Julian Cope

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suave harv Apr 2, 2005 19:42:34
Replying to Jane

I bought my first Cope album because I liked 'Beautiful Love', and it had pictures of Avebury inside, (I had been to Avebury the previous Summer). So I suppose I got it backwards. . but I'm not a massive fan of the *all* JC music. I love PS & JK, and quite a few of the other songs, but Citizen Cained left me cold. Perhaps I'm too old for the 'rock attitude' bit, but if you're going to have a 4 1/2 minute intro to a song, at least make it interesting;-) How often can you listen to the same chords strummed endlessly without getting bored? (I know - it's 'mantra like', but to me that just means boring). I really tried with Citizen, but to be honest, it ended up annoying me a little.
I made a short CD of songs that I liked from it. Saddam, Living Dead, Pigs. . and a couple of others.
I'd rate Peggy Suicide as one of my Top Ten pop albums though. .

T The Eternal
The Eternal Apr 3, 2005 00:24:49
Replying to suave harv

Daveyravey, Jane, and Suave Harv,

Thanks for replying. It's interesting to see the mixed answers about what came first - Copey or the antiquarian interest, as well as the way one interest led to another.

Personally, I've always been fascinated with prehistory, ever since visiting Castlerigg as a child. The dark, brooding setting amongst the hills I loved then, and still do now, made it a mysterious place. This interest was cemented when I was taken to The Cockpit, another stone circle high in the Lakeland fells.

This interest simmered until it reached boiling point by visits to Stonehenge in the mist, followed by a drive to Avebury via Divizes as an adult - the landscape had such a wonderful ancient atmosphere.

As for Copey, I got into The Teardrop Explodes when punk was on the way out in about 1979. It was a natural progression from punk and new wave.

My favourite tracks are "Poppies In The Field", "The Thief Of Baghdad", "Books", "Tiny Children", "The Great Dominions". They had such a unique sound. I followed on buying Copey's solo singles, but didn't think it was as good as TTE.

Cheers for now, as a glass of red is calling.