I'm not feeling the love for Brian Eno.

gmku · 02.15.2008, 02:31 PM

Over the last few months, I've added some Eno LPs to my collection: Taking Tiger Mountain, Another Green World, and Before and After Science, as well as the David Byrne collaboration My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Only the last one appeals much to me. I'm not warming up much yet to the other three. For all their rep, I thought I'd really dig these. Will they grow on me?

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 02.15.2008, 02:33 PM

I haven't listened to Eno in like two years, I liked him back then, not so sure now. I'm not a huge ambient fan, but it's pretty good stuff. If you like that kind of music it'll grow on you.

gmku · 02.15.2008, 02:41 PM

Okay. And it's not that I hate these LPs. I just don't feel them yet. I'll give them time.

atsonicpark · 02.15.2008, 02:47 PM

He's a good music innovator, not a good music creator.

It's pretty boring stuff and has been bettered since then.

I still pull out "Music for Airports" when I'm feeling saucy.

Florya · 02.15.2008, 03:05 PM

I never really got into those 3 either. 'Apollo - Atmospheres and Soundtracks' and 'Ambient 1 - Music for Airports' are my faves.

PAULYBEE2656 · 02.15.2008, 04:11 PM

you have omited to get the obvious classic. if you buy one eno album in your life make it this one...

here come the warm jets is incredible

gmku · 02.15.2008, 04:20 PM

I've been watching for it. (I know I could pick it up anytime on CD, but I buy almost exclusively LPs these days.)

Rob Instigator · 02.15.2008, 04:24 PM

fuck that eno shit.

batreleaser · 02.15.2008, 04:27 PM

i love being high and following asleep to music for airports, i also love roxy music, but they wre just as good without eno as they were with eno, anyways, i duno, eno is a brilliant soundsmith, up there with phil spected, brian wilson, kevin sheilds, aphex twin, the rza etc.., but he also ruined no wave, and i hate him for that, if you dig ambient music they should grow on you, if not, sell em back.

PAULYBEE2656 · 02.15.2008, 04:31 PM

im sure it was reissued sometime back on vinyl.............. maybe not tho. anyhoo, its amazing album!

lungfish · 02.15.2008, 04:36 PM

though i love Here Come The Warm Jets, i infinitely prefer Taking Tiger Mountain
that album is beautiful and i have listened to it countless times.

does "Burning Airlines.." not affect you?
that's such a classic song.
or the breakdown in "Mother Whale Eyeless"?
or "Backwater" for that matter?
all good.

if not, leave it alone for awhile.
come back to it.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 02.15.2008, 04:36 PM

I like a lot of his work with others, but his solo stuff is all so ambient that none of it does anything for me. Just good background music.

gmku · 02.15.2008, 04:36 PM

Taking Tiger Mountain is more interesting to me than Green World and Before and After Science.

lungfish · 02.15.2008, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmku

Taking Tiger Mountain is more interesting...

say no more.
you're good in my book.

although, like I said, "Backwater" from Before and After could have easily fit into Taking Tiger Mountain
that's my favorite Eno track. a perfect song, as far as i'm concerned.

super_charger · 02.15.2008, 05:57 PM

I'm more a fan of his 'pop' albums but I love 'Ambient 4: On Land'...'Music for Airports', not so much. Tiger Mountain is an incredible album.

toxic johnny · 02.15.2008, 06:43 PM

I have spoken many times about my love for Here Come The Warm Jets...

when I was a kid I used to really believe that Eno was an alien.

Glice · 02.16.2008, 08:08 AM

Never got the love for Eno unless I'm heavily opiated, which doesn't happen at all these days. Second side of Low is the only thing I could ever bear to listen to sober, and even so...

02.18.2008, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

He's a good music innovator, not a good music creator.

The other way round, please.

fugazifan · 02.18.2008, 08:58 AM

i bought his cd with byrne-my life in the bush of ghosts, and quite like it

andrei · 02.18.2008, 10:38 AM

I really enjoy Music For Airport performed by Bang On A Can, but besides that nothing caught my attention

02.15.2008, 02:31 PM	#1
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Over the last few months, I've added some Eno LPs to my collection: Taking Tiger Mountain, Another Green World, and Before and After Science, as well as the David Byrne collaboration My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Only the last one appeals much to me. I'm not warming up much yet to the other three. For all their rep, I thought I'd really dig these. Will they grow on me? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	I haven't listened to Eno in like two years, I liked him back then, not so sure now. I'm not a huge ambient fan, but it's pretty good stuff. If you like that kind of music it'll grow on you. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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02.15.2008, 02:41 PM	#3
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Okay. And it's not that I hate these LPs. I just don't feel them yet. I'll give them time. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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02.15.2008, 02:47 PM	#4
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	He's a good music innovator, not a good music creator. It's pretty boring stuff and has been bettered since then. I still pull out "Music for Airports" when I'm feeling saucy. __________________
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02.15.2008, 03:05 PM	#5
Florya expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: a little world, all of my own. Posts: 1,668	I never really got into those 3 either. 'Apollo - Atmospheres and Soundtracks' and 'Ambient 1 - Music for Airports' are my faves. __________________ it takes an old guy like bloodbeach'85 to get anything right - atari 2600 listening mirror @ Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/listening-mirror
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	you have omited to get the obvious classic. if you buy one eno album in your life make it this one... here come the warm jets is incredible __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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02.15.2008, 04:20 PM	#7
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I've been watching for it. (I know I could pick it up anytime on CD, but I buy almost exclusively LPs these days.) __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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02.15.2008, 04:24 PM	#8
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	fuck that eno shit. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.15.2008, 04:27 PM	#9
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	i love being high and following asleep to music for airports, i also love roxy music, but they wre just as good without eno as they were with eno, anyways, i duno, eno is a brilliant soundsmith, up there with phil spected, brian wilson, kevin sheilds, aphex twin, the rza etc.., but he also ruined no wave, and i hate him for that, if you dig ambient music they should grow on you, if not, sell em back.
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02.15.2008, 04:31 PM	#10
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	im sure it was reissued sometime back on vinyl.............. maybe not tho. anyhoo, its amazing album! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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02.15.2008, 04:36 PM	#11
lungfish bad moon rising Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: nyc Posts: 236	though i love Here Come The Warm Jets, i infinitely prefer Taking Tiger Mountain that album is beautiful and i have listened to it countless times. does "Burning Airlines.." not affect you? that's such a classic song. or the breakdown in "Mother Whale Eyeless"? or "Backwater" for that matter? all good. if not, leave it alone for awhile. come back to it.
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02.15.2008, 04:36 PM	#12
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I like a lot of his work with others, but his solo stuff is all so ambient that none of it does anything for me. Just good background music.
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02.15.2008, 05:57 PM	#15
super_charger bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 165	I'm more a fan of his 'pop' albums but I love 'Ambient 4: On Land'...'Music for Airports', not so much. Tiger Mountain is an incredible album.
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02.15.2008, 06:43 PM	#16
toxic johnny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,657	I have spoken many times about my love for Here Come The Warm Jets... when I was a kid I used to really believe that Eno was an alien. __________________ Built Toxic J Tough Optic Disc
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fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	i bought his cd with byrne-my life in the bush of ghosts, and quite like it __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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02.18.2008, 10:38 AM	#20
andrei expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,686	I really enjoy Music For Airport performed by Bang On A Can, but besides that nothing caught my attention
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