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23 Minutes in Brussels is such a great song.
23 Minutes in Brussels is such a great song.
Love how he sings with a slight lisp - and just dig the Americana style generally.Charley Crockett - The Man from Waco
that was, in fact, itThe Strokes - Is this it?
Maybe the best rock album of the millennium? Won’t make my randomizer next time I do it simply because I know the whole thing by heart. Came out the summer after my freshman year of college. That was the soundtrack to at least a whole year of my life.The Strokes - Is this it?
This is such a great recording. I just ordered a vinyl copy.Maybe the best rock album of the millennium? Won’t make my randomizer next time I do it simply because I know the whole thing by heart. Came out the summer after my freshman year of college. That was the soundtrack to at least a whole year of my life.The Strokes - Is this it?
You still going through the list or was it a one day thing? If you are still going through it how many have you tried and what's coming up next?I've got the day to myself. Some yard work, grilling, relaxing outside. I want to dig into some albums. Fire away suggestions and I'll give feedback.
Yeah, dude has had a crazy life. And pretty prolific for a relatively short recording career so far.Love how he sings with a slight lisp - and just dig the Americana style generally.Charley Crockett - The Man from Waco
Supposedly he's a descendant of Davy Crockett,
Love how he sings with a slight lisp - and just dig the Americana style generally.Charley Crockett - The Man from Waco
Supposedly he's a descendant of Davy Crockett,
that was, in fact, it
I was going to link Making Movies but this album is probably lesser played.Brothers in Arms was first in and I will start there. I got into Dire Straits during the Limewire/Napster era so while I know a lot of their music, I don't know if I've listened to an album through.
I love the Straits. Saw them on their last two tours. My circle of friends had no taste, and I ended up going alone both times because no one was interested. Their loss. Both shows were spectacular. Any live version of Private Investigations or Telegraph Road is epic. Bummed they didn’t play Skateaway or Industrial Disease, but everything they did play was stellar. Really surprised they weren’t more popular in the U.S.I was going to link Making Movies but this album is probably lesser played.Brothers in Arms was first in and I will start there. I got into Dire Straits during the Limewire/Napster era so while I know a lot of their music, I don't know if I've listened to an album through.
Communiqué
Communiqué is the second studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 5 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album featured the single "Lady Writer," which reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot...music.youtube.com
I love the Straits. Saw them on their last two tours. My circle of friends had no taste, and I ended up going alone both times because no one was interested. Their loss. Both shows were spectacular. Any live version of Private Investigations or Telegraph Road is epic. Bummed they didn’t play Skateaway or Industrial Disease, but everything they did play was stellar. Really surprised they weren’t more popular in the U.S.I was going to link Making Movies but this album is probably lesser played.Brothers in Arms was first in and I will start there. I got into Dire Straits during the Limewire/Napster era so while I know a lot of their music, I don't know if I've listened to an album through.
Communiqué
Communiqué is the second studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 5 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album featured the single "Lady Writer," which reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot...music.youtube.com
We discussed DS in the top selling albums thread, and Europe mostly outsold the U.S. by 4-6X compared to the U.S. Brothers In Arms was a lot more even (Europe +30% vs the U.S.). But every other album wasn’t even close.I love the Straits. Saw them on their last two tours. My circle of friends had no taste, and I ended up going alone both times because no one was interested. Their loss. Both shows were spectacular. Any live version of Private Investigations or Telegraph Road is epic. Bummed they didn’t play Skateaway or Industrial Disease, but everything they did play was stellar. Really surprised they weren’t more popular in the U.S.I was going to link Making Movies but this album is probably lesser played.Brothers in Arms was first in and I will start there. I got into Dire Straits during the Limewire/Napster era so while I know a lot of their music, I don't know if I've listened to an album through.
Communiqué
Communiqué is the second studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 5 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album featured the single "Lady Writer," which reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot...music.youtube.com
I mean, other than the fact that they DOMINATED MTV in '84-'86.
