yes.. Remember well John..Bradford University 1971..A Martin acoustic 28 with a D'Amario pick up heavily taped onto the sound hole , then going through an echo complex tape and into a Fender Twin Reverb..MAGIC............................. later met him in the mens loo, well oiled.........
@jefflikeusual20
Күн бұрын
Great work! One of my favourite albums ever. SRXT was a majestic ending song. I never tire of these songs, all these years later.
@ifeanyi212
Күн бұрын
Man this is an amazing breakdown! A review of Intimacy would be awesome!
@s.saturno8008
3 күн бұрын
i love it to death. it was the first blur album i got into after discovering them
@williamr3840
3 күн бұрын
That was great -- thanks! :0)
@hiTekHOBO55
5 күн бұрын
don't get too deep... great tune... 🎸🎶
@stephenpoulson5505
5 күн бұрын
I seen the La's in 1987 supporting Joe Strummer at the Royal Court Theatre Liverpool 😊😊
@jodyvance4114
6 күн бұрын
@ALKALINETRIOYOUROCK
@DannyFiver-m9k
7 күн бұрын
I thought he sang she pulls my chain
@TheMusicalElitist
7 күн бұрын
Bloc Party is the sonic embodiment of pretension wrapped in discordant riffs and hollow lyrics, fronted by a vocalist whose grating whine masquerades as emotion. Kele Okereke’s voice, a shrill blend of affected anguish and forced vulnerability, is the auditory equivalent of nails on a chalkboard, a shrieking attempt at profundity that only serves to undermine whatever genuine feeling the band might have aimed for. The band's early promise quickly deteriorated into a cacophony of recycled rhythms and empty angst, as if they were trying to package mediocrity with a veneer of edgy cool. Their attempts at innovation are not bold steps forward, but misfires into an abyss of self-indulgent noise, leaving behind a hollow echo of what could have been.
@rogerrude313
7 күн бұрын
I got the feeling that it was a heroin track because the bassist looks like a druggie. I'm a druggie so I know what we look like
@sarkybugger5009
8 күн бұрын
Saw him a few times at the Leas Cliff Hall, even passed him up a spliff on-stage on one of them. Such an underappreciated talent.
@commonwunder
8 күн бұрын
Nick Drake was gay and when Martyn was intoxicated... things would happen between them. This is the reason for the spiralling depression, that Martyn wasn't really interested in anything more serious.
@royhorologic1732
8 күн бұрын
Brilliant musician and songwriter. But alcoholism takes everything and destroys even the greatest. However people always try to put that down to something more nebulous.
@gostepsenglish4431
8 күн бұрын
Years ago a friend gave me a tape with this on one side, and Spiritulised on the other. Played that tape a thousand times.
@johnhainzee-p1k
8 күн бұрын
Enjoyed this, thank you. Kreuzberg is my favourite from the album. Silent alarm has no weak tracks, this has a few which don’t hit the mark. ‘The Prayer’ was a decent opening single (and video) but I feel like Hunting for Witches would have worked better as a bridge to the second album.
@TrevorBarre
9 күн бұрын
I always found a little of Martyn went a LONG, LONG way. Reading about his appalling alcohol-fuelled mistreatment of his talented wife has completely put him off me, taking over her projected solo album, Road to Ruin, to include him. Grow up you moron!!. He essentially sidelined Beverley through his controlling behaviour. Solid Air isn't THAT great, sorry. He degenerated into a cliched Glasgow alkie. I've heard so many accounts of his being too pissed to play properly. Pharoah Sanders, are you kidding? File next to Gary Glitter, as far as I'm concerened. I'd remind you that Stormbreaker was ad duo with Beverly, a fact that this control freak would no like to be forgotten..
@enterintothejoy
9 күн бұрын
Great video. Thank you! What was the music you used at the end, with the strings? I think it was the same you used at the open? Love it. It’s that background music and how it sounded with your voice over, the atmosphere it created. Wonderful.
@charlesnicholson7539
9 күн бұрын
Fantastic content. Subscribed! I’d love to hear your take on 13 in a future video.
@Matter-Dark
9 күн бұрын
I’d love to see you cover some of Arctic Monkey’s records. Maybe “Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino”?
@RobertSweeney-o2c
9 күн бұрын
Saw him several times live in glasgow in the seventies he was amazing
@stewartmcardle8149
9 күн бұрын
I actually preferred his "One World" album from 1977.…..
