Rob Conroy

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Member Since: 1/22/2001
Total Mixes: 629
Total Feedback: 9267

Everything is humming loudly.

Artist Song
Wire  Mannequin 
Wire  1 2 X U 
Wire  Feeling Called Love 
Wire  Reuters 
Wire  Field Day for the Sundays 
Wire  Three Girl Rhumba 
Wire  Ex Lion Tamer 
Wire  Lowdown 
Wire  Start to Move 
Wire  It's So Obvious 
Wire  The Commercial 
Wire  Straight Line 
Wire  106 Beats That 
Wire  Mr Suit 
Wire  Strange 
Wire  Fragile 
Wire  Champs 
Wire  I Am the Fly 
Wire  Practice Makes Perfect 
Wire  French Film Blurred 
Wire  Marooned 
Wire  Being Sucked in Again 
Wire  Mercy 
Wire  Outdoor Miner 
Wire  I Feel Mysterious Today 
Wire  From the Nursery 
Wire  Too Late 
Wire  Former Airline 
Wire  Two People in a Room 
Wire  The 15th 

Comment:

Additional tracks:31) Single K.O.32) Map Ref. 41¦N 93¦W33) 40 VersionsThis is a low-key re-working of my single-disc Wire comp from almost six years ago with a new title, remastered sound and some track substitutions. Since my original version, my esteem for these fellas has grown exponentially and I'm now discovering that there just *might* be life in them after 154. :-) (If anyone has any specific recommendations re: their post-154 work, I'd love to hear them.) Last tracks cut: "On Returning," "I Should Have Known Better," "Dot Dash," "A Question of Degree," "Sand in My Joints" and "Options R."

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p the swede
Date: 4/5/2008
great band
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ofthaltned
Date: 4/6/2008
I've never really listened to this band, I'm ashamed to say. I have some catching up to do!
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KathrynandRupert
Date: 4/6/2008
Probably they reached their peak with 154 although A Bell Is A Cup is a pretty strong effort. A great comp but how could you cut Dot Dash? One of their finest moments imo. Did you know there is a whole CD of bands covering Outdoor Miner? Can get a bit wearisome once you've heard it 8 times in a row despite some original treatments.
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doowad
Date: 4/6/2008
As one of the resident old farts, I am 100% in the dark here. Thanks, though.
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divinyl
Date: 4/6/2008
The only song I have heard by this band is #32. Looks like you've put in some research here.
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MarkSmith
Date: 4/6/2008
fantastic... must say I'm a bit partial to Chairs Missing
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fritz1
Date: 4/6/2008
nice mix, good band.
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anthony lombardi
Date: 4/6/2008
hmm these guys are one of those bands i've always loved when i listen to them, but feel like i don't listen to nearly enough (though those first three albums are, indeed, great on every level) - lookin' good
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French Connection
Date: 4/6/2008
Don't know em at all?
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Salman1
Date: 4/6/2008
I don't believe I've heard anything from them besides their first three albums. Looks like I'm missing on something. Anyway, I can't see anything wrong here... classic set of punk classics here.
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SwankQueen
Date: 4/6/2008
Looks good!
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Pop Kulcher
Date: 4/6/2008
Great stuff. Haven't lined 'em up, but I suspect we're pretty close in terms of song selection, a few variations aside. I made mine as a two-cd mix and would be happy to get you disc 2 so you can check out the post-154 work. In terms of having the "complete" early wire, the otherwise painful Document & Eyewitness live collection includes two key studio tracks that would fit in perfectly on 154, and Colin Newman's first solo album (A-Z) has a lot of tracks written for a fourth Wire album and thus sounds a lot like you'd imagine the band might have had they stuck it out for one more album -- increasingly experimental, but also a couple great hooks. In terms of the reconstituted, more synth/dance-oriented band, only the first one (Ideal Copy is all that good; the later ones have a couple decent tracks each but, IMHO, are pretty forgettable.
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Jana
Date: 4/6/2008
This is excellent! You have represented Wire well.
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sport !
Date: 4/6/2008
Excellent! Great picks.
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Funky Ratchet
Date: 4/7/2008
I'm not nearly as immersed in their catalog as I'd like to be. I like what I know here, and betting I'd like the rest as well. Great job...
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 4/7/2008
Only know track 4 but I'm not sure they're my cup o' joe.
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sammyg123
Date: 4/7/2008
A terrific band - wonderful songwriters also. I 'think' I prefer R.E.M's version of Strange. And I 'know' I prefer Fischerspooner's 'The 15th', and Elastica's Connection (ho ho). I can't imagine anyone improving on Wire's version of 'Outdoor Miner' though. Although I would like to hear the aformentioned album..