#12181 - Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:12:00
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Well, I've been listening to Billy's albums quite a lot in the last year and have to say that for me the best one is Still Movement. It contains my favourite Billy track (Waving Hands in Clouds) and lots of general loveliness. I haven't heard Refine yet though.
And what's your favourite Nick Rhodes solo album?
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#12183 - Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:43:00
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Originally posted by 1.Outside:
And what's your favourite Nick Rhodes solo album? With a clear risk of annoying BC-fundamentalists again - NR have in fact released something of a soloalbum a few years ago, "Dark Circles" as The Devils with the singer Stephen Duffy. An album which actually got several positive reviews as an emotional and reflective work. But never mind that... I only know about BC in the context of Ultravox and Visage but are honestly interested in finding out more about his solowork. I´ve been recommended these two compilations "Pieces of the puzzle" and "60 minutes with.." and are trying to find out if there are any other good starting points. Anything other to recommend? 
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#12185 - Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:49:00
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Originally posted by JVox:
I only know about BC in the context of Ultravox and Visage but are honestly interested in finding out more about his solowork. I´ve been recommended these two compilations "Pieces of the puzzle" and "60 minutes with.." and are trying to find out if there are any other good starting points. Anything other to recommend? As before : see www.billycurrie.com ( where you can get clips of most of the albums )
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#12186 - Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:10:00
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Originally posted by david L.: As before : see www.billycurrie.com ( where you can get clips of most of the albums ) I know about this website and have already checked it out, but it would be interesting to get views from fans of BC´s solowork as well. 
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#12187 - Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:51:00
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Originally posted by JVox:
[/qb] With a clear risk of annoying BC-fundamentalists again - Fear not - I have a gardening tool at the ready this time!!! youe been warned lol I dont really like compilations - as i feel teh work is so diverse I think its best if you listen to each album. Each one has a unique personality. Given teh new one has just come out I think this is an excellent/essential starting point. Refine I have much of Billy's work in what I call my 'lava lamp and incense sticks' collection (along with Floyd and Hawkwind) - theres some real chilled trippy tracks - one of my faves being 'why to you hang on me' - off hte 'Push' album. Still Movement is very 'tranquil& beautiful' as is APOTS. Some of the piano work is soooo lovely - very deep moving stuff (well i think so!). 'Transportation' is my 'champagne and cocktails' album - its quite eccentric - very experimental with style and sounds and techniques. 'Keys and Fiddle' has some very vintage sounding synth heavy tracks. F*&^%g amazing musician/work that I feel has so sadly been overlooked in general over the years. Anyway - check out 'Refine' first then maybe Push and take it from there. All can be downloaded now from Amazon etc (Refine download only). I do hope you enjoy! 
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#12188 - Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:51:00
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A lot of the albums used to be available from bc's site for 1.99 uk, download
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#12189 - Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:48:00
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#12190 - Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:27:00
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#12192 - Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:47:00
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#12194 - Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:16:00
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I'd forgotten about Arcadia. I remember quite liking their album. I've also just discovered, from Wikipedia, that The Power Station released a second album in 1997! Although, sadly for Duranies, John Taylor wasn't involved.
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#12195 - Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:48:00
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Originally posted by 1.Outside:
Although, sadly for Duranies, John Taylor wasn't involved. No, but he recorded several soloalbums at the time that might be worth checking out. "Feelings are good (and other lies)", a collaboration with Steve Jones of Sex Pistols, and one album that was only released in Japan, as well as forming group Terroristen and working as a film actor. Full information about his solocareer can be found on Wikipedia. Some Arcadia songs are rather forgettable but there are several prominent guests on that album - Dave Gilmour, Herbie Hancock, Andy Mackay, Sting. I quite like The Promise which have a beautifully arranged instrumental part and backingvocals by Sting that works really well.
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#12196 - Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:35:00
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Originally posted by 1.Outside: I'd forgotten about Arcadia. I remember quite liking their album. I've also just discovered, from Wikipedia, that The Power Station released a second album in 1997! Although, sadly for Duranies, John Taylor wasn't involved. True, but Andy Taylor was. The album was called 'Living in Fear' - producer Bernard Edwards (of 'Chic' fame) played bass on the album in John Taylors's absence, although he himself sadly died of pneumonia before the album was released. On the subsequent promotional tour, Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd) and then Manny Yanes stood in on bass guitar duties. I saw them play a warm up gig at the Hannover Grand in London in, I think, 1996 - the magic that inspired the original project had obviously been lost by that point, and after the album came out to relatively mixed reviews and success, the group disbanded. One of the most interesting facts about John Taylor is that, I believe, he was asked to leave the LA based band 'Neurotic Outsiders' in 1996/97 for, effectively, 'conduct unbefitting'. A fact all the more fascinating given that the band consisted of former pop/teen idol Taylor, Steve Jones (of The Sex Pistols) and Duff Mckagen and Matt Sorum (from Guns N' Roses). The latter three are hardly a bunch of shrinking violets are they? And if they felt Taylor was behaving badly given their past and reputations, it must have been bad. Regards, Paul
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#12198 - Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:58:00
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#12199 - Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:13:00
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Originally posted by Paul Hitchcock: I believe, he was asked to leave the LA based band 'Neurotic Outsiders' in 1996/97 for, effectively, 'conduct unbefitting'. A fact all the more fascinating given that the band consisted of former pop/teen idol Taylor, Steve Jones (of The Sex Pistols) and Duff Mckagen and Matt Sorum (from Guns N' Roses). The latter three are hardly a bunch of shrinking violets are they? And if they felt Taylor was behaving badly given their past and reputations, it must have been bad. From memory, I believe it was because the others in the band were trying to stay clean and sober and JT was still going through his girls, drugs and booze phase...
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#12200 - Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:07:00
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#12201 - Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:47:00
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Originally posted by JVox: Originally posted by 1.Outside: [b]
And what's your favourite Nick Rhodes solo album? With a clear risk of annoying BC-fundamentalists again - NR have in fact released something of a soloalbum a few years ago, "Dark Circles" as The Devils with the singer Stephen Duffy. An album which actually got several positive reviews as an emotional and reflective work. But never mind that...
I only know about BC in the context of Ultravox and Visage but are honestly interested in finding out more about his solowork. I´ve been recommended these two compilations "Pieces of the puzzle" and "60 minutes with.." and are trying to find out if there are any other good starting points. Anything other to recommend? [/b]Did you know that Stephan"Tin Tin"Duffy was the original singer in Duran Duran? 
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#12204 - Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:55:00
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Originally posted by Si_W: Originally posted by Duncan: [b] Did you know that Stephan"Tin Tin"Duffy was the original singer in Duran Duran? Bizarrely some bloke called John Foxx was apparently the original singer in Ultravox - both bands improved with the second bloke on the mic... [/b]Ooh, controversial.
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#12207 - Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:58:00
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I'm really getting into Accidental Poetry of the Structure right now.
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