Hoover Dam

[Nomoreheroes]

Some years ago I had a girlfriend, who lived in a place called Jackaments Bottom twixt Ciren and Tetbury....her father was a blacksmith locally and used to do work for Jet Black of the Stranglers, who used to live down the road in Culkerton. Wouldn't know if he still lived there.

Yep, he still lives there. Seen him at the dentist in Tetbury a few times over the years.

NMH

[flammableBen]

I'm listening to it now, just over half way through on track 6.

It's not bad, but not amazing either. Solid I suppose. It sounds a bit music by numbers, everything sounds very deliberate. Like it was drawn up with "We'll have a bass line which sound like this there", "That style of drum beat for this song" and "Got to but a guitar riff which sounds like that after that chorus".  I suppose all music's a bit like that, but some of the tracks come across more like that than they should. Like they were designed instead of coming from the bed of any inspiration.

Sounds like a silly bollocks talking criticism now I've written it out. I'd like to see if anybody else listens to it and gets what I mean.

[Simon Pieman]

Lyrically and vocally it's exactly what I expected, which I guess is what everyone else would expect too. What struck me was the over simplistic production. It's very nice to have things sounding a bit raw (why I nearly always prefer bands' debut albums) but it lacked the energy that should come with that. It felt like someone going through the motions almost.

I didn't think I would like it anyway, which is why I had avoided it to start with. I guess I felt a bit mean simply saying I hadn't bothered. That said, I feel even more mean now I have.

And fB's point summed up exactly how I felt when I listened to the first few tracks.

[Nomoreheroes]

Thanks for your opinion chaps. Am always interested in what other people think, even if their opinion is different to mine. I think that its very raw for him, some of the lyrics are contrived, which is what Hugh is all about. I really like it and just can't stop playing it. There's lots of quirky stuff in there that, for me, took a couple of listens to appreciate.

Glad you tried it!  

NMH

[Ardiles]

According to the (admittedly American) documentary I saw on Channel 4, the Hoover Dam would be the last remaining man made structure on Earth if humans were suddenly to disappear.  Apparently, it would survive, unmaintained, for several thousand years, after which it would collapse.

Sorry NMH - haven't had time to listen to the download.

[Reg Smeeton]

According to the (admittedly American) documentary I saw on Channel 4, the Hoover Dam would be the last remaining man made structure on Earth if humans were suddenly to disappear.  Apparently, it would survive, unmaintained, for several thousand years, after which it would collapse.

Sorry NMH - haven't had time to listen to the download.

   I reckon that's a bit of specculative bollocks...Stonehenge has been around several thousand years,  I suppose it might struggle with an earthquake, but what other natural forces would  bring it down.

[Ardiles]

Point is, if humans were to disappear vegetation would grow up around the stones at Stonehenge very quickly.  Animals would then move in and make homes there (OK, making this up, but you get my drift.)  The vegetation would die away and regrow, each time depositing a thin layer of soil on the site which would eventually obscure the stones.  This is one of the reasons that archaelogists find mediaeval artifacts (say) 12 feet below the surface.

Unmaintained, Stonehenge would probably disappear from view within 200 years or so.  The documentary was really quite interesting...and suggested that even cities like London or New York would effectively vanish within 1,000 years or so.  No more buildings, cars, streets - just the rivers, trees and hills that were there before man arrived.

[Once more, apologies to NMH for taking this thread off on a tangent.]

[Nomoreheroes]

Think thats one of the reasons that he named it after Hoover Dam. He's very proud of the work and hopes that it will remain long after he is in his box.

Apologies accepted Ardiles as long as you download it and review it !  

NMH

[Reg Smeeton]

Point is, if humans were to disappear vegetation would grow up around the stones at Stonehenge very quickly.  Animals would then move in and make homes there (OK, making this up, but you get my drift.)  The vegetation would die away and regrow, each time depositing a thin layer of soil on the site which would eventually obscure the stones.  This is one of the reasons that archaelogists find mediaeval artifacts (say) 12 feet below the surface.

Unmaintained, Stonehenge would probably disappear from view within 200 years or so.  The documentary was really quite interesting...and suggested that even cities like London or New York would effectively vanish within 1,000 years or so.  No more buildings, cars, streets - just the rivers, trees and hills that were there before man arrived.

[Once more, apologies to NMH for taking this thread off on a tangent.]

 It's a fair point....interestingly the climax vegetation of chalk downland is yew wood.

   There's a magical place I used to go when living on the South Coast near Chicester, called Kingley Vale, which is a rare example of chalk downland yew wood....some of teh trees are supposedly 2000 years old.

   I used to like to go there and get somewhat out of the head.....happy days

   http://www.infobritain.co.uk/Kingley_Vale.htm

[leefer]

Can someone tell me why it is called the Hoover dam....is it obviously named after the chap who built it....and did he clean up?

[Simon Pieman]

It was named after the then President, Herbert Hoover, but I think by the time it was opened he'd lost to Roosevelt in a re-election.

[leefer]

Thanks Si Pie...

[Nomoreheroes]

Not seeing many reviews on here chaps !

 

NMH

[Simon Pieman]

I've asked people in my street.

Jim at number 29 thinks it didn't set his world on fire, Doris at number 12 thinks he's no Frank Sinatra and the Turner's of house number 3 thought it was great, even the kids liked it.

[Nomoreheroes]

Was that funny ?