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yingguoguizi
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China
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 Posted - 08/07/2007 : 21:46:57
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IMHO, the best song on Bluefinger. I see it as more of a Frank Black song than the Black Francis we see on the likes of Threshold, and Cpt.
I love the guitar riff when FBs singing "He played Piano really Fuckin good... ". It's very melodic. The song's also got an excellent narrative, and to me seems more like Frank as narrator as opposed to him embodying the spirit of brood, like on other album tracks. It also has a kind of late Catholics feel about it.
Agree / disagree?
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2007 : 22:02:03
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Originally posted by yingguoguizi
IMHO, the best song on Bluefinger. Any thoughts?
It's far and away my favorite. It was from the first time I listened to the album. I didn't so much like the version he did in a recent radio interview, though. The melody got lost in that one. In the album version, the melody is enchanting. And the part at the end where the angels are marching Herman Brood to heaven is sublime.
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 00:53:08
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agree. on wednesdays it's the best song on the record.
but i'd count pasty more catholics than black francis. it is 'i want rock and roll' after all. |
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2463 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 02:17:22
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mikaelp75
- FB Fan -
131 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 02:44:08
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| I agree with what you say; my favourite on first spin, more country Catholicsy, excellent narrative, inspired ending etc. Shame he didn't play that one or the title track on the Euro tour. Or Test Pilot Blues (I love "this part" too). |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 04:28:25
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Thanks Ziggy, I definitely agree, the outro is bloody brilliant. Definitely my favourite moment in the album.
I started very skeptically with Bluefinger but am now hooked as always. Vive le Frank!
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 09:44:26
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Yeah, my favorite, I reckon (Threshold is also up there). It's the outro that really gets me too, I've been playing it on guitar and trying to sing it lately, heh!
"I hate how the reptile dreams it's a mammal. Scaley monster: be what you are!!" - Erebus. |
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misterwoe
= Cult of Ray =
Greece
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Posted - 08/08/2007 : 09:56:00
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"...Good enough for John and Yoko, man!" Yeah this song rocks.
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You're all a bunch of slaves! |
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 10:05:13
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Originally posted by Carl
It's the outro that really gets me too, I've been playing it on guitar and trying to sing it lately, heh!
snap!
another inspired contribution from Violet sending shivers. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 10:18:15
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Yeah, I dunno about you S, but I feel silly attempting those "Whoos" and "Ahhhs"! :D
"I hate how the reptile dreams it's a mammal. Scaley monster: be what you are!!" - Erebus. |
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 10:26:29
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Sillly? Neh. Come here mate and I'll have you singing and strumming along to Balamory.
play it in the sanctuary of the bathroom. let it reverberate around you. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 10:41:34
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Hahaha, I've never attemted the Balamory theme!
"Ba-la-mo-ry, ba-la-mo-ry!!"
"I hate how the reptile dreams it's a mammal. Scaley monster: be what you are!!" - Erebus. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 11:57:08
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This song has soothed me through a difficult time and brought me to tears many a time. Frank heals.
I got some heaven in my head
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 12:13:35
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You do mean Angels, not Balamory, Kathryn? ;D
"I hate how the reptile dreams it's a mammal. Scaley monster: be what you are!!" - Erebus. |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 16:47:12
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Frank does heal K. Sorry you have been going through a rough patch. Frank's music is always there during the good times and the bad.
It's funny that since Frank was talking about the interview on BBC (the one coastline was talking about) that I can't get that picture of the angels taking Herman Brood to heaven out of my head every time I listen to it.
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 16:53:28
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Originally posted by Carl
Hahaha, I've never attemted the Balamory theme!
"Ba-la-mo-ry, ba-la-mo-ry!!"
That just seriously ruins it. The theme from the actual programme is better, not the remix. I actually watch it quite a bit. I love Miss Hoolies accent!
Oh yeah and 'Angels Come To Comfort You' is one of my favourites along with 'Threshold' and 'Bluefinger'.
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yingguoguizi
- FB Fan -
China
62 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 18:02:55
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Originally posted by coastline
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It's far and away my favorite. It was from the first time I listened to the album. I didn't so much like the version he did in a recent radio interview, though. The melody got lost in that one. In the album version, the melody is enchanting. And the part at the end where the angels are marching Herman Brood to heaven is sublime.
