Clouda

[rogerg]

Rockosophy!  Love it!

[Trapezium Artist]

Rockosophy!  Love it!

See what I mean about the older generation still thinking they're young? My novella gets a tweet (and a short one at that) in return ... 

[JimD]

The Stones are an interesting case. I think they keep playing because (in no particular order)

1. They're still good at it
2. They still can
3. They still like doing it
4. There is still a demand for them

I don't really like The Rolling Stones, so I'm not posting here with anything-my-fave-band-do-is-allowed-fanboy shades on in any way. I actually really dislike some of their stuff. But they are an amazing live act, and really not relying on being legends.

I think they keep going, like, say, Jaguar cars do, because their effort-at-being-good has been maintained over the years, whether that's by the artists themselves or by the business behind the artist (or the car brand).

As much as we want aspects of our past (and our past is not solely possessed by our youth, nor justified by relevancy) to survive, the evolving nature of everything means that some things live on, and some things die off. It's not that bands *should* pack up, it's just that it is inevitable that some bands *will* pack up. Just as "species A" could not survive a 1 degree change in temperature or the moving of a continental plate and died out whilst other less interesting things lived on, so "band A" may have to pack it in because of similar forces uncontrollable by the band.

[RobRideout]

I don't think the Frost* thing sounds dated at all, but I can see how it feels strange looking back on lyrics and music you wrote when you were in a totally different place.

Frost* defintely changed my life in a massive way though, although I feel like at least 50% of that was in discovering the community surrounding it rather than the music itself.

Having said that, I still reckon Milliontown and EIMA are about my favourite albums ever.

Either way, I don't reckon slapping the label 'Frost*' is going to make anything a million(town) times better, I just think he's a good writer, and good writers will write good songs

Look forward to hearing new stuff, wherever it comes out.

Not anatomically, obviously...

[JimD]

Look forward to hearing new stuff, wherever it comes out.

Well, those that follow Jem on ye olde Twitter might have seen this which was posted yesterday - https://twitter.com/JemGodfrey/status/509450359472132096. It's all about the Radio 2 jingle but I reckon a whole bunch of Frost*ies will like it because it's just like some of the Frost* reports used to be! Tech info, stories behind songs and silliness

[rogerg]

ooh, thanks for that!!

[Mikey]

Some of the best bands I've seen recently have starred some "old fogeys"
Carl Palmer
Geoff Downes
John Wetton
Manfred Mann

Note the Frost* connection

i mention the devil's spawn of Yes........ & off he goes 

[RobRideout]

This RPM challenge sounds really interesting. It's not entirely unlike my Bad Idea Band thing that I do in Huddersfield. It's a lot of fun

[Mikey]

Relevance

Sporting analogy

The current England team think they are good.

The crowd for the Norway game would suggest otherwise.

Is the current England team relevant? aka Crap?

It's about performance. Frost* in this case can perform, as can older bands, they have learnt their craft. How many of the current chart artists go and perform live? (Rhetorical - I have no idea what the answer is) I posted about the Kaiser Chiefs, it had the atmosphere of a contractual obligation album.

[Jim Takacs]

Wow, Thanks For posting this. Dont know how I missed it in the Twitterverse.. So Frost* report-esque... 

[Brom]

The last post also answers the question about why there is no explicit credit for Jem on the Losers' album. 

I never followed this up, and now can't find the answer anywhere.

I initially loved the Losers album, then it went through a short period of "so so" but it's now back as a firm fave! They are on tour soon, planning myself to see them in MK on Oct 11th. Anyone else going to any gigs? 

[JimD]

Not going to any gigs at the moment but that quote from March had me digging back through the board to the original source, and I ended up listening to "Eat" and "Lights Out" again. Praise be they are good!

[Brom]

Not going to any gigs at the moment but that quote from March had me digging back through the board to the original source, and I ended up listening to "Eat" and "Lights Out" again. Praise be they are good!

Ohh, those two are not on the "And so we shall never part" CD. I'll have to dig back myself, or maybe you could shine a torch in that direction 

On ASWSNP 'Don't waste your life away' is my (current) fave with its Ultravoxian rhythm sequence.

[JimD]

Ohh, those two are not on the "And so we shall never part" CD. I'll have to dig back myself, or maybe you could shine a torch in that direction 

No, these are Clouda songs, links to Soundcloud are earlier on in this thread.

[afussey]

How do i download it ??/