What are you listening to? The world needs to know.
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thanks, hoochmonkey9. i hope i can afford it soon. i don't know why, but i'm a bit hypnotized by this music & era. i recently watched the joy division documentary dvd from 2006 or 2007 with pictures from manchester (60s/70s) and also the documentary 24 Hour Party People , very impressive, especially the joy division dvd.
Lolita Twist
Rose-hustler
Alice in Chains :D
mjp
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Interesting to tag that kind of electro-music noise as "post punk," but I guess we need boxes to put things in if we're going to carry them around.
Its roots are undeniably in the NYC band Suicide, who were pre-punk. ;) I had to hear about how great Suicide was all the time from a bandmate because he had done a lot of shows with them in New York in the early, early CBGB days.
And I always thought Suicide were inspired by Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music. Which wasn't inspired by anything but spite. Which brings it all back around to the punk rock attitude.
Now what? Oasis?
A little Jerry Jeff Walker and Robert Earl Keen on the way to work.
You have an excellent taste in music.
Thank you. I'm a big fan of the alt-country/Americana type stuff. Currently digging on Chuck Prophet - Let Freedom Ring.
Today's ride to work included Drive-by Truckers (The Fine Print) and the latest by Drivin' n' cryin'.
Ambreen
Sordide Sentimental
I don't think I knew this Stooges song until I heard it in october at a radio program where Eiffel (my beloved french band for those who still didn't know) was giving a mini gig. I heard it again the two last days while attending their gigs and I'm now having a serious crush for it, this cover being one of my fav titles of their 2009 tour.
Here's a vid from a tv program, a duo with Archive's ex-singer, the blonde one :
http://www.mytaratata.com/Pages/VIDEO_page_video.aspx?sig=iLyROoafI9Ce
I can't decide between the original and the cover (not this duo but the versions I heard during the gigs, without Craig Walter), finding both of them awesome.
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Digney in Burnaby
donkeys live a long time
You might like Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans.
and a bunch of others. Even a whole 2007 solo show in Austin, TX, buried somewhere in youtubeville.
Some proto-punk Suicide: although this isn't as disturbing as the Max's Kansas City version they put out a year or so earlier.
And Cleveland's Pere Ubu: . I can't find the earlier single "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", just the movie about Jimmy Doolittle's raid.
WIngdale Community Singers, Spirit Duplicator
Awesome Album!
Awesome Album!
mjp
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Digney's link is a taste. Their first album came out in 1977, but they played live for five or six years before that, and were well known among fringey musician types.
From the geniuses at wikipedia:
Never widely popular amongst the general public, Suicide are highly influential: critic Wilson Neate writes that Suicide "would prove as influential as The Clash. Listening to their self-titled 1977 debut from the vantage point of late 2002, it's all so obvious: the synthpop, techno, and industrial dance sounds of the '80s and '90s, and now the new New Wave of electroclash, all gesture back to that foundational album."
Right. But they are all douchebags, not just him.
You know douche, it's a French word. You gave us douche, we gave you rock and roll. We've done some tremendous things with the douche, but you've only made a mockery of rock.
It's not your fault. The roots of rock and roll go back to WWII, and the mentality and spirit of great rock and roll can clearly be seen if you parallel France and America/Britain during that awful time. It's the difference between subjugation and defiant, bloody ass kicking, no matter the risk or loss to yourself. There is no promise of safety or even survival, and that is rock and roll, honey. Your people can imitate and approximate - and we understand why you want to - but you don't have the balls to do it right. The Americans and the Brits do. It's simple.
Don't feel so bad. You guys make great squeezebox and calliope music. Be proud of that.
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mjp your post reminded me of the bonkers Japanese band Polysics. Why? Well, they wrote a song called called 'Married to a Frenchman' (off the album 'Hey!Bob!My Friend!). Of course, like most Japanese groups they look like they come wrapped in cellophane, but I like them.
If you go to the homepage (http://www.polysics.com) when you scroll over any of the options on the top bar, the words 'OR DIE!' appear. How sweet.
If you go to the homepage (http://www.polysics.com) when you scroll over any of the options on the top bar, the words 'OR DIE!' appear. How sweet.
mjp
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Ooh, great, one of those trendy-circa-2001 pomo hipster web sites that are squeezed into a tiny square. Pass.
The Japanese are even worse at rock and roll than the French, and that's quite an achievement if you think about it. But again, it's not their fault. I blame Mothra.
The Japanese are even worse at rock and roll than the French, and that's quite an achievement if you think about it. But again, it's not their fault. I blame Mothra.
I'm not really in a position to comment on the quality of websites, given someone gave the comment 'I will beat my retarded child until he makes me a decent website'.
However, I like the japanese stuff for its bizarreness. It sure beats the hell out of 99% of the replica rock we're subjected to in England. However, at heart, there's nothing like a good bottle of Merlot and 'Lambchop is a woman' to calm the sorry soul. And everyone knows Lithuania has the best rock bands anyway.
Nice track. I enjoyed it. From 3:35 on it sounds more like a classic rock song to me.
Digney in Burnaby
donkeys live a long time
Know what you're saying about the long fade out solo, etc. The late Peter Laughner was the guitarist. Those final couple chords have me thinking they started jamming to Stephen Stills' "Change Partners" as the recording ended. (The thought of that makes me smile.)
Here's an earlier version of this "" by Rocket From the Tombs. It's a bit noisier (as I remember -- now where's that Pere Ubu cd?) than the later 45 version by Pere Ubu.
Here's an earlier version of this "" by Rocket From the Tombs. It's a bit noisier (as I remember -- now where's that Pere Ubu cd?) than the later 45 version by Pere Ubu.
The hell is going on there :)
chronic
old and in the way
Good version of 30 seconds. Thanks for that.
I never got to see Pere Ubu perform, but I did see David Thomas at a Hal Willner produced mega-concert at UCLA of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. It was a star-studded concert, but Thomas left everyone else in the dirt with his performance, stomping his 300 or so pounds around the stage, screaming and spitting like some crazed southern baptist preacher. He left quite an impression.
I never got to see Pere Ubu perform, but I did see David Thomas at a Hal Willner produced mega-concert at UCLA of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. It was a star-studded concert, but Thomas left everyone else in the dirt with his performance, stomping his 300 or so pounds around the stage, screaming and spitting like some crazed southern baptist preacher. He left quite an impression.
Digney in Burnaby
donkeys live a long time
I saw Pere Ubu as part of the Urgh! tour in the late 70s at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. They were with Magazine (Howard Devoto's band), The Members (UK ska/pop) and, god help me, in his power pop phase.