For those who care, I just read that he's signed to 4AD and is working on a new one.

Totally NOT CRAP

dylan, this is very exciting news. i like hearing not crap news.

NOT CRAP.

Mr. Engel is so not crap, he cold walk around covered in his own human waste and STILL be 'not crap'.

Scott Three and Four are close to perfect.

Yes, I think there is a mention of his new recording in Mojo this month. It is likened to 'Tilt'.

this is great news, especially if the new one is similar to tilt. there are very few records i like more than that one.

scott engel/pre-walker brothers stuff: CRAP
walker brothers: NOT CRAP, with moderate waffle factor
nite flights: very much NOT CRAP
scott 1-4, climate of hunter, tilt, pola x soundtrack: about as NOT CRAP as it gets

scott walker: NOT CRAP

Scott 1-4 have got me through some rough times.

NOT CRAP.

C

i had actually never heard this before.

my god.

"about as not crap as it gets"

Scott 4 is NOT CRAP
What others are worth getting?

i've TRIED to like Scott Walker...and while has moments that almost convince me, it has so many more that just give me the impression of what it would be like if a high school drama student made a record...mostly the music's pretty cool (and i like his instrumental stuff on the Pola X soundtrack) but when he starts singing i almost can't help but laugh or shudder...and if you would actually describe Scott Walker or Tilt to me, wrote it down on paper, i would think it was a great idea...i really think it SHOULD be good, but there's just something about it that keeps me from being able to like it...

Angry_Dragon wrote:Scott 4 is NOT CRAP
What others are worth getting?

placeholder wrote:nite flights: very much NOT CRAP
scott 1-4, climate of hunter, tilt, pola x soundtrack: about as NOT CRAP as it gets

What I said up there. Tilt is my personal favorite, but you can't go wrong with any of the ones I named.

Not sure how I missed this one....Scott Walker is a titan, a total fucking titan. A demented, untouchable motherfucker.

What a fascinating journey he is on! From teen heart-throb through dark, Brel interpreting baroque balladeer to almost unclassifiable ambient remoteness, Scott is one of the gems, no?

I mean, The Walker Brothers reform and do a bunch of MOR schmaltz, and there, on the comeback record, is The Electrician?

My favourite is Scott 3, at a push. The arrangements shimmer and the characters from the songs hang around in your mind like ghosts.

She's a haunted house, and her windows are broken
And the sad young man's gone away....

You know, Eleanor Rigby has a statue of her in Liverpool. Big Louise just exists in the vapours of London somewhere. She's the real forgotten loner.

She stands all alone, you can hear her hum softly
From her fire escape in the sky....



I will always listen out for her.

Scott Walker: Not fucking crap. Long may he haunt.