Una Veteran Member Posts:1721  
| 8/29/2005 8:00 PM |
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Is that really David Gray on the cover of Hotpress. I know they're a bunch of whore-beasts, but surely they wouldn't sink THAT low. Say it aint so?
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Rev JulesVeteran Member Posts:1041
| 8/29/2005 8:06 PM |
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It is so.
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stroller Advanced Member Posts:576
| 8/30/2005 3:30 AM |
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I've flicked through that issue and apparently White Ladder is the biggest selling album in Irish history. Now that's low.
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Damien Basic Member Posts:316
| 8/30/2005 8:16 AM |
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How did they fit his enormous face on the cover?
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karlvin New Member Posts:97
| 8/30/2005 10:29 AM |
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yawn yawn , lets all bash david gray , james blunt etc etc. How is that worse than say westlife , the corrs , ronan keating on the cover ? and as for white ladder I still think it's a good album , problem was it was totally overplayed in the media. I for one respect the fact that he took the chance to record it , as far as I know his wife had to put up most of the money for the album as he'd been dropped by his company at the time , now that takes serious self belief and trust and that to me should be saluted not knocked because the style of music is mainstream.
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 8/30/2005 11:01 AM |
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Originally posted by Damien
How did they fit his enormous face on the cover?
Thrice, they fit it on thrice. |
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DamienBasic Member Posts:316
| 8/30/2005 12:50 PM |
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Originally posted by Unicron
Thrice, they fit it on thrice.
We're going beyond the boundaries of conventional science... |
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 8/30/2005 1:24 PM |
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Originally posted by Damien
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Originally posted by Unicron
Thrice, they fit it on thrice.
We're going beyond the boundaries of conventional science...
Yes, more into quantum physics here, his face exists on the cover in several different possible states at once in line with the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Quantum mechanics also state that particles can appear in places where they have no right to be, which might explain why "White Ladder" had such a run in the album charts.  |
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 8/30/2005 1:56 PM |
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Originally posted by Binokular
Originally posted by Damien
which might explain why "White Ladder" had such a run in the album charts.
Anyone see the awful show in SkyOne last week, 'Shameful secrets of the 90s' ?
One of them was the introduction of CD sales into Supermarkets, the Tesco & Asdas of the world. Basic arguement was that your mam & dad never went into the traditional home of record selling, the music shop.
A case of bringing the mountain to Mohammed. |
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mickBasic Member Posts:411
| 8/30/2005 3:08 PM |
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i think white ladder is a decent album or at least it was a few years ago. self released is so chic as long as you're not succesful like ...
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off the postBasic Member Posts:284
| 8/30/2005 4:38 PM |
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Originally posted by mick
i think white ladder is a decent album or at least it was a few years ago. self released is so chic as long as you're not succesful like ...
Have to agree. I remember when Gray first came on the scene the only DJ to play him was Donal Dineen. I thought at the time it was good. Have to admit that time has tempered how I feel, possibly because he has sparked off a thousand annoying clones.
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mickBasic Member Posts:411
| 8/30/2005 4:55 PM |
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Originally posted by off the post
time has tempered how I feel
people's tastes change. i wouldnt listen to him now, but it doesnt mean white ladder is a s**t album and surely if he independently released ireland's biggest ever selling album he deserves a bit of credit and the cover of hotpress every now and again. |
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 8/30/2005 5:13 PM |
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I don't care if he's 'mainstream' or not - his music is still boring, annoying mediocraty on a disc IMO
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John DoeBasic Member Posts:338
| 8/30/2005 5:42 PM |
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Only on Cluas would you find a backlash AND an attempted rehabilitation of an artist in the same thread. 
I'm with Mick, he's had some decent tunes and doesn't deserve the vitriol.
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 8/30/2005 6:20 PM |
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....by the way, I should point out out that I too mysteriously appear to have a copy of White Ladder in my collection and even more bizarrely it manages to find its way into my CD player occasionaly. Now how did that get there? damned quantum physics I tell you! ...and that schroedingers cat keeps leaving fur all over the sofa too.
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Rev JulesVeteran Member Posts:1041
| 8/30/2005 6:25 PM |
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I don't have 'White Ladder' - shock horror - but I do have a copy of 'Sell, Sell, Sell' (which didn't actually and resulted in him being dropped by EMI) and a fine record it is too. The boy done well.
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jmc105Basic Member Posts:188
| 8/30/2005 10:17 PM |
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sell sell sell is good, a century ends is better. there's a solo set by david gray up on the morning becomes eclectic page at www.kcrw.com, recorded on aug 18th. |
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