Kevin Ayers

Urban Hat€monger ? · 11-30-2011, 12:29 PM

Known as the biggest underachiever in rock with a banana fixation I've been listening to this guy a lot lately and Soft Machine have a thread so it's about time this guy did.

Think of him as a kind of cross between Syd Barrett & Nick Drake with a bit of Soft Machine thrown in (They play on a lot of his albums).

Have a few songs to listen to, that seems to be the done thing when starting threads these days....

Further listening

Joy Of A Toy
Shooting At The Moon
Bananamour
June 1st 1974 (With John Cale, Nico & Brian Eno)

Guybrush · 11-30-2011, 12:44 PM

Of course, I like Kevin Ayers. He seems like such an easy-going and charming character.

His four first albums are the ones I know the best and I quite like them even if I don't find any of them completely brilliant. Interestingly, I recently checked out Unfairground, his latest album from 2007, and was surprised to find it may be my favorite of his that I've heard so far.

Sneer · 11-30-2011, 12:48 PM

I dig him quite a lot, Joy of a Toy and Whatevershebringswesing are really good, keep meaning to check out more, any suggestions?

I'm particularly fond of this song:

I actually got into him after Mushroom did a cover of that.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 11-30-2011, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tore

His four first albums are the ones I know the best and I quite like them even if I don't find any of them completely brilliant.

Same here.
Although I have to say on the flip side of that I've not heard one of his albums I didn't enjoy at least a handful of the songs on them.
Mind you I've not heard any of his early 80s material yet. I know it has a reputation of being pretty bad but some of it has yet to be released on CD even, so I'm guessing it must me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu

I dig him quite a lot, Joy of a Toy and Whatevershebringswesing are really good, keep meaning to check out more, any suggestions?

I would say Shooting At The Moon would be the logical step as you have the two albums that surround it.

TockTockTock · 12-02-2011, 09:59 AM

Kevin Ayers

(There's already a thread on him).

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Kevin Ayers Known as the biggest underachiever in rock with a banana fixation I've been listening to this guy a lot lately and Soft Machine have a thread so it's about time this guy did. Think of him as a kind of cross between Syd Barrett & Nick Drake with a bit of Soft Machine thrown in (They play on a lot of his albums). Have a few songs to listen to, that seems to be the done thing when starting threads these days.... Further listening Joy Of A Toy Shooting At The Moon Bananamour June 1st 1974 (With John Cale, Nico & Brian Eno) __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Of course, I like Kevin Ayers. He seems like such an easy-going and charming character. His four first albums are the ones I know the best and I quite like them even if I don't find any of them completely brilliant. Interestingly, I recently checked out Unfairground, his latest album from 2007, and was surprised to find it may be my favorite of his that I've heard so far. __________________ Something Completely Different

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Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	I dig him quite a lot, Joy of a Toy and Whatevershebringswesing are really good, keep meaning to check out more, any suggestions? I'm particularly fond of this song: I actually got into him after Mushroom did a cover of that. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

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TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	Kevin Ayers (There's already a thread on him).