Posts by Backdrifter

  • What movie have you watched?

    Four this last week:


    The Grudge - remake of a Japanese horror, one of those things featuring a scary girl with long wet hair, as so many seem to. It was okay but it had too many horror cliches in.


    Little Women - I wasn't sure at first, the first 45 mins just seemed to be girls running, shrieking and hugging. Then it moved up a gear and ultimately I enjoyed it.


    The Personal History of David Copperfield - the best of the bunch, it was funny, moving and very entertaining.


    Bombshell - excellent, infuriating in what it depicted (true story of sexual harrassment cases at Fox News), very compelling.

  • The Beatles

    I've been planning a 4-disc Beatles compilation and only just recently got around to it. As usual with my compilations, not chronological and all very carefully planned in terms of running order.


    DISC 1

    Paperback Writer

    Twist and Shout

    All My Loving

    Dear Prudence

    Tell Me Why

    I Want To Tell You

    Your Mother Should Know

    Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

    With A Little Help From My Friends

    If I Needed Someone

    You Never Give Me Your Money

    Sun King

    Mean Mr Mustard

    Polythene Pam

    She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

    Revolution

    Love Me Do

    The Word

    From Me To You

    I’ll Follow The Sun

    Don’t Let Me Down

    Blackbird

    I’ve Got A Feeling

    She Said She Said

    A Hard Day’s Night

    I Want To Hold Your Hand

    Yes It Is


    DISC 2

    Eight Days A Week

    And Your Bird Can Sing

    Old Brown Shoe

    Happiness Is A Warm Gun

    We Can Work It Out

    Fixing A Hole

    Help!

    You Won’t See Me

    I’m Only Sleeping

    Every Little Thing

    Michelle

    Yer Blues

    Two Of Us

    Matchbox

    Things We Said Today

    Ticket To Ride

    Oh! Darling

    Mother Nature’s Son

    I Should Have Known Better

    Yellow Submarine

    Helter Skelter

    Bad Boy

    Rain

    You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away

    Hello Goodbye



    DISC 3

    Getting Better

    Can’t Buy Me Love

    For No One

    I’m So Tired

    The Night Before

    Love You To

    The Fool on the Hill

    Sexy Sadie

    Drive My Car

    It Won’t Be Long

    Think For Yourself

    Here, There and Everywhere

    I Feel Fine

    Eleanor Rigby

    I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

    Blue Jay Way

    Strawberry Fields Forever

    Hey Bulldog

    She Loves You

    Norwegian Wood

    Lady Madonna

    She’s Leaving Home

    Hey Jude


    DISC 4

    Get Back

    Please Please Me

    It’s All Too Much

    What You’re Doing

    Yesterday

    Because

    Doctor Robert

    And I Love Her

    Come and Get It

    For You Blue

    Cry Baby Cry

    Revolution 9 (edit)

    Good Night

    Come Together

    Penny Lane

    Taxman

    Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)

    A Day in the Life

    Something

    Tomorrow Never Knows

    The Long and Winding Road

    Let It Be

    I Saw Her Standing There

    Golden Slumbers

    Carry That Weight

    The End

    In My Life

  • What TV shows have you been watching ?

    Yes I mostly like the Trek tv shows, TNG being probably my favourite. I didn't like Voyager at first but warmed to it, although it was largely despite Kate Mulgrew's largely poor performance as the captain. Like you OneForTheVine I never clicked with DS9 or Enterprise. I've seen two episodes of Discovery so far and don't feel any urge to continue with it.


    I'm interested to see Picard, I liked that character in TNG and the associated films, and I like Patrick Stewart.


    I really like the 'reboot' films to date, I think they've been quite affectionate with regard to the original tv show. The 4th in the series is apparently now back on track with the main cast in place, with release in the next 2 years.

  • GENESIS: In The Cage Medley 1987 in Hannover

    Quote from The_Genesis_Archive

    We guess that someone would complain, we work hard to bring these exceptionally rare items to the public. We risk the law and any potential relationship with the management company, only for people to moan.


