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HectorPascal
Song Ratings: 31
Guildford, UK
Ex(thanks Pandemic) Plane driver.
Oct 26, 2016
Favorite Song: Let down
Favorite Band: Radiohead
Favorite Album: Ex-Nihilist
First Concert: Be Bop Deluxe
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Let Down
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
7.7
(3486)
Cantaloupe Island
Herbie Hancock
Cantaloupe Island (1994)
8.3
(4890)
How to Be Invisible
Kate Bush
Aerial (2005)
7.4
(4062)
Taro
alt‐J
An Awesome Wave (2012)
7.7
(3805)
The Carpet Crawlers
Genesis
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
8.1
(3661)
To the River
Down Like Silver
Light That Match (2013)
7.3
(2407)
Light as a Feather
Norah Jones
The Fall (2009)
7.2
(1842)
Sir Duke
Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
7.6
(2106)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Tokens
Wimoweh: The Best of the Tokens (1961)
7.1
(1523)
Jenny Don’t Be Hasty
Paolo Nutini
These Streets (2006)
6.5
(810)
Otherside
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication (1999)
7.3
(3341)
Come on Eileen
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Too-Rye-Ay (1982)
6.8
(551)
I Feel Love
Donna Summer
The Very Best of Donna Summer (1977)
7.7
(2141)
Song of Job
Seatrain
Seatrain (1971)
3.9
(384)
Breaking Glass
Nick Lowe
Labour of Lust (1979)
6.7
(1799)
Colours Fly
The Smile
Cutouts (2024)
6.1
(416)
Don't Go
Yazoo
Upstairs at Eric's (1982)
6.9
(1535)
Driver's Seat
Sniff ’n’ the Tears
Best Of Sniff 'n The Tears (1978)
7.4
(3461)
Holding on for Life
Broken Bells
After the Disco (2014)
7.1
(2339)
If I Had a Million Dollars
Barenaked Ladies
Gordon (1992)
5.8
(1836)
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Comments ( 70 )
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Posted 6 years ago by HectorPascal:
Well, I have been listening to music for a lifetime almost - I am not dead yet - These days at least half is classical. I am still firm in my view that there is not a better, multi-layered, imaginative, challenging and ultimately rewarding band than Radiohead. They will be talked about in the same tones of reverence as Bach, Mozart and Wagner one day.
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Let Down - Radiohead
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
For the last 15+ years I have been saying that I consider this to be the most complete piece of contemporary music I have heard. Nothing has changed my mind in the meantime.

It's perfection.
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Happiness Is... - Yungchen Lhamo
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
I have a bone to pick with you RP....

You are playing away in the background as always and you KEEP INTERRUPTING ME!
Time and again I have to stop what I am doing and delve into the detail of what you are playing.

Another lovely piece of music - Thank you, I suppose.
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Chitlins Con Carne - Kenny Burrell
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
aspicer wrote:
REALLY like to hear more jazz on RP...Bill...?!
 

Aye to that.
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Belgo Zaireoise - Zap Mama
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
Dead good and love the superfluid slide into Marley Bob. Inspirational.
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Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
Took me half a lifetime to really like this sort of stuff. Now I am giving it a good stiff 9. work that one out.
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Running Up That Hill (live) - Kate Bush
Posted 4 years ago by HectorPascal:
Time goes by and she gets better. And better.
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Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
Posted 4 years ago by HectorPascal:
SmackDaddy wrote:
A thought while listening. This isn't a particularly extraordinary song. Nothing groundbreaking or exceptional regarding the craft of it or even the subject matter. However, like songs from the first Tom Petty album, Suzanne Vega's first hit, Tori Amos' first one, and even that Edie Brickill annoyance of a song, they were just different enough in tone and style at the time to make the stand out. Just a slight twist, turn of phrase, teak of tone, to make people stop and listen and grow to love and then over time given the label of "classic" (which I despise). Don't @ me, that slight tweak to make a song stand out is what the magic is all about.
 
Smack on SmackDaddy you eloquent ole' thing you.
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The Carpet Crawlers - Genesis
Posted 3 years ago by HectorPascal:
Almost everyone commenting has ‘history’ with Genesis myself included. It would be informative to hear what 20/30-somethings thing of this song. I think if I was hearing it for the first time it would still stop me and grab my attention. Such a lovely melody so delicately handled. Solid 9 for me. I still play their albums today.
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Under the Pressure - The War on Drugs
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
I am never 'not in the mood' for these guys.
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What's He Building In There - Tom Waits
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
Genius is Tom W. Even more genius is following it with Good Vibrations.

Bill, you are unique.
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Dikalo - Manu Dibango
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
is there anywhere else to hang on the net man if there  I need to knowbahdit.

Bill for POTUS!!
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Adding the Blue - Chrissie Hynde
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
she was always just so sexy. err, are we allowed to say that any more?
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Tranz - Gorillaz
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
Bout time Bill... 
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If I Had a Million Dollars - Barenaked Ladies
Posted 4 years ago by HectorPascal:
The vinyl version is the best version of this because you can wire-brush it.
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Light as a Feather - Norah Jones
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
One of those I'd-neva-a-gessed-it-was-her moments.

Bosh... that one is straight on my Tidal playlist.
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Firth of Fifth - Genesis
Posted 5 years ago by HectorPascal:
RP. Where else would you hear stuff like this. WONDERFUL. All in glorious FLAC - hooked for life.
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Am Fenster - City
Posted 4 years ago by HectorPascal:
Whilst doing the crossword with a morning coffee, this track caused an eyebrow to raise and, as so often happens, I found myself digging into the comments to see what it was all about.

Whilst this track was not initially appealing and did not thrill me, what did (and does constantly) thrill me is the fact that this platform continues to offer up all that is worthy and intriguing in the world of music.

That RP exists at all in this modern world is a wonder in itself. Perhaps one day RP will be devoured by one of the world's all-too-powerful algorithmically-driven mega platforms but, for now, Muso's have never had it so good.
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Taro - alt‐J
Posted 6 years ago by HectorPascal:
Saw them live at London's O2 Arena. They are class in every respect. The support ban, Blaenavon weren't half bad either.

Great to hear a truly original sound these days.
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Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Posted 3 years ago by HectorPascal:
Divine. Everything about it. Divine.
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