I Agree with you, Cohen. It wasn't as good as the album version. However, it was nice to here FB giving a bit of a commentary for the song. Also, nice to hear it live and acoustic.
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mixedbizz
- FB Fan -
USA
176 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2007 : 19:42:03
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Originally posted by fbc
agree. on wednesdays it's the best song on the record.
but i'd count pasty more catholics than black francis. it is 'i want rock and roll' after all.
Cpt pastey is "I want Rock-n-Roll" isn't it? Can't wait for part 3 :) |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2007 : 00:25:31
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The outro of Angels reminds me an awful lot of TOTY, esp. The Vanishing Spies. Great, great song.
Denis
"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say." |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2007 : 01:32:00
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Denis, that's exactly how I feel about it. EDF in the rafters.
"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2007 : 09:23:16
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Originally posted by pixiestu
I love Miss Hoolies accent!
I actually thing Miss Hoolie is kinda hawt.
"I hate how the reptile dreams it's a mammal. Scaley monster: be what you are!!" - Erebus. |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2007 : 13:20:06
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She totally is. Josie Jump is a bit of alright too.
"The arc of triumph" |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2007 : 09:21:29
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"What's the story in Balamory, wouldn't you like to know!" |
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bonedry
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141 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2007 : 14:52:46
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who are the musicians on bluefinger?
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Czar
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
321 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2007 : 19:08:14
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Angels is a perfect transition from The Catholics stuff. You could end listening to SMYT and start off BF with this one seamlessly. On my leaked version of BY it is the opener and it's great.
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Do you think the Pixies were a brouillon of Black Francis? |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2007 : 21:23:27
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Originally posted by Czar
On my leaked version of BY it is the opener and it's great.
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Do you think the Pixies were a brouillon of Black Francis?
Weird. That's two Montrealers I've heard that from. Yours is alphabetical, right?
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1718 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2007 : 23:59:05
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Originally posted by bonedry
who are the musicians on bluefinger?
Black Francis: vocals, guitar, harmonica
Dan Schmid: bass
Jason Carter: drums
Violet Clark: vocals
Produced by Mark Lemhouse
 Awesome! I fuckin' shot this!
"Les Blackolero, y sont forts en sacramant" - Czar | 06/26/2007 | 20:10:34
free music | Blackolero | Frank Black & Pixies Tributes |
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Czar
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
321 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 07:04:00
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Coastline: I don't know. I think. I had to mess around quite a bit with the file format in order to get them to work on both my iRiver and my car CD player. The order might have been messed up in the process.
We Montrealers tend to be soooo unconventional.
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Do you think the Pixies were a brouillon of Black Francis? |
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deathwatch3000
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/07/2007 : 16:48:38
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| really like this song, the ending is awesome, what i really really really really like about this song is the way that your mouth into mine comes straight after as part if the narrative. angels come to... is about his suicide, the bit at the end of that song is him jumping and the song after is (supposedly) his ressurection, which completely makes sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no one ever reads this far down into a thread anyway!! so blah, blah blah blahh bla bla bla blaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh blah!!! |
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Mismatched Sasquatch
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 10/02/2007 : 08:37:38
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| Great song. In order to suck my wife into new Frank (new Black?), i start the album off with this one, then start Pasty up after Bluefinger. And this way Tight Black Rubber is the finisher, which works well :) |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2007 : 19:36:08
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Easily the best song of the album, best song of the year, possibly Frank's best song ever. This one is perfect in every possible way. Well done, Frank!
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2007 : 20:27:20
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Though the title track has risen to almost the same level as this one for me, "Angels" is still tops. It's a bit rough around the edges ("He played piano really fuckin' good" has to be the laziest lyric Frank's ever written, followed closely by "So he could paint, yeah he had he touch"), but the emotion in this song is off the charts. I love how his voice cracks on the word "dead." And, as said above, the outro is brilliant, as is the transition from this track to the next, where Brood is resurrected as none other than Black Francis.
I hear he's doing this one live now. For those who have heard it, has he sped it up at all? I bet it'd kick ass if it were played even faster.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 10/03/2007 : 05:19:54
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Yes, some lines aren't that great in this song. But Herman Brood himself sometimes had such lines, nursery rhymes you know
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BF: Mag ik Engels spreken? |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2007 : 18:21:42
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| "Wispering the name that rhymes with dead"-does he mean 'dood'?! And does that rhyme with Brood? |
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Angels Come to Comfort You