We discussed DS in the top selling albums thread, and Europe mostly outsold the U.S. by 4-6X compared to the U.S. Brothers In Arms was a lot more even (Europe +30% vs the U.S.). But every other album wasn’t even close.I love the Straits. Saw them on their last two tours. My circle of friends had no taste, and I ended up going alone both times because no one was interested. Their loss. Both shows were spectacular. Any live version of Private Investigations or Telegraph Road is epic. Bummed they didn’t play Skateaway or Industrial Disease, but everything they did play was stellar. Really surprised they weren’t more popular in the U.S.I was going to link Making Movies but this album is probably lesser played.Brothers in Arms was first in and I will start there. I got into Dire Straits during the Limewire/Napster era so while I know a lot of their music, I don't know if I've listened to an album through.
Communiqué
Communiqué is the second studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 5 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album featured the single "Lady Writer," which reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot...music.youtube.com
I mean, other than the fact that they DOMINATED MTV in '84-'86.
I never said they weren't popular here . . . I just commented that they could have been more popular. They released 8 primary albums and a greatest hits record in the time they were together. They were exceedingly popular for one album . . . but every other album sold significantly less in the U.S. than internationally. Dire Straits in some European companies were held in the same light and sold as much as The Beatles did. I don't think they ever hit that level in the U.S. They had 4 Top 20 songs in the United States and 11 overseas. They had 12 Top 10 albums in other countries and 2 in America. Based off of that, they were more popular in other places.How much more popular do you think they should be in the US? "Money for Nothing" was the intro song to "Air" a year ago. They were insanely popular here.
I never said they weren't popular here . . . I just commented that they could have been more popular. They released 8 primary albums and a greatest hits record in the time they were together. They were exceedingly popular for one album . . . but every other album sold significantly less in the U.S. than internationally. Dire Straits in some European companies were held in the same light and sold as much as The Beatles did. I don't think they ever hit that level in the U.S. They had 4 Top 20 songs in the United States and 11 overseas. They had 12 Top 10 albums in other countries and 2 in America. Based off of that, they were more popular in other places.How much more popular do you think they should be in the US? "Money for Nothing" was the intro song to "Air" a year ago. They were insanely popular here.
They were Beatles-level popular in some parts of Europe. That was not the case here. More like Police-level popular during their mid-80s peak.We discussed DS in the top selling albums thread, and Europe mostly outsold the U.S. by 4-6X compared to the U.S. Brothers In Arms was a lot more even (Europe +30% vs the U.S.). But every other album wasn’t even close.I love the Straits. Saw them on their last two tours. My circle of friends had no taste, and I ended up going alone both times because no one was interested. Their loss. Both shows were spectacular. Any live version of Private Investigations or Telegraph Road is epic. Bummed they didn’t play Skateaway or Industrial Disease, but everything they did play was stellar. Really surprised they weren’t more popular in the U.S.I was going to link Making Movies but this album is probably lesser played.Brothers in Arms was first in and I will start there. I got into Dire Straits during the Limewire/Napster era so while I know a lot of their music, I don't know if I've listened to an album through.
Communiqué
Communiqué is the second studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 5 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album featured the single "Lady Writer," which reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot...music.youtube.com
I mean, other than the fact that they DOMINATED MTV in '84-'86.
How much more popular do you think they should be in the US? "Money for Nothing" was the intro song to "Air" a year ago. They were insanely popular here.
I love Dire Straits but I would say Beatles level popularity might be too muchThey were Beatles-level popular in some parts of Europe. That was not the case here. More like Police-level popular during their mid-80s peak.We discussed DS in the top selling albums thread, and Europe mostly outsold the U.S. by 4-6X compared to the U.S. Brothers In Arms was a lot more even (Europe +30% vs the U.S.). But every other album wasn’t even close.I love the Straits. Saw them on their last two tours. My circle of friends had no taste, and I ended up going alone both times because no one was interested. Their loss. Both shows were spectacular. Any live version of Private Investigations or Telegraph Road is epic. Bummed they didn’t play Skateaway or Industrial Disease, but everything they did play was stellar. Really surprised they weren’t more popular in the U.S.I was going to link Making Movies but this album is probably lesser played.Brothers in Arms was first in and I will start there. I got into Dire Straits during the Limewire/Napster era so while I know a lot of their music, I don't know if I've listened to an album through.
