Spiritualized: Sublime

[SpookyFrank]

nah, sorry.

still bullshit.

Name a record post-1991 that sounds remotely like laser guided melodies then?

 

[El Jefe]

A poor imitation of many far superior bands.

 

[El Jefe]

I do listen to new music. For one thing rock albums these days (including the last couple of spiritualized records) are almost all mixed far too loud to get the kind of depth of sound there is on LGM; and for another there just don't seem to be any bands around who make that kind of music. I'm not saying all new music is shit, just that nothing like laser guided melodies has ever been recorded since.

Did you win the bet?

 

[Johnny Vodka]

It's one of my favourite albums ever.

 

[rutabowa]

used to like it but now it's a bit emo-barassing

 

[killer b]

Name a record post-1991 that sounds remotely like laser guided melodies then?

why? i don't listen to much progressive rock, so i've no idea what does or doesn't sound like laser guided melodies. however, i'm absolutely certain there's plenty of people with the time, patience and inclination to record an album like it.

maybe there isn't anything that sounds like it - but perhaps that's because spiritualised already sounded like that, 16 years ago - and progressive bands want to sound progressive?

 

[BassJunkie]

Laser Guided Melodies is utterly God like IMO, it's up there with Jimi, Orb etc, it's the sonic-ness maaaan. I too sit with a cup of tea enjoying breakcore.

 

[stavros]

"Ladies And Gentlemen...." is my favourite Spiritualized album. It's incredibly huge and ambitious, and to its immense credit doesn't come out of it sounding pretentious as it easily could've done. His albums since, whilst still good, do seem a bit of a let down in comparison. To me at least.

 

[SpookyFrank]

why? i don't listen to much progressive rock, so i've no idea what does or doesn't sound like laser guided melodies. however, i'm absolutely certain there's plenty of people with the time, patience and inclination to record an album like it.

maybe there isn't anything that sounds like it - but perhaps that's because spiritualised already sounded like that, 16 years ago - and progressive bands want to sound progressive?

Laser guided melodies ain't progressive rock. Prog is all daft time signatures, widdly solos and pseudo-classical arrangements. Laser guided melodies consists almost entirely of G and C chords played in 4/4 time with some nice slinky basslines and simple guitar parts repeated lots and lots of times and built up in lots of layers. If you listen to spacemen 3 then it's easy to spot how the early spiritualized stuff evolved from 60's garage rock, that sometime mortal enemy of prog rock

As for nobody wanting to rehash the past, a quick listen to what passes for alternative rock these days should show you that nobody very much is worried about that

 

[SpookyFrank]

used to like it but now it's a bit emo-barassing

It's not ideal for playing at parties I'll give you that

And I have it on good authority that Jason Pierce is an utter twat, but I don't think that will come as news to anyone.

 

[killer b]

so what is it, if not prog? progressive rock was always a pretty broad church by my understanding...

and there's plenty of alternative rock which pushes boundaries.

 

[SpookyFrank]

so what is it, if not prog?

I suppose you could call it psychadelic rock, but like I said earlier it doesn't really sound like anything else so it's hard to find a genre to fit it in. It's definitely not prog though

 

[butchersapron]

so what is it, if not prog?

Shit?

 

[rutabowa]

...and to its immense credit doesn't come out of it sounding pretentious as it easily could've done.

yes it does

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I wrote this little review of "ladies and gentlemen...": http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=337

 

[El Jefe]

yes it does

yep

 

[ouchmonkey]

yep

nope.


I don't buy huge and ambitious neither.

loud songs, quiet songs, freeform noise freakout type thang.

nothing he hadn't done before, bit more polish.

I think it's great by the way. Pretentious though? Nah.

 

[jbob]

Cliched? Po-faced?

 

[jbob]

I wrote this little review of "ladies and gentlemen...": http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=337

LOL!

 

[rutabowa]

i just listened to spacemen 3's playing with fire and it was fucking great, just thought i should add that

 

[SpookyFrank]

I wrote this little review of "ladies and gentlemen...": http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=337

I never realised that the riff from 'electricity' was nicked off of 'I'm a believer'

 

[ouchmonkey]

Cliched? Po-faced?

rock'n' roll cliches are the building blocks of their music so, if you like.
Po-faced? - 'I Think I'm In Love' is just a string of one-line gags, there's plenty of self aware humour in the lyrics elsewhere too, it's people who take them too seriously that are po-faced

 

[Felina]

I've seen plenty of good dnb sets. In clubs. Where drum and bass belongs. Anyone who sits at home on the sofa with a cup of tea listening to it needs serious psychiatic help.

Oi! Doesn't matter what drink you've got in your hand. Esp if you've got a good sound system.