NITE FLIGHTS

After Scott 4 failed to live up to corporate expectations, Scott was encouraged to put his mind toward more commercial endeavors which resulted in things like this……….




Bummer, I know.

Scott is so disappointed in this phase of his life that he has refused to reissue any of the material to this day.

So, Scott is drudging along admittedly spending are large amount of time “imbibing”, when the Walker Brothers came knocking. While a Walker Brothers reunion seemed to be the last thing that Scott needed, it turned out to be the catalyst for his later 1980’s insanity.

The reunion began, as one might have expected, a little on the cheesy side. Although I still enjoy some of this stuff, I must admit, it was a little on the light side.

Example: the Walker Brothers cover of Tom Rush’s “No Regrets”.



Upon its release “No Regrets” actually charted as a top ten single in Europe. Yet, it wasn’t until “Nite Flights” that we would see Scott beginning anew.




“Nite Flights” is the album that you hear Eno blowing his wad over in the new Scott Walker: 30th Century man documentary (with good reason I might add). The Walker Brothers then record label was crumbling, and therefore they would release “Nite Flights” no matter what was on it. Scott then decided that there would be nothing to lose, so an experimental masterpiece was born.

Listen to “The Electrician”. This is a song that you have to hear the whole thing to understand. In otherwords, if you download this, please take six minutes out of your life to really take it in. I am as guilty as anyone when it comes to listening to the first minute of a song and then skipping to something else. This song however, MUST be listened to in its entirety.

The changes are so drastic yet so beautiful, please, give it a listen.

The Walker BrothersThe Electrician.mp3

P.S. – If you don’t like Scott, you will hate this.