Fine Art of Surfacing -> IS IT JUST ME THEN!

reevo · Banana Republic

Fine Art of Surfacing -> IS IT JUST ME THEN!

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

RE: IS IT JUST ME THEN!

Mark L · Loudmouth

RE: Fine Art of Surfacing -> IS IT JUST ME THEN!

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Mark L wrote:
Think this album has stood the test of time better than Tonic

My opinion is the exact opposite. Of all The Rats albums this is the one I like less and less every time I hear it. It sounds over produced, trite and dated. Mondays and Someone's Looking aside, I don't really care much for any of the tracks. I remember liking it a lot when I first heard it, but as time goes on I have grown weary of the faux reggae drum beats, swirling keyboards, the bop shoo wops and the na na nas. I wouldn't say I hate it now, but I don't think time has been kind to it.

Mark L · Loudmouth

Songs like Wind Chill and When the Night have grown on me and musically and lyrically the whole album is up to date to me. The surveillance state, the US shootings that won't stop, the hypocrisy of religion, the mundane, sex and sleep.

Tonic dates in parts with 'she's so 1970s' and 'computer dating' and although a superb album, TFAOS review here is spot on for me.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

My opinion has not changed over the years of this. It's still my no 3 of the set.

Mike menzies · V Deep

Hard to place on my list as all lps are so diverse still like I though

IrelandCalling · Never In A Million Years

Agreed, that version of 'Nothing Happened Today' is excellent; it's simply a storming version and gives an idea of just how magical and vibrant a live act they were.

The album itself I rate extremely highly, honestly the more I hear it the more I love it - possibly my favourite of them all. Lyrically, musically, atmospherically, 'tis a winner! A band that's mostly been forgotten by the mainstream except for two signature tracks, yet they made stellar music and those albums still stand head to head with the best of what's made today.

Mark L · Loudmouth

IrelandCalling wrote:
Agreed, that version of 'Nothing Happened Today' is excellent; it's simply a storming version and gives an idea of just how magical and vibrant a live act they were.

The album itself I rate extremely highly, honestly the more I hear it the more I love it - possibly my favourite of them all. Lyrically, musically, atmospherically, 'tis a winner! A band that's mostly been forgotten by the mainstream except for two signature tracks, yet they made stellar music and those albums still stand head to head with the best of what's made today.

Agree 100% on this. A very confident sounding band on this album.

Mike menzies · V Deep

I know many bands that have made afew lps but some have been right donkeys th rats 6 albums are all brill an d not a dud among them Hope they do. Another We live in hope

Derek The Dane · V Deep

I rate ITLG better than FAOS.Mondays,Someone´s Looking and WindChill stand out for me but to much keyboards and na na na ohh ohhs.It is 4th favourite of all the albums.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Mark L wrote:
Songs like Wind Chill and When the Night have grown on me and musically and lyrically the whole album is up to date to me. The surveillance state, the US shootings that won't stop, the hypocrisy of religion, the mundane, sex and sleep.
Tonic dates in parts with 'she's so 1970s' and 'computer dating' and although a superb album, TFAOS review here is spot on for me.

Wasn't Computadata ahead of it's time for 1978-at least 20 years before the Internet computer dating 'revolution'?

See ya later. smile

Mark L · Loudmouth

noelindublin wrote:
Mark L wrote:
Songs like Wind Chill and When the Night have grown on me and musically and lyrically the whole album is up to date to me. The surveillance state, the US shootings that won't stop, the hypocrisy of religion, the mundane, sex and sleep.
Tonic dates in parts with 'she's so 1970s' and 'computer dating' and although a superb album, TFAOS review here is spot on for me.

Wasn't Computadata ahead of it's time for 1978-at least 20 years before the Internet computer dating 'revolution'?
See ya later.

I would say Bob was 20 years OUT OF DATE. He was surely talking of the computers that began this kind of lark in the 1960s - not personal computers but huge central machines that crunched the numbers on people's personalities to throw up intimate matches. As you will be aware, it involved no internet and so no visuals. People posted forms (good old fashioned Royal Mail) and waited patiently for weeks on end as companies processed their replies on intelligence, attractiveness and preferences. No same day hook ups and instant gratification.

Not so much see ya later as see you much later biggrin

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Mark L wrote:
noelindublin wrote:
Mark L wrote:
Songs like Wind Chill and When the Night have grown on me and musically and lyrically the whole album is up to date to me. The surveillance state, the US shootings that won't stop, the hypocrisy of religion, the mundane, sex and sleep.
Tonic dates in parts with 'she's so 1970s' and 'computer dating' and although a superb album, TFAOS review here is spot on for me.

Wasn't Computadata ahead of it's time for 1978-at least 20 years before the Internet computer dating 'revolution'?
See ya later.
I would say Bob was 20 years OUT OF DATE. He was surely talking of the computers that began this kind of lark in the 1960s - not personal computers but huge central machines that crunched the numbers on people's personalities to throw up intimate matches. As you will be aware, it involved no internet and so no visuals. People posted forms (good old fashioned Royal Mail) and waited patiently for weeks on end as companies processed their replies on intelligence, attractiveness and preferences. No same day hook ups and instant gratification.
Not so much see ya later as see you much later

Heres' an interesting timeline on the subject:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_online_dating_services

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

He should In his own words Never bite the hand that feeds

Mark L · Loudmouth

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/opinion/85598069/Its-time-to-surface-my-linguistic-anger

Regrettably, this stupid 'surface' word has cropped up where I work. 'Can I surface something with you Mark that you did a deep dive on last week?' I thought had unconsciously gone scuba diving or something! Why do people at work talk in this way?

Got to agree though, the album is epic.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Mark L wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/opinion/85598069/Its-time-to-surface-my-linguistic-anger

Regrettably, this stupid 'surface' word has cropped up where I work. 'Can I surface something with you Mark that you did a deep dive on last week?' I thought had unconsciously gone scuba diving or something! Why do people at work talk in this way?
Got to agree though, the album is epic.

IMHO there is nothing worse than 'business speak'.It really irritates me. I think to English language is gradually getting more childish every day. Any what's this with everyone on the radio/tv starting sentences with the word 'so..'. 5 Live had an item on this a few days ago.

Also hate the word medal being used as a verb, as in recent Olympic Games. Don't meddle with the English language, and try reading a bit more-that should sort out most people's vocabulary.

Now when I hear the word cloud I think of vast computer storage instead of the little fluffy things in the sky. Don't get me started on technology taking over our lives...I always refer to people walking down the street staring at phones as digital zombies. The tech companies have most people by the short and curlies. Orwell never dreamed of this but that's the law of unintended consequences.

Have a good weekend all. smile