MB1 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 MB1. Just thought I'd ask! I can't be the only person that liked em? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 The wife liked them. She gets short shrift for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Just popped Attack of the Grey Lantern on the Spotify, because I forgot everything except Wide Open Space. Digging it (again) so far. Cheers for the reminder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 MB1. Currently annoying the neighbours with Six (play loud) Seen em live on several occasions Think cause they were seen as manufactured they got missed! Totally unfairly....well worth another listen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Attack Of The Grey Lantern is one of my all time favourite albums. Unfortunately the follow up Six was mostly prog-rock nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 MB1. Think there was a lot of people that saw there bum with Six (especially the press) Because they were expecting Attack pt 2. Six wasn't anything anyone expected But i still feel it is a epic outing. LIttle Kix (the final album) is very much..."we've had your money now lets have you out!"(bastard record company policy of the time) "Electric Man" and Finally "Goodbye" proving them totally wrong! Great Live band Mr Draper(I was there)...the balls in your court! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooks79 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Love em! And personally, Six was my favourite album by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 One of my favourite bands ever, I've got pretty much everything they ever released. Absolutely brilliant live band too. Being a big fan of "Prog rock nonsense" I thought "Six" was a superb album (though to be honest it's not very prog at all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_the_bass Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Mansun; wow, now there's a band I've not thought about in years. I was never a massive fan, I was starting to move away from the "indie" scene by that point, but I did like them. Saw them a few times, although the only time I remember was when they supported shed seven at rock city, and they always put on a good show. Might have to spend the day cd shopping now. The wife'll love that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Amazing band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W11ATO Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Didn't buy any of their stuff but thought Wide Open Space was a great tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panamonte Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Yep - Attack of the Grey Lantern still stands up as a really inspired collection of songs - catchy melodies, great arrangements and some fantastic guitar playing. Six never really did it for me, but thanks to this thread I'll go back and listen to it again and see if time has altered my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I had a girlfriend who was obsessed with them. I liked the first album and still listen to it now but their other stuff was dire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Absolutely amazing band. Grey lantern is almost the perfect album just didn't need Tax loss. Six was a good album too. Didn't think there was anything that i'd consider prog on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 These were my fave tunes http://youtu.be/SIvMAeExvig http://youtu.be/X8HKli_KKHE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 [quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1376154582' post='2170352'] Six was a good album too. Didn't think there was anything that i'd consider prog on it! [/quote] It was more to do with the fact that a lot of the songs segued into each other & there was that "Intermission" section with the Tom Baker spoken word thing. Anything that isn't a three minute verse-chorus-verse pop song tends to have the "Prog" accusation thrown at it mainly due to the laziness & lack of imagination inherent in most popular music journalists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Listened to them but they never really did it for me, don't know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Had a session in a studio where they'd been the previous clients. There was this funny white stuff on the (rather nice Gas Cooker) DI... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiegrungesound Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Ah! Mansun. First proper band I saw live back in'98(The year they won Melody Maker's Best Live Band.)! Loved "Attack Of The Grey Lantern". "Six" wasn't as good, but still had a number of blinders on it("Shotgun", "Being A Girl", "Legacy", "Negative"). Even "Little Kix"-which was awful-had good tunes on it(Namely "Fool" & "Soundtrack for Two Lovers".). Also, Stove only started playing bass when he joined the band, but he was a pretty solid & tasteful player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Yeah, I've got them on my iPod Mb1. Enjoy it when they pop up on my shuffles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 total sh*t. Kicking a coke can down a jigger, not their brand of cola, f*** em. Too many images of " collective Subversium". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizznit Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I was into them. I loved the guitar sound most of all. I always thought they were a little out of place in the Indie scene back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 loved AOTGL, its a brilliant album. Not heard anything else but will check out their later stuff based on this thread. Thanks MB1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I think the problem I had with Six was that after the near pop perfection of Attack Of The Grey Lantern, just about anything else was going to be something of a disappointment. I a way I'm glad they did an album that I really didn't like but was very different rather than more of the same but not so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I used to be mates with one of their school teachers in Chester. He REALLY liked them. They were not my style of music really but very good at what they did, especially considering how young they were writing such material. Where are they now I wonder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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