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Junglejim commented on the post, Steely Dan – Katy Lied 1 week, 4 days ago
Much as I love & respect Walt & in no way think of him as any kind of junior partner to Don, I just can’t get on with his solo stuff & don’t like his vocal style at all. I really tried with ’11 Tracks’ & ‘Circus […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, Spineless Creep 1 week, 5 days ago
Not spineless, but as consistent in oily f*ckery as he’s ever been. It’s been said that should one look up the word ‘odious’ in certain dictionaries, you’ll find that famous pic of POD ( Prince Of Darkness […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, Steely Dan – Katy Lied 1 week, 5 days ago
I have to say I reckon ‘My Rival’ is a tremendous song & one I really enjoy singing along to. I do think ‘Slang Of Ages’ from Everything Must Go is rather weak, but I attribute that mostly to Walt’s less than stellar vocal.
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Junglejim commented on the post, Steely Dan – Katy Lied 1 week, 6 days ago
I don’t mind saying that Gaucho is my fave Dan album & I definitely listen to the later stuff as much as the classic run that established them. Seems plenty of young folk gravitate to Gaucho as well & this ‘ […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, Steely Dan – Katy Lied 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Funnily enough, I have a clear narrative (that makes sense to me, at least) for HATWW & it is very uncomfortable to conjure- probably the darkest material in their canon IMO, which definitely going some!
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Junglejim commented on the post, Steely Dan – Katy Lied 2 weeks, 2 days ago
I totally concur. The lyrical density is central to my enjoyment – if they were easily decipherable there would be far less to ponder on repeated listening. I thought for example, that I’d clearly figured out ‘ […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, Steely Dan – Katy Lied 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Excellent review of an extremely strong album. Being a whippersnapper, until my conversion in the early 2000s the Dan to me were 3 LPs in my older Sis’s collection – Countdown, Pretzel & Katy Lied & their o […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, David Lynch RIP 3 weeks, 3 days ago
You are SO f*ckin’ suave!
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Junglejim commented on the post, Country music – the bridge to your kids 1 month, 1 week ago
I hear you, Diddley but it’s also true that people have always loved a tune & a story & when they’re combined well it can be hard to beat. Apparently Charlie Parker ( surely the personification of uber cool in […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, Utterly Gratuitous. 1 month, 3 weeks ago
That is genuinely heart stopping! Very sad to learn of his demise, but nobody can deny he lived life turned up to eleven. By way of some kind of reply, I’d offer this – personally I think better without the m […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, Utterly Gratuitous. 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Junglejim commented on the post, Football – I have questions 2 months ago
Yes, but that doesn’t mean we’d object to the retelling of the story, if you’re inclined.
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Junglejim commented on the post, Football – I have questions 2 months ago
It’s banality masquerading as expertise, presumably as a consequence of ultra TV saturation of the game – notably since the Premier League’s inception in 1992.
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Junglejim commented on the post, Autism 2 months, 1 week ago
I would heartily recommend ‘NeuroTribes’ by Steve Silberman to anybody seeking a better understanding of the subject. It’s excellent on the history of the term Autism, who Asperger was & his pluses as well […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, What is jazz? 2 months, 3 weeks ago
I can find myself leaning towards a definition of Jazz as ‘black American classical music’ until all of the exceptions pop up that contradict that ( 3 particular faves of mine being Art Pepper, Gerry Mulligan & S […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, Should young people have heard of U2? 3 months, 3 weeks ago
I absolutely loved The Lyceum’s ‘faded grandeur’ & saw tons of bands there, The Clash, The Only Ones, Kid Creole, The B-52s , The Undertones, Japan, LKJ, Magazine amongst others. Now it’s a fully restore […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, Should young people have heard of U2? 3 months, 3 weeks ago
On a team chat group at work on the morning the death was announced, a younger female colleague said ‘ Oh, I’ve just heard the awful news about Liam Payne’ In my ignorance I guessed that a young member of staff […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, Peter Bruntnell klaxon 4 months ago
A new Peter Bruntnell release is always something to celebrate, & this new album is particularly strong – apparently effiortless songwriting that manages to be catchy & yet still improves with with repeated […]
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Junglejim wrote a new post 4 months ago
Johan Neeskens2nd only to Cruyff as an football idol personifying the ‘total football’ of Ajax & ‘that’ Netherlands side of 1974, Johan Neeskens has passed […]
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Junglejim commented on the post, Totò Schillaci, 59 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Toto Schillaci’s passing is desperately sad news – 59 is no age. His seemingly driven performances & wild eyed goal celebrations at Italia 90 evoke that summer just as powerfully as Gazza’s tears or Waddle & Pie […]
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