Scott Walker

Funkfingers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47691705

boogieman

Oh bugger. 

Octafish

RIP....

EricTheWeary

His back catalogue could be hard work at times but certainly one of the greatest male voices in the history of pop music. RIP. 

https://youtu.be/c9gzVpjs9vk

Blueingreen

I was a big fan of The Walker Brothers as a kid and also came to like really like some of his more accessible solo stuff later on.  There's at least a handful of brilliant solo tracks, my personal favourite being Montague Terrace in Blue.   (To me it seems so obviously his best song that I expect other people to agree, but I see it's only his 8th most popular on Spotify).

There is a long, very good documentary called 30th Century Man that's bound to be shown again and I would recommend it to anyone who's at all interested in Walker and hasn't seen it.  It does focus on the later, more experimental work and some heavyweights like Brian Eno turn up to argue how great it is.  I can't say I was convinced but found it fascinating all the same.

Philtre

Damn. I love Scott Walker. Genius.

Philly_Q

I'm only really familiar with the Walker Brothers hits I've heard on the radio my whole life - and I've never liked them (sorry!) - but reading about his later solo career in the last 24 hours I've become quite fascinated.  I shall definitely investigate further, although whether I'll enjoy it or not is anyone's guess.

TheMarlin

He had an amazing voice. Big respect! RIP

Octafish

Philly_Q said:

I'm only really familiar with the Walker Brothers hits I've heard on the radio my whole life - and I've never liked them (sorry!) - but reading about his later solo career in the last 24 hours I've become quite fascinated.  I shall definitely investigate further, although whether I'll enjoy it or not is anyone's guess.

Yeah, can't say the Walker Brothers stuff interests me much, I'm into his later solo stuff though. 'The Electrician' (one of the videos I posted above) was the start of the shift away from his earlier style. Bowie was a bit of a fan and I think you can hear a bit of 'The Electrician' sound on Bowie's Lodger album. Bish Bosch (the other video I posted above is the closing track) and Tilt are great albums. He also did an album a few year ago with Sunn O))) which is worth checking out.

Philly_Q

Octafish said:

Philly_Q said:

I'm only really familiar with the Walker Brothers hits I've heard on the radio my whole life - and I've never liked them (sorry!) - but reading about his later solo career in the last 24 hours I've become quite fascinated.  I shall definitely investigate further, although whether I'll enjoy it or not is anyone's guess.

Yeah, can't say the Walker Brothers stuff interests me much, I'm into his later solo stuff though. 'The Electrician' (one of the videos I posted above) was the start of the shift away from his earlier style. Bowie was a bit of a fan and I think you can hear a bit of 'The Electrician' sound on Bowie's Lodger album. Bish Bosch (the other video I posted above is the closing track) and Tilt are great albums. He also did an album a few year ago with Sunn O))) which is worth checking out.

I listened to Tilt last night.  Not what I expected, although I have absolutely no idea what I did expect.

It's genuinely strange and at times almost a bit disturbing, but certainly fascinating.  The emphasis is very much on his voice, and he sings in such an odd way, but you can always hear the words very clearly.  The vocal parts are melodic but the accompaniment - some of it more "sound effects" than music - is very unusual.  There was one piece with a full orchestra which reminded me very much of Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten by Arvo Part, which we played a few weeks ago at my Dad's funeral (it probably didn't really sound like it, but it triggered that thought in my mind, at least).

I'm rambling on too much.  Scott Walker isn't going to become my daily listening, but I am certainly intrigued to hear more.

AlexC

I love his first four self titled solo albums. Baroque pop at its best.

Nitefly

Wow, I was in the local tonight and the guy played a video of "No Regrets", by the Walker Brothers - what a fantastic song that is!

RIP Scott.