Meaningful Songs: Between the Buried and Me - Selkies: The Endless Obsession

Between the Buried and Me - Selkies: The Endless Obsession

From a concise/tight/concrete songwriting approach, I don't think the band ever made anything as well-crafted.

When I got into BTBAM in 2007, it was mostly about Colors. But Alaska has always been a relatively close 2nd, and this track is the climax of that album.

Great guitar harmonizing, great segues, and great flow.

And yes, along with Burst, a band who took the King Crimson"Three of a Perfect Pair" interval pattern/riff and ran with it to make perfection.

The Lost in Vegas guys just did a Reaction video to their 1st BTBAM song, "The Coma Machine," and I cannot stress how much better this tune would have been,

Lost in Vegas - Rush-2112 REACTION

A lot of people have seen this already, and I commented on Twitter earlier about it.

I enjoyed this one a ton as I have with all of their Rush videos and many others.

The only issue is the edits for copyright concerns.

I mentioned they should check out the ANIMATED VIDEO that Rush themselves shared a few years ago.

Thanks for making this! This was a ton of fun!, even with having to edit some spots. I would suggest listening to 2112 without edits soon, and actually a great way to do that would be with the ANIMATED VIDEO: https://t.co/NrZTxGxMZU https://t.co/AmGJSGpyhc

— AllMediaReviews (@AllMediaReviews) July 7, 2018

And then I added another post on twitter tagging them and Rush that echos a ton of comments in support of them making a REACT TO video for Natural Science.

@lostinvegas83 I will echo many requests in the 2112-Reaction video, for your next @rushtheband Reaction Video, NATURAL SCIENCE. would be awesome. I find it simply a perfectly composed piece of music.

— AllMediaReviews (@AllMediaReviews) July 7, 2018

It is awesome they love Rush so much, and some of the comments asked about them reacting to some other names in progressive rock. Yes of course (Roundabout, which might make sense, although someone suggested Heart of the Sunrise which would be my suggestion).

And so I chimed in about Genesis and King Crimson which I thought they may have done a video for 21st Century Schizoid Man, but I'm not sure. They could react to Starless or Red I suppose if so.

November 2017 Videos: CDs, Vinyl, Collectibles

So I decided to upload and share these videos from November 2017 that I made in the Storage space (and of course not edited. I know YouTube does have an editing function that maybe I'll have to try and play around with soon).

I guess these and some of the others are kind of obvious why making videos isn't too easy for me (the space/situation and of course TIME among other reasons).

And my head does get cutoff frequently, but so be it, maybe I'm and even others don't mind or are used to it.

The 2nd video the LIGHTS GO OFF (turns black) per the hallway lights at the Storage space are on a timer and I think it's like 15 or 20 minutes, which I need to remind myself whenever I may be making videos there in the future.

Had that not happened, there likely would have only been 3 videos.

The 4th video is up so close, dunno why I didn't realize that, but again, so be it.

Also in reviewing these, I have a few more items still to show, namely Extreme and a Rush 7" I think from Black Friday Record Store Day. Maybe soon, perhaps when some of the other Vinyl I'm expecting come in (Subterranean Masquerade, Typhoon among others).



CDs
Team Me - To the Treetops
Mew - Visuals
Faith No More - Angel Dust [Deluxe]
Bend Sinister - The Other Way [EP]
Snarky Puppy - Culcha Vulcha
L.E.O. - Alpacas Orgling

VINYL
Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean
sElf - Porno, Mint & Crime
sElf - Ornament & Crime
Mutemath - Play Dead



VINYL
Oceansize - Effloresce
Major Parkinson - Blackbox




VINYL:
Major Parkinson - Blackbox
Team Me - Blind as Night
Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group
The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 O'Clock [EP]
East of the Wall - Farmer's Almanac
Scott Matthews - Elusive [7"]
Galactic Cowboys - Long Way Back to the Moon



Joey Secchiaroli (of The Reign of Kindo) - Answers to Questions You Never Asked (Book/Booklet)
The Crimson Cube (King Crimson Rubiks Cube)

VINYL: Burst and King Crimson

Burst - Lazarus Bird Burst - Lazarus Bird (Test Pressing) King Crimson - Red

I just noticed Burst is doing a REUNION show in 2018 at Be Prog!
here

of course I can't make that, but damn, they are playing the full Lazarus Bird. Shit.

The Year 1981 Albums Calendar and Rankings

1981, the year of Rush or Moving Pictures I guess.

Yikes, like the 1979 list, it doesn't include a ton of classics or all-time favorites for me. And like 1979 with In Through the Out Door, I look at the Rush album on par with most of their catalog. But it's not like Moving Pictures is a go-to album really for them, for me, over many others.