    Why should we bother to find, discover and release more?


    TGA

    If this is directed at me, I wasn't complaining or moaning, just expressing frustration at the apparent dearth of professional films of this medley - that's a broad observation and not aimed at this clip or those who've posted it here. As I said, it's still good to see it - but I didn't specifically thank whoever brought it here so let me say it now: well done and thanks.

  • GENESIS: In The Cage Medley 1987 in Hannover

    It's good but frustrating. I've been dying to see a professional film of either IT tour version of that medley and when we finally get one it's all on stage and we can't see the full show! But still better than nothing.


    There is a snippet of the Apocalypse version in the Visible Touch documentary so it was professionally filmed and must exist in its entirety somewhere.

  • Wind & Wuthering

    Quote from Fabrizio

    I found a new appreciation for the album version of Afterglow. For years it was almost impossible for me to revert to the original, then it dawned on me that is is a nostalgic, wistful song

    I've enjoyed the live renditions, both recorded and in person, but never relinquished my liking for the original. It shows what a good songwriter can come up with when being direct. Banks's description of writing this and Vine sum it up perfectly. One is a big long sprawling affair put together over the course of a year, and leaves me cold, especially its typically overwrought lyric. The other was written on the spot and conveys its message simply and clearly, is enduring and one of my favourite Genesis songs.


    I don't find it nostalgic and wistful - I'd likely not care much for it if I did - rather, my interpretation comes directly from Banks's description of what he had in mind, ie it's tragic yet hopeful. The narrator has lost everything but still has hope for the future - what a powerful message.

  • Genesis in the media

    Quote from Mark Bataitis

    I mean't it's over YOUR HEAD, in that, you don't understand. Carter's little pills was a product that came out long before you were born. Has nothing to do with Jimmy Carter, Bonham Carter or whatever, GET IT?

    Bloody hell calm down. You could've just told us that straight off!

  • Wind & Wuthering

    Quote from Fabrizio

    Pigeon never did much for me, whereas Gorilla was Phil bringing a bit of Brand X to Genesis with Tony strechting outside his comfort zone.


    It is also interesting how taste evolves with the years; I used to like YOSW, now I wonder what I was thinking, I thought Mouse was pure genius, now I think it is Banks at his most self-indulgent. Vine was perfection and now it feels cobbled together.

    Gorilla doesn't strike me as Banks being outside his comfort zone whereas with Pigeons he said he specifically wanted to see if he could write a song with one note. Of course it didn't turn out that way and he couldn't resist bringing in his precious chords but his main line is indeed one note. That, the prominent banjolele and the frankly bizarre obsessive lyric (better than most which made the album) certainly take the song outside their normal constituency far more effectively than WG in my view, but then that is my view.


    Not that I'd have had any objection to a more Brand X vibe having been brought in, though I don't really see it in WG apart from the drum track as you say. I think a much better example is Naminanu, which is one that's grown on me over the years. Sadly though that was a b-side.


    I get what you mean about reappraisal of songs with time. Back then I happily listened to OFTV but now I simply can't, ditto Earl. The latter's mid-section shorne of its saccharine lyric is a nice piece of music, brought in wholesale by Hackett as I think I read somewhere.

  • Wind & Wuthering

    Quote from Fabrizio

    As a player he is as usual brilliant but stifled by the wall of keyboards and again, I like Tony's sound but he really ovedid it here.


    Wot Gorilla could have been longer imo

    Wall of keyboards - yes, apt description.


    Again, it's interesting how tastes differ. You think Gorilla could've been longer whereas I wish it wasn't even there! A throwaway doodle that belongs on a b-side. Far better if Pigeons had taken its place, it would've provided a great change in the overall texture of the album which is very samey. (In the Reorganised Albums thread I did that and got Inside & Out in instead of Mouse).