Rock Evolution – The History of Rock & Roll - 1998 - (page 271)

Saddleworth2 said:
just a general question to you Rob and others. Do we see this running right up to the current year or as a rock history should we stop with the annual reviews at some point eg 2016. It has been a brilliant thread, comprehensive and always interesting with many many great write ups and interesting discussions. I have every years playlist on Tidal and have loaned them out numerous times and the feedback is always superb.
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I plan on going until 2026, but if you can't be bothered after 2016, that's on you. ;-)
Saddleworth2 said:
Will we covering Billi, Taylor and Sabrina soon enough though? That is the question :-)
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I can't speak for we, but I can speak for I, and you probably know where I stand on that. If you need to, then I won't stop you and I'll listen, but we'll see where that goes.
Saddleworth2 said:
Is there enough interesting current music to keep this as rich as it has been. In typing this I'm almost saying yes probably there is, but interested in others thoughts.
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I'm with Rob and others on this, I think there are great other options out there, and I for one am looking forward to hearing some new gems over these years that I wouldn't have otherwise heard of. I think the upcoming challenge to find the needles in the haystack that is now popular music is what will make it perhaps more fun than retreading over music we all mostly know, such as the decade we are in.
 
Black&White&BlueMoon Town said:
I plan on going until 2026, but if you can't be bothered after 2016, that's on you. ;-)

I can't speak for we, but I can speak for I, and you probably know where I stand on that. If you need to, then I won't stop you and I'll listen, but we'll see where that goes.


I'm with Rob and others on this, I think there are great other options out there, and I for one am looking forward to hearing some new gems over these years that I wouldn't have otherwise heard of. I think the upcoming challenge to find the needles in the haystack that is now popular music is what will make it perhaps more fun than retreading over music we all mostly know, such as the decade we are in.
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World full of music to go at. More than one poster will be fucked if rush, kiss or toads wet bastard sprocket haven't released anything...
 
stonerblue said:
World full of music to go at. More than one poster will be fucked if rush, kiss or toads wet bastard sprocket haven't released anything...
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Yeah but most of the indie stuff is a non-starter. Then you’ve got all that electronic club rubbish (which should stay inside the club). Is it any wonder some of us cling to our trusted favourites?
 
The History of Rock & Roll - 1996
It's time I got back, it's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back
I wanna go back

I really enjoyed the backstory to this year from @RobMCFC. My wife and I had visited Disney Orlando the year before when my younger sister was interning as a cast member while in college. We would take our kids there in future years, but there was something unique about visiting there before kids, still in our 20's.

The big winner from the first tracks was "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There" by Kula Shaker which I was not familiar with prior. That had a very nice tempo change mid-track when this transitioned to the latter by this psychedelic rock band with an amazing guitar sound. "In A Room" from Dodgy was a great straight up opening playlist rocker from this alternative/Britpop band not really heard much in the US. Both of these bands and tracks stood out for me.

Other pleasant surprises included "Redemption Day" from Sheryl Crow and Mellencamp's "This May Not Be The End Of The World", both of which I enjoyed much more than the singles released on their respective albums. Steve Earle's "Feel Alright" was a nice humorous take on his new-found sobriety. Maybe not feeling great, but alright would do given what he had been through, always with the brutal honest lyrics.

Of the songs already familiar with, Grant Lee Buffalo's "Bethlehem Steel" was the standout for me. Beck, Counting Crows, R.E.M., and Wilco showed there wasn't a bad song in the bunch, so well done to Rob for starting the year off right.

The Big Winners Moment
"The Good Life" - Weezer, immediately followed by "Here but I'm Gone" by Curtis Mayfield. One old, one new to me. The first is such a great song from Pinkerton that I would have nominated myself if @Keith Moon had not selected it first. Such a great autobiographical song from Rivers on recovering from surgery at the time in getting back to touring and making music. Mayfield's song has a similar focus on recovery written while he was bedridden, but it is a much slower approach. It sounded almost like something TV on the Radio * could have originally performed, but this song was such a credit to Mayfield's approach and delivery despite his condition. As @threespires noted, "underappreciated" very much comes to mind, and this was such a powerful song. Both were similar themed focused on recovery, but the different approaches together made these really stand out on the whole.

