Re: First impressions...

[Philip Rush <philip_rush@ye...fsnet.co.uk>]

My copy of Altitude (Amazon) hasn't landed yet.
Neither, to be fair, has my copy of Seamus Heaney's new book of poems.

Brevity appeals.  Don't you find that too many contemporary CDs are  
simply too long.
Philip



On 4 Apr 2006, at 19:19, Nick White wrote:

> The Aeroplanes are on the Dream Ticket show on BBC Radio 6 from  
> 10pm tonight.  Live recording from Glastonbury 1992 and Gerard  
> chatting live in the studio.  Don't know exactly when, but it  
> should be available on the internet afterwards.  Steve T - any  
> chance of working your technical magic on the audio stream for us  
> again....?
> NW1or2
>
> PS.  I quite like "Open"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathaniel Mumford"  
> <nathanielmumford@ho...com>
> To: <blueplanes@st...net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 6:12 PM
> Subject: [Blueplanes] First impressions...
>
>
> > I'm old-fashioned, & rushed down the shops for my copy at the  
> > first opportunity.
> > And i like it, i think..
> >
> > The first shock is that there is no rodney solo spotlight; in  
> > fact, he's hardly on there at all if you look at the credits,  
> > maybe lending credence to rumours of a bit of a to-do between  
> > them? Especially given that his putative solo album has never seen  
> > the light, it seems a bit odd that not even one solo effort has  
> > made it onto this album.
> > Nor is there a credit for Wojtek, which must be another first.  
> > Although he's been looking after the kids for a good few years  
> > now, in fairness.
> > But once you get past these shockettes, and if you can pass over  
> > its relative brevity - 10 songs - i think it might be a sound  
> > addition to the canon. It's no vintage rocking aeroplanes record;  
> > there are very few big tunes to which one might bare one's chest  
> > in the Borderline's moshpit. Only Up in a Down World, Surreal  
> > Thing, Raise the Roof and possibly Bright Star Catalogue get above  
> > mid-tempo, and there's certainly no And Stones or suchlike to get  
> > the blood really flowing.
> > But nor is there an 'Open' or similar misdemeanour, which can only  
> > be a good thing. And at the production is significantly improved  
> > on the shed-at-the-end-of-the-garden lo-fi of 'Record Player'.
> > What it does seem to consist of is a clutch of more plangent,  
> > downbeat, mood pieces, where the vocals wash into and out of  
> > focus. He seems to be increasingly reflective and less declamatory  
> > - and adulthood is an explicit statement to this effect. Tree full  
> > of starlings, Hexanal, star below & multinational, plus the  
> > bookends, all seem to derive much more from the more  
> > impressionistic music of 'Cavaliers' than from the classic rock  
> > riff/verse/chorus/big production major label albums, but i get the  
> > distinct impression that this is the direction he's heading these  
> > days, and that this is maybe no bad thing.
> > I don't know whether Richard Bell is still on this list, but  
> > either way - 'Beautiful Is' is the easy favourite so far. though  
> > anything with angelo on runs it close.
> > The only other thing it makes me wonder is - and maybe lisa can  
> > tell us - whether there are more songs written/recorded, or  
> > whether that's it for another five or six years? Given that at  
> > least a couple of the songs on there date from the early nineties,  
> > does he have a wardrobe full of newer things to unleash on us...?
> > This should keep us going for a little while, though.
> >
> > nat
> >
> >
> > > From: <peter@in...co.uk>
> > > Reply-To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List <blueplanes@st...net>
> > > To: "The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List" <blueplanes@st...net>
> > > Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Altitude advert
> > > Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 10:29:53 +0100
> > >
> > > got altitude delivered to me this am - already ripped to me pc so  
> > > dont panic.
> > > first listen is good and think it will be a grower too
> > > .
> > > tree full of starlings is luverley - but it so reminds me of the  
> > > wateryboys
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: gordon
> > >   To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List
> > >   Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 9:22 PM
> > >   Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Altitude advert
> > >
> > >
> > >     Somebody put up a site here a little while back, showing the  
> > > Altitude cover.
> > >     I took it for granted as a work of Ann Sheldon, but  
> > > apparently not.
> > >     In any case, it's Classic Blue Aeroplanes.
> > >     Pity EMI couldn't stretch to a vinyl release.
> > >
> > >     T.Rex
> > >       ----- Original Message -----
> > >       From: Lisa Ash
> > >       To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List
> > >       Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 2:15 AM
> > >       Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Altitude advert
> > >
> > >
> > >       The cover for Altitude was taken from a painting by one of  
> > > Gerard's friends. He liked the way the plane is exactly at right  
> > > angles/follows the lines of the streets. EMI thoguht it was cool  
> > > too and it reminded all of us in the meeting of a similar, very  
> > > famous photo... I DID find out what that was but Ive forgotten  
> > > again now! (Imagine it as a photo and in black and white and  
> > > THATS the photo Im thinking of!)
> > >       No 911 references, I think G has only just got the artwork  
> > > for, it as his mate was still finishing it when the EMI deal was  
> > > signed...
> > >       Sommin like that anyway! I can't quite remember now, but  
> > > this is the kinda thing that I want to put on the MySpace  
> > > site. :) Little bits of trivia-ry info like this.
> > >       blueaeroplanes.com will be live by the time Altitude comes  
> > > out - they better get a wriggle on tho eh?! I think it's gonna be  
> > > more of a 'chat about the albums' site rather than any kind of  
> > > detailed and specific BA's place. Hence (again!) my ideas for  
> > > MySpace.
> > >       We really DO need a proper 'place' for all this  
> > > stuff. ...and Pete, I will email you re: your offer! Thank you! :)
> > >       Lis
> > >       x
> > >
> > >
> > >       On 2 Apr 2006, at 01:11, Nick White wrote:
> > >
> > >       There's a big, well-placed advert in yesterday's Guardian  
> > > guide. Well done EMI.  Shame about the bizarrely inserted  
> > > apostrophe in Aeroplanes, though, and who decided to quote the  
> > > 7/10 in NME? - I thought that was quite a low rating.
> > >       The cover seems to be of a plane flying low over Manhattan  
> > > - note the distinctive Chrysler building behind the title line.   
> > > A deliberate September 11 reference, a composite city, an old  
> > > painting, or of no significance at all?  You decide....
> > >       Yours controversially,
> > >
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