The '80s albums thread reminded me that the love for '80s Sylvian here is strong.
1. Some versions have Forbidden Colours.
― TheNuNuNu, Saturday, 25 January 2025 08:10 (six months ago)
2. Danny Thompson's bass
― fetter, Saturday, 25 January 2025 08:25 (six months ago)
3. the exact number of secrets is left as an exercise for the listen
― ufo, Saturday, 25 January 2025 09:54 (six months ago)
4. the Latin percussion break in “Poets”
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 25 January 2025 11:58 (six months ago)
5. the long long pause after the second verse of "Waterfront"
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 25 January 2025 16:00 (six months ago)
6. the long long pause after the first chorus of "Orpheus"
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 25 January 2025 16:01 (six months ago)
7. Sakamoto's jazz interlude on 'Mother and Child'
― Nabozo, Saturday, 25 January 2025 17:10 (six months ago)
8. The way opulent, triumphant arrangements form a tapestry adding breadth and extending the horizon while preserving or stressing the tempo of songs that remain sparse, percussive, and elegant
― Nabozo, Saturday, 25 January 2025 17:37 (six months ago)
9. fi-ring / shots-off / at-the / sun
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 25 January 2025 23:05 (six months ago)
10. their cover of I Think I Love You by the Partridge Family was pretty good.
― Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 January 2025 23:11 (six months ago)
Sakamoto's piano break in 'Orpheus'...gorgeous
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 26 January 2025 16:41 (six months ago)
"Red Guitar" can't decide between melancholy and euphoria. This tension is its beauty.
― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 26 January 2025 16:54 (six months ago)
Oops - that's on"Brilliant Trees"!
― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 26 January 2025 16:55 (six months ago)
12.The brevity of "September"
― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 26 January 2025 16:58 (six months ago)
13. Mt wife's name is Maria. When Sylvian croons "Maria, your every thought's my heartbeatMaria, save a thought for me" it takes my breathe away.
― KorovaMilkbar, Sunday, 26 January 2025 18:02 (six months ago)
14. The sampled laughter on “Maria”
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 26 January 2025 19:56 (six months ago)
15. The album cover
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 26 January 2025 20:17 (six months ago)
― James Carr Thief (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 January 2025 20:25 (six months ago)
Did you mean Voice of the Beehive?
― James Carr Thief (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 January 2025 20:27 (six months ago)
well i loled
― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 26 January 2025 20:36 (six months ago)
sorry it was a silly joke
― Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 26 January 2025 20:43 (six months ago)
While I was double-checking found some other interesting covers of that song.
― James Carr Thief (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 January 2025 21:13 (six months ago)
Sorry, I meant another song
― James Carr Thief (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 January 2025 21:33 (six months ago)
In Maria, the preacher's (?) voice that echoes and crackles like an astronaut transmission.
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 27 January 2025 04:39 (six months ago)
Side note - If you love the mystery and drift of "Maria" but wish it were terrifying, try Peter Blegvad's "Irma"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wn-qyDlcPY
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 27 January 2025 04:41 (six months ago)
xp #14 aboveIs it the only sample on the album?
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 27 January 2025 05:52 (six months ago)
Sylvian is credited with "Tape" for just "Maria" and "The Devil's Own"... though I don't remember what sounds are on the latter.
― Kim Kimberly, Monday, 27 January 2025 06:43 (six months ago)
Some interesting pieces on individual tracks here:https://sylvianvista.com/2019/02/01/let-the-happiness-in/https://sylvianvista.com/2019/11/01/maria/https://sylvianvista.com/2021/07/02/when-poets-dreamed-of-angels/https://sylvianvista.com/2023/06/09/the-devils-own/
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 27 January 2025 07:28 (six months ago)
That website does God's work. Love their "making of" posts.
― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 27 January 2025 15:13 (six months ago)
The backwards voice between the bridge and final chorus?
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 27 January 2025 18:06 (six months ago)
Yeah that’s the only thing I heard on that otherwise ultra minimal track.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 27 January 2025 20:28 (six months ago)
16. The tension between the sparse arrangements and the floating vocals
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 27 January 2025 20:29 (six months ago)
17. "Sipping Coke and playing games..."
― manuel, Monday, 27 January 2025 22:34 (six months ago)
Thanks Matt, great stuff on there!
― TheNuNuNu, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 06:05 (six months ago)
Yeah that blog is fantastic.
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:14 (six months ago)