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Scott Walker dies aged 76

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Thought this deserved a thread of it's own

 

I'm a huge fan and he'll be greatly missed, kept pushing the boundaries right into old age

Scott, Scott 2, 3 and 4 what a series of LPs

 

 

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I love Scott 3 and Scott 4. When I was a teenager in the nineties and getting into music they were two of those old records that nobody else really knew, so they felt like they were more 'yours'. They taught me that Oasis weren't as amazing as I thought they were. 'The Old Man's Back Again' is obviously incredible and seems more and more relevant with the return of more polarized, extremist politics. 'It's Raining', 'Duchess', '30 Century Man', 'Seventh Seal'... so many great songs. I love the weird recent stuff too, 'Tilt' and 'Bish Bosch' are the first to come to mind. The one Ian Brown and UNKLE sample on 'Reign'. The weird squiggly thing where he croons 'XIXIII' over and over. Bowie would never have done 'Lodger' without him, Radiohead wouldn't have sounded like Radiohead.

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Only just saw this thread and a shame its not had many replies.  One of my favourite artists of all time.  Was gonna share Monatgue Terrace too then noticed that you had, one of my favourite ever songs.  XX

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On 01/06/2019 at 10:16, RumbleFox said:

Only just saw this thread and a shame its not had many replies.  One of my favourite artists of all time.  Was gonna share Monatgue Terrace too then noticed that you had, one of my favourite ever songs.  XX

I nearly replied as he had such a devoted following…. But, his music never hit the spot for me

 

there are so many interesting singer song writers out their who can engage (for me) a bit easier 

 

Tim Buckley

Nick Drake

Tim Hardin 

van the man!

Dare I say it Billy Bragg

 

ps…. I started a thread when David Axelrod died (one of my true musical hero’s) - you guessed it - I got zero responses!

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On 02/06/2019 at 20:35, Wolfox said:

I nearly replied as he had such a devoted following…. But, his music never hit the spot for me

 

there are so many interesting singer song writers out their who can engage (for me) a bit easier 

 

Tim Buckley

Nick Drake

Tim Hardin 

van the man!

Dare I say it Billy Bragg

 

ps…. I started a thread when David Axelrod died (one of my true musical hero’s) - you guessed it - I got zero responses!

Yeah music is a funny one, truly subjective and personal.  I always just loved his voice and am a sucker for a swooping, soaring chorus.  The fact music is so subjective is what makes it fun I think.  In terms of singer songwriters I was always more into Walker, Lou Reed, Roy Orbison, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave and Lee Hazelwood than any of those you mentioned but I must admit I like a lot of Billy Bragg's stuff, just something slightly annoying about him yet I don't even know what.  Gonna go on a YouTube binge of randomness now.......  X

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10 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

Yeah music is a funny one, truly subjective and personal.  I always just loved his voice and am a sucker for a swooping, soaring chorus.  The fact music is so subjective is what makes it fun I think.  In terms of singer songwriters I was always more into Walker, Lou Reed, Roy Orbison, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave and Lee Hazelwood than any of those you mentioned but I must admit I like a lot of Billy Bragg's stuff, just something slightly annoying about him yet I don't even know what.  Gonna go on a YouTube binge of randomness now.......  X

Very little to argue with on the line up!

 

I do tend to be an outlier in my musical tastes!  Many of my mates don’t like what I play…. My wife and I cross over a bit and my daughter likes bits and my son roundly rejects most of what I play him!

 

Billy Bragg is an amazing lyricist and slightly annoying…. Workers playtime album is both witty and heartbreaking 

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9 hours ago, Wolfox said:

Very little to argue with on the line up!

 

I do tend to be an outlier in my musical tastes!  Many of my mates don’t like what I play…. My wife and I cross over a bit and my daughter likes bits and my son roundly rejects most of what I play him!

 

Billy Bragg is an amazing lyricist and slightly annoying…. Workers playtime album is both witty and heartbreaking 

Yeah I think my taste is slightly out of sync with most too.  My Dad and I have pretty much the exact same taste though.  That's what makes music so great I think, the fact it can feel personal.  Sadly I have lost touch with the modern "scene", I used to devour new music but lost touch in about 2006 and since then have retreated into the comfort of 60s-early 00s.  X

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