* TV on The Radio honored the soul legend by performing this track at Mayfield's 70th birthday tribute concert in 2012 and noted Mayfield as a major inspiration of theirs.

Top New Songs
  1. "A Design for Life" - Manic Street Preachers, another great track from this alternative rock band
  2. "Just Like You" - Keb' Mo', a nice soulful and bluesy vocal song, and agreed with homerdog that guest vocalists Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne really add to this track
  3. "Crooked Frame" - Alejandro Escovedo, I honestly enjoyed all three songs from this roots rock artist, but this was the best followed by "With These Hands". Familiar with the artist, and always good to hear more from him.
  4. "Alongside" - Jolene, inspired by early R.E.M., this alt-country band from my home state down the road to the Queen City was very good to hear
  5. "My Wandering Days Are Over" - Belle and Sebastian, another gem from this Scottish indie pop band with strong horns towards the end
  6. "Building Steam WIth A Grain Of Salt" - DJ Shadow, a leftfield surprise that I enjoyed much more than I thought I would, some strong percussion and sampling here
  7. "She Said" - Longpigs, another Britpop band not yet heard. Great guitars from Richard Hawley as noted in the thread here.
  8. "A Flowery Song" - Five Iron Frenzy, very enjoyable rock/ska song with some nice horns
  9. "The Day We Caught The Train from Moseley Shoals" - Ocean Colour Scene, a nice homage to a Beatles classic in this live performance that was enjoyable to hear
  10. "I'm Not Listening" - Maria McKee, sounded a bit like Alanis Morissette, but this song was grittier and really was a surprise standout with some nice strings

Top Songs I Knew Quite Well
  1. "Sunny Came Home" - Shawn Colvin, an underrated singer of this time, really enjoyed hearing this one again
  2. "One Headlight" - The Wallflowers, best song from them and that album
  3. "Rusty Cage" - Johnny Cash, well deserved recognition on this remake that got Cash's album a Grammy
  4. "Three Lions 96" - Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds, a humorous song enjoyed every 4 years, hopefully this one upcoming given the US has no shot.
  5. "Bulls On Parade" - Rage Against The Machine, a classic blaster from them
  6. "Doin' Time" - Sublime, a cool blast from the past
  7. "Everything Falls Apart" - Dog's Eye View, I think of one person now when I hear this song ;-)
  8. "Push" - Matchbox Twenty, the classic hit from their opening album full of singles
  9. "Test For Echo" - Rush, I always felt that tough talking hood boys in pro-team logo knock-offs would be quite the tongue twister from Neil for Geddy to deliver
  10. "The Distance" - CAKE, a bit overplayed on FM radio, nice to revisit again for a better appreciation

On Second Thought
Each year when a George Michael song is presented, his vocal delivery and overall musical impression goes up on my list big time. This was even more shown here in "Jesus to a Child". Such a beautiful and melancholic tribute song. Quite nearly a Big Winner in its own rite. Thanks Sadds, for such a powerful nomination.
 
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Highlights for me from this playlists:

Untouchable Face. A little impolite and I wouldn't play it for my mother but it's the song that made me stop what I was doing to find out what it was.

Bulls on Parade. Also wouldn't play this for my mother but it's a song I know and always happy to sing along too.

Best Cover Art awarded to Journey. Took me a moment to see the Moses
 
stonerblue said:
As does all the shit 'rock' bands that appear on every playlist for me.
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That's fine, and the thread is open to all for nominations and comments whether they like a particular form of music or not.

I was merely responding because you seemed to be on the attack against certain rock bands and poor old Toad The Wet Sprocket who haven't done any harm to anyone!
 
1997 - the year we looked backwards with naivety and forwards with franny fear. High on Englands success at the 1996 Euro’s and thrilled by the ending of a miserable conservative government 1997 is on the surface a positive and fulfilling year. But under the glare of Tony Blairs smile there is an undercurrent of misery and paranoia that is probably the true legacy of the 90’s. Let’s depress ourselves as we look back at how we slept walked into a dystopian future and called it progress.

