Thanks Jeremy! I’ll have to give Another Green World another shot! I chalk my weirder opinions up to timing - it’s hard to look back and appreciate the originals fully after listening to so much later music just because of when I was born. My brain gets why artists like Eno are so influential but my ears take longer to come around. Product of my environment!
It’s kind of like telling a kid today about the original cell phones. They were world-altering, but someone growing up with an iPhone 20 will never really get why a flip phone felt so dang cool.
I think all I can do is be aware of my place in the timeline and try not to dismiss stuff without trying to really understand. Hopefully it comes off that way when something doesn’t hit my ears right!
Another Green World is holy music to me. I feel elevated, inspired, and expanded every time I listen to it - even after over 40 years! I'll Come Running set a standard for art pop that few have met and no one has exceeded. But HCTWJ is also fantastic, so fun and clever and raucous and inventive. Liking even only one of Eno's solo albums puts you in a very discerning batch of music lovers. I love The Raincoats despite the fact that there's so much "wrong" with it. Hearing the song "In Love" for the first time gave me that woozy, hyper feeling of actually being in love, so incredible. But, as you say, I was there when it was happening, which could make all the difference. Their second album, Odyshape, is far more "competent" but also wonderfully weird - might work better for you. Love reading your fresh takes!!
I’ve just read David Byrne on his work with Brian Eno, and that has made me want to explore their joint projects and Eno’s own work. I’ve always felt it is the sort of music I would like - sometimes, at least - but I’ve never really got into it. Perhaps this time got me as well?
Interesting! I need to check that out. So far the more Eno I hear the more he grows on me, but I wonder if next time I come across him I might find myself becoming an Eno superfan
Thanks Jeremy! I’ll have to give Another Green World another shot! I chalk my weirder opinions up to timing - it’s hard to look back and appreciate the originals fully after listening to so much later music just because of when I was born. My brain gets why artists like Eno are so influential but my ears take longer to come around. Product of my environment!
It’s kind of like telling a kid today about the original cell phones. They were world-altering, but someone growing up with an iPhone 20 will never really get why a flip phone felt so dang cool.
I think all I can do is be aware of my place in the timeline and try not to dismiss stuff without trying to really understand. Hopefully it comes off that way when something doesn’t hit my ears right!
Another Green World is holy music to me. I feel elevated, inspired, and expanded every time I listen to it - even after over 40 years! I'll Come Running set a standard for art pop that few have met and no one has exceeded. But HCTWJ is also fantastic, so fun and clever and raucous and inventive. Liking even only one of Eno's solo albums puts you in a very discerning batch of music lovers. I love The Raincoats despite the fact that there's so much "wrong" with it. Hearing the song "In Love" for the first time gave me that woozy, hyper feeling of actually being in love, so incredible. But, as you say, I was there when it was happening, which could make all the difference. Their second album, Odyshape, is far more "competent" but also wonderfully weird - might work better for you. Love reading your fresh takes!!
I’ve just read David Byrne on his work with Brian Eno, and that has made me want to explore their joint projects and Eno’s own work. I’ve always felt it is the sort of music I would like - sometimes, at least - but I’ve never really got into it. Perhaps this time got me as well?
Interesting! I need to check that out. So far the more Eno I hear the more he grows on me, but I wonder if next time I come across him I might find myself becoming an Eno superfan