"Arent Bruce Hornsby and the Range just magical?"

13 year old A :"Your mate's into punk aint he? What's punk?"

13 year old B : " You know, you wanker! Fuckin' Slipknot and Limp Bizkit, innit"

I declined to educate them.

Did I ever tell you when I saw the Sex Pistols at Cleethorpes Winter Gardens? Well, we bunked off school and.... Oh shut up you old bastard!

When I hear somebody say something which strikes me as idiotic I tend to prick my ears up, because I'm really really interested to know why music I consider swill might be seen as good. This is one thing I loved about the American Psycho film - Bateman's eulogies to Huey Lewis et al seemed totally sincere and convincing at the same time as being really funny.

As for the original thread, I was collared by this, admittedly really good natured and friendly, bloke at work who felt duty-bound to inform me of his ardent love of Coldplay and Radiohead when he found out I was into music. Cue forced smile and "They're not really my cup of tea, to be honest." Sheeesh.

'The Way It Is' is playing here! Memories of Desmond Lynam reading scores over quite tasteful graphics at Saturday teatime in 1987 while the piano plays in the background.

I don't really agree with the opening question of the thread - it was an attack on BH and his Range. I think they made some super pop records !! better than a lot of the crap that was then mentioned. Just over 8 years ago.

I think they made some super pop records

plz to name one other BH & Range record, w/o checking wiki.

are you kidding? 'Valley Road', 'Look Out Any Window' - and BH, admittedly (maybe?) without Range, recorded 'The End of the Innocence' with Don Henley.

okay, i am suitably chastened! were these radio hits in the UK or something?

(The? Old?) 'valley road' was a minor UK chart hit. so was the Henley song I think. 'look out any window' might have been.

I think I prefer 'valley road' to 'the way it is'. I admit I haven't named a LOT of hits here or anything.

Tons of BH is on spotify, including a song called 'Heir Gordon' (2004) which sounds very New Labour. that's on his HALCYON DAYS lp which seems like a jazz record.

That little piano bit makes "The Way It Is" pleasant enough. And I have fond memories of my sister (who hated the song) making fun of the "Get a job!" part.

I really, really need to hear Valley Road again. I bought that single and really loved it at the time, more than any of his singles. I have a memory, though, of it being one of a few records I took with me over to England to sell or trade, and I couldn't find anyone who even knew who he was.

I've always liked "Every Little Kiss" and "Across the River."

listen to the MANDOLIN RAAAAIN

Bruce's stint with the Dead back in 90-91 was sort of their last flash before becoming a complete waste of time. I've never heard his solo stuff though.

Also he wrote Jacob's Ladder for Huey Lewis, which is a jam.

I like 'the end of innocence', it is the only song aside from 'boys of summer' that don henley ever did that I can say that about.

I like the extended quote from Charles Ives' "Concord Sonata" at the beginning of "Every Little Kiss", which was a pretty big hit, getting Ives on pop radio means I can't ever hate on the guy

Another great Hornsby contribution: his piano fills on Bonnie Raitt's I Can't Make You Love Me.

Is this the thread where we discussed him before? "The Valley Road" just brings me to ecstasy. In my past lives I played piano. Did he play on a Bonnie Raitt record too??? Oh shit. Oh shit. I'm gonna seek that out right now. They could do magick together. Bonnie Raitt & him.

No! You're talking about the ultimate Bonnie Raitt record! You're saying he played piano on that! Oh my god. Oh no. Oh no.

Oh yes.

Oh, Bimb's gone off bang...

I forgot how "Look Out Any Window" & "Every Little Kiss" sounded. I didn't realize that I would remember these songs. Near the end of the latter, I got this lightbulb over my head - "oh I remember this!"

Fantastic stuff, in my opinion.

But there's a song on Scenes From The Southside ("Defenders Of The Flag", I think) where all of a sudden he sounds like he's trying to ape Dylan! I laughed on the bus. Well at least you can't say the album doesn't have variety! LOL

"Look Out Any Window" & "Every Little Kiss", they're holding my skeleton upright.

I get lost sometimes, and I feel afraid, but if I just go back to those two Bruce Hornsby songs then I'm okay again.

Every little kiss ....man that guitar lead.

Bruce Hornsby and the Range Against the Machine

Ha!

"That's just the way it is, MOTHERFUCKER!"

On a rail replacement bus to London from Stansted airport, Magic fm on the coach driver's radio, first notes of a new song, woman in front of me turns excitedly to her boyfriend: 'Oh, I *love* this song'. It was this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IATz8ZVTALo

I remember when it felt important to snicker at other people for the music they enjoyed.

So 'The Way It Is' and S'cenes From The Southside' are missing from Spotify, had to resort to Youtube to hear Mandolin Rain for the first time in 20 odd years.

Plus, in the video BH looked like a weird hybrid of at least four actors, Paul Reiser, William Hurt and idk..?

I remember when it felt important to snicker at other people for the music they enjoyed.

― five six and (man alive), Tuesday, July 21, 2015 3:36 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol u just been made milk monitor or something?

bimble otm re: the valley road

One of my earliest memories is my parents playing Bruce Hornsby and the Range in the car during summer trips to visit family and me being almost unthinkably bored. To this day I associate "The Way It Is" with the Pennsylvania turnpike.

Burn yr elbow if you lean on mm.

What was with 90s rappers sampling 'The Way It Is'?

RIP Ezra's hair

.@BruceHornsby's got a new album coming, and the lead single features @VampireWeekend's @arzE and @_BlakeMills https://t.co/TjIx1fA39l

— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) March 25, 2022

I'm a massive Blake Mills stan but I'm still not clicking on this track

Too many times in the waiting room of my dentist's office listening to "that's just the way it is" or "mandolin rain"

constantly mix up this dude with Bruce Cockburn

this isn't bad at all but it doesn't particularly do anything for me either

as an aside, Cockburn is great

A music writer ILXor once came to see my band, many years ago, and said he really liked it and it reminded him of Bruce Cockburn, which was good, because he really liked Bruce Cockburn. I was confused for a while and thought he meant Bruce Hornsby, and couldn't for the life of me figure out how my sort of thrill jockeyish alt country band sounded like Bruce Hornsby.

Bruce Hornsby’s last album SUCKED, there’s a song calls “pills” on it

stealing fire is really solid

Bruce Hornsby’s last album SUCKED, there’s a song calls “pills” on it

You mean "Meds"? I actually thought that album was decent, but the one he released after that was definitely worse.

“meds”, yeah. he seemed to be doing some wack soulful thing I wasn’t feeling. But I only heard the album once.

Ezra Koenig is now one degree of separation from Don Henley.

Expect an ill cover of "If Dirt Were Dollars" on the next VW tour.

I like Bruce Hornsby, yes. Magical - sometimes.

https://i.imgur.com/D159fY7.jpg

Just six guys in a room

Bruce Hornsby on a dubby, ECM-influenced dance record >>>> Andre 3000 new age

Guerra / de Paiva / Hornsby / Konradsen: Contrahouse
https://ulyssa.bandcamp.com/album/contrahouse

Ah interesting - 2 Brazilians, a Norwegian, and Hornsby

song c, gut punch every time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTiMCE8Z32A

on the flipside 'spider fingers' is some hot shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svw_ExDoajs