What song are you listening to right now?

[21punksalute]

This is all I need. Dont need no money, no Bonfire of teenagers…just this

 

[Requiescant]

Hmmm, are you sure about that ?

Yeah, pretty sure.
Remember Adam outsold both Scott and Syd literally by millions. Like a Trojan Horse of bizarreness he smuggled some utterly strange sounding songs into the charts, and the bedrooms of a nation's teens.
Picking two of the most impenetrable, avant-garde tracks by Scott and Syd really doesn't prove much, and doesn't really counter the point I was making. I could equally say that 'Dirk Wears White Sox' matches The Fall for Post Punk taut rhythm angst, but then profer 'Molusc In Tyrol' as a contrarian counterpoint. It effectively proves nothing.
Adam made sparkling original music (completely out of sync with the synth heavy era they were released in), as did Scott, as did Syd(both of whom I'm a massive fan of, in case you thought I was being critical), and YES, I would always call his music weird AND wonderful

 

[Requiescant]

Just rediscovered that album recently. That song has such lovey and catchy chorus. Weird and wonderful indeed.

Those imperial phase albums 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier' and 'Prince Charming' contained some utterly bewitching songs; 'Scorpios', 'Feed Me To The Lions', 'Five Guns West', 'Dog Eat Dog' etc, but I've always felt the pantomimicry has jaded any critical appreciation of his music.
It's almost impossible to imagine his songs in the tiresome, bland charts of today, but he was a fabulous Pop Star who should have been appreciated a little more

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Turkey Train Time

 

[mabuk]

The Rattles - The Witch

 

[Mozzer1980]

 

[Requiescant]

Ah well, might as well join in for the few hours that are left...

 

[goinghome]

Ouija Board Ouija Board
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At his peak, Adam released Pop songs that were every bit as weird and wonderful as Scott Walker or Syd Barrett, but he never gets any recognition

I agree he is underrated, I saw him earlier in his career juar for fun and he was really actually very good
He and Moz have Boz in common

 

[mabuk]

Katie von Schleicher - Midsummer

 

[goinghome]

Pretty Girls Make Graves

&

 

[Requiescant]

Minor chords in excelsis....
Like a half remembered fuzzy dream of an old flame

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Wild T's Little Rock Candy Baby

 

[Mozzer1980]