thats cuz its shite!!!


no, seriously...

spiritualized ladies and gentlemen...

yummy:cool:

the brh one, are those "real" strings or synths?

i feel sorry for anybody who doesnt like the soft bulletin.

the booklet actually says they're real cello and varied strings.
I had assumed they were synths but no
good for them;)

yep. My guess is that some bits the "real strings" recorded are also used as samples in some songs. I think. Not sure. It's been a while since my last brh listening session :D.

i guess you're right.

yeah, i second ladies and gentlemen...

and the soft bulletin too.

Nick Drake's stuff

Albert Ayler's "Live At Slug's Salloon" - the violin work on there is pretty damn nifty.

You don't have to feel sorry for me. All it means is that I got to see them back before they turned into a sweetly saccharine symphonic shadow of their former selves. Age has its benefits on occasion. Nice that they're successful and everything, but I do not like the path they've been on for some time.

I'm never usually a fan of strings, but this album pulled them off in a raucous and screeching manner while still managing to hold a tune. Well done, Nate Walcott.

Oh hell yeah. I made sure that "Submarine #3" was the first song on the mix that played at my wedding reception.

Brigitte Fontaine - Brigitte Fontaine est...

String ?

 

You know the ancient Greeks had an atom theory. Went something like...

Guy 1: Hey, what if you cut a loaf of bread so many times that you couldn't cut it anymore and these little unsliceable bits made up everything?
Guy 2: Okay. What would that imply?
Guy 1: I don't know.
Guy 2: I think I like Aristotle's earth, wind, fire, and water elements better.
Guy 1: Yeah, me too.

THAT is such a good LP, i haven't noticed that many strings though; must listen again then:cool:

Bill Callahan - Sometimes I wish we were an eagle
My Brightest Diamond - A thousand shark's teeth

Lots of good one's already mentioned (^ the strings on 'Sometimes...' are AMAZING). For now, going to add:

Jim O'Rourke - Eureka
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
John Cale - Paris 1919
Nico - Desertshore
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Make It Happen

Sure there's tons I'm forgetting...

Some of mine:
Dr John: City Lights
Lou Reed: Berlin
John Cale: Paris 1919
Procol Harum: In concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Deep Purple: Concerto with group and orchestra
Yes: Time and a word
Frank Zappa: Lumpy Gravy
the Nice: Five Bridges
the Nice: Ars Longa Vita Brevis
Björk: Homogenic
Björk: Vespertine
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Good Son
Tom Waits: Blue Valentine
Love: Forever Changes
the Beatles: Sgt Pepper
Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Sielun Veljet: Softwood music (under slow pillars)

PJ Harvey's "Dry" has some pretty interesting cello bits in the background, thanks to Rob Ellis.

Have you heard that new song by Circuit Des Yeux, ''3311''? Wow, really beautiful. Nae strings tho.