My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

Ghosts Prove to be Lifeless! (1019 words)
by DanielKemp - written on 17/04/10, updated on 18/04/10 (Very useful, 97 readings)
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David Byrne and B Brian Eno (1981) Producer: David Byrne, Brian Eno America Is Waiting Mea Culpa Regiment Help Me Somebody The Jezebel Spirit Very, Very Hungry Moonlight in Glory The Carrier A Secret Life Come With Us Mountain of Needles Released in 1981, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is the first album by David Byrne (Talking Heads frontman) and Brian I m an electronic wizard Eno. Of course, Brian Eno had already collaborated with Talking Heads for three whole albums, and David Byrne in essence is Talking Heads, so to call this Eno s first record with Byrne is more than a mistruth. It s merely the first album to be attributed exclusively to Eno and Byrne. I adore ...

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

Quirky (182 words)
by jamesbevis2 - written on 29/11/08 (Useful, 13 readings)
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I'm being generous with this one, because for me it was far too bizarre and weird for me to enjoy, although many people think highly of this for that very same reason. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is a strange and curious combination of electronic samples, voice overs and sound effects which are collated and pieced together like a musical artwork with a very small touch of art rock too. The whole piece fits together quite nicely although it's certainly not an incidental piece, which is what I had first anticipated. The later releases of the album omit the six track, Qu'ran in favour of the B-side Very Very Hungry because the original track contained religious ...

Here Come The Warm Jets - Brian Eno

A truly underrated glam gem (189 words)
by mh42 - written on 21/01/09 (2 readings)
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A truly underrated gem, which is somewhat atypical for what the artist is mainly known for. Taking the lead from where he left off with his previous band Roxy Music Eno creates a classic Glam rock album which seems to go mysteriously unnoticed by most. For fans of Roxy there is plenty here straight away that they will feel familiar with as the album veers quite closely to Ferry and co. but indeed seems to go off on its on peculiar little tangent. Eno has admitted that the lyrics for this album are mostly gibberish but strangely they all seem to fit perfectly despite in places (the title track being the most obvious example) of them being almost incomprehensible. My ...