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michael
Dec-11-2006, 07:15 GMT
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Unknown
| I Love Simon, play his records all the time. I´m curious what other groups out there do you think could match his talent??? (It´s sure not the Peppers or Timber Lake? Man, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH MODERN MUSIC? Just buy a big fat toillet and flush it.)
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miriam
Dec-11-2006, 19:57 GMT
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Germany
 | You mean groups which have popped up during the last couple of years? None...IMO. |
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michael
Dec-12-2006, 01:38 GMT
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Unknown
| Well, I would like to suggest three bands that you will probalby never hear of but should, and ARE GREAT musicians: The Weary Boys, The Stone Coyotees, and Dune TX.
Let me know what you think.
Worth checking out. Please recommend some to me...I´m always looking for great music! |
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Dave C
Dec-12-2006, 10:03 GMT
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United Kingdom
 | There was a truly commercially underrated, but critically acclaimed British group called Squeeze, who after several splits, reunions, new line ups and unofficial hiatuses finally split up in 1999.
Their main men were Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, their most (arguably) famous member was Jools Holland.
Well worth checking out: http://www.squeezefan.com
This site is no longer current but contains great information on the band and links to all the key members websites.
Simon & Garfunkel are name checked on Chris`s first solo album. Have fun finding it.
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Silvia
Dec-13-2006, 10:30 GMT
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Germany
| Well, I think whats happening these days is that most people don`t appreciate good music any more but just listen to all the crap that is being heavily promoted and doesn`t require much thinking. I think that`s actually why Surprise has not been promoted here in Germay as it doesn`t follow this tendency. Especially here there are very few people who think about what crap they are listening to. It happened to me more than once that I told people I had been to England to see Paul Simon and they asked my `Who`s that? Oh, the guy from Simon & Garfunkel? Is he still alive?â? Wow, that gives me so much pain every time it happens.
As to other good bands, I`m sure there are some, but once you start comparing them to Paul (which is what I alwas do) it gets hard for anyone to pass the test. |
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Richard
Dec-13-2006, 11:43 GMT
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Unknown
| I liked Squeeze, too.
As to other music, I haven´t found anything current at the moment that has interested me very much. A few of the older singer/songwriters have done some work that I recommend. For example, the album Rhymes in Rooms by Al Stewart (this album is over 10 years Old) was quite good, as was the album "I´m Still Alive" by Jackson Browne. There are also some excellent songs on McCartney´s Flaming Pie, but I found the album overall to be spotty. |
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Dave C
Dec-13-2006, 14:47 GMT
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United Kingdom
| I know what you mean about promotion Silvia. YTO wasn´t promoted in England and it just about scraped the top 40. Surprise, however, got a television campaign and it went straight in at number 4, staying in the same position for about a month. After he performed on Parky they started to run adverts for the album again.
My friends tried to wind me up about the album´s chart position, my retort was that of all top five new entrants he was the only one who would be getting his bus pass this year and I´d like to see those other acts still charting and making relevant, amazing, beautifil, lyrically intelligent music in 40 years time.
Anyway, good to see there is another Squeeze fan around as well. |
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Mimi
Dec-13-2006, 17:19 GMT
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Austria
 | That info about how YTO did in England compared to Surprise is very interesting, Dave. It just shows, that it is really all about marketing and that is so sad. Surprise almost did not exist in Austria ( I think 73 for one week) and the same goes for Germany as far as I know. So you either put a lot of money in promoting or you have a very public persona and the papers write about everything you do, than you can sell a lot of records, no matter what music is on it (like Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and the likes) Not a very sympatic joice. |
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follower
Dec-14-2006, 04:50 GMT
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Canada
 | Wait a minute, guys, lol..you want Paul to be like bimbos like Paris Hilton.. think.. Paul´s fans KNOW he´s the classiest, most talented, most brilliant singer/songwriter alive!!! And if he cared about public recognition and Grammys he wouldn´t be the Paul we know and Love, right?? |
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Dave C
Dec-14-2006, 09:49 GMT
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United Kingdom
| All, sadly, very true isn`t it Mimi. You can`t help but think that a gap of six years plus between albums doesn`t help. I mean, when he did his Graceland tour he was selling out four or five successive nights at the arena venues!! With Surprise they curtained off the back of Wembley.
Now in relation to what Follower says, I full heartedly agree with what you are saying. WE know he is the best at what he does. I agree he doesn`t care about the chart success, but the way I like to think of it is that the better he does then the more people are enjoying him.
After sales of some 14 million for Graceland I still struggle to understand why at least half of those people don`t tap into some wisdom and go buy his other recordings. Almost all of his contemporaries seem to do better than him, but if anybody out there has the numeric skills I think we will be able to see that he is a bigger seller. Look at his sales and his output, it would work out on average that he shifts more units per album than Bob Dylan, Macca or Bowie.
I think we want the success for him more than he does. |
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