Brian Eno – Baby's On Fire – Reaction (First Listen)

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Brian Eno – Baby's On Fire – Reaction (First Listen)


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  1. The Eno albums I would recommend: Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain. Also, any of his Ambient series like Music for Films and Music for Airports. And then look up the band 801, you will not be disappointed

  2. Eno used to use a deck of specially commissioned cards, that he used in the creation of music and lyrics. I think they were called Oblique Strategies or something like that.

  3. Most of Eno's lyrics at least in this period were composed using automatic writing, ie. going into a trace and writing whatever comes. Incidentally the "warm jets" of the album's title are a reference to water sports if you are into that sort of thing. 😉

  4. No one is really prepared for Eno’s first album (Warm Jets)…life is not the same after hearing it. Imagine hearing this 50 years ago. It still causes my ears to pause, and question, wtf?? Nothing but love for Brian Eno.

  5. And 5 years later, he created "Heroes" for Bowie … I can almost hear Bowie in discussion saying "can we have some of the "Baby's on Fire" vibe?".

    And then when Bowie heard the bones of the song, and said "we need a guitarist", of course Eno said FRIPP.

  6. If you want to hear some intensity from what was then at the cutting the alternative music, check out Third Uncle, which I believe starts off the entire Taking Tiger album. It's blistering, and even after the really hard punching lyrics end, just pay attention to what's going on musically through the rest of the song; it's so intense and cool.

  7. All those pop albums that came out in a row after he left Roxy Music are just phenomenal. But man to me always and I think to a lot of fans, although I like pretty much all of his stuff, that final one, Taking Tiger Mountain. You should listen to the whole album one by one.

    It's not 100% a concept album but it is heavily kind of linked together in track sequence actually really makes sense. But within that one experience are so many different musical experiences, but it still has that young Brian Eno feel to it. It's so good. And I'm so glad you came across this.

  8. Eno's lyrics can be so hilarious, especially during his early years. His wordplay always delights. He has said that he wanted his lyrics to "sound like" they're saying something rational but are really meaningless. It makes sense that you would think of global warming in first hearing this, but that was not an issue when this song was released in '73 or '74. I encourage you to explore Brian Eno more, as he's such a fascinating artist and thinker. You can't go wrong with Eno. So happy to watch you take the plunge.

  9. "They said you were hot stuff, and that's what Baby's been reduced to" is such a viscous, funny line. Great track, Fripp's guitar work is amazing.

  10. The "solo" isn't just Fripp, Paul Rudolph is also in there. If you listen to the first two Pink Fairies albums, you can hear Rudolph's style.

  11. There are so many wonderful songs from Brian Eno's solo "pop" era (1973-1977) — "Needles In The Camel's Eye," "Dead Finks Don't Talk," "Third Uncle," "Golden Hours," "Backwater," and "King's Lead Hat" to name just a few.

  12. "Baby" is the object of erotic photography…"take your time she's only burning…this kind of experience is necessary for her learning". Fripp's all over this album. "St. Elmo's Fire" has another fine solo; "Sky Saw" will make your ears itch…