The 1960’s were on all our minds in 1997 as baby boomers took control of our culture and tried to convince us they were cool and hip whilst simultaneously selling the world. We smiled because now women were free, borders were obsolete and dreams could only get better. High on the old farts of brit pop Geri Halliwell appeared on the brits wearing a Union Jack dress and suddenly we all wanted to be flag shaggers baby. Weird that this now makes you a racist but I preserve my progressive status by 30 years later denying that Posh was my favourite and pretending that Scary was always the one who’s friends I wanted to get with. Rumours that I tried to print a topless picture of Geri at work only to be frustrated by the printer would be confirmed in the morning when the printer was turned back and a pair of ginger boobs turned out to be black and white.

Looking back was big business; Austin Powers, Titanic and the English Patient were all big at the box office. Each movie chronicling the descent of man like that image depicting the evolution of humanity in reverse. The best film of 1997 though (and the best soundtrack) was Grosse Pointe Blank. Teen pop bands, like the Spice Girls and Back Street Boys, were back all right; reminiscent of the girl and boy bands of the 60’s. Even the Monkees sold out Wembley twice and Paul McCartney was knighted. But it was ultimately a shallow look back based in nostalgia rather than reality and in 1997 The Kinks broke up. You cannot live in the candy floss of myth without the sugar making you ill.

Despite the UK banning hand guns in 1997 violence was big around the world. There were civil wars in Algeria, Sierra Leone and Yugoslavia resulting in awful tragedies. Iran suffered earthquakes and there were aircraft disasters with high death tolls. But there is one death we all remember. The Notorious B.I.G was murdered and nobody else of note died that year although if they had they would have no doubt played Angels at the funeral. This is not on my playlist despite it being released on my birthday and being named as the best song of the last 25 years. This is surely proof that the majority of people who listen to music don’t like music. In unrelated news Coldplay were formed.

In total there were 228 Top 10 singles in the UK during 1997. How many can you name? I also forgot Michael Hutchence also died and recordable CD’s were released so if you wanted to make a compilation of INXS’s greatest hits you could.

1997 was a big year for women. As well as the Spice Girls making it big the WNBA had its first game and Mary McAleese replaced Mary Robinson as President of Ireland. This was the first time a woman has replaced another woman as an elected head of state. You go girls! Also Ally McBeal debuted and JK Rowling released the first Harry Potter book. Hanson had a big hit with MMMBop before we realised they were boys but Girl Power was in full swing for everyone except Gary Glitter who many thought should have swung.

Whilst we loved the past the future was feared. Bill Clinton bans funding for human cloning. Deep Blue beats Kasparov at chess. Nasa landed a probe on Mars but The Hale-Bopp comet inspired 39 members of the Heavens Gate cult to commit suicide and 24 people were actually buried in space. In other dystopian news Amazon floated on the stock market and Netflix was founded. The internet peaked at 1,000,000 websites and personal homepage sites were big. Geocities reached over 1,000,000 homepages and was the precursor of sites like MySpace which has a weird place in pop history. But Bieber is coming in future years.

Meanwhile everything is going great at Manchester City in the 96/97 season. Threespires challenged me to come up with a metaphor but I can come up with none better than Colin Bell removing his England cap from being on display at Maine Road. In foreshadowing news Weaver, Horlock and Dickov all joined. Which was almost as many managers as we had that year. Relive those glory days here

In other news the UK won Eurovision, Daft Punk released their debut album, Bowie turned 50, Tyson bit off Holyfields ear, Woolworths closes and 700 kids got epilepsy watching Pokemon. Are all these things coincidental? I’ll let you decide.

My initial playlist for 1997 has far too many tunes so I’m removing the more obvious ones in the hope that someone else will pick them. I present my initial 10 in no particular order below:

The Dawning of This Night Divine by Ninety Pound Wuss
I will admit that I had no idea what the lyrics were in this song until Spotify managed to decode them. I just like the noise. Turn it up and watch your relationships fall apart. It’s not pretty and if you try and sing along you’re likely to give yourself bronchitis. My wife described my music tastes as "noise" this week. I tried to protest but I couldn't really. She is quite astute.