@LesOberon23
9 күн бұрын
One of the best albums ever made. Plans is great too- hard to pick a winner most days :)
@lindseymca6422
11 күн бұрын
Nick really has the saddest story😢
@rhiannonhill
12 күн бұрын
'Complex"? Read Beverly Martyn's book if you think that lol. He ruined her career, he drank, he battered her. Yeah, complex. And then left all his money to some woman he hadn't known for more than a couple of years, leaving Beverly and his son in poverty.
@nigelstansfield1644
12 күн бұрын
May You Never....lay your head down im the cold.
@LostwaveObsession
12 күн бұрын
To anyone reading this, who loves late '60s/early 70s folk... do you know a song that MIGHT be called 'Like A Poet'? Irish singer we believe. Desperate to find song and act.
@Todd.P
14 күн бұрын
I can hear the words of heroin addiction in the song, but where my mind goes to is a longing desire for a beautiful girl that is nearby, yet always just out of reach. It has been used in a lot of cool movies and TV shows (e.g., Gilmore Girls).
@abraham_stones
14 күн бұрын
This is a great video mate! There definately isn't enough content out there for the likes of John Martyn and Nick Drake or even Bert Jansch, keep it up my guy!
@waywardmusiclabel
14 күн бұрын
A brilliant album and big influence!
@HeldByTrees
14 күн бұрын
This album is to the 00s what Modern Life is Rubbish was to the 90s.
@HeldByTrees
14 күн бұрын
Bloc Party was the best band of the ‘00s in my opinion.
@TheBrockwellBroadcastNetwork
16 күн бұрын
The Great Escape is EASILY Blur's finest output. I get that Damon looks back on his life at that time, and mixes his feelings with his feelings for that record, but he is completely wrong about it being a bad album. Some days it's my favorite album of all time by any band.
@ChiewPang
16 күн бұрын
Totally unique, both as a guitarist and a vocalist. And as a songwriter too. And when he didn't write his own, he made someone else's his, as in Excuse Me, Mister and Strange Fruit, for example. I've never got tired of listening to him, even after all these years.
@prantorp
18 күн бұрын
For my money, I think that, One World took a lot of beating as John’s best album.
@martinhughes9769
18 күн бұрын
Went to see him in Cardiff couldn’t believe how he looked came on in his wheelchair trouser leg hanging down dragging along the stage ,he looked terrible, several weeks later he had passed away ,
@markchristopher2373
19 күн бұрын
No "fretwork" by Danny Thompson 22:29! Nice work, I went back in time...
@roddyphillips5489
19 күн бұрын
Great doc!
@MatthewPSchobs
19 күн бұрын
Nice little video. Liking your content.
@andrewarthurmatthews6685
19 күн бұрын
Yes that single is great but in my opinion ‘Starry Eyes’ by the Records , ‘Shake Some Action ‘ by the Flamin Groovies are just as good
@andrewarthurmatthews6685
19 күн бұрын
Movers was a smack head and unstable
@andrewarthurmatthews6685
19 күн бұрын
Very enjoyable documentary and a fitting tribute to the man and this particular album which I do regard as an iconic classic record. I saw him perform solo and with a band and both were good shows but his ‘ forced cockney’ accent was tiresome , silly and not funny at all. Yes a complex man but not one that I would of liked
@andrewarthurmatthews6685
19 күн бұрын
Pronounced’ Glynne- born
@oov55
19 күн бұрын
strange to trip over this feed have had a few snifters with Danny many moons ago. John was more variable than a dodgy jack plug - but that was maybe the price of writing some of his gems. Entirely forgot some of the many gigs people have remembered below... because I had forgotten the venues named, after all these years, and quite forgotten the date(s) as well Alcohol is a poison - never forget that....
@FenellaBeach
20 күн бұрын
Fabulous review, so well written and presented, and articulates much of what I feel about Solid Air but could never find the words - instant sub here, looking forward to more of this.
@TupacAmaru-li5vc
20 күн бұрын
I thought I knew music, having composed since I was thirteen. Then I discover Nick Drake and John Martyn. I tried to listen to as little music as possible so as not to be influenced. Now that I am older, I do not have to worry about this so much, and it is like taking a permanent vacation to hear the world of sound that exists only in the human brain. None of these sounds exist in nature outside of the human being. Thank you for showing me I know nothing about music, a fact I can now accept.
@escherpainting8622
20 күн бұрын
Getting some more views for your stuff now which is great to see - time to sort that mic quality out and get those heavy p's and b's out!
@TheTitleTrack_Music
20 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot! A few people have mentioned audio quality - something I'll be focussing on improving for the next video.
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