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Let's Talk about "The Wild Swans"

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:24 pm
by Rubbeet921
I have just been listening to their album "Bringing Home the Ashes" and I really love all the songs starting from "Young Manhood" all the way to the last track "The Worst Year of my Life". This is one of the best bands (including The Care) that I really love and makes me wonder "Where have they gone?"...tsk tsk tsk.

I also have the "Space Flower" album which is pretty good but nevertheless would never outdo the above. I like "Tangerine Temple" and "Butteryfly Girl" the most.

Related Bands Teardrop Explodes, Icicle Works, & Lightning Seeds would only come next, that's for me.

Any other devotees out there?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:58 pm
by SwampThing
What about "The Railway Children"? Seems this band plus the others you mentioned were very popular in the Phillipines. I liked "Bringing Home The Ashes" (haven't listened to it in very long time), didn't care for "Space Flower" and purchased a "Care" cd

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:08 pm
by Spaz
I think Space Flower is s great record, although it is very different from "Bringing Home The Ashes". Ironically enough, someone started a Lotus Eaters forum recently and Jem Kelly, sometime guitarist for Wild Swans, is 1/2 of the Lotus Eaters (although

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:36 am
by Sean
The Wild Swans are awesome. Bringing Home The Ashes is a classic and one of the best albums of the 80's. The two disc set that came out last year was cool but it's nowhere as good as Bringing Home The Ashes. Just great for collectors. Along the same l

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:05 am
by Grunch
All of the bands mentioned are on my list of favorites, perhaps especially for me Icicle Works, going all the way back to their first primitive cassette release, their early releases on Troll Kitchen Records, their LP's and tons of b-sides, and Ian's solo

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:56 pm
by Rubbeet921
[quote][i]Originally posted by SwampThing[/i]
<br>What about "The Railway Children"? Seems this band plus the others you mentioned were ver

PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:08 pm
by romanticide
More accolades for the new Wild Swans 2CD, Incandescent, a fantastic collection with their HTF classic debut single, "The Revolutionary Spirit". It was released September 2003 on Renascent, the label that gave us all those amazing rereleases from the Sou

PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:24 pm
by yipyipcoyote
[quote][i]Originally posted by Rubbeet921[/i]
I'm not really sure about the rest but me and my bros & their pals dig other bands like Camou

PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:34 pm
by Rubbeet921
[quote][i]Originally posted by yipyipcoyote[/i]
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