Chem 6A by Switchfoot
You’ll need both earphones in for this as the stereo imaging is incredibly youthful and you’ll miss a great guitar part if you have the wrong ear in. Switchfoot were a great young band who turned mediocre the more popular they got. Still their debut is great if you like this kind of thing and Chem 6A sums up the 90’s slacker generation fairly well. Most the guys loving this song back in the day are probably now rich. I though remain committed to being lazy.

Flesh Thang by Danielson
I’m not sure how to talk about this song. Danielson is the product of an art project and an odd family so it sounds like that. Is it a song about being born again or the thoughts of a serial killer? It’s a banger so don’t worry about it.

Gomers Theme by Third Day
Definitely the most muscular and meaty song on my initial list. Best listened to in a large truck with half a forest in the back. Gomers Theme though is about a biblical prophet with an unfaithful wife that serves as an allegory for Christ and his bride. Grow a beard before listening to this so that you feel like a man.

Little Man by The Orange County Supertones
If you want to understand anything about me and my motivations this song sums it up. If you want to guess my passwords then start here. To you it’s a ska punk masterpiece - to me it’s a manifesto. If I ever blow up a public building these lyrics will be written in the notebook they find with my dead body.

You & Me Song by the Wannabes
First dance at my wedding to MrsBelfry although we would never in real life make such a dramatic romantic gestures as this. We were once pulled to one side by a well intentioned lady questioning our marriage because we “never touched each other in public”. Not sure I’ve ever looked MrsB in the eyes and said “I love you”. It’s much less awkward to send her a text.

Rodri’s on Fire by Gala
At its best music has an incredible ability to unite people. Although it’s 30 years old this still has the ability to get a crowd of all ages bouncing. In many ways it’s the anti-90’s anthem we didn’t deserve with the central message about finding happiness and contentment without wealth.

You’ve Got The Love by Candi Staton
Maybe it’s cheating as this is now the third or fourth time this song has been remixed and released. That’s because it is a classic. This version isn’t as iconic as the Frankie Knuckles earlier version but it is a dose of pure 90’s nostalgia. The drum beat and strings just make me think of Leonardo DiCaprio or Doug Liman movies.

Stereo by Pavement
Included for the benefit of the Rush fans and also because it is amazing. Self aware and perfectly judged in the pretty ugly stakes. It always makes me happy to hear this.

Exit Music (For a Film) by Radiohead
No album sums up the love of the past and fear of the future like OK Computer by Radiohead. Even it they do it a little hypocritically. If I had more space and capability I’d argue that this album fractured rock music and sent it down converging paths.

OK Computer exposed the enthusiasm and naivety of classic rock. A Night at the Opera has a song about how great friends and cars are. OK Computer starts with a song about a car trying to kill Thom Yorke. Queen sang about Best Friends but OK Computer is full of bitter and scary relationships. Bohemiam Rhapsody is fun and expansive. Paranoid Android is small and mean. It perfectly encapsulates the 90’s ugliness.

OK Computer took 3 elements of rock and split them. If you wanted to be exuberant and joyful you had to become a joke band like the Darkness. If you wanted to be melodramatic and theatrical you had to become Muse. And if you wanted to be sincere you had to become Coldplay. No single band could ever be all three again like Queen could and no band could ever be Radiohead. Not even Radiohead like Radiohead.

Exit Music (For a Film) is my favourite from this album. I love the slow menacing build and how it opens up almost Sovietly. It feels cold then warm one moment then unsettling the comforting and in the moment of euphoria you find yourself singing “we hope that you choke”. Yikes. The 90’s weren’t as nice as we remember.

Finally I wasn’t going to mention it but for the purposes of the following joke I will. Princess Diana also died this year and was mourned by an old queen.

