What are you listening to at the moment

[Twodogs]

The Missing Link Story. A compilation of 70 and 80 Australian (mainly Melbourne) bands. ATM Win/Lose by Olly Olsen is playing. A very early techno effort fleshed out with whistling, hand clapping and finger clicking. Interesting song.

[bulldogtragic]

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I've been binging. After the Fooeys concert in Melbourne if was them until I saw Montage of Heck. Then Nirvana. Somehow found Bowie, then nothing but him for 2 months. Then I realised my apple account lost my George Harrison stuff. So got it. Nothing but George now, and loving the demo version of Isn't It A Pity.

[Twodogs]

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I've been binging. After the Fooeys concert in Melbourne if was them until I saw Montage of Heck. Then Nirvana. Somehow found Bowie, then nothing but him for 2 months. Then I realised my apple account lost my George Harrison stuff. So got it. Nothing but George now, and loving the demo version of Isn't It A Pity.

It's a gig. Orchestras play concerts. I think.

[Twodogs]

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Sounds plausible anyway.

[LostDoggy]

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In terms of new music, I have been giving the new track by Grimes a flogging. Her last album, Visions, was insanely good and the new song is a cracker. Also been listening to the Cloud Nothings and The Mustang Jerks a lot. So little time, so much great stuff out there.

Have also spent a bit of time making a play list purely on music recorded in Los Angeles in 1966, for the benefit of 2 friends who contest my claim it is the greatest year/city in music history. They are countering with rival offerings (fools).

[Twodogs]

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In terms of new music, I have been giving the new track by Grimes a flogging. Her last album, Visions, was insanely good and the new song is a cracker. Also been listening to the Cloud Nothings and The Mustang Jerks a lot. So little time, so much great stuff out there.

Have also spent a bit of time making a play list purely on music recorded in Los Angeles in 1966, for the benefit of 2 friends who contest my claim it is the greatest year/city in music history. They are countering with rival offerings (fools).

I'd go for London in '77 or Melbourne in '78/9 personally. Too many filthy hippies in LA for my liking.

[LostDoggy]

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I'd go for London in '77 or Melbourne in '78/9 personally. Too many filthy hippies in LA for my liking.

Immediately pre-hippy though TD. Golden age
San Francisco 67-68 sucks by comparison. Largely awful.

I love the topic of conversation though. For the late 70s, I like New York 76-77 (in a 5 km radius, punk, disco and hip hop were all being formed independently of each other, what was in the air?).

[Twodogs]

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Immediately pre-hippy though TD. Golden age
San Francisco 67-68 sucks by comparison. Largely awful.

I love the topic of conversation though. For the late 70s, I like New York 76-77 (in a 5 km radius, punk, disco and hip hop were all being formed independently of each other, what was in the air?).

Ohh yeah. The Ramones, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Blondie (how can Debbie Harry look so drop dead gorgeous in her 70s?), Televeision, I wanna say the MC-5 but I know damn well they are from Detroit, that was a happening scene.

As a matter of interest what cities/years do friend advocate? I've thought of a couple more-Manchester in the mid-80s with Joy Division, Buzzcocks, The Smiths, The Fall and then later in the '90s with Happy Mondays, Oasis, Pulp, Duritti Column, ACertain Ratio and Berlin in the early '80s with Einsturzende Neubautin, Die Haut and the like.

[LostDoggy]

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Manchester scene was great late 70s - early 90s but not all going at once (Joy Division were done before Smiths appeared etc). The 78-79ish scene with JD, Buzzcocks, Magazine, ACR would've been great.

Apparently kings of the Berlin 80s scene were Birthday Party. Nick and the boys were massive there. The Bowie/Iggy/Eno Berlin era is pretty great too for a concentrated output.

That New York list is good. Can add Talking Heads, Dead Boys, Suicide, Voidoids, Heartbreakers in CBGBs scene alone.

That's the scene one of my friends argues for (chucking in Afrika Bambaata, Sugarhill Gang, Chic, Darkness on the Edge of Town era Broooce and the whole Studio 54/ Saturday Night Fever thing).

Another mate is a hippy/prog rock type who loves early 70s London (Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Roxy Music, Bowie, Genesis, TRex, Yes, King Crimson, solo Beatles etc).

[Twodogs]

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Have the second mate shot and put him out of his misery.

[Twodogs]

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Although King Crimson and Roxy Music might just save him/her..

[Twodogs]

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Manchester scene was great late 70s - early 90s but not all going at once (Joy Division were done before Smiths appeared etc). The 78-79ish scene with JD, Buzzcocks, Magazine, ACR would've been great.

Apparently kings of the Berlin 80s scene were Birthday Party. Nick and the boys were massive there. The Bowie/Iggy/Eno Berlin era is pretty great too for a concentrated output.

That New York list is good. Can add Talking Heads, Dead Boys, Suicide, Voidoids, Heartbreakers in CBGBs scene alone.

That's the scene one of my friends argues for (chucking in Afrika Bambaata, Sugarhill Gang, Chic, Darkness on the Edge of Town era Broooce and the whole Studio 54/ Saturday Night Fever thing).

Another mate is a hippy/prog rock type who loves early 70s London (Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Roxy Music, Bowie, Genesis, TRex, Yes, King Crimson, solo Beatles etc).

I was going to add Talking Heads to the NewYprk list but must have forgotten. I saw the Heartbreakers years ago, they were great. What about a band like The Cramps? Where would you list them?

[The Adelaide Connection]

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I've been binging. After the Fooeys concert in Melbourne if was them until I saw Montage of Heck. Then Nirvana. Somehow found Bowie, then nothing but him for 2 months. Then I realised my apple account lost my George Harrison stuff. So got it. Nothing but George now, and loving the demo version of Isn't It A Pity.

I echo the sentiment of dusting off the Nirvana back catalogue, but not because of Montage of Heck. You NEED to see Soaked in Bleach, which is the reason Courtney wanted Montage made in the first place (as a distraction and to reinforce the suicide narrative). Soaked in Bleach is now out on Dvd/Bluray and available on Vimeo. I believe it is also coming to Netflix.

[LostDoggy]

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I was going to add Talking Heads to the NewYprk list but must have forgotten. I saw the Heartbreakers years ago, they were great. What about a band like The Cramps? Where would you list them?

Weren't they from Memphis or Athens, Georgia, something like that. Great band. Saw them live once, Lux Interior genuinely odd unit.

[AndrewP6]

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Weren't they from Memphis or Athens, Georgia, something like that. Great band. Saw them live once, Lux Interior genuinely odd unit.

California initially, where Lux and Poison Ivy met. Then later, NY and Los Angeles.