tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post210547396161493362..comments2024-01-26T07:11:45.193-05:00Comments on Linear Tracking Lives!: UK Indie Hits: 1980-89 (No. 18)Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-15481733423927435992014-05-05T11:56:02.771-04:002014-05-05T11:56:02.771-04:00Good to hear from you, Uncle E. I read about the d...Good to hear from you, Uncle E. I read about the deluxe edition on your site a little while back, and I know you're big on it. It's on my short list. Good point about doubles in the '80s... not many of those.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-13412963396390642992014-05-05T11:47:05.800-04:002014-05-05T11:47:05.800-04:00I am one of those unfortunate slobs that haven'...I am one of those unfortunate slobs that haven't yet heard "You Want To Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song". I'll have to remedy that. Picked up the 2CD version of the debut, though, and it is fantastic! The B-Sides, BBC recordings, etc, are on a par with the original album. As many have said, they had enough great material to produce a quality double, but this was the '80's, and the intelligentsia back then frowned upon such indulgences.Uncle Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570327775449916376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-41760691451940794782014-05-05T01:22:12.245-04:002014-05-05T01:22:12.245-04:00Hi, FORW. I remember you touting them on your old ...Hi, FORW. I remember you touting them on your old blog, and I was impressed you stuck with "them," well, Ian anyway, until the end. Did you ever get any of the solo material? I never heard any of it. This song already sounds so big to me... I do have a live recording of the band from 1984 (King Biscuit Flower Hour, Boston show)... but I can't imagine how great it must have been to be there and hear it. Sounds like a nice memory for you. <br /><br />Now on to more important things. I got the new Roddy Frame album from AED Records, complete with the bonus live recording, a couple of days ago. Let me know when you have heard it enough to give me your thoughts. You're one of the biggest fans I know.<br /><br />Greetings, Echorich. Evangeline is probably my second favorite song from Icicle Works, and you may remember us chatting about it when I did my Ian Broudie appreciation post last year. In fact, your mention of the song inspired me to do a followup post featuring the tune. Thanks again. If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song is such a great album. It's a pity not many have heard it over here.<br />Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-18003640791875098822014-05-02T22:27:04.050-04:002014-05-02T22:27:04.050-04:00As much as I love the earliest Icicle Works releas...As much as I love the earliest Icicle Works releases, and I REALLY DO!, it's their album If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song that is in my top albums of all time list. It's a magnum work by a band that was really on top of their game. Its only problem is that it was released as the British charts were full of mindless pop by artists as props for producers. It's a lost gem of the 80's in my mind and a wonderful part of the 80's Liverpool sound. Evangeline is just brilliant.Echorichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853063796135973187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-27570922811828611882014-05-02T16:49:41.882-04:002014-05-02T16:49:41.882-04:00Saw them live about 5 times between 86 and 90. Thi...Saw them live about 5 times between 86 and 90. This track was always the highlight , they generated such a big manic sound the recorded version always suffered in comparison. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com