#74

well tickle me pink. Just finishing up ‘Yerself Is Steam’, brilliant. Started a tad slow but got progressively better with every track. Love the sonic assault of ‘Sweet Oddysee’ and great psychedelic mind fuck of ‘Very Sleepy Rivers’. 20 minutes with a silent stop about 13 minutes right into ‘Car Wash Hair’.

Pretty clever album title too eh? ‘Boces’ up next.

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#75

Good grief I only just got it

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#76

Is anyone else making music like this? I love how explosive those choruses are.

#77

Neither

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#78

Great contribution. Nearly as good as mine.

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#79

It’s these sorts of searing insight that makes time on these boards worthwhile.

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#80

All these posts have made me revisit the first two MR albums which I haven’t listened to since I bought them on cassette when they were released. They are completely brilliant. I also had Lego My Ego on tape, b sides and stuff, so will check that out again too…

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#81

This one can be resolved by considering one simple, if seemingly unrelated, question. How many members of each band have I met in Greggs the morning after a gig?

Flaming Lips: 0
Mercury Rev: 1

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🎵 How Good Are They Really 🎵 Mercury Rev
#82

Who was it, and more importantly, what did they buy?

#83

I’m gonna guess Grasshopper - Steak bake

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#84

Grasshopper’s in a pie way
Grasshopper’s in a Greggs
Jonathan’s nipped to Spar, to buy a pack of fegs

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#85

In other Grasshopper fast food news, my friend bought a burrito next to him at Green Man a few years back. He was probably on the steak then too. Just headlined the festival, why not treat yourself

My mate would not shut up about it all weekend.

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#86

Listened to the album for the first time today. Actually quite blown away by some of it. That totally nuts sleepy rivers track especially made an impression.

Can feel a catalogue binge coming…

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#87

Yeah, thanks to this thread I went on a binge of the first three albums. I forgot how great this song is, especially once it fully lifts off.

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#88

“Sweet Odyssee Of A Sausage Roll T’ Th’ Centre Of Yer Gut”

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#89

Yes. Yes it is.

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#91

From 27 years ago

#92

Sounds like a Mercury Rev listening clubs in order after the R.E.M ones done.

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#93

Mercury Rev’s "Dream of a Young Girl as a Flower’, despite it’s terrible title, is my favourite song by either band since the turn of the century. It’s quite a ride