Peter Gabriel Fans (not disco related but.....)

[Paulo]

Hi Jimmy
The songs you mentioned (HOWARD THE DUCK and MAY THE CUBE BE WITH YOU) are 12" singles designed for dancing, so they don't follow the "pattern" of a Thomas Dolby album (in which the music is much more experimental).

ALIENS ATE MY BUICK (1987) has 2 or 3 dance tracks, but the majority of songs follow that kind of athomospheric music created on the previous album THE FLAT EARTH (1983). His next, ASTRONAUTS AND HERETICS (1992) combines the same kind of sophisticated synth music with pop oriented tracks. A great album. And his last studio CD THE GATE TO THE MIND'S EYE (1996) is a journey through the electronic rythms of today. This album is mainly instrumental with 3 or 4 songs with vocals.

I believe you can get all of them through the web or in good CD stores. The albums are:

1 - THE GOLDEN AGE OF WIRELESS 1982
2 - THE FLAT EARTH 1983
3 - ALIENS ATE MY BUICK 1987
4 - ASTRONAUTS AND HERETICS 1992
5 - THE GATE TO THE MIND'S EYE 1996
6 - 12 x 12 (THE REMIXES) 2000
7 - FORTY (LIVE) 2002

[DJ Jimmy M]

Hey, i remember the release of The Golden Age Of Wirless. I didnt pick it up cause i remember a friend having this record and all the tracks except for "She Blinded Me With Science" from the 1st ep "Blinded By Science" were edited. There is one track i remember being on there that i really loved which was "Radio Silence" which isnt on the inital first ep. As for the editing i can remember "Airwaves" (my favorite Dolby track) being chopped to hell and even editing out the bridge. Did they put the full versions on the CD reissue? If so, i will defenatly want that one. I'll check out his newer releases as well.

DJ Jimmy M

[Paulo]

Jimmy:

THE GOLDEN AGE OF WIRELESS is THOMAS DOLBY first album.

BLINDED BY SCIENCE was a 12" EP with the REMIXES of 2 songs from this first album (SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE and ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES) plus other album cuts as b-sides.

This is the reason why those 2 songs were smaller on THE GOLDEN AGE OF WIRELESS album (they were album versions) and extended on the 12" BLINDED BY SCIENCE EP.

The english GOLDEN AGE OF WIRELESS has the complete version of AIRWAVES which is in fact the album version and NOT the 7" single version (the chopped one you mentioned).

The CD version includes the complete version of AIRWAVES, but (predictably) the album versions of SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE and ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES (the smaller ones).

But the remixes of those 2 songs (which were originally on the BLINDED BY SCIENCE EP) were included in THOMAS DOLBY REMIXES CD called 12x12.

12x12 also includes remixes of
FLYING NORTH
GET OUT OF MY MIX
DISSIDENTS
HYPERACTIVE
MAY THE CUBE BE WITH YOU

Bye!

[DJ Jimmy M]

Paulo,
"She Blinded Me With Science" was the 12" version i guess on the US "Golden Age Of Wireless" cause that one was the same as the "Blinded By Science" EP. Also, over here, "Blinded By Science" was Thomas Dolby's first release then came "Golden Age Of Wireless" following it. Yes, i never understood why LP's were released in different versions in different countries. For instance, the US version of Duran Duran's "Rio" album had a different version of side one than the other countries. Ours had all remixed versions of all the tracks on side one with 2 12" versions included. I found this out when i got "Rio" on CD imported out of West Germany in the late 80's and everything from side one was different versions than my vinyl. Also, i saw a vinyl copy of the UK version of "Rio" and it was the same on side one as my import CD. I guess this is the same concept with the Dolby LP.

DJ Jimmy M

[Nano]

Long live Kate B., Paulo! My favorite from the first period is "Never for ever", in the second albums were pretty even, but I adore certain songs like "This woman's work", or the Prince-produced track in "The red shoes". By the way, did you hear Kate's contribution on Prince's "My computer" (Emancipation CD)? Barely heard, but a great song.
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Zeca, I agree on your comments on Bowie. I also find great "Strangers when we meet" and "Dead man walking"! And I also like his Tin Machine period, specially the first LP. And Marky, if that's grunge then Bowie was again marking a trend there, coz that album was released in 1989 (time of Pixies "Doolitle" album; Nirvana hadn't yet recorded).
Anyway, the best of Bowie's last years is that he's still a top live performer. I saw him live twice in my country, in 1989 (an old hits tour with Adrian Belew on guitar) and around 1997 (the Earthling tour, with Reeves Gabrels). Both shows were amazing and proof that David is more professional than ever.

[Paulo]

Here is a small list of my Kate Bush favourites:

WARM AND SOOTHING
THE WEDDING LIST
EGYPT
THE EMPTY BULRING
SAXOPHONE SONG
LAMOUR LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE YOU
NIGHT OF THE SWALLOW
HOUDINI
PULL OUT THE PIN
THERE GOES A TENNER
IN THE WARM ROOM
KASHKA FROM BAGHDA
JAMES AND THE COLD GUN
MOTHER STANDS FOR COMFORT
NEVER BE MINE
THE FOG
SONG OF SOLLOMON
DELIUS

Kate has nothing to do with disco/hi-nrg, but I think the closest she came the style was 1985' RUNNING UP THAT HILL.

Have you heard the dance mix of THE RED SHOES ?? I think it is far better then the album version.

[Nano]

No, I haven't but it must be good. Nice selection! Specially for any other that want to download some MP3

[zeca azevedo]

Hi,

I wanted to talk about Peter Gabriel's new album, UP, since I heard the album a few weeks ago. Since this album requires a time to be fully appreciated, I decided to postpone my post about it. Now's the time: after 10 years of waiting for an album of original songs by Peter that were not related with a movie or theater, here it is. Peter's new album corresponds to the highest expectatives of his fans (myself included): it's a great album, filled with classic songs and, most of all, amazing vocals by the prog-master. UP is not an easy listening pop album: sometimes is so dense and slow that requires some focused listening, but it is a rewarding aural experience. From the opening track, DARKNESS, which owes more to Gabriel's third album (1980's "Melting Face") than to Nine Inch Nails, to the last one, THE DROP, we are taken on a sonic and a deeply psychological journey onto Gabriel's mind and soul. As usual, the album reveals the contridictions of its author: Gabriel's usual necessity of covering diverse topics and moods that sometimes don't seems to fit on the same body of work are here again. But what makes Gabriel's music so special is this ambition: even when he does some missteps he achieves something new. Gabriel's worst musical moments are far better than 90% of pop music produced today - the man is a gifted pop composer, singer and producer, no doubt about it.

UP is not a record for the charts: in fact, it dropped from American TOP 40 chart this week, and it's performance on UK charts are below expectations. Nevermind the market, UP is an album that will survive for a long time, like Gabriel's previous albums (one note here: Rolling Stone criticized US, the previous album by Gabriel, when it was released in 1992. In 2000, there it was, US, in ROLLING STONE's list of the best albums of the nineties - Gabriel's music has the quality of growing up with time) . If only some of the pop composers of today had the same attitude, making music that not only pleases the listener for a few weeks, but for life...

Anyway, I'm wantng to comment thr songs on UP, but I'll do this on another reply, because TIME'S UP...

Rating: :D :D :D :D :D

zeca azevedo, looking for a place to live