Re: high fidelity

2002-01-09 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Barbie [home] wrote: 1) Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika I got to hear of the song because of Peter Gabriel, when I started finding out who Steve Biko was back in 1980. Needless to say it impressed the hell out of me then and still moves me when I hear even now. The student

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-09 Thread hipps
Pulled from Chris Benson's mail (Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 11:13:08PM +): On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 09:49:11PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So top 5 films for london.pm .. ;-) Ack, I mean't to say top 5 songs (damn) Hmmm. At this

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-08 Thread Simon Wistow
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 12:05:50PM -0600, Chris Devers said: Massive Attack's Mezzanine almost made the list, but then I remembered that it showed up in High Fidelity too Wasn't that No Protection? And yes, there is a No Protection, it's a remix album done with The Mad Professor - http

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread pdcawley
Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 09:49:11PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: Ack, I mean't to say top 5 songs (damn) Cheating, but I think more in terms of albums than songs... %top_five_albums = { Miles Davis= Kind of Blue, Ooh yes. I only recently

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Robert Shiels
From: Barbie [home] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3) The Kiss, The Cure An interesting choice - I was listening to this only last night actually on my headphones quite loud, and it is truely an outstanding track - I even contemplated getting an electric guitar just to see if I could get it to distort like

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Mike Jarvis
On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 19:24, Chris Devers wrote: On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 09:49:11PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: Ack, I mean't to say top 5 songs (damn) Cheating, but I think more in terms of albums than songs... %top_five_albums = { Miles Davis= Kind of Blue, The

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Struan Donald
* at 07/01 10:04 - Robert Shiels said: From: Barbie [home] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3) The Kiss, The Cure An interesting choice - I was listening to this only last night actually on my headphones quite loud, and it is truely an outstanding track - I even contemplated getting an electric

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Robert Shiels
From: Struan Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] * at 07/01 10:04 - Robert Shiels said: . Why are The Cure overlooked as one of the top bands of the last 20 years... i think it comes down to the general perception of them as goths and hence not worth bothering about. and having had that label

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Barbie
From: Struan Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * at 07/01 10:04 - Robert Shiels said: From: Barbie [home] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3) The Kiss, The Cure An interesting choice - I was listening to this only last night actually on my headphones quite loud, and it is truely

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Barbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I should be careful here actually in case I incur the wrath of everyone for starting DTG Greg off on another rant ;) No chance, DTG is probably off doing something important today - like being fitted for vampyre fangs. Or buying stripey tights. ;-)

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Dave Cross
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 09:49:11PM +, Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: * Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So top 5 films for london.pm .. ;-) Ack, I mean't to say top 5 songs (damn) Oh, well in _that_ case: 1/ The Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys 2/ Catch -

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Struan Donald
* at 07/01 11:10 - Barbie said: From: Struan Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] i think it comes down to the general perception of them as goths and hence not worth bothering about. and having had that label attached most people don't bother to look further. snip I find it strange they

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Dave Thorn
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 11:39:35AM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Barbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I should be careful here actually in case I incur the wrath of everyone for starting DTG Greg off on another rant ;) No chance, DTG is probably off doing something important today - like

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Thorn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: You never can tell with bees. Bees? I'm confused now. -- Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.146/~gem/

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Struan Donald
* at 07/01 12:12 + Greg McCarroll said: * Dave Thorn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: You never can tell with bees. Bees? I'm confused now. stripey tights? s

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Mark Fowler
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Dave Thorn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: You never can tell with bees. Bees? I'm confused now. Stripy tights. Anyway, stop it or I'll bash your heads together. It'll all end in tears and a flamewar. Later. Mark. (Who's having problems with perl

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Alex Gough
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Chris Devers wrote: Cheating, but I think more in terms of albums than songs... I'll only half cheat... Dark Star - Lovelight from Grateful Dead - The Ark, Boston 69-04-22 Crossroads - Eric Clapton / Cream Passion - Pat McGee Band Two Step - Dave Matthew's Band Houses of

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Dave Thorn
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 12:12:17PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Dave Thorn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: You never can tell with bees. Bees? I'm confused now. For you are a Greg of very little brain. -- dave thorn | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Thorn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: For you are a Greg of very little brain. When you are a Greg of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you sometimes find that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Lucy McWilliam
Lots of people listed lots of songs: Glad to see london.pm have taste. But I think you should do even more of as Rob Gordon and say where and why you'd place them in an autobiographical ordering. L. Is it better to burn out or fade away.

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Barbie
From: Andy Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Rammstien' = 'Ich Will', Excellent choice, but Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen? does it for me, although Asche zu Asche is a kicker live. Barbie.

