Comments on: Favourite Music Of 2006: No. 1

By: Hg

Hg — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:24:15 +0000

Yeah, that’s the first link in the first paragraph above, my impressions of them at Live 8. I’d completely forgotten about that, only re-discovered it when I was searching for the second link.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:40:14 +0000

“About chord progressions that make my chest swell and my throat feel tight.”
This happened to me almost every time I saw them live (7x summer of 2005, supporting U2). It was before Eyes Open was released, so I got Final Straw when I got back from the tour. It didn’t quite do it for me, but ‘Run’ was still a great tune. I remember raving about them and making you watch them when Live8 was on, but their performance fell flat and you didn’t like ‘em.

By: Hg

Hg — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:11:42 +0000

Mike – if you’ve managed to avoid the ubiquitous presence of Chasing Cars on apparently every radio and TV station this autumn, you’ve clearly been tuning in to a completely different set of channels to me.
Vaughan – “comforting” is absolutely the way it felt. It seemed to fit every circumstance, whether I was driving to the beach in blazing July sunshine or doing battle with rainy Christmas traffic jams in December. Odd that an album potentially so depressing should be so… sustaining.
Caroline – no, you get a big kick up the arse for being such a smarty pants.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:03:15 +0000

Do I get a prize?

By: An Unreliable Witness

An Unreliable Witness — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:01:29 +0000

Having, I will shamefully confess, come to their big hit ‘Run’ very late and found myself utterly addicted, I bought – well, downloaded, okay – ‘Eyes Open’ a couple of weeks ago and have been listening to it a lot ever since. It’s … comforting. Which I suppose isn’t a word you’re supposed to use about modern music, is it?
A great countdown of your favourite music once again, Hg. I always look forward to these. Surprisingly, thanks to – once again – the curse/blessing of downloading, I have either owned or heard a surprising number of this year’s choices, but will be investigating a number of others thanks to your recommendations.
I will also be desperately trying to get into that Joan As Police Woman album, which just washed right over me and barely registered the first few times I listened to it. Sigh.