I cannot believe I just got turned onto The Sound. I'm an 80s gal who greatly appreciated the post-punk genre. Gratefully, better late than never. From the first spin of From The Lion's Mouth, I was in awe and said out loud, "someone is one hell of a lyricist." Thank you kindly for your insight on Adrian Borland's career. I am excited to do some deep diving. Additionally, your remarks and sensitivity about mental illness and personal struggles.....a beautiful reminder to look at all people through eyes of compassion, you don't know what they deal with and our judgments do nothing but keep us divided. I am delighted I stumbled across your channel and look forward to other episodes. Thank you again for your time, knowledge, vulnerabilities, and your musical experiences.
The info about Adrian Borland was awesome Dennis..but those last 5 minutes of this episode is so true. What is it that, especially men, don’t talk about their feelings? I sometimes have the idea that even now, in 2024, many men still live according “the alpha male rules”. Thank you for that, coureagous as well!
As much as I'm a fan of what you do musically, this channel has also become one of my favorites! It's really cool seeing someone like yourself talk so openly and passionately about their favorite artists and genres of music. Great episode, great message, and thank you for what you do.
Seriously, a very BIG thank you for carefully and thoughtfully constructing this video together. I’m only 31 and Adrian means the world to me. Arguably the greatest prolific musician who never blew up. Hate to be nit-picky, but The Outsiders second and final album “Close Up” was released in 1978 instead of ‘79, The Sound were formed in 1979 instead of ‘80 and didn’t break up until early 1988
Wow. Great talk- I mean, Adrian Borland has been a huge inspiration to me, since I was 13, in 1980, because (though I didn't know we shared a struggle) I could relate to his lyrics and He was a left handed guitar player, like me, who didn't play something boring. Also, Mark Fisher is a kinda rival to me- we often were submitting articles to the same places, and then I started reading his K Punk blog and realized how brilliant he was. So both in one episode? Yeah, this is entirely my bag, baby. Just two things more to mention:- 1.For anyone romanticizing mental illness, I would point out that for every 1 artist who found some inspiration in the depths there's at least 100 who had their art stolen from them, in those same depths. Insanity takes so much more than it could possibly give. 2. If you know of anyone who might have a struggle, offer help. I mean, just on the face of it, the way it's so often framed is absurd: you have lost so much that you have lost your mind? Ok, you go get help. I understand why public figures, especially those who trade in emotional expression say that: There's no way for them to help all the people they have as an audience, so no shade on you, Dennis, but I mean with the more personal relationships of people who might read this comment- if you had a friend who injured, would you tell them "Wow, you better get yourself to a hospital"? Or would you get them an ambulance? If you had a brother whose car got totalled, would you tell them to drive it to a mechanic, or would you help them tow it? I know this might read a little bit hostile, it's not, I swear- I'm just saying that this "individualization" of mental health is doing no one any favors. Like you said- be kind.
That’s fantastic. And the reason I included the book is cause I think that we need to understand the structures that makes us feel this way. Need to create a world where what’s happening now is not the norm. There’s so much to be said about this issue and I just wanted to start a conversation and I think that Adrian’s life and music was a good starting point.
@@Dennisdeepcuts One of the more vital conversations, but also a dangerous conversation. I agree- and I think there's a current opportunity to have it with this Welsh Kid Ren. So far, it's all been fairly surface level- about how "brave" the kid is to openly talk about it, and so on, but the opportunity is there to talk about things like - why was it so difficult for him to get a proper course of treatment? Yes, he's currently able to use the problems to fuel his art, but it seems like it stole more from him than it gave, and does his art have to include that, or should the audience be responsible to know that? Is it a "novelty"? Like with Adrian Borland- he was a genius musical artist, but how much of the interest in him is just "Oh, look, a mentally ill person made something? ( I know that's NOT what you're doing- but I think you know what I'm talking about- I'm sure you've seen it with Borland, or with Roky Erikson, or with Ren, etc) So, yeah, keep having these conversations- I think it's a great time for it ( maybe even passed time) even if it can get to some tricky places....
I only ever had a CD Boxset with the First 3 Sound Albums plus some Bonus stuff which I love. All Fall down might be my favourite of the bunch. I honestly dont know why I never checked out what came afterwards. But I was aware of his story. Love the episode. Surely inspires me to dig deeper
I cannot believe I just got turned onto The Sound. I'm an 80s gal who greatly appreciated the post-punk genre. Gratefully, better late than never. From the first spin of From The Lion's Mouth, I was in awe and said out loud, "someone is one hell of a lyricist." Thank you kindly for your insight on Adrian Borland's career. I am excited to do some deep diving. Additionally, your remarks and sensitivity about mental illness and personal struggles.....a beautiful reminder to look at all people through eyes of compassion, you don't know what they deal with and our judgments do nothing but keep us divided. I am delighted I stumbled across your channel and look forward to other episodes. Thank you again for your time, knowledge, vulnerabilities, and your musical experiences.
