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Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Mon 19 Aug 2024, 6:19 pm
by daveid
If I remember correctly, these two demos were mastered and mixed especially for their 2001 release.
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Mon 19 Aug 2024, 8:20 pm
by Too Many Shadows
It’s probably heretical, but I prefer this to the Minnelli recording. There’s more room given to the wax and wane of electronics.
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Mon 19 Aug 2024, 11:18 pm
by Gnomic
For me this is all about the pathos. And effectively so. Definately domestic abuse going on there.
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Wed 21 Aug 2024, 10:13 pm
by Meebabi
Love this one. I thought it was especially well done as a duet for the performance tour. Yes, I am aware it was originally meant to be a duet.
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Fri 23 Aug 2024, 12:16 pm
by Neilatrone
Track 43 : One of the Crowd
Introspective Further Listening Disc 2 - Track 13
Chris takes the lead. This was definitely "a grower".
I can remember my first few listens to this track and not being impressed. Now it suits a certain mood.
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Fri 23 Aug 2024, 1:14 pm
by jasonjohn
Chris' biggest lyrical effort?
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Fri 23 Aug 2024, 3:48 pm
by nonesuch
I always enjoy Chris's vocal appearances, but the effects are so heavy on this it's hard to understand the (quite clever) lyrics.
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Fri 23 Aug 2024, 6:27 pm
by Too Many Shadows
A little bit of vocoder is never a bad thing, but I find this is full on! One of their curate’s eggs?
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Fri 23 Aug 2024, 9:58 pm
by leesmapman
Great song. Exactly what I want in a PSB track. I love the comments in the Alternative booklet where they were howling with laughter whilst listening to the song.
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Sat 24 Aug 2024, 8:22 pm
by Gary1962
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Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Sat 24 Aug 2024, 8:29 pm
by daveid
Huge coincidence that we've reached One of the crowd, as Chris' demo of Schlager reminds me of the vocoder effects in this track.
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Mon 26 Aug 2024, 1:32 pm
by Neilatrone
Track 44 : Your Funny Uncle
Introspective Further Listening Disc 2 - Track 15
Introspective Further Listening draws to a melancholy close.
Two minutes of beauty twinged with sadness.
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Mon 26 Aug 2024, 3:03 pm
by nonesuch
Makes me tear up just thinking about it. The clarinet line was an inspired choice.
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Mon 26 Aug 2024, 4:17 pm
by Too Many Shadows
I think Your Funnny Uncle is another scene-setting masterpiece! It’s chock-a-block with details of stuffy reputability rubbing up against a more open society. A world captured in under two and a half minutes. The fact this is hidden away on a b-side perfectly illustrates what an embarrassment of riches the PSB catalogue is. Brilliant!
Re: Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless
Posted: Mon 26 Aug 2024, 7:31 pm
by neilgregory72
Too Many Shadows wrote: Mon 26 Aug 2024, 4:17 pm
I think Your Funnny Uncle is another scene-setting masterpiece! It’s chock-a-block with details of stuffy reputability rubbing up against a more open society. A world captured in under two and a half minutes. The fact this is hidden away on a b-side perfectly illustrates what an embarrassment of riches the PSB catalogue is. Brilliant!
I agree with everything here. It's a beautiful evocation of an awful time. One of my favorite B-sides of all.