Well, this poll completely passed me by. Love Kraft gets such a kicking but does have some truly wonderful moments. If I'd been able to vote, however, it'd have to be "Zoom!". Fantastic opener, and also a really nicely-done Jean-Claude Vannier homage (rip off, even? No, let's stick with "homage") in one.
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Sunday, 6 November 2011 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
What in particular is it ripping off? I've heard that before. Is it the Gainsbourg stuff?
― afriendlypioneer, Sunday, 6 November 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
And if we're talking about "homages," how about this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPl11lh1wBk
― afriendlypioneer, Sunday, 6 November 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
If we venture off the road to Love Kraft, how about this? At least Gruff admitted they ripped this off...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgsTZT64hGM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bih629U_LUE
― afriendlypioneer, Sunday, 6 November 2011 01:33 (twelve years ago) link
Wow. "TRR" is one of my POX SFA trax; never realized it was indebted so strongly to the Captain!
― DJ Smoove Groothe (staggerlee), Sunday, 6 November 2011 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, Gruff's already admitted to that one - in fact, he admitted to it around the time of Rings Around The World's release. I couldn't call it a rip-off, since its they've clearly written a new song around the sample and SFA would have had to get clearance for the sample anyway.
― Turrican, Sunday, 6 November 2011 07:40 (twelve years ago) link
True... But I'm pretty sure most who've heard the song don't realize it. It's definitely their most blatant sample. The song goes in a completely different direction, of course, and it's integrated perfectly.
― afriendlypioneer, Sunday, 6 November 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
@afriendlypioneer: The JC Vannier comparison lies more with his album "L'enfant Assassin Des Mouches" (sp?). There's references to the album sprinkled throughout Love Kraft, but Zoom! contains the more obvious homages, like the choral bits etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0KHQ_onGWY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Sunday, 6 November 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
(Mind you, I think "Y Gwyneb Iau" borrows quite a bit from "Space Oddity", so YMMV and all that)
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Sunday, 6 November 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
I just listened to that album (the Jean-Claude) today and it is indeed phenomenal. Not sure if I hear anything blatant, but I see your point. That said, the band seems to have amazing taste.
― afriendlypioneer, Sunday, 6 November 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
So when do we do the Fuzzy Logic poll?
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 7 November 2011 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
This album (Love Kraft) is really great. I think it's something everyone who thinks highly of SFA needs to revisit occasionally. It never sounded so good to me.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 7 November 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know who the hell this is, but it's interesting: http://secretsoundshop.com/2011/11/07/my-favourite-album-luke-woolley-uk/
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link