You're just too American to appreciate the superior Brit version.matedog wrote:Just gave it a listen. It's a good cover, but definitely inferior to the original in my book. I dig the quirks of the original - the radio banter in the intro, the two distinct vocalists, the Snoop Dogg shout out. The vocalist on this version tries a bit too hard when the original vocalists were a lot more effortless. The harmony on the "we've got conclusion" part sounds terrible and the "LA-hell A" is replaced with "aw-yeah" which is not an improvement. Nice guitar work at the end though.Heston wrote:I remember it well. Shame the Twang's studio version has been removed from YouTube, it knocks the original into a cocked hat.matedog wrote:Yeesh, I thought me n Flex were the only ones that remembered that lost 90's gem. Takes me straight back to when I was 15.Marky Dread wrote:Why isn't this on your list?
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There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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I like both but the original is better.Heston wrote:You're just too American to appreciate the superior Brit version.matedog wrote:Just gave it a listen. It's a good cover, but definitely inferior to the original in my book. I dig the quirks of the original - the radio banter in the intro, the two distinct vocalists, the Snoop Dogg shout out. The vocalist on this version tries a bit too hard when the original vocalists were a lot more effortless. The harmony on the "we've got conclusion" part sounds terrible and the "LA-hell A" is replaced with "aw-yeah" which is not an improvement. Nice guitar work at the end though.Heston wrote:I remember it well. Shame the Twang's studio version has been removed from YouTube, it knocks the original into a cocked hat.matedog wrote:Yeesh, I thought me n Flex were the only ones that remembered that lost 90's gem. Takes me straight back to when I was 15.Marky Dread wrote:Why isn't this on your list?
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#TeamBranVan3000
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
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FAO Hoy: "The Miracle of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... tral-weeks
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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It makes my dick go inside my body.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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The Special Lady Friend learned she loves Astral Weeks, so it's been getting a ton of spins in Chez Burns lately.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Re: Van poll
Cool. VM has always been quite cantankerous hasn't he?Flex wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 11:47amFAO Hoy: "The Miracle of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... tral-weeks
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Kill?
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Kill van.
As for Flex, yeah, we'll have to fully disassemble him and scatter his parts and a secure DoD 5220.22-M ECE wipe of all storage devices.
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I recommend the molten pit from Terminator II.
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Heston says "go fuck yourself".
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Yes and one of the main reasons I adore the man. He just resolutely refuses to play the game. I’ve never been able to get into Astral Weeks, though, for all I love him as an artist.matedog wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 1:00pmCool. VM has always been quite cantankerous hasn't he?Flex wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 11:47amFAO Hoy: "The Miracle of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... tral-weeks
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I dunno, there's refusing to play the game and being a grumpy antagonistic bastard. He seems to fall into the latter sometimes.Low Down Low wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 5:43pmYes and one of the main reasons I adore the man. He just resolutely refuses to play the game. I’ve never been able to get into Astral Weeks, though, for all I love him as an artist.matedog wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 1:00pmCool. VM has always been quite cantankerous hasn't he?Flex wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 11:47amFAO Hoy: "The Miracle of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... tral-weeks
What a voice though, shame I don't like most of his material.
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I remember buying "Astral Weeks" on the advice of someone. I like two tracks the rest is just average. Give me "Them" anyday of the week.Heston wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 6:06pmI dunno, there's refusing to play the game and being a grumpy antagonistic bastard. He seems to fall into the latter sometimes.Low Down Low wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 5:43pmYes and one of the main reasons I adore the man. He just resolutely refuses to play the game. I’ve never been able to get into Astral Weeks, though, for all I love him as an artist.matedog wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 1:00pmCool. VM has always been quite cantankerous hasn't he?Flex wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 11:47amFAO Hoy: "The Miracle of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... tral-weeks
What a voice though, shame I don't like most of his material.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia