TS: Paris 1919 vs. Scott 3

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soft, orchestrated pop albums that i love and have listened to this morning.

i cant quite decide which i like better, but paris 1919 is on now, so im leaning that way.

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

And the winner is: Stormcock.

― Donnie Smith The Quiz Kid, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 13:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm siding with Cale on this one, as much as I like Scott 3.

A New Society vs Tilt would be a tougher call, though.

― the todster (the todster), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I still want to actually listen to Paris 1919, whereas I only think I want to listen to Scott 3.

― frankE (frankE), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

i havent heard a new society. is it tilt-like?

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

"scott 3". i was kind of underwhelmed by "paris 1919"--i think it's a very good record, but it didn't seem to have the spark of feverish discovery that illuminate scott walker's early records.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

anyway they have very different aesthetic programs so i'm not even sure of the revelance of the comparison.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

soft, orchestrated pop albums that i love and have listened to this morning.

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Which ones were those then? Michael Buble or Rod Stewart's Great American Songbook?

― Donnie Smith The Quiz Kid, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd go for Paris 1919 anyday. It's just one of my all time faves. On the other hand I haven't heard Scott Walker so I'm checking him up right now.

― strom (strom), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

both favorites of mine, but I'm gonna actually say Scott 3. Another record I put up there is the first Colin Blunstone record.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

is "scott 3" soft? it's kind of big and brassy and outlandish much of the time. esp. all the brel covers.

― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

the only song that is really big IMO is "we came through". and i guess "funeral tango" and a couple others are brassy in parts, but the other songs are pretty soft. i mean, whatever. you dont have to call them soft, i dont care.

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

no, this needs to be resolved.

― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

i think scott3 and scott4 are pretty soft, insofar as they are less show-tuney, quieter, and more introspective than scott1 or scott2. maybe soft isnt the right word - like i say, im not terribly wedded to my own description.

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

im excited to hear stormcock and this colin blunstone record and a new society.

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 19:39 (twenty-one years ago)

"stormcock" is a most unfortunate title, but it's a good record

― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Paris 1919 rather marred by the stomping glamrock Macbeth

― bham, Thursday, 16 September 2004 06:54 (twenty-one years ago)

i havent heard a new society. is it tilt-like?

The parallels between John Cale & Scott Walker are stronger on Music for a new Society and Tilt, I'd say. They're both gloomy "avant"-rock albums with melodies so stunningly beautiful and a production so impenetrable that I keep asking myself wtf is going on.

― the todster (the todster), Thursday, 16 September 2004 08:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"stormcock" is good?!!? it's brilliant!

― jean jeudi, Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

It's very English — but interesting. Love the David Bedford orchestrations. Really, all these records are great.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

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