 
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threespires said:
On the evolution of rock did anyone go to Angine De Poitrine's first UK gig last night ? :-)
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I preferred them before they were famous. I do enjoy the kexp session but find their albums less enjoyable and I wonder if I would like the band as much if it was just the two of them being clever with a looper.
 
mrbelfry said:
1997 - the year we looked backwards with naivety and forwards with franny fear. High on Englands success at the 1996 Euro’s and thrilled by the ending of a miserable conservative government 1997 is on the surface a positive and fulfilling year. But under the glare of Tony Blairs smile there is an undercurrent of misery and paranoia that is probably the true legacy of the 90’s. Let’s depress ourselves as we look back at how we slept walked into a dystopian future and called it progress.

The 1960’s were on all our minds in 1997 as baby boomers took control of our culture and tried to convince us they were cool and hip whilst simultaneously selling the world. We smiled because now women were free, borders were obsolete and dreams could only get better. High on the old farts of brit pop Geri Halliwell appeared on the brits wearing a Union Jack dress and suddenly we all wanted to be flag shaggers baby. Weird that this now makes you a racist but I preserve my progressive status by 30 years later denying that Posh was my favourite and pretending that Scary was always the one who’s friends I wanted to get with. Rumours that I tried to print a topless picture of Geri at work only to be frustrated by the printer would be confirmed in the morning when the printer was turned back and a pair of ginger boobs turned out to be black and white.


Looking back was big business; Austin Powers, Titanic and the English Patient were all big at the box office. Each movie chronicling the descent of man like that image depicting the evolution of humanity in reverse. The best film of 1997 though (and the best soundtrack) was Grosse Pointe Blank. Teen pop bands, like the Spice Girls and Back Street Boys, were back all right; reminiscent of the girl and boy bands of the 60’s. Even the Monkees sold out Wembley twice and Paul McCartney was knighted. But it was ultimately a shallow look back based in nostalgia rather than reality and in 1997 The Kinks broke up. You cannot live in the candy floss of myth without the sugar making you ill.

Despite the UK banning hand guns in 1997 violence was big around the world. There were civil wars in Algeria, Sierra Leone and Yugoslavia resulting in awful tragedies. Iran suffered earthquakes and there were aircraft disasters with high death tolls. But there is one death we all remember. The Notorious B.I.G was murdered and nobody else of note died that year although if they had they would have no doubt played Angels at the funeral. This is not on my playlist despite it being released on my birthday and being named as the best song of the last 25 years. This is surely proof that the majority of people who listen to music don’t like music. In unrelated news Coldplay were formed.

In total there were 228 Top 10 singles in the UK during 1997. How many can you name? I also forgot Michael Hutchence also died and recordable CD’s were released so if you wanted to make a compilation of INXS’s greatest hits you could.

1997 was a big year for women. As well as the Spice Girls making it big the WNBA had its first game and Mary McAleese replaced Mary Robinson as President of Ireland. This was the first time a woman has replaced another woman as an elected head of state. You go girls! Also Ally McBeal debuted and JK Rowling released the first Harry Potter book. Hanson had a big hit with MMMBop before we realised they were boys but Girl Power was in full swing for everyone except Gary Glitter who many thought should have swung.

Whilst we loved the past the future was feared. Bill Clinton bans funding for human cloning. Deep Blue beats Kasparov at chess. Nasa landed a probe on Mars but The Hale-Bopp comet inspired 39 members of the Heavens Gate cult to commit suicide and 24 people were actually buried in space. In other dystopian news Amazon floated on the stock market and Netflix was founded. The internet peaked at 1,000,000 websites and personal homepage sites were big. Geocities reached over 1,000,000 homepages and was the precursor of sites like MySpace which has a weird place in pop history. But Bieber is coming in future years.

Meanwhile everything is going great at Manchester City in the 96/97 season. Threespires challenged me to come up with a metaphor but I can come up with none better than Colin Bell removing his England cap from being on display at Maine Road. In foreshadowing news Weaver, Horlock and Dickov all joined. Which was almost as many managers as we had that year. Relive those glory days here

In other news the UK won Eurovision, Daft Punk released their debut album, Bowie turned 50, Tyson bit off Holyfields ear, Woolworths closes and 700 kids got epilepsy watching Pokemon. Are all these things coincidental? I’ll let you decide.

