (which shouldn't really trump the fact that he's a forward-thinking big-picture Artist) makes his opinion subject to the derision that we're seeing here.

angusyoung:
Oh please, I didn't say anything about Brian Eno not being a musical innovator, but please take his dick out of your mouth long enough to realize that he isn't an authority on Middle Eastern peace.


personally, i don't give a crap what the "experts" have to say on the conflict right now... it's all just war-time talk anyway, everything that's coming from the tv and news is just self-aggrandizing propaganda. the only people who have a truly valid argument or voice worth listening to are the people who are trying to live in the area. and since i don't have a dog in that fight, the only voice that makes any sense to me are the ones that speak of ending the violence.

in other words, eno's comments are just as valid as some scholar/pundit/invited tv guest.

/"question the heroic approach"

deadsanta:

Subby has this backwards, it's Eno that is the puppetmaster, the throbbing brain that rules from the center of the multiverse. All the Eno haters can DIAF, almost every band that matters today was either produced or inspired by Eno.

/Eno!

This. Headline isn't even a good joke.


mfaby:

ONCE AGAIN an 'artiste' with no more (and probably a lot less)
knowledge of world affairs than most people here offers his guidance in world affairs.

What a moran.

Must you always flaunt your ignorance here? If you had been paying attention, you would know that it's not as if the guy just picked up a newspaper and then started spouting off. That's closer to your gig.

mfaby: Dude, you need to raise your standards for love.

Uhh ok man. That was probably bad word choice i guess.

outside of Third Uncle, never cared much for Taking Tiger Mountain. his other three "talkie" albums are great though. Baby's On Fire has one of the best solos ever (by Robert Fripp)

mfaby: ONCE AGAIN an 'artiste' with no more (and probably a lot less)
knowledge of world affairs than most people here offers his guidance in world affairs.

Actually, Brian Eno is the only musician I can think of (given that Glen Gould is dead) who is unquestionably smarter than anyone posting here.

Also, isn't Bono hopelessly pro-Israel?

Isn't ironic a country founded on the idea of free speech is full of people so quick to ridicule those who exercise it?