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Chris Devers
, yeah, but none of his albums that I've heard have grabbed me as deeply as Kind of Blue has. Giant Steps, maybe. Massive Attack's Mezzanine almost made the list, but then I remembered that it showed up in High Fidelity too, and didn't want to neglect Public Enemy. The only choice then was whether

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Barbie [home] wrote: From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ack, I mean't to say top 5 songs (damn) 1) Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika 2) Achille's Last Stand, Led Zeppelin 3) The Kiss, The Cure 4) Further Away, IQ 5) Last Exit For The Lost, Fields of the Nephilim and I

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-07 Thread Barbie [home]
From: Jonathan Stowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ack, I mean't to say top 5 songs (damn) 1) Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika and I don't think any of them have been on daytime radio one :) I think the first one has ... /J\ In it's own right or as the intro

Re: high fidelity - london.pm top 5

2002-01-06 Thread Chris Benson
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 08:23:03PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: So top 5 films for london.pm .. ;-) Glances across at DVDs on mantelpiece: (we are allowed DVDs I presume?) 1. The Matrix 2. Elevation 2001/Live from Boston 3. Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense 4. Buena Vista Social Club 5.

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Greg McCarroll wrote: So top 5 films for london.pm .. ;-) *indecision* I'd have to include my entire video collection. L. Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread nik butler
-*indecision* I'd have to include my entire video collection. -Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling -something. But quoting from Princess Bride leads the crowd to believe ???

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So top 5 films for london.pm .. ;-) Ack, I mean't to say top 5 songs (damn) -- Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.146/~gem/

Re: high fidelity - london.pm top 5

2002-01-06 Thread David Cantrell
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 09:04:59PM +, Chris Benson wrote: On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 08:23:03PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: So top 5 films for london.pm .. ;-) Glances across at DVDs on mantelpiece: (we are allowed DVDs I presume?) My top 5 - at least for today - in no particular

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Simon Wistow
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 09:18:45PM +, Dave Cross said: Anyone who disagrees is Just Plain Wrong. You don't get to say that any more. You abdicated. 1. Top Gun 2. Spartacus 3. Wizard of Oz 4. Women in Love 5. Jeffrey

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Greg McCarroll
* nik butler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: -*indecision* I'd have to include my entire video collection. -Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling -something. But quoting from Princess Bride leads the crowd to believe ??? Well it is an australian film, so to know of it

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Dean S Wilson
- Original Message - From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 January 2002 20:23 So top 5 films for london.pm .. ;-) At the moment (Since I've bought the first four on DVD recently) and in no real order: Blues Brothers Terminator 2 Showdown in Little Tokyo Get Carter

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread nik butler
-Well it is an australian film, so to know of it she would probably -have to have lived in australia, which full of criminals, hence we -must believe that she does not trust anyone Truly you have a dizzying intellect !

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Dean S Wilson
- Original Message - From: Dean S Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blues Brothers Terminator 2 Showdown in Little Tokyo Get Carter (Original version) Ten Things I Hate About You. This one should not be there. Indiana Jones, 1st or 3rd one. Nice to see I've not missed any Perl while I've

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Greg McCarroll wrote: yes, i'm a stupid person who can only handle one topic at once, of course it was meant to be top 5 films for london.pm (as is repeated throughout the blooming film) Don't you mean songs? I can't think of any appropriate atm. L. Finished with my

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Greg McCarroll wrote: * nik butler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: - Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling - something. But quoting from Princess Bride leads the crowd to believe ??? Well it is an australian film It is?! so to know of it she

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Barbie [home]
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ack, I mean't to say top 5 songs (damn) 1) Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika 2) Achille's Last Stand, Led Zeppelin 3) The Kiss, The Cure 4) Further Away, IQ 5) Last Exit For The Lost, Fields of the Nephilim and I don't think any of them have been on daytime radio

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Chris Devers
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 09:49:11PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: Ack, I mean't to say top 5 songs (damn) Cheating, but I think more in terms of albums than songs... %top_five_albums = { Miles Davis= Kind of Blue, The Beatles= Abbey Road, Fugazi = Repeater,

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Kieran
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Dean S Wilson wrote: - Original Message - From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 January 2002 20:23 So top 5 films for london.pm .. ;-) At the moment (Since I've bought the first four on DVD recently) and in no real order: Blues Brothers

Re: high fidelity

2002-01-06 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 06:24:11PM -0600, Chris Devers wrote: On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 09:49:11PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: Ack, I mean't to say top 5 songs (damn) Cheating, but I think more in terms of albums than songs... %top_five_albums = { s/{/(/ # :) P

Top 5 Songs For London.pm (Was: High Fidelity)

2002-01-06 Thread Greg McCarroll
Ok, I've slept on it and came up with top five list of songs for London.pm, unfortunatly the first 2 were too obvious not to choose ... 5. Chumbawumba - Tub Thumping 4. Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up 3. Weird Al Yankovic - Jerry