My initial playlist for 1997 has far too many tunes so I’m removing the more obvious ones in the hope that someone else will pick them. I present my initial 10 in no particular order below:

The Dawning of This Night Divine by Ninety Pound Wuss
I will admit that I had no idea what the lyrics were in this song until Spotify managed to decode them. I just like the noise. Turn it up and watch your relationships fall apart. It’s not pretty and if you try and sing along you’re likely to give yourself bronchitis. My wife described my music tastes as "noise" this week. I tried to protest but I couldn't really. She is quite astute.

Chem 6A by Switchfoot
You’ll need both earphones in for this as the stereo imaging is incredibly youthful and you’ll miss a great guitar part if you have the wrong ear in. Switchfoot were a great young band who turned mediocre the more popular they got. Still their debut is great if you like this kind of thing and Chem 6A sums up the 90’s slacker generation fairly well. Most the guys loving this song back in the day are probably now rich. I though remain committed to being lazy.

Flesh Thang by Danielson
I’m not sure how to talk about this song. Danielson is the product of an art project and an odd family so it sounds like that. Is it a song about being born again or the thoughts of a serial killer? It’s a banger so don’t worry about it.

Gomers Theme by Third Day
Definitely the most muscular and meaty song on my initial list. Best listened to in a large truck with half a forest in the back. Gomers Theme though is about a biblical prophet with an unfaithful wife that serves as an allegory for Christ and his bride. Grow a beard before listening to this so that you feel like a man.

Little Man by The Orange County Supertones
If you want to understand anything about me and my motivations this song sums it up. If you want to guess my passwords then start here. To you it’s a ska punk masterpiece - to me it’s a manifesto. If I ever blow up a public building these lyrics will be written in the notebook they find with my dead body.

You & Me Song by the Wannabes
First dance at my wedding to MrsBelfry although we would never in real life make such a dramatic romantic gestures as this. We were once pulled to one side by a well intentioned lady questioning our marriage because we “never touched each other in public”. Not sure I’ve ever looked MrsB in the eyes and said “I love you”. It’s much less awkward to send her a text.

Rodri’s on Fire by Gala
At its best music has an incredible ability to unite people. Although it’s 30 years old this still has the ability to get a crowd of all ages bouncing. In many ways it’s the anti-90’s anthem we didn’t deserve with the central message about finding happiness and contentment without wealth.

You’ve Got The Love by Candi Staton
Maybe it’s cheating as this is now the third or fourth time this song has been remixed and released. That’s because it is a classic. This version isn’t as iconic as the Frankie Knuckles earlier version but it is a dose of pure 90’s nostalgia. The drum beat and strings just make me think of Leonardo DiCaprio or Doug Liman movies.

Stereo by Pavement
Included for the benefit of the Rush fans and also because it is amazing. Self aware and perfectly judged in the pretty ugly stakes. It always makes me happy to hear this.

Exit Music (For a Film) by Radiohead
No album sums up the love of the past and fear of the future like OK Computer by Radiohead. Even it they do it a little hypocritically. If I had more space and capability I’d argue that this album fractured rock music and sent it down converging paths.

OK Computer exposed the enthusiasm and naivety of classic rock. A Night at the Opera has a song about how great friends and cars are. OK Computer starts with a song about a car trying to kill Thom Yorke. Queen sang about Best Friends but OK Computer is full of bitter and scary relationships. Bohemiam Rhapsody is fun and expansive. Paranoid Android is small and mean. It perfectly encapsulates the 90’s ugliness.

OK Computer took 3 elements of rock and split them. If you wanted to be exuberant and joyful you had to become a joke band like the Darkness. If you wanted to be melodramatic and theatrical you had to become Muse. And if you wanted to be sincere you had to become Coldplay. No single band could ever be all three again like Queen could and no band could ever be Radiohead. Not even Radiohead like Radiohead.

Exit Music (For a Film) is my favourite from this album. I love the slow menacing build and how it opens up almost Sovietly. It feels cold then warm one moment then unsettling the comforting and in the moment of euphoria you find yourself singing “we hope that you choke”. Yikes. The 90’s weren’t as nice as we remember.

Finally I wasn’t going to mention it but for the purposes of the following joke I will. Princess Diana also died this year and was mourned by an old queen.

