What if this was an album

[Gregor Samsa]

Perhaps even the only album released post Refusal. This place would be so much more joyful. I can’t imagine Covid or the war in Ukraine happening either.

The title of the album would be Blue Dreamer’s Eyes. And this would be the front cover shot.

1. Blue Dreamers…
2. Istanbul
3. Forgive someone
4. River clean
5. Mountjoy
6. Smiler

7. Drag the…
8. One of our own
9. Brow of…
10. By the time…
11. Julie in…
12. I couldn’t understand…

Imagine the songs being produced by a single producer and the sound being somewhat coherent. I’m thinking warm and atmospheric.

Band line-up:
Boz, guitar
Alain, guitar, backing vocals
Mando, bass
Matt, drums
Gustavo, keys/piano

 

[Ryan]

I’d replace tracks 10 and 12 with something else.

 

[Phranc & Open]

Hard to live with any album that contains "Istanbul" even if most of the rest is most enjoyable.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Hard to live with any album that contains "Istanbul" even if most of the rest is most enjoyable.

What! We normally agree with each other, but this blows my mind. It’s one of the great Morrissey story songs. A fantastic lyric.

 

[Phranc & Open]

What! We normally agree with each other, but this blows my mind. It’s one of the great Morrissey story songs. A fantastic lyric.

Nein. Sorry. I don't like it, when he tries to explore exotic places and describes his experiences. He never did this then (88-97) but since he is a journeyman, it's not what I expect from him. Goes with the extreme Latin sounds theme he offers us on WPINOYB. No.

 

[Mimi Ramone]

Nein. Sorry. I don't like it, when he tries to explore exotic places and describes his experiences. He never did this then (88-97) but since he is a journeyman, it's not what I expect from him. Goes with the extreme Latin sounds theme he offers us on WPINOYB. No.

Agree, it somehow makes me cringe, like he's trying too hard for something that doesn't suit him.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Nein. Sorry. I don't like it, when he tries to explore exotic places and describes his experiences. He never did this then (88-97) but since he is a journeyman, it's not what I expect from him. Goes with the extreme Latin sounds theme he offers us on WPINOYB. No.

But these are not his experiences. He tells a story of someone fallen by the wayside. Not unlike what he did with NF Disco (albeit in a foreign setting). And the sound is robust and almost post punk in a way, which is great since I too can’t stand the Latin and world flavors that permeate WPINOYB.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

1. Blue Dreamers…
2. Istanbul
3. Forgive someone
4. River clean
5. Mountjoy
6. Smiler

7. Drag the…
8. One of our own
9. Brow of…
10. By the time…
11. Julie in…
12. I couldn’t understand…

Sounds bloody awful.

 

[Mozzer1980]

Agree, it somehow makes me cringe, like he's trying too hard for something that doesn't suit him.

Well said . This especially applies to caricatured duets with Thelma Houston and Miley Cyrus and the modern production by Andrew Watt.
But as for the "latino sounds" on World Peace, I disagree. It turned out quite decent. I love that album and I can't wait for the reissues with One of our Own, Julie in The Weeds, Forgive Someone, Art-Hounds and Scandinavia on the main album, not as a bonus tracks

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Sounds bloody awful.

Oh, come on! Soften that piece of granite in your chest.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

the reissues with One of our Own, Julie in The Weeds, Forgive Someone, Art-Hounds and Scandinavia on the main album, not as a bonus tracks

Who says that will happen?

 

[Dorothy]

Yes to the title and cover shot.

 

[Phranc & Open]

But these are not his experiences. He tells a story of someone fallen by the wayside. Not unlike what he did with NF Disco (albeit in a foreign setting). And the sound is robust and almost post punk in a way, which is great since I too can’t stand the Latin and world flavors that permeate WPINOYB.

Once again, these are rhymes for the sake of rhyming, and there are certainly some of his own observations of this exotic city interwoven into them. It already didn't appeal to me as a preview track in 2024. Even though he played it live all the time in 2014/2015: time for the third beer.

 

[Mozzer1980]

Who says that will happen?

I believe that Saint Rita will hear my prayers and miracles become possible .

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Once again, these are rhymes for the sake of rhyming, and there are certainly some of his own observations of this exotic city interwoven into them. It already didn't appeal to me as a preview track in 2024. Even though he played it live all the time in 2014/2015: time for the third beer.

Hmm! What songs from WPINOYB do you like?

 

[skull]

Blue dreamer, Brow and I couldn't are just boring and naive.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

Oh, come on! Soften that piece of granite in your chest.

If you think that selection of songs are good, you’ve got a piece of granite for a brain.
Apart from Once I Saw… and One of Our Own, they’re all terrible.

 

[Phranc & Open]

Hmm! What songs from WPINOYB do you like?

Original album: Staircase, Bullfighter and Mountjoy.
From the bonus CD: everything apart from Art-Hounds and Scandinavia.

 

[brody]

It’s funny how many of the extra/unreleased tracks from the World Peace and High School sessions absolutely lord it over many of the album tracks. Low in high school in particular:

Blue dreamer’s eyes
I thought you were dead
I couldn’t understand why people laughed
By the time I get to wherever I’m going

All better than many songs on the actual album.

 

[Surface]

Original album: Staircase, Bullfighter and Mountjoy.
From the bonus CD: everything apart from Art-Hounds and Scandinavia.

I love Staircase, it's a brilliant song.