Not heard this in years. Might have to go dig out the vinyl from the loft.Just because.......
Been going through my BiLs stuff (now that he’s gone and my wife wants me to help her sort through it all) and come across his vinyl collection. It’s not huge (maybe 90 albums) but definitely interesting.
Almost all late-70s and 80s ‘new wave/post-punk’…so mostly stuff I didn’t listen to back then, along with some Bowie, Simple Minds, Lou Reed that I don’t have. I was Genesis and Floyd. Only a year older than me he most certainly wasn’t.
So over the coming weeks will be giving a first time listen to albums by…Wire, Television, The Bomb Party, Public Image Ltd, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, Devo, Nico, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, Buzzcocks, Pete Shelley, Kraftwerk, Joy Division, Colin Newman, Cabaret Voltaire.
Where to start…any thoughts anyone?
Note…You can probably rather guess from that list that my BiL lived Manhattan Lower East side in 80s to mid-90s.
Given your background is prog, then you're like me.Almost all late-70s and 80s ‘new wave/post-punk’…so mostly stuff I didn’t listen to back then, along with some Bowie, Simple Minds, Lou Reed that I don’t have. I was Genesis and Floyd. Only a year older than me he most certainly wasn’t.
So over the coming weeks will be giving a first time listen to albums by…Wire, Television, The Bomb Party, Public Image Ltd, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, Devo, Nico, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, Buzzcocks, Pete Shelley, Kraftwerk, Joy Division, Colin Newman, Cabaret Voltaire.
Where to start…any thoughts anyone?
Talking Heads. Without a doubt.Been going through my BiLs stuff (now that he’s gone and my wife wants me to help her sort through it all) and come across his vinyl collection. It’s not huge (maybe 90 albums) but definitely interesting.
Almost all late-70s and 80s ‘new wave/post-punk’…so mostly stuff I didn’t listen to back then, along with some Bowie, Simple Minds, Lou Reed that I don’t have. I was Genesis and Floyd. Only a year older than me he most certainly wasn’t.
So over the coming weeks will be giving a first time listen to albums by…Wire, Television, The Bomb Party, Public Image Ltd, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, Devo, Nico, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, Buzzcocks, Pete Shelley, Kraftwerk, Joy Division, Colin Newman, Cabaret Voltaire.
Where to start…any thoughts anyone?
Note…You can probably rather guess from that list that my BiL lived Manhattan Lower East side in 80s to mid-90s.
I’d have said that with Television (Marquee Moon?) and Joy Division to start withTalking Heads. Without a doubt.
how does he not get mentioned when talking about the greats?Just because .......................
how does he not get mentioned when talking about the greats?![]()