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Re: Blueplanes top 12
- Subject: Re: Blueplanes top 12
- From: Philip Rush <philip_rush@ye...fsnet.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 20:44:54 +0100
Yep. i can't remember the titles and I can't count to twelve. Drinks all
round I think.
Philip
on 30/4/2003 7:37 pm, Jonathan Furner at jfurner@uc...edu wrote:
> Great idea. (And a nifty way of smuggling in that 13th track ...)
>
> --jf
>
>
> On Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 10:36 AM, Philip Rush wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I think we're going about this the wrong way. We should be designing
>> the best ever Blue Aeroplanes album which isn't the same as the 12
>> best tracks.
>>
>> Track One
>> The incredible four-guitar riff one; Wojtek dancing like a road
>> worker on a pneumatic drill during an earthquake: that one. Great
>> first line.
>> eg Detective Song
>>
>> Track Two
>> The Gerard Langley lullaby lyrics/ melodic chorus by second guitarist.
>> You know, that other one.
>> eg Sugared Almond
>>
>> Track Three
>> The acoustic chordy one with the sentimental use of Bm.
>> eg Love Come Round
>>
>> Track Four
>> Loud, in your face; shouty chorus; use of phatic spoken English in
>> gorgeously literary context. That one.
>> loads of these
>>
>> Track Five
>> An under-rated poem from the mid-twentieth-century recited to a wall
>> of sound. Or a trellis.
>> eg The Applicant
>>
>> Track Six
>> The experimental one with the ethnic instrument or with the guy from
>> the session next door depping.
>> eg Anti-Pretty
>>
>> Track Seven
>> Another incredible four-guitar riff one.
>> eg Jacket Hangs
>>
>> Track Seven
>> It sounds like a diary written spontaneously (but some time ago); the
>> guitarists sound like they're playing chords they're making up
>> spontaneously (or remembering something they did some time ago).
>> eg the one about shipping the model plane and the Mexican kid
>>
>> Track Eight
>> Strummy guitars, engaging mood, summer. A cynical grin?
>> eg Your Ages
>>
>> Track Nine
>> Big, chromatic riff that you can never quite get right without
>> listening to the record again; big guitars; Wojtek's shirt's off.
>> That one.
>> eg ...and Stones
>>
>> Track Ten
>> Short, scrap-booky one which seems to have been recorded with one mike
>> or perhaps over the phone. You're beginning to question the exercise,
>> and then it suddenly stops.
>> loads of these: does that thing on Long Player count
>>
>> Track Eleven
>> The cover version you really didn't expect.
>> eg Boy in the Bubble
>>
>> Track Twelve
>> The long one you don't know why they bothered with, until later when
>> you realise it's the point of the whole thing.
>> eg Cat Scan History
>>
>> Now, once we've sorted out the most popular title for each category we
>> have the track list from heaven.
>>
>> Philip
>
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