What are you listening to? The world really needs to know - Mark IV
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PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
Apparently he's a bit of a Bukowski fan too. [This video is unavailable.]
mjp
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"Nevermind if this performance was good or not-- was it undefinable? Was it slightly unsettling? Was it provocative without being political? Did it smell good?' After that performance, lot of people were scratching their heads, like, 'Who's this fucking lunatic?' It's more interesting that way."
I will say, yes, it was undefinable, unsettling, provocative and - an option he doesn't give - funny. Which is why it was great, and why I still think about it weeks later.
I will say, yes, it was undefinable, unsettling, provocative and - an option he doesn't give - funny. Which is why it was great, and why I still think about it weeks later.
Bradford Cox is a welcome weirdo in an industry that used to celebrate weirdos but is now sorely lacking.
Fly that freak flag.
Fly that freak flag.
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
Excellent vinyl purchases from Record Store Day: Ty Segal's "Twins"
and The Creation's "We Are Paintermen"
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and The Creation's "We Are Paintermen"
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one of the best debut albums I've heard in a long time.
She sounds like Siouxee Sioux to me. But yes, a lot of post punk influence in there.
Skygazer
And in the end...
But she certainly looks like the love child of Ian Curtis.Watching that old video of PIL was good, still sounds great don't you think? I of course was a child prodigy of punk, being only 4 yrs old in '78, (when that was out I think) oops, perhaps I was 14 yrs old can't remember as was probably drunk at the time. Anyhoo, I'm about to listen to Led Zeppelin doing Kashmir as have some hardcore housework to do: someone pass me the Absinthe.
Had to come back to say; it's refreshing to see a girl band playing instruments rather than the usual MTV fodder of girls looking and performing like strippers doing a lap dance. Not so sure about their (Savages) look though, too androgynous for me, but guess they're making a statement and it's good. (Didn't like it on Annie Lennox either), Siouxee Soux on the other hand looked great as did the one and only Debbie Harry of Blondie (whom I so wanted to be, like every other girl in my class!)
Had to come back to say; it's refreshing to see a girl band playing instruments rather than the usual MTV fodder of girls looking and performing like strippers doing a lap dance. Not so sure about their (Savages) look though, too androgynous for me, but guess they're making a statement and it's good. (Didn't like it on Annie Lennox either), Siouxee Soux on the other hand looked great as did the one and only Debbie Harry of Blondie (whom I so wanted to be, like every other girl in my class!)
mjp
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Girl bands were everywhere during the first and second waves of punk. You couldn't swing a dead hippie in a town of any size without knocking into a dozen of them. It surprised me a bit that that didn't continue. It seemed like the tide had turned and we'd have as many young girls starting bands as young guys, but it didn't really happen, did it.
They'll be playing with Iggy and the "Stooges" in London soon, and here in Los Angeles in July. They're all over the place right now.
desertlizard
southpaw
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
country rock n'roll. Michael Rank and Stag "On the Bleed"
Skygazer
And in the end...
Fantastic, my favourite track is How Soon is Now, sounds fresh every time. Can't explain why but the 'shaky' guitar (my ignorance) reminds me of Rumble by Link Wray so much.
Did a visual ever fail to deliver the package as badly as this one? ignore the poster: The music just oozes danger,sex and rebellion:
Did a visual ever fail to deliver the package as badly as this one? ignore the poster: The music just oozes danger,sex and rebellion:
Skygazer
And in the end...
HS that disco post of yours has profoundly shaken me, to release myself of the horror, have posted the fantastic ( and gorgeous) Mirwais 'Disco Science' as seen in the brilliant film Snatch ( hare coursing scene). Although informed by my daughter she thinks she has a cool mummy, because I hang around with my IPod on a lot! I gave up trying to be cool at 25. I now confine that, to when I have the house to myself and I can bop away in private. This just washes over you, fantastic, although I am mostly a drums and guitar four piece band type you can't dismiss fantastic dance music like this can you?
I remember it in the film. Listening to it now it sounds like music from a film rather than a piece of dance music that was put in a film - but I don't know if it was originally recorded for the film or not. Don't know if I would dance to it - some nice noises in there but not much soul. But there is a sample of The Breeders' Cannonball in there.
I heard the new (much hyped) Daft Punk album today. Very disappointing. :((
I heard the new (much hyped) Daft Punk album today. Very disappointing. :((
Skygazer
And in the end...
Released as a dance single first, but probably ended up in Snatch via Guy Ritchie via Madonna, (probably) who collaborated with him. Strangely, I don't find it clinical at all, unlike a lot of dance music, , not sure if it's the funky wee guitar bits or what - how technical is that! and yes for me it's a great dance track (you just ain't doin it right), Don't like what I've heard of