But comparing it to the rest of the releases of 1981, it kind of is.

I do enjoy Ghost in the Machine quite a bit too, but #2 for the year? dunno about that.

I guess I'm learning with many years, especially from the period of time, my taste and knowledge is only so deep. And it's mostly artists I know/like releasing albums that are okay to good, but hardly even in the upper half of their catalog.

Which it sort of hit me that my love and depth of interest in the last 15 or 20 years even is justified at least to the point there was MORE music made, per more quality. Now, that argument doesn't correlate fully with many of those years in the 70's, but alas, that's when a lot of the best stuff in my taste was 1st made, so go figure.

At the same time, of course there are many albums I only vaguely know on this Calendar list, and also many I don't know but may discover down the road.

But at least in 1981 it was the year Rush kind of broke through commercially and it actually is the #1 ranked album on rym's chart, which is rare for My Own List and their chart for any of these years (maybe I'll do a tally once I finish this whole project).

1. Rush - Moving Pictures
2. The Police - Ghost in the Machine
3. Al Di Meola John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia - Friday Night in San Francisco
4. Rush - Exit...Stage Left
5. Fuse One - Fuse One
6. King Crimson - Discipline
7. Van Halen - Fair Warning
8. Robert Fripp and the League of Gentleman - The League of Gentleman
9. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
10. Iron Maiden - Killers
11. Journey - Escape
12. Prince - Controversy
13. Hall and Oates - Private Eyes
14. Phil Collins - Face Value
15. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
16. Genesis - Abacab
17. The Dregs - Unsung Heroes
18. Duran Duran - Duran Duran
19. Bob and Doug McKenzie - The Great White North
20. Renaissance - Camera Camera




Iron Maiden - Killers
rel February 2, 1981

 
Rush - Moving Pictures
rel February 12, 1981


Phil Collins - Face Value
rel February 13, 1981


Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog
rel February 24, 1981


Jack Bruce Bill Lordan and Robin Trower - B.L.T.
rel February 1981


Robert Fripp and the League of Gentleman - The League of Gentleman
rel February 1981


Spandau Ballet - Journeys to Glory
rel March 6, 1981


Gang of Four - Solid Gold
rel March 9, 1981


Roger Taylor - Fun in Space
rel April 6, 1981


Billy Squier - Don't Say No
rel April 13, 1981


Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls
rel April 27, 1981

 
Van Halen - Fair Warning
rel April 29, 1981


Nick Mason - Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
rel May 3, 1981


Frank Zappa - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
rel May 11, 1981


The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager
rel May 15, 1981


Squeeze - East Side Story
rel May 15, 1981


Robyn Hitchcock - Black Snake Diamond Role
rel May 1981


Duran Duran - Duran Duran
rel June 8, 1981


Oingo Boingo - Only a Lad
rel June 19, 1981


Motorhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
rel June 27, 1981


Red Rider - As Far as Siam
rel June 30, 1981


ELO - Time
rel July 2, 1981


Foreign - 4
rel July 2, 1981


The Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat
rel July 7, 1981


Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
rel July 27, 1981


Journey - Escape
rel July 31, 1981


Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr.Cairo
rel July 1981


Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
rel July 1981


Chick Corea - Three Quartets
rel July 1981


Jaco Pastorius - Word of Mouth
rel July 1981


Artie Fart - The Wonderful Smell of Artie Fart
rel August 2, 1981


Friday Night in San Francisco
rel August 10, 1981


The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
rel August 28, 1981


Hall and Oates - Private Eyes
rel September 1, 1981
 
Genesis - Abacab
rel September 18, 1981


King Crimson - Discipline
rel September 22, 1981


Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is
rel September 23, 1981


Saga - Worlds Apart
rel September 1981


The Police - Ghost in the Machine
rel October 2, 1981


U2 - October
rel October 12, 1981


Prince - Controversy
rel October 14, 1981


Rush - Exit...Stage Left
rel October 29, 1981


Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
rel November 4, 1981


Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
rel November 7, 1981


Men at Work - Business as Usual
rel November 9, 1981


The Buggles - Adventures in Modern Recording
rel November 11, 1981


Japan - Tin Drum
rel November 13, 1981


Neal Schon and Jan Hammer - Untold Passion
rel November 1981


Venom - Welcome to Hell
rel December 1981


Cardiacs - Toy World
rel 1981


Billy Cobham - Stratus
rel 1981


The Dregs - Unsung Heroes
rel 1981


Fuse One - Fuse One
rel 1981


Kenso - Kenso
rel 1981


Bob and Doug McKenzie - The Great White North
rel 1981


Renaissance - Camera Camera
rel 1981


Serú Girán - Peperina
rel 1981