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  • January 20, 2009 at 3:06 pm #91247
    electro-melx
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    I’m sure I must have asked you this before F&ehx;, but do you like Elvis Costello?

    January 20, 2009 at 3:15 pm #91248
    Scott Matthews (EHX Staff)
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    +1 on Maggot Brain and There’s a Riot Going On. That’s a pretty mean list altogether but those two are bone deep.

    Agreed — I included Otis, Al, Aretha, and Stevie to provide a broader spread of classic soul, whereas Maggot Brain and There’s a Riot are more funk-rocking, hard, insane masterpieces — the others are absolutely awesome too, but in different ways.

    January 20, 2009 at 3:28 pm #91249
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    I’m sure I must have asked you this before F&ehx;, but do you like Elvis Costello?

    I like some of his stuff, but I’ve never been a big enough fan to buy his albums.

    January 20, 2009 at 7:25 pm #91258
    Dr. Matt
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    I’m sure I must have asked you this before F&ehx;, but do you like Elvis Costello?

    I do. Well, i like the earlier stuff (watching the detectives, pump it up, radio radio etc.)

    I like a lot of stuff from that era though – XTC, The Police, The Jam, Joy Division (kinda..) and stuff.

    Dave Gregory of XTC (he was in the band from 1979 till 1998) is simply a brilliant guitarist. It’s the quality of the playing and the musical effect of it that you have to listen to (particularly on towers of london) to appreciate his skill.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCE6SDkdPDQ&feature=channel
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6GK4o3AqZc&feature=channel
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-78u2K2Ttw&feature=channel

    Some songs from a recent gig in swindon which i was at (Filmed and uploaded by the band’s live mixing engineer from their touring days). He let me play his ’65 Firebird afterwards :D

    January 20, 2009 at 7:33 pm #91261
    Goldenglove
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    Joy Division are cool. Hell, lots of bands are cool :)
    Any Madness fans here? :)

    P.S. Matt, I guess you can check your UG inbox :)

    January 20, 2009 at 7:36 pm #91262
    Scott Matthews (EHX Staff)
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCE6SDkdPDQ&feature=channel

    Regarding “Reelin’ in the Years” — and very sorry if this is a somewhat dorky port — that said, one of the neatest gifts I ever received was this short clip recorded by Elliott Randall (he played the original solo on “Reelin'”):

    http://www.ehx.com/assets/archive/ScottBday.mp3

    I haven’t actually thought about it for some time, and your post reminded me, so thanks! :)

    January 20, 2009 at 7:47 pm #91263
    Dr. Matt
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    Joy Division are cool. Hell, lots of bands are cool :)
    Any Madness fans here? :)

    P.S. Matt, I guess you can check your UG inbox :)

    i’m actually not too sure what to make of joy division. I spend a lot of my time thinking they are great, and other times i just can’t stand them. I have to be in the right mood, i guess. There’s something very unsettling about their sound.

    (I have no new messages in my UG inbox? maybe it takes a while for their server to process the information there – they do have a lot of members)

    January 20, 2009 at 8:00 pm #91265
    Scott Matthews (EHX Staff)
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    Any Madness fans here? :)

    Back in high school I was very much into ska — Madness, English Beat, Fishbone — I still remember those Fishbone shows as some of the most fun I’ve had at concerts!

    January 20, 2009 at 8:40 pm #91270
    Goldenglove
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    I dunno, I think I sent you a message a few weeks ago. Basically, asked, did you meet the mystery girl after all :)

    It’s a shame we don’t get lotsa concerts in Russia – though I went to Santana and stood the whole concert staring at his PRSs, they were sooo beautiful :)

    January 20, 2009 at 8:58 pm #91275
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    http://www.ehx.com/assets/archive/ScottBday.mp3

    Steely Dan – one of my favorite American acts. AJA is pure bliss to me.

    Joy Division kind of epitomize that cold, angular sound between 1979 – 1981, along with U2, Echo & the Bunnymen, Wire, Gang of Four, Bauhaus, P.I.L. etc. I love that era of music :love:

    January 20, 2009 at 9:30 pm #91279
    julian
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    I saw Gang of Four after they reunited and they were amazing. Simply the most energetic band I’ve ever seen.

    January 21, 2009 at 9:17 am #91312
    Goldenglove
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    Fender&ehx;, what Bauhaus album would you recommend? I only heard one song of theirs, Bela Lugosi’s Dead, and thought it was quite awesome..

    January 21, 2009 at 11:13 am #91316
    electro-melx
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    Fender&ehx;, what Bauhaus album would you recommend? I only heard one song of theirs, Bela Lugosi’s Dead, and thought it was quite awesome..

    I was a big fan of Bauhaus back in the day…awesome band.

    ‘In the Flatfield’ is probably the best album (and first I belive) the CD has loads of extra songs that were singles too that weren’t on the original album…..which makes it even better now.

    but my favorite album is ‘press the eject and give me the tape’ which is a live album and it’s an amazing performance…..’Dark Entries’ ‘Double Dare’ ‘Rose Garden’ & ‘Stigmata Martyr’ are just mindblowing. (play very loud through big room speakers or good headphones for maximum effect)

    January 21, 2009 at 11:14 am #91317
    Goldenglove
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    Thx, I will check them out sometime soon.

    January 21, 2009 at 11:33 am #91318
    dsl1
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    …that said, one of the neatest gifts I ever received was this short clip recorded by Elliott Randall (he played the original solo on “Reelin'”)

    That was very cool :rawk:

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