Hi my friend. Great to see you temp back, and waiting with breted breath to see what you and Zimbo come up with. One thing I dont get though is why ye never consider "Streets of Philadelphia" as a song article. its way, way, my fav bruce song. Anyway things recovering here in 2024; both myself and Liz lost our fathers at the end of last year, and that#s not much fun.[1]
As a side note, and dunno if you are much of a Joy Division nerd, but have been considering creating a page on their frustrated "third album". Tracks would have included "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "Transmission", the deeply affecting "Komakino",[2] which has perhaps Hookies strongest bass line, and only god knows what else. Ceoil (talk) 11:12, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Ceoil, so sorry to hear about your and Liz's losses—sincerest deep condolences. :-( I don't mind "Streets of Philadelphia" but musically it reminds me too much of Valentine's Day, not sure if you agree. I'm actually an un-Joy Division non-hipster—they're among the bands I've always wanted to check out but sadly never got to. In my teens I became especially familiar with Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s list, and had a good respect for everything on it, even if I didn't get to hearing it all. Last year I saw someone wearing a Metallica Kill 'Em All t-shirt, then by coincidence a minute later someone wearing a New Order Power, Corruption and Lies t-shirt. I told him, "Hey, cool t-shirt. That guy over there is wearing a Metallica Kill 'Em All t-shirt. Two classic albums of the eighties, both on Rolling Stone's list of the best 100 albums of the decade." But in a way I felt kind of like a wanna-be because I hadn't actually heard either album. Joy Division's Closer is also on the list. All right, tonight once and for all I want to listen to them—I've actually coincidentally been thinking about this recently. I want to start with PCL and Closer, and then try to get to the songs you linked to sometime after that. Thanks for the nudge! Moisejp (talk) 02:31, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
- A "un-Joy Division" music fan? Dude, never darken my depressing goth door again :) Hadn't heard Valentine's Day before...many thanks for that. Saw your review of the Hoff's FAC; thats me back listing to early 80s jangle-pop again...never thought that band got the cred they were due...there was a period before they hit big when they were Velves covering indie darlings in the British music press, and my god did they rock live.[3] Ceoil (talk) 11:40, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yo Ceoil, I finally have a mo to get back to you! Thanks for the link, I enjoyed their cover of "Waiting for the Man". A number of months ago for the first time in forever I discovered a new band I really like, La Femme from France. Maybe they're well known in the UK and Ireland (being from just across the English Channel)? I'd never heard of them, but a friend sent me a link to this song: [[4]] which is their most commercial song I've heard. They've got several albums and I'm still slowly exploring them. One of their albums is all in Spanish: [[5]] <-- the fourth song "Y Tu Te Vas" is my favourite for now from that one. "Paradigme" the first tune from the album "Paradigmes" is another one that's among my current favourites [[6]]. Yeah, dunno if you already know them and do/will like them, but that's my musical report for you this time. :-) Moisejp (talk) 17:13, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- A "un-Joy Division" music fan? Dude, never darken my depressing goth door again :) Hadn't heard Valentine's Day before...many thanks for that. Saw your review of the Hoff's FAC; thats me back listing to early 80s jangle-pop again...never thought that band got the cred they were due...there was a period before they hit big when they were Velves covering indie darlings in the British music press, and my god did they rock live.[3] Ceoil (talk) 11:40, 20 July 2024 (UTC)