Scott Walker, "Such A Small Love" - People who say that irony is useless as a critical tool obviously need to listen to more Scott Walker, or, failing that, probably ought to just give up and move inside my head. Walker, to be certain, is something of a hip musical crush at the moment, so I don't want to pass myself off as some sort of expert; like many lonely, overpaid dorks over the last thirty-odd years, I found myself in the record store holding a copy of Scott 4 , then a few days later [...]
One of the beauties of the iPod, or any mass music storage device with a shuffle option, is that they present the opportunity to approach and listen to music in a (sometimes entirely) different light. The latest case for this happened recently while half-listening to my iTunes on shuffle mode. Nearly back-t0-back I heard The Kinks " 20th Century Man " followed by Scott Walker's " 30 Century Man ." One tune lamenting his place in modern life while the latter looks toward the future with childlike abandon. Have any similar shuffle experiences? If [...]
The Smashing Pumpkins are currently in the studio working on a new album with producer Roy Thomas Baker, who most recently produced The Darkness. Something tells me that SP is going to turn into one of those bands who aim for a commercial hit with no depth whatsoever. Well, anything is better than Billy Corgan trying to be Depeche Mode. // Interpol signed with Capitol, which I don't think will impact their music significantly. Matador was no small fish in the pond either. // The Shins album is delayed until 2007, as they were saying they [...]
Harp -lehti on päässyt jututtamaan erakkona tunnettua Scott Walkeria . Tuloksena valaiseva haastattelu, jossa käydään läpi miehen uraa, The Drift -levyä ja tulevaisuuden mietteitä. "What I’m trying to do now is write a record that’s on a smaller scale that I can actually do some gigs with. Something more realistic. But it would only be stuff from that particular record." Scott Walker: Great Scott Tags: Scott Walker
The history between Scott Walker and I is a bit murky. I remember this was the first track I ever heard by him. I remember it was my freshman year of college and I remember I snagged it from some file sharing site (surprise surprise, that was back in the hey-day of Napster). That's about where the recollections of our meeting end. Our relationship thereafter, though, is a bit clearer in my mind. Scott is someone that absolutely no one I have ever met has ever heard of. Nowadays, thanks to the internet and [...]
Play it: A Jacques Brel Sampler Play it: Jacques Brel Covers With blogger tools back up today, I can finally deliver on my promise for some Jacque Brel love. Rhapsody only has a second rate greatest hits collection , but a few songs from the collection can illustrate Brel's magic. Brel is widely considered the greatest French-speaking songwriter of his era, and is one of Belgiums' greatest exports in [...]
Blogger (blogspot) has been down for most the day... I decided to dive into Scott Walker's website for The Drift , and am duly impressed. So much to see and hear. Also, mined YouTube for some videos and found this classic clip from his BBC tv show Scott ("Jackie.") And this one on a variety show Dusty Springfield hosted ("Mathilde.") Also, this great recent British piece/interview on/with [...]
Play it: Scott Walker The Drift This album is freaking me out right now. I know today is the calendar's number of the beast and all, but I don't think numerology has anything to do with the horror that Scott Walker 's The Drift is creating aurally around me (fittingly released on 4AD records.) Since it's release in the UK last month, it's had quite the amount of praise [...]
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