From Bob Bannister Sent Tue, Feb 2nd 1999, 23:03
From Bob Bannister Sent Tue, Feb 2nd 1999, 23:03
Sam Frank: > And he screwed up the Talking Heads. For that he will never be forgiven. Peter Hollo: <Ha! What rot! Remain in Light is their best album.> laerm: <personally, i thought the talking heads were horrible until he got involved.> Just to review - Eno got involved with the Talking Heads long before "Remain in Light" - he started working with them from their second LP "More Songs About Buildings and Food" onwards - so if you purists are claiming that their first LP "Talking Heads 77" was their only good one - well, there are lots of reasons why a band's first record might be their only good one - a quick burst of ideas/chemistry/synergy and then, boom, careerism sets in. I recently put on "More Songs..." for the first time in easily a decade and found myself thinking "Great rock band, too bad about the singer." <kinda like how roxy music instantly stank after he left. > I'd argue that "Stranded" (their third and first post-Eno) was easily as good as the first two - thereafter things dropped off a bit. <bowie's best albums were done with him.> Agreed but how do you fit the mere existence of U2 (or James) into this model of supremacy? Danny Freer: <Were there any other people in the 70's that were doing stuff similar to Eno's "Another Green World" and "Before And After Science"?> I can't think of a lot of people doing stuff a lot like that but don't forget the two LPs Eno did with Cluster, particularly the second called "After the Heat" - also the third Wire LP "154" owes a lot (to my ears) to that period of Eno. If you like the instrumental bits on those records, you'll probably like most Cluster and related (Harmonia in particular) releases. <Or the "Healthy Colours I-IV" tracks on "The Essential Fripp & Eno", for that matter. I always liked those..> Much of the output of Richard Pinhas's group Heldon would probably appeal to Fripp and Eno fans. Bob Bannister