tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post7465943004304683801..comments2024-01-26T07:11:45.193-05:00Comments on Linear Tracking Lives!: ABCs of My Vinyl Collection (Letter A, Part 8)Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-53284431439838818082016-01-24T09:39:35.055-05:002016-01-24T09:39:35.055-05:00Not a bad intro by any stretch of the imagination....Not a bad intro by any stretch of the imagination..<br /><br />Mine was 'White Car in Germany' from which I went backwards to the rest of the early material and I just freaked when 'Sulk' came out to the extent that I had more or less worn it out within six months and had to buy a replacement. It was also one of the first CDs I bought when I was shifting away from Vinyl (we all were...believe me that we fell for the hype on sound quality!!) as I couldn't ever imagone not being able to play the album. <br /><br />I do understand where kevinpat is coming from....it's a bit of an acquired taste and everyone of us has blind spots in terms of not getting or liking someone or a band that many others rate so very highly. JChttp://www.thenewvinylvillain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-76280842046570330402016-01-22T16:38:34.500-05:002016-01-22T16:38:34.500-05:00Can't argue with you, Swede. The singles from ...Can't argue with you, Swede. The singles from that period are wonderful. <br /><br />Kevinpat, No need to apologize. Echorich and Post Punk Monk are just about the only other Americans I have ever come across that are into Associates, and those two may very well be the biggest fans I have ever come across. My next post or two may be more up your alley.<br /><br />CC, I assume by your little push that you also like Associates, and that makes me very happy.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-5030950574992107432016-01-22T16:17:35.803-05:002016-01-22T16:17:35.803-05:00I'm by no means a Billy MacKenzie completest a...I'm by no means a Billy MacKenzie completest and have thoroughly enjoyed being introduced to so many less obvious tunes over the past year by various blogging chums, including your good self. 'Party Fears Two' and 'Club Country' will probably always be my go-to tunes though. Those songs still sound quite unlike any other pop single I've ever heard.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-11689725620370244172016-01-22T13:49:31.480-05:002016-01-22T13:49:31.480-05:00Keep trying kevinpat!Keep trying kevinpat!Charity Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049726176497694026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-39175259351128866862016-01-22T08:05:53.305-05:002016-01-22T08:05:53.305-05:00Sorry guys I got nothing. An acquired taste. Which...Sorry guys I got nothing. An acquired taste. Which perhaps makes it more worthy. Just doesn't work for me. Tried many years ago. I got nothing. :)kevinpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501873866325216412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-50681134947605646912016-01-22T02:30:38.287-05:002016-01-22T02:30:38.287-05:00Hi Echorich. I think the musical gods wanted me to...Hi Echorich. I think the musical gods wanted me to hear these more accessible songs first. Something like Kitchen Person may have scared me off if I had heard it in 1984. My delicate ears weren't ready for that. Now it's just about my favorite.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-42966420432374585872016-01-22T02:13:58.219-05:002016-01-22T02:13:58.219-05:00Everything Associates/MacKenzie is wonderful, but ...Everything Associates/MacKenzie is wonderful, but Sulk is sheer Brilliance!! I have the US and UK versions of Sulk and you are right Brian, two completely different animals. 18 Carat Love Affair is sort of the middle child to this period of Associates, never really getting its due respect when compared to Party Fears Two or Club Country. It might be the closest BM and AR ever got to a conventional pop song as well.Echorichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853063796135973187noreply@blogger.com