tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post2089821623798814207..comments2024-03-27T20:54:34.655+00:00Comments on Bagging Area: Take A Look Around There's Something HappeningSwiss Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-22050988814516385232019-05-12T20:18:44.222+01:002019-05-12T20:18:44.222+01:00I think you're right Swanditch- I loved WTWIWF...I think you're right Swanditch- I loved WTWIWF at the time and since, it is the lost song in their back catalogue in a lot of ways. Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-29639485672499723972019-05-12T12:50:14.440+01:002019-05-12T12:50:14.440+01:00Late and slightly off topic but I want to put this...Late and slightly off topic but I want to put this one on the board: the most underrated thing they ever recorded is What The World Is Waiting For. Understandably overshadowed by the monster Fools Gold, if you go back and listen to it clean it's an absolute stormer. Just a titanic record. It's also the direction they should have gone in, indeed given that WTWIWF was the original A side it was the direction they were intending to go in - the success of FG derailed them in my opinion. Whereas FG is almost a novelty - how could it ever be repeated? - WTWIWF does a brilliant job of fusing the 60s retro, the dance funk, and the cusp-of-the-90s optimism that they'd brought to the table, and is at the end of the day the only thing they did that actually delivered on the real promise of the debut album. Yet it's hardly mentioned even by diehards.Swanditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316455524375152972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-252089379258197112019-05-05T08:44:19.552+01:002019-05-05T08:44:19.552+01:00beautiful writing
Ctelbeautiful writing<br /><br />CtelUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10784401990349670762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-75768013276275540062019-05-03T23:42:32.239+01:002019-05-03T23:42:32.239+01:00Yes. 6/10. Just checked. Jack Barron was the revie...Yes. 6/10. Just checked. Jack Barron was the reviewer. He was a decent writer, with good tastes. Though I seem to recall that an interview with De La Soul sent him loopy. <br />The days when the weekly music press were the be-all and end-all. Long gone, sadly. <br /><br />DarrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-56476144706178025302019-05-03T23:14:58.982+01:002019-05-03T23:14:58.982+01:00Thanks Swede, 2 brilliant Roses stories. Both show...Thanks Swede, 2 brilliant Roses stories. Both show the impact they had.Adam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414090207240064114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-40379818267918459262019-05-03T23:13:27.805+01:002019-05-03T23:13:27.805+01:00Thanks Darren. The NME gave it 6/10 I think, lukew...Thanks Darren. The NME gave it 6/10 I think, lukewarm indeed.Adam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414090207240064114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-36671662183411707072019-05-03T22:17:20.833+01:002019-05-03T22:17:20.833+01:00A genuine word of mouth record. If memory serves t...A genuine word of mouth record. If memory serves the initial NME review was very lukewarm. Could definitely do without the post-Spike Island baggage. The Bye Bye Badman book cover is lovely.<br />Beautifully written, by the way.<br /><br />DarrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-69947175815174076062019-05-02T21:40:14.549+01:002019-05-02T21:40:14.549+01:00There's no better feeling for a music fan than...There's no better feeling for a music fan than to be on the ground floor of something special at a show like that. I also get what you mean about releasing nothing after Spike Island and just disappearing. There would be no arguing their legacy.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-29109738899658248262019-05-02T16:16:06.117+01:002019-05-02T16:16:06.117+01:00Heck of a millstone in this case. Part of me wishe...Heck of a millstone in this case. Part of me wishes they'd released nothing after Spike Island and just disappeared, leaving this album and those few singles as their sole legacy. Adam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414090207240064114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-36039301845367376322019-05-02T15:54:21.520+01:002019-05-02T15:54:21.520+01:00Unlike a lot of bands from that time, the Roses fo...Unlike a lot of bands from that time, the Roses found a groove, and locked on; never letting go. Which is probably why it sounds so good 30 years later.<br />Always a millstone tho', bands who record something so seminal so early in their career.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-57626932111839870292019-05-02T10:53:36.522+01:002019-05-02T10:53:36.522+01:00I was too young and born in the wrong place to hav...I was too young and born in the wrong place to have seen them at the time. I only turned 15 after the album came out and lived in the very north of Ireland, out in the sticks far from the "cold and lonely" streets but their songs hit me in the gut, a punch I've never really recovered from. It still sounds so truly wonderful after all these years as I listen to it now. <br />Michael Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11695905281779144243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-35190516389028912342019-05-02T09:32:36.897+01:002019-05-02T09:32:36.897+01:00I saw The Stone Roses play at Norwich Arts Centre ...I saw The Stone Roses play at Norwich Arts Centre the following month. The venue has a capacity of around 250, but there were probably only around 75 people in there that night, a dozen of whom I'd driven on a min-bus excursion that I'd organised from my shop. The sound was very good. I vividly remember Mani's rumbling bass, Ian's bongos and also that a considerable amount of dry ice was involved. The band and remaining few audience members (mainly my party) adjourned to the street after the show for a, ahem, cigarette or two. We all chatted for half an hour or so. They were good geezers, one and all.<br />Flash forward 15 years by which time I was actually living in Norwich, sitting in a pub with friends after work one evening. We were each exchanging stories about bands we'd seen when I happened to mention the Stone Roses gig. A complete stranger walking behind me with a tray full of beers overheard my comment, stopped, put down the tray, apologised for interrupting and insisted upon shaking my hand because I'd seen the band he loved so much, but assumed he'd never get to see himself. I like to think that his wish was eventually fulfilled when they reunited a few years later.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-6345574268743604972019-05-02T09:32:13.911+01:002019-05-02T09:32:13.911+01:00Superb post. Superb album. Superb book covers!Superb post. Superb album. Superb book covers!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267504526414194713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-46433504972515301672019-05-02T08:27:35.937+01:002019-05-02T08:27:35.937+01:00Great post SA. I am going to sit with no distracti...Great post SA. I am going to sit with no distractions and play my rather scuffed copy of the album tonight, bought with some of the money I got for my 20th birthday. Fuck!drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.com