Steve Temple

Clearly Bonnie Bob taught you something, ie that word! He once used the phrase "the more famous of the 2 bands I was in", but a Google search revealed nothing but an illustrious career in the field of linguistics Didn't Shaun come up with name? I got the impression that he did, which would make his sidelining a tad unfair. Anyway, it's the worst thing about The Welles

You nonce, you're in my Essentials of Language class, are you not? Has Robert McCall Millar taught you nothing? "not me"

Those who pay attention to my posts (hello mum!) will know that I don't believe in the idea of the rock album. However, there have been a few which have struck me as having genuine artistic merit, so here they are: 1, Head Over Heels - Cocteau Twins 2, All is Dream - Mercury Rev 3, The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers 4, Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound 5, Strange Times - The Chameleons 6, Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk 7, Mellon Collie and Infinte Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins 8, In A Pagan Place - The Waterboys 9, Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane 10, The Red Thread - Arab Strap

Either: "She wears denim wherever she goes, says she's going to get some records by the Status Quo, oh yeah" (The Concept - Teenage Fanclub) or "I wore my fringe like Roger McGuinn's, I was hoping to impress. So frightfully camp, it made you laugh, tomorrow I'll buy myself a dress" (Consolation Prize - Orange Juice)

Sounds like an example of urban Scots vernacular. It's use shouldn't be discouraged

I've listened to The Chameleons ever since the acoustic version of Soul In Isolation was included on an Uncut free CD many years ago, although Strange Times is the only album I have. What I've heard from their newer albums (Indiana and Anyone Alive) has been disappointing

Good man' date=' on two counts Other than their use of regional accents in singing (which is at least better than faux-american accents) Bloc Party are untouchable. They have shown themselves to be willing to expand on the "angular" template and play pop songs with an ethereal and beautiful quality to them. But then maybe it's the fact they play pop songs at all, that you're so against Franz Ferdinand, for their part, have tight grooves, perfect melodies and unusual song structures, as well as a bit of style. What more do you want! Of course, Project Ven Hell would rather they had ten minutes of noise instead, something you [i']really have to listen to

At least the best band ever are in at No.75. Thought The Jam would be in there, considering their numerous no.1 singles

I use "Hussar" instead, but people always think I'm talking about the Austro-Hungarian cavalry maestros

Didn't assume, mistakenly guessed from the use of the pronoun "I" rather than "we" in your detailed account. Thought perhaps you were in the Central Belt anyway, and decided to go along. Further credit to you for making the special effort to go down

They may yet be, but thank God they moved on from that phase Dave describes. Cripes

Decades indeed, the ultimate Joy Division song, in every sense of the word

All credit to you for attending, especially on your own, and for the feedback. Are you doing it for the love, or are you in an official capacity of some sort?

Come on, you like Lovesong and Lullaby, and you must like the title track. As for this Untitled one, I haven't heard it

Show a bit of consideration! Neighbours has it's own thread, for your nudge-nudge-wink-winking admiration I thought Dave was an integral part of Dedalus, and it was his tastes that had influenced the new post-rock direction, but that doesn't seem to be the case, which means that his leaving won't mean the end of the post-rock! But his own stuff should be interesting

I am sold on that one!

I hate the Foos, but I bought There Is Nothing Left To Lose (many years syne) solely because of it's front cover. There are those in my circle who remember me proclaiming the FF tattooed on the back of a neck to be "militant"

Music is math. An emotive delivery or an honestly written song may provide catharisis for the artist, but it ignores the experience of the listener. It takes thought to create a melody to adequately seduce a listener, and even more thought to imagine a poetic abstraction that will reward the listener for listening, and provide a gift along with the seduction Witness Siouxie and The Banshees and Joy Division for examples, the former for songs written subjectively, and the latter for songs that are delivered in a cold fashion, however honest their subject matter may be. Both are great because of this

The Smashing Pumpkins last ever single