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You had me at sleepwalking into a dystopian future.

Quality snark all round but quite a lot to discuss too.
 
mrbelfry said:
I preferred them before they were famous. I do enjoy the kexp session but find their albums less enjoyable and I wonder if I would like the band as much if it was just the two of them being clever with a looper.
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I suspect they probably are (at least for the moment) a great act to go and see live. Microtonal or not, math(ish) rock is not something I will generally sit down and listen to for long though.

Apparently last night was a joyful atmosphere which I'm not going to knock. Though these days a vigorous Poznan is what my knees can manage so an hour of continuous bouncing probably not for me.

Seemingly his board makes the ones the Nova Twins use look like a single knackered overdrive nailed to a plank
 
threespires said:
I suspect they probably are (at least for the moment) a great act to go and see live. Microtonal or not, math(ish) rock is not something I will generally sit down and listen to for long though.

Apparently last night was a joyful atmosphere which I'm not going to knock. Though these days a vigorous Poznan is what my knees can manage so an hour of continuous bouncing probably not for me.

Seemingly his board makes the ones the Nova Twins use look like a single knackered overdrive nailed to a plank
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I did consider seeing them but the only date I could see in Manchester was for the psyche fest thing. I enjoy the band and the music and I enjoy the nerdery of it . I'd be interested to see their process. I'd like to spend time with the band before the show and in rehearsal as much as I would to see them live. On the kexp session there is a YouTube comment from one of the guys who made one of the pedals on his board and he seemed genuinely proud and humbled by it.
 
As noted in the Album Review thread, strangely, my favourite album of 1997 was by an English indie band.

Only Teethin' - The Charlatans

Legendary songwriter, John Fogerty (apparently not good enough for the recent top 30 living American songwriters list), produced his best album since the Creedence Clearwater Revival days this year. His aptly titled Blue Moon Swamp album contained many great songs, but I loved the atmosphere and imagery conjured up by this song, and particularly the dobro.

"A Hundred and Ten in the Shade" - John Fogerty

Steve Earle continued his post-incarcertion career in fine form with El Corazon.

"Telephone Road" - Steve Earle

Sadly, my wife and I missed INXS's last ever show in Manchester as we flew to Tenerife on the day of the show at the arena. Elegantly Wasted was not their best effort but it did contain a few decent songs. As mrbelry noted in his write-up, Michael Hutchence died in November of this year.

"Don't Lose Your Head" - INXS
 
1997 saw one of my favourite albums of all time come out.
Not OK Computer although I'm a Radiohead fan and this is their best work.
Not Tellin Stories although again I'm a big Charlatans fan right from the beginning but prefer a couple of others.

This band came out of the ashes of Spacemen 3.
Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) and J Spaceman (Jason Pierce) went their separate ways and Pierce formed a new band with his then girlfriend who went on to marry Richard Ashcroft. I have always thought a lot of his songwriting was to do with his love lost.

They had already released a couple of good albums and after this carried on releasing great stuff but this is his magnum opus.
An album full of different styles and big ideas a lot of the time in the same song.

The album is Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space.
If I can request the album version of the song is the one I would like on rather than the inferior single edit please.

Spiritulized - I Think I'm In Love
 
It Started With A Miss said:
1997 saw one of my favourite albums of all time come out.
Not OK Computer although I'm a Radiohead fan and this is their best work.
Not Tellin Stories although again I'm a big Charlatans fan right from the beginning but prefer a couple of others.

This band came out of the ashes of Spacemen 3.
Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) and J Spaceman (Jason Pierce) went their separate ways and Pierce formed a new band with his then girlfriend who went on to marry Richard Ashcroft. I have always thought a lot of his songwriting was to do with his love lost.

They had already released a couple of good albums and after this carried on releasing great stuff but this is his magnum opus.
An album full of different styles and big ideas a lot of the time in the same song.

The album is Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space.
If I can request the album version of the song is the one I would like on rather than the inferior single edit please.

Spiritulized - I Think I'm In Love
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I seem to be having issues with Spotify but will include your song as soon as I'm able
 
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