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Question: Mikes Greatest Album :: Total Votes:8 Poll choices Votes Statistics Amarok 3  [37.50%] Amarok 0  [0.00%] Amarok 3  [37.50%] Amarok 0  [0.00%] Amarok 2  [25.00%] Guests cannot vote

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Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: May 17 2010, 04:38 Just a bit of Fun But now your here check this out Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: May 17 2010, 05:55 The man is (and was) a mystery. Straight out of having made Earth Moving with songs like Nothing But and Holy, he now loathes Stock Aitken & Waterman. His love affair with "real" instruments is on and off all the time. With TSODE he was back to the computers and with Guitars it was all anti-synths again, only to be back in tranceland with Tres Lunas & L&S. "I love the sound of untrained voices" says the man who would eventually pioneer the usage of virtual vocalists.   Interesting piece anyway, thanks for posting. It's interesting to see in hindsight how hard Mike was working at the time, completing Amarok, Heaven's Open and TBII in a relatively short space of time. And the TB/Amarok double pack? Did that really happen? I'm not much a record collector so I could very well have missed it. Lars T -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 17 2010, 07:35 Quote (larstangmark @ May 17 2010, 05:55) The man is (and was) a mystery. Straight out of having made Earth Moving with songs like Nothing But and Holy, he now loathes Stock Aitken & Waterman. His love affair with "real" instruments is on and off all the time. With TSODE he was back to the computers and with Guitars it was all anti-synths again, only to be back in tranceland with Tres Lunas & L&S. "I love the sound of untrained voices" says the man who would eventually pioneer the usage of virtual vocalists.   Interesting piece anyway, thanks for posting. It's interesting to see in hindsight how hard Mike was working at the time, completing Amarok, Heaven's Open and TBII in a relatively short space of time. And the TB/Amarok double pack? Did that really happen? I'm not much a record collector so I could very well have missed it. Lars T He reminds me so much of myself - perhaps that's why his music can strike such a chord (pun intended) with me - I'm always changing my mind. But as Churchill said, "A wise man changes his mind many times, a fool, never". Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: May 17 2010, 07:42 If it did come out i've never seen it.Cheers for posting this. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 17 2010, 20:44 I just noticed the part about the boomerangs. That explains their presence in Tr3s Lunas! Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: May 17 2010, 22:16 Some people definitely should play more and talk less. No, Bono, I wasn't talking about you this time. I mean, as for the "lack of musicianship" Mike predicted, when was the last time he was able to do a song as beautiful as Girl/Boy Song by Aphex Twin? Sheesh, think whatever you wish about synthesizers, actual instruments and untrained voices, but give up the apocalypse predictions, people. They never work. Now, regarding his rant on the "World Music bandwagon", I'd be angry too if that happened to me; but actually for being "thrown" on a bandwagon as dirty and stinky as "World Music". I hate that term so, so, SO very very very much. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: May 18 2010, 05:07 Lars my thoughts exactly . Virtual vocals missed that one well spotted. Cave the TB/A double disc did come out over here it was part of a line of 2 for 1 or Nice Price or something like that. The cover had a white background with both album covers on front as I had both I didn't bother getting it . Nightspore (WLOR #1) What happened to our 92 tour ,Robbed i say   Back to top

ex member 892 Group: Members Posts: 827 Joined: July 2008 Posted: May 19 2010, 09:32 Damn, Milamber, you change your signature even more often than I do! Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: May 19 2010, 14:30 Its an interesting piece to read, and show's how much Mike changes his ideas and thoughts all the time, and for me that is what makes him such an interesting person, both in mind and music. Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: May 19 2010, 14:49 Quote (qjamesfloyd @ May 19 2010, 14:30) Its an interesting piece to read, and show's how much Mike changes his ideas and thoughts all the time, and for me that is what makes him such an interesting person, both in mind and music. Propably! Consistence is overrated - at least in music and art. It takes courage to change ones mind. Too many people live they lives by something they once said. -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: May 19 2010, 14:53 Exactly, if a magazine/paper writer quoted to Mike something he said years ago, I'm sure Mike would not care, and reason something new to make his current opinion valid. And at the end of the the average person changes there views most of the time throughout there life, the difference is its not it print and held against them!!! Back to top

Incantations Group: Members Posts: 157 Joined: May 2010 Posted: June 12 2010, 23:35 I'll hhave to go with Amarok... Or should I pick Amarok...? -------------- Hmm... Back to top

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