Okay, Be Strong Now actually kicks ass

[ourruseoffools]

at least we will always have this

[pinetree]

used to see this on mtv 2 back in the 90s, great memories

[Ram27]

James, 2000/01/22

. This next song which we will get to after a five minute jazz experience, we uh - it's an old, it’s an old song. I know you haven't heard many of the new songs but they're really, the new songs are really nice, you just don't know 'em yet. There's, there's a song on the album where we brought in a couple singers from a few boy bands: from Westlife...and from America, Backstreet Boys. And we're hoping to make the crossover that we've been trying to make for years and uh.... Uh, heh heh. Alright, okay, are we ready to rock? Now - now we will rock.

[Ram27]

LICD is a fucking incredible record. beautiful, crisp, clean, warm production

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by Ram27

LICD is a fucking incredible record. beautiful, crisp, clean, warm production

something so cozy and lovely about those Bugg Studio sessions of the 90s... every performer sounds like they are at home

[Spaceboy88]

Wish James would put out another solo album.

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by Spaceboy88

Wish James would put out another solo album.

look to the sky came out 14 years after let it come down, so he still has another 4 years... im perfectly fine with him taking his time on it because i am confident it will be great and special

[enthusaroo]

Be Strong Now >> Solara 2 aka Beguiled

[teh b0lly!!1]

hearing James sing usually gives me secondhand embarrassment

[enthusaroo]

I was embarrassed as a teenager to let people hear me listening to James Iha.. but now I'd feel comfortable letting anyone listen to James Iha.. it's just calm, relaxing acoustic music and normal singing.. but anything Billy or Pumpkins since Teargarden Shiny Cyr and beyond.. I wouldn't want anyone to listen to this or hear me listening to this.. it's embarrassing as fuck.. or watching a video with little kids dancing and wrestlers and Billy Corgan in a long white wedding dress and grating sound of generic chugging.. and that voice jesus fucking

Netphoria is my only outlet to talk about how painful it is to watch my fav childhood band turn into this not good

[inkless]

i thought james was looking for autum in the trash

[ourruseoffools]

bumpp

[houseofglass11]

Yes the song and album fux. Its aged well too.

[Big Truck05]

Did Billy write this? I bet Billy wrote this.

[houseofglass11]

Uh no. Billy actually complained at the time that James didn’t tell him he was doing a solo album and he said he could have made it better.

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by Big Truck05

Did Billy write this? I bet Billy wrote this.

This doesn’t have billy vibes at all???

[eviltimeban]

It's a nice album. A bit one-note as you get into it, but a nice note all the same. Shame it's not on Spotify, as I'd like to share it with people who don't know it.

That's not Carrie Ann Moss in the video, is it??

[ourruseoffools]

this is the only thread on netphoria that matters. imagine wanting the machina reissue when we have this instead

[Joey Goldberg]

yeah i think i am going to keep imagining that, actually

[Ram27]

Originally Posted by Ram27

LICD is a fucking incredible record. beautiful, crisp, clean, warm production

Originally Posted by ourruseoffools

something so cozy and lovely about those Bugg Studio sessions of the 90s... every performer sounds like they are at home

this record truly is a gift from the heavens. if only the vinyl was affordable

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by Ram27

if only the vinyl was affordable

just got the cassette today, sealed... seems value is going up

might sell my mellon collie cassette

[VoxUpDoc]

It’s crazy to me how James’ vocals were an issue back in 1998 but sound totally normal now.

I can’t tell if it’s due to the kind of bands that rose to popularity in the 00’s or because I just got used to it. But LICD was ahead of it’s time and has aged wonderfully.

[ilikeplanets]

Originally Posted by ourruseoffools

this is the only thread on netphoria that matters. imagine wanting the machina reissue when we have this instead

This thread has over 100 more pages of work to do if it wants to compete with the Machina reissue thread

[eviltimeban]

Let's keep it going!

This song and album were actually minor hits on the UK charts. I remember checking out Neal Casal (RIP) after reading that he was on some of the tracks.

Haha, yeah Billy with his "pages of notes" on how to make the album better. No thanks Billy, you're grand. You carry on with your career suicide album there. (jk as Adore is really good)

[ourruseoffools]

i love how james went out of his way during this era to write very positive and nice lyrics for the songs... i think this is part of why it aged so well... it's a record tailor designed to be lovely and make you smile

[jimmy drevpile]

It's a cool little record

[topleybird]

Kind of kills me that I bought the CD when it came out, but now I don't have a computer with a CD/DVD drive, and there doesn't seem to be a (legitimate) way to buy a digital copy. Wish I'd realized this was gonna be an issue before I lost any way of playing the dang thing. It's a very nice lil' record.

[eviltimeban]

I'm glad I still have my iTunes account with Match, I still have digital versions of all my CDs. Can't rely on Spotify really!

[Joey Goldberg]

favorite Iha song is still "To Who Know Where" from the new(er) one, I think

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by topleybird

Kind of kills me that I bought the CD when it came out, but now I don't have a computer with a CD/DVD drive, and there doesn't seem to be a (legitimate) way to buy a digital copy. Wish I'd realized this was gonna be an issue before I lost any way of playing the dang thing. It's a very nice lil' record.

Why did u type this out as if u were holding back tears like just get the mp3s off soulseek goddammit I will not stand for this sentimental crap in my thread