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[kings lead hat]

i love soft machine.
do you?

 

[dunderhead]

yes. yes i do. got some best of/collection cd. haven't listened to it for ages actually. kevin ayers solo stuff is pretty brilliant also.

 

[kings lead hat]

sf 1& 2 is the best. got 9 kev ayres albums and got to werk w/ him. best buzz

 

[Pantone247]

sf 1& 2 is the best. got 9 kev ayres albums and got to werk w/ him. best buzz

does he still put secret 'bannanas' in his songs

I like Robery Wyatt and I really like Kevin Ayers, mostly for 'Song for Insane Times'

but I've not got into me soft machine really... weeeiiirrrddd

 

[nlgbbbblth]

the Out-Bloody-Rageous is a good anthology. Never got further than that though.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

i never really got into SM - too many organ solos and endless jazzy prog jamming that gets a bit tiresome... same with matching mole although they have some deadly tunes too. robert wyatt is amazing of course.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

wasn't there a Wyatt poll before - Shaney?

I've been playing Nothing Can Stop Us a lot recently.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

there was - here. its closed now though. have you got the cd or vinyl nothing can stop us? "ship building" and "memories of you" are on the vinyl edition which makes it a bit better i think, although the Stalingrad poem isnt on it. I love "at last i am free" - one of his best tunes.

i got some of the 7inches on ebay - theyre quite cheap and cool. the shipbuilding one has a lovely foldout sleeve.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

there was a miserable turn out for that poll

 

[nlgbbbblth]

there was - here. its closed now though. have you got the cd or vinyl nothing can stop us? "ship building" and "memories of you" are on the vinyl edition which makes it a bit better i think, although the Stalingrad poem isnt on it. I love "at last i am free" - one of his best tunes.

i got some of the 7inches on ebay - theyre quite cheap and cool. the shipbuilding one has a lovely foldout sleeve.

Nothing Can Stop Us - have it on CD,

Shipbuilding and Memories Of You - are they on the vinyl as well as the other 10 tracks?

I have both of them in the EPs box which is a nice release.

 

[Pantone247]

there was a miserable turn out for that poll

I forgot you used to go under the name miss piggy



I think I'm going to dig out 'Ruth Is Stranger...' and start cleaning the kitchen...

 

[kings lead hat]

i never really got into SM - too many organ solos and endless jazzy prog jamming that gets a bit tiresome... same with matching mole although they have some deadly tunes too. robert wyatt is amazing of course.

get 1&2 none of that on there

 

[Raar - Maximum]

Listening to Soft Machine 1 - what an unbelievable album! Savage drumming, whacked out organ, vocal at turns laconic and summoned from the depths of the soul. Absolute class. A certain kind - One of the greatest songs ever written!

 

[kika]

I've only heard 1&2. Played a bit of 2 on the radio last sunday... I do love a good rendition of the alphabet.

 

[shidheat]

can anyone recommend vol 3?

i've had 1 and 2 sitting on the shelf for about a decade now. i pull them out now and then and give them a try. they certainly have their great moments, but equally they have other moments that i'm really not into. googling it, some people seem to rate vol 3 highest, so i'm wondering if i should give them one more chance. on today's listen i'm more into vol 2, if that helps...

 

[GO]

My faves are Third Fourth and Fifth but I like them all . Bundles has Allan Holdsworth on it so thats great

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

They don’t do much for me, though Third is the only one I’ve ever really engaged with. A whole lot of bland.

 

[Jerry Twig]

i've had 1 and 2 sitting on the shelf for about a decade now. i pull them out now and then and give them a try. they certainly have their great moments, but equally they have other moments that i'm really not into.

exactly the same, and was only yesterday thinking of spinning 2 after about a decade to see if it lands. Will report back....

 

[nuke terrorist]

when this thread started I think the first two Soft Machine albums (prior to reissue in 2009)
were out of print for years in the UK.

their early records really let them down - a bit flat sounding.
there's some amazing footage of them about 1967 or so on a Dutch TV show
called Hoopla (sic ?) the same episode also features Zappa and The Mothers
with the programme also being the first time Dutch TV showed a nude woman.
these are from Dutch broadcast:

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also 1967 w/ Kevin. French TV maybe ?

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I also have 4 and 5 one one CD which is fine but nothing to worry Miles Davis.
whatever happened to Mike Ratledge ?

 

[GO]

when this thread started I think the first two Soft Machine albums (prior to reissue in 2009)
were out of print for years in the UK.

their early records really let them down - a bit flat sounding.
there's some amazing footage of them about 1967 or so on a Dutch TV show
called Hoopla (sic ?) the same episode also features Zappa and The Mothers
with the programme also being the first time Dutch TV showed a nude woman.
these are from Dutch broadcast:

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I also have 4 and 5 one one CD which is fine but nothing to worry Miles Davis.
whatever happened to Mike Ratledge ?

Thats a moot point . Comparing Soft Machine to Miles Davis is absurd. While I obviously acknowledge Miles' worldwide influence on absolutely everybody, Soft Machine ,alongside Jazz are drawing on a distinctly different somehow more European aesthetic. More in line with 20th Century Classical and Music Concrete and other arty farty Stockhausenesque notions. And cannabis I'd imagine.
Not to mention the absolutely whitecentric irregular time signatures they employ to great effect! Again, I'm sure if you go rummaging you'll find Miles probably did that first too, Well maybe Herbie Hancock.

Soft Machine are fucking amazing..rocking at times, skronky at others but never less than interesting. At least up until about the time when the entire band changed personel.

I love original Robert Wyatt era Soft Machine but I prefer the later band by a long margin.


This is my favorite Robert Wyatt song incidentally

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