Members nat whilk II Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 no,no,no this is not new stuff....but what do I care about the date something was produced?...just a single stat...4 digits. Minimalistic, direct, so carefully produced, poetic, restrained and emotional at the same time, not your normal melodic lines....well done, boys!! O yeah, you can hear the 80s drums and treatments...let all that pass if it bugs you, just give it tryout listen... I think of the era these tracks came out of and of course Talking Heads is on most everyone's list demographically for type of material....you see, I could never really get into David Byrne because of the cutesy angle - there's an ego there, a little background wash of snarky elitism that just bugs me in a big way - and I realize that Byrne's voice is, however limited technically, a real force and frankly better than The Blue Nile's Paul Buchanan...but to me this stuff resonates with so much more honesty, it's humble and unassuming, unflashy and lovely to me..... The current band that The Blue Nile seems the share some spirit with is The National, but I digress... NOTE: embedding is blocked on the 2nd video, but just follow the link to Youtube - the sound quality is worth the hassle of clicking for the link: [Youtube]8GVMnDjFKHw[/Youtube] [Youtube]DImZO6SNAx4[/Youtube] [Youtube]OX46PKi6n8k[/Youtube] nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 I haven't heard them in eons. I remember really liking them, thinking their music was really good. Thanks for the reminder! I'm gonna go check 'em out again!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Gnash Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 osP05cpJKNM It must be said: I like Craig Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Gnash Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 ... of course Talking Heads is on most everyone's list demographically for type of material....you see, I could never really get into David Byrne ... I don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted March 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 It must be said: I like Craig Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 I've generally liked Craig Armstrong's stuff too. He has some beautiful songs that I think you might not find so generic. They're not weird or anything, but just tasteful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members russrags Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 WOW Thanks.I recorded Blue Nile in the early 90's, in Santa Barbra.They opened for a band I was recording for Westwood One Radio.I'll have to look up that show and see who it was with them.I don't listen to much from the past, but this was nice today .. Thanks. RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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