Communiqué
Communiqué is the second studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 5 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album featured the single "Lady Writer," which reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot...music.youtube.com
I mean, other than the fact that they DOMINATED MTV in '84-'86.
How much more popular do you think they should be in the US? "Money for Nothing" was the intro song to "Air" a year ago. They were insanely popular here.
They were Beatles-level popular in some parts of Europe. That was not the case here.
Unlike the U.S.Europe gets fervid over things that aren't exactly worthy of that emotion.
Excellent album!Every time this comes back up I post something out of boredom.
Pleased to Meet Me
Pleased To Meet Me 1987 ( Full Album) The Replacements
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Unlike the U.S.
You are all good. This thread is from the summer and was more a thing for that moment in time. I’m cool with it having a new weird second life. And I 100% agree with on your point. Please wafflestomp away on that because it’s quite grim imo. Dread is the proper word for what I feel about it.Unlike the U.S.
If I were to talk extemporaneously about the words "fervid" and "United States" I'd catch a banhammer in two seconds. Have I told you how much I've been refraining lately? Europe's ugliness in the twentieth century appears to have been uprooted and it seems to have landed here, somehow. But we can't discuss it in the places it needs discussing the most. It's now considered gauche and those that do are accused of being too wrapped up in current events.
**** that. Now's the time for some honesty.
I await the returns of our strange, complicit silence anxiously and pessimistically.
eta* I had absolutely no idea last night that I was in your thread. In fact, I still didn't know until just now. I thought I was in Anarchy99's record sales thread. So my apologies for waffle stomping around here. Peace, kupcho1. Keep doing what you do.
eta2* Bah gawd, I'm in Ilov80's thread. This is kinda funny now. Sorry, Ilov, I'll let you get back to your regularly scheduled program.
And Binky thought he was in this thread when he was in the pet peeves thread.Unlike the U.S.
If I were to talk extemporaneously about the words "fervid" and "United States" I'd catch a banhammer in two seconds. Have I told you how much I've been refraining lately? Europe's ugliness in the twentieth century appears to have been uprooted and it seems to have landed here, somehow. But we can't discuss it in the places it needs discussing the most. It's now considered gauche and those that do are accused of being too wrapped up in current events.
**** that. Now's the time for some honesty.
I await the returns of our strange, complicit silence anxiously and pessimistically.
eta* I had absolutely no idea last night that I was in your thread. In fact, I still didn't know until just now. I thought I was in Anarchy99's record sales thread. So my apologies for waffle stomping around here. Peace, kupcho1. Keep doing what you do.
eta2* Bah gawd, I'm in Ilov80's thread. This is kinda funny now. Sorry, Ilov, I'll let you get back to your regularly scheduled program.
And Binky thought he was in this thread when he was in the pet peeves thread.Unlike the U.S.
If I were to talk extemporaneously about the words "fervid" and "United States" I'd catch a banhammer in two seconds. Have I told you how much I've been refraining lately? Europe's ugliness in the twentieth century appears to have been uprooted and it seems to have landed here, somehow. But we can't discuss it in the places it needs discussing the most. It's now considered gauche and those that do are accused of being too wrapped up in current events.
**** that. Now's the time for some honesty.
I await the returns of our strange, complicit silence anxiously and pessimistically.
eta* I had absolutely no idea last night that I was in your thread. In fact, I still didn't know until just now. I thought I was in Anarchy99's record sales thread. So my apologies for waffle stomping around here. Peace, kupcho1. Keep doing what you do.
eta2* Bah gawd, I'm in Ilov80's thread. This is kinda funny now. Sorry, Ilov, I'll let you get back to your regularly scheduled program.
reactionMaybe its too "popular" but throwing copper is still a great album
As many radio songs as that album had, some of the best on it are ones that didn't make the radio (including TBD and White, Discussion),reactionMaybe its too "popular" but throwing copper is still a great album
man, I forgot about them and that album - not a bad song on the entire disc - love it
big fan of ****townAs many radio songs as that album had, some of the best on it are ones that didn't make the radio (including TBD and White, Discussion),reactionMaybe its too "popular" but throwing copper is still a great album
man, I forgot about them and that album - not a bad song on the entire disc - love it