The Friday Canon: ORBITAL v THE ORB

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

A double-header for your delectation this week! Between them, Orbital and The Orb have racked up 15 UK Top 40 hits, so you get just FIVE ticks spread over the lot. Strap a torch to your head and get ticking!

[Poll #1032733]
The Kinks: (link)
1. Waterloo Sunset
2. You Really Got Me
3. All Day And All Of The Night
4. Lola
5. Sunny Afternoon
6. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
7. Victoria
8. Days
9. Dead End Street
10. Tired Of Waiting For You

EDIT: B0LL0CKS for some reason everyhit didn't show Orbital's last 6 singles when I first searched. Arrrrrrrrrgh :(

Comments

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld is one of the best records ever made. I'm not saying I've never smoked weed, mind you, but I liked the Orb for about 2 years before I did!

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

do you know i'm not sure that i've got ABTU. i have ufORB on vinyl (opened, sadly), and i think i had a tape of remixes of ABTU, rather than the proper version...

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

ABTU is usually £3 in HMV sales nowadays. I picked it up for that much a couple of years back when I finally came to terms with the fact that my ancient tape copy was lost forever.

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

ABTU is the record C120 tapes were designed for!

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Ah, that most easily broken of all formats, the TDK D120.

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes I should maybe have scarequoted "designed".

My 120ed copy of Ultraworld lasted me an entire 4 week Interrail though.

(Remainder of Poptimists: "Bloody students")

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

*sobs at the depressing memories*

Actually, I *still* listen to my cassettes, unable to relax because of The Fear that they will break and be utterly irreplaceable.

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[(Anonymous)]

DUDE!

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bopkids

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

ABTU felt very leftfield at the time - i mean for music of the NOW (then) - and i bought it totally on spec when i was in a reckid shop and it was playing. i just had to ask "what's this - and can i buy it now". i took it home, and my flatmates were all WTF, then oh wait this is all like Floyd and that (they wuz PF fans).

was there a scene they came out of, and this was the crossover success? or did they stake out what then became a hugely over cultivated field of dull

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

it is one of my remaining vinyl albums. i don't know if i'm botherd to re-buy on CD.

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The first time I heard about them was in the NME's 'token dance column' bit in mid-89, they were mentioned alongside the KLF as pioneering "ambient house", Ever-Growing Brain was namechecked etc.

I guess the 'scene' was lots of hippy electronica - all the people they nicked stuff from and worked with - Gottsching, Eno, Steve Hillage - and the softer end of the Balearic movement. But it didn't really exist as a scene before the Orb came along and knitted it together - then suddenly i. everyone started making 'ambient dub' and ii. the crusty raver end of things got going (the Orb's fanbase - judging by my experience - were all way keen on Megadog, DJ Monkey Pilot, Ozrics etc.)

As a former Floyd fan I never thought they sounded anything like PF at all!

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Ever-Growing Brian must have had trouble getting clothes.

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

no fortunately he was growing at an extremely slow rate.