Fantastic episode, thank you so much!
you have a certain special way of presenting things dude, informative and respectful, thank you 🤘
The info about Adrian Borland was awesome Dennis..but those last 5 minutes of this episode is so true. What is it that, especially men, don’t talk about their feelings? I sometimes have the idea that even now, in 2024, many men still live according “the alpha male rules”. Thank you for that, coureagous as well!
Beautiful music , long live Adrian Borland 🙏🏿🙏🏿
The Sound are so underrated.
As much as I'm a fan of what you do musically, this channel has also become one of my favorites! It's really cool seeing someone like yourself talk so openly and passionately about their favorite artists and genres of music. Great episode, great message, and thank you for what you do.
Thank you. Makes me really happy to hear!
thank you very much !
Love Adrian. My band Invsn recorded a cover of the Sound for a comp a couple of years back.
Seriously, a very BIG thank you for carefully and thoughtfully constructing this video together. I’m only 31 and Adrian means the world to me. Arguably the greatest prolific musician who never blew up. Hate to be nit-picky, but The Outsiders second and final album “Close Up” was released in 1978 instead of ‘79, The Sound were formed in 1979 instead of ‘80 and didn’t break up until early 1988
It’s ok to be nitpicking. That’s how we learn.
Love Adrian and it baffles me that not that many people know about him.
I love your channel so much dude. Each video is super captivating and you can feel your passion with each subject, keep it up man!
Wow. Great talk- I mean, Adrian Borland has been a huge inspiration to me, since I was 13, in 1980, because (though I didn't know we shared a struggle) I could relate to his lyrics and He was a left handed guitar player, like me, who didn't play something boring. Also, Mark Fisher is a kinda rival to me- we often were submitting articles to the same places, and then I started reading his K Punk blog and realized how brilliant he was. So both in one episode? Yeah, this is entirely my bag, baby. Just two things more to mention:- 1.For anyone romanticizing mental illness, I would point out that for every 1 artist who found some inspiration in the depths there's at least 100 who had their art stolen from them, in those same depths. Insanity takes so much more than it could possibly give. 2. If you know of anyone who might have a struggle, offer help. I mean, just on the face of it, the way it's so often framed is absurd: you have lost so much that you have lost your mind? Ok, you go get help. I understand why public figures, especially those who trade in emotional expression say that: There's no way for them to help all the people they have as an audience, so no shade on you, Dennis, but I mean with the more personal relationships of people who might read this comment- if you had a friend who injured, would you tell them "Wow, you better get yourself to a hospital"? Or would you get them an ambulance? If you had a brother whose car got totalled, would you tell them to drive it to a mechanic, or would you help them tow it? I know this might read a little bit hostile, it's not, I swear- I'm just saying that this "individualization" of mental health is doing no one any favors. Like you said- be kind.
That’s fantastic.
And the reason I included the book is cause I think that we need to understand the structures that makes us feel this way.
Need to create a world where what’s happening now is not the norm. There’s so much to be said about this issue and I just wanted to start a conversation and I think that Adrian’s life and music was a good starting point.
@@Dennisdeepcuts One of the more vital conversations, but also a dangerous conversation. I agree- and I think there's a current opportunity to have it with this Welsh Kid Ren. So far, it's all been fairly surface level- about how "brave" the kid is to openly talk about it, and so on, but the opportunity is there to talk about things like - why was it so difficult for him to get a proper course of treatment? Yes, he's currently able to use the problems to fuel his art, but it seems like it stole more from him than it gave, and does his art have to include that, or should the audience be responsible to know that? Is it a "novelty"? Like with Adrian Borland- he was a genius musical artist, but how much of the interest in him is just "Oh, look, a mentally ill person made something? ( I know that's NOT what you're doing- but I think you know what I'm talking about- I'm sure you've seen it with Borland, or with Roky Erikson, or with Ren, etc) So, yeah, keep having these conversations- I think it's a great time for it ( maybe even passed time) even if it can get to some tricky places....
I only ever had a CD Boxset with the First 3 Sound Albums plus some Bonus stuff which I love. All Fall down might be my favourite of the bunch.
I honestly dont know why I never checked out what came afterwards. But I was aware of his story. Love the episode. Surely inspires me to dig deeper
It’s all pretty great!!!