The Beginner's Guide to... (dancing, blues, house, rock, albums)

mrguy · 03-25-2010, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bulldog

[CENTER][B]A Beginner's Guide To Public Image Limited....

Can you describe the difference in sound between the two, if it's not too much hassle...
I have a very low internet download allocation (3gb)...

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Originally Posted by Stone Birds

know what? there's no gorillaz guide... seriously?
and no Yo La Tengo...
we're missing a lot of bands

you could make them if you are so outraged...

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Originally Posted by stormjh

Beginners guide to contemporary maths, most of the bands are British, sorry about that, it's just what I know best.

thanks

Bulldog · 03-26-2010, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Stone Birds

my point is there is a lot of gorillaz material (copied from wiki)
and that's only full-lengthes

But it's still only three full-length albums though no matter how many variations of the tracklistings you post. It's easier to just find the three of them for oneself.

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Originally Posted by mrguy

Can you describe the difference in sound between the two, if it's not too much hassle...
I have a very low internet download allocation (3gb)...

It's a bit hard with PIL, as they sound different on pretty much every album they'd released. In fact the only thing linking most of the albums is John Lydon's voice.

In a nutshell, the 1978-84 stuff is more left-of-centre, with some post-punk to it, a few dub rhythms and disco grooves, some post-rock and even a little bit of pop music in a couple of cases. The 1985-92 stuff's a lot more accessible on the whole, with more of a focus on hard rock sound in varying degrees from album to album.

As I say though, it's hard to explain.