Most of them seem to be acoustic and that's not where I'm at, so I can't say if they're any good or not.
Some b-sides and other rare tracks are on the 2nd page of this site too.
― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Saturday, 2 November 2002 17:52 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 2 November 2002 18:21 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dickon Edwards, Saturday, 2 November 2002 19:32 (twenty-two years ago) link
a) considering you had zero input into the writing of these songs, how do you feel about them being classed as part of the Orlando oeuvre?
b) were you in agreement with Tim in taking the non-synthetic stance or did he decide this after your leaving?
c) Is a David&Bernardstyle reunion ever likely to happen?
Apologies if these qus have been covered in your diaries.
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and for anyone else reading:
are these songs worth listening to? anything on a par with 'Just for a second'?
― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Sunday, 3 November 2002 12:56 (twenty-two years ago) link
Tim was always the main shaper of Orlando songs: I was his writer, but he ultimately used my words the way he wanted. So it was entirely fair enough. Orlando was really his band more than mine.
I can't speak for Tim: his email address in on those webpages you mention above, so do ask him.
I'm not a big fan of stripped-down acoustic songs, either, but I was always a fan of Tim's voice. And some of those songs are upbeat, full band numbers anyway. "Where Will It All End" for one.
I currently see more of Tim than I see of my Fosca bandmates! Tim & I often go to gigs and clubs together. But I doubt we'll collaborate again on anything creative, as the more abrasive sides of our characters quickly come to the fore, and it can be a bit of an ordeal.
As it is, I'm currently more interested in moving away from making music and writing stories and scripts. Is it possible to be a pop star author?
― Dickon Edwards, Monday, 4 November 2002 06:32 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 4 November 2002 06:35 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dickon Edwards, Monday, 4 November 2002 07:25 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Concerned Reader, Monday, 4 November 2002 21:34 (twenty-two years ago) link
Well, Louise Wener wrote a book, didn't she? I actually flicked through that the other day. She's written it from the perspective of a man, though she's not a very convincing man - at one point 'he' goes into a newsagents and buys a can of Diet Coke!
― jamesmichaelward (jamesmichaelward), Tuesday, 5 November 2002 01:36 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Atnevon (Atnevon), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:17 (twenty years ago) link
he lives near me. you see him on the street.
but with it goes further.
he
- works in my local video library- writes for same magazine (well, he still writes for them; i quit)- attended same film screening last month- was in british library on saturday, same as me
it's all a bit fucked-up.
hi dickon, anyway.
― a rapper singing about hos and bitches and money (Enrique), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― rentboy (rentboy), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 12:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― a rapper singing about hos and bitches and money (Enrique), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 12:30 (eighteen years ago) link
hay passive soul got reissued with large numbers of extra traxxxxx
surprising candidate for reissue considering how appallingly it apparently sold
what's next, reissuing 'my beauty'??
― Minister for Compression Issues (electricsound), Thursday, 18 December 2008 06:12 (sixteen years ago) link
hope so, I only ever saw one copy of that - a dumped promo that was gone the next week
― Iconic Erection (sic), Thursday, 18 December 2008 11:11 (sixteen years ago) link