From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V10 #247 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Tuesday, November 27 2007 Volume 10 : Number 247 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] Read & Burn 3 ["Keith A" ] RE: [idealcopy] Read & Burn 3 ["Keith Knight" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:16:59 -0000 From: "Keith A" Subject: [idealcopy] Read & Burn 3 Hi everybody. Been a bit slow off the mark getting this, but I've got to say on early listens I am *seriously* impressed. 23 Years Too late is pretty darn awesome. And no, it's not a moment too long. Graham's spoken lyrics are perfectly suited to that haunting background before they power into that simplistic/poppy chorus before everything falls away to that droney ending (c/o Bruce?). I love it. You're gonna have to look hard to find much better than this all year. Elsewhere, yeah there's something of a blur between the Wire and Githead sound, which I guess is to be expected. Our Time is one such track. Very like Githead, but at the same time, that chugging beat is soooo Wire. And in the same way that Malka's bassplaying makes a huge contribution to how good Art Pop is, Graham's on excellent form here on his four stringed monster (I love that relentless riff on the verse of No Warning Given). Colin's a lucky man to have two such fine players at his disposal! ; ) Resuscitating Wire must carry a certain pressure (and Eng football supporters will know only too well what disasters pressure can cause!). But far from being afraid of their past, Wire take bits of it - a jangly Kidney Bingos-like guitar on NWG, Robert's incessant beats, great melodies (I've not mentioned Desert Diving yet, so I'll mention it here. Great tune - very A Bell Is A Cup... era Wire!!). I remember thinking after that awesome Brighton gig in 2002, that Wire made it all seem so easy. Four blokes, 2 guitars, a bass and drums on stage, a concept we've seen so many times. And yet there they were all those (23!) years later, playing a blinder of a set consisting almost entirely of new material. A set full of power, intuition, and yet a certain simplicity that made you wonder how - if it WAS this easy - why couldn't other people be this good? I've not answered that question yet, but I mention it only because R&B3 inspired similar feelings. It's made 99.9% (no pun intended) of everything I've heard this year sound almost redundant. In the same way that Peel once said The Fall were always the same, yet always different, this sees Wire going off at a different tangent and sounding slightly different to how they've previously sounded - and yet sounding so very Wire. By god, it's good to have them back. Keith ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:33:38 -0000 From: "Keith Knight" Subject: RE: [idealcopy] Read & Burn 3 I've been half wondering if '23 Years Too Late' is a crafty attempt to secure the backing music to a TV broadcast whenever a news or sports item refers to something which is, well, 23 years too late. There must be one or two of these a year surely e.g. "The campaign to stop Sally Field winning a second Oscar is 23 years too late." said an Academy Award spokesman today. I'll get me coat. Another the Keith - -----Original Message----- From: owner-idealcopy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-idealcopy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Keith A 23 Years Too late is pretty darn awesome. And no, it's not a moment too long. Graham's spoken lyrics are perfectly suited to that haunting background before they power into that simplistic/poppy chorus before everything falls away to that droney ending (c/o Bruce?). I love it. You're gonna have to look hard to find much better than this all year. ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V10 #247 ********************************