Stereophonics

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Garlick

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40,601 posts

246 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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I'm listening back to all my old 'phonics albums tonight, and i'd forgotten how good they are.

Honest rock/pop, talented musicians, great vocal and decent lyrics.

IMO, one of the UKs forgotten bands.......well, they're making my evening enjoyable anyway.

Maybe it's my Welsh connections hehe

LHDisbest

17,001 posts

193 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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Word gets Around and Performance and Cocktails were superb, then Kelly Jones had delusions of grandeur.

They've never reached those hights since. frown

This thread is a little spooky considering i've got the Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against the Soul, on.

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JuniorD

8,772 posts

229 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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Have only seen them once, at Aeromsith's 'Toxic Twins Towers Ball' Wembley Stadium 1999. When the band came on stage the Welsh fans in the crowd raised their Welsh flags and the volley of bottles thrown at them in response was spectacular. Back then yer man Kelly's voice was novelly distinct but now it grates a little.

Garlick

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40,601 posts

246 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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Have to agree with you about Kelly's attitude.

Still, those early albums are fantastic and, like the first Arctic Monkeys album, the isn't a bad track on there.


LHDisbest

17,001 posts

193 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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Garlick said:
Have to agree with you about Kelly's attitude.

Still, those early albums are fantastic and, like the first Arctic Monkeys album, the isn't a bad track on there.
yes

I'll agree with the Arctic Monkeys comment. I've never bothered to buy any of their subsequent material.

I've now gone for a change of pace and put Stevie Wonder - Innervisions on the Hi-fi.

There's an album without a bad track!

Garlick

Original Poster:

40,601 posts

246 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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A little listen to Nirvana 'Bleach' for me.

LHDisbest

17,001 posts

193 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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Since i'm not working tomorrow (save delivering the Mercedes i've bought for my mum) it looks like a night of listening to the old classics.

Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess is up next. biggrin

Markh

2,781 posts

281 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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Garlick said:
Have to agree with you about Kelly's attitude.

Still, those early albums are fantastic and, like the first Arctic Monkeys album, the isn't a bad track on there.
I would have agreed with you on the attitude thing until I met him, I was on the same flight to the US a few years back, really good bunch of blokes

anonymous-user

60 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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poor mans Ash, simple as.

ratbane

1,384 posts

222 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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Stereophonics. Good songwriting, good voice. Top quality pop/rock combo.

Must admit I never had any liking for Ash whatsoever.

ratbane

1,384 posts

222 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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JuniorD said:
Have only seen them once, at Aeromsith's 'Toxic Twins Towers Ball' Wembley Stadium 1999. When the band came on stage the Welsh fans in the crowd raised their Welsh flags and the volley of bottles thrown at them in response was spectacular. Back then yer man Kelly's voice was novelly distinct but now it grates a little.
Keep racism out of music. Keep it on the terraces at Twickenham where it belongs.

JuniorD

8,772 posts

229 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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ratbane said:
JuniorD said:
Have only seen them once, at Aeromsith's 'Toxic Twins Towers Ball' Wembley Stadium 1999. When the band came on stage the Welsh fans in the crowd raised their Welsh flags and the volley of bottles thrown at them in response was spectacular. Back then yer man Kelly's voice was novelly distinct but now it grates a little.
Keep racism out of music. Keep it on the terraces at Twickenham where it belongs.
Don't worry, my mixed bunch of Irish, English, Indian, Sri Lankan, Scots and Iranian friends were not the bottle throwing type.

TonyHetherington

32,091 posts

256 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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I couldn't agree more - they never bettered Words Gets Around and Performance And Cocktails and from that point forward their stuff was never quite as good. Almost a parallel with Oasis really; Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory; amazing, I thought Be Here Now was really good too actually but since then the same as the Sterephonics; never quite there.

I saw the Stereophonics at the O2 in December, they did a "best of" tour, and it was very good. Not amaizng, but very good. Not quite the same without Stuart the drummer. Nice to see them do thousand trees, local boy etc.

Completely by luck, in my new found singleness, I'm going to see Oasish and Stereotonics at my local music venue on Saturday; can't wait, really looking forward to it!!!

Dudd

963 posts

198 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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pablo said:
poor mans Ash, simple as.
They put on a much better show than Ash.

Saw 'phonics at V last year and they were amazing. blew me away. I'd listened to them before then, but now I listen to them all the time.

Ash i saw couple years back at Reading, while dam good, it didn't make me want to go out and buy all their albums like phonics did.

Melissa_

21 posts

188 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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Performance and cocktails is absolute perfection, i love every song. Just lookin' is my favourite track, but i really do love them all. would love to see them.

TonyHetherington

32,091 posts

256 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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Melissa_ said:
Performance and cocktails is absolute perfection, i love every song. Just lookin' is my favourite track, but i really do love them all. would love to see them.
They're touring at the moment - what's stopping you!!??

Melissa_

21 posts

188 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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TonyHetherington said:
Melissa_ said:
Performance and cocktails is absolute perfection, i love every song. Just lookin' is my favourite track, but i really do love them all. would love to see them.
They're touring at the moment - what's stopping you!!??
haha, that tricky little thing called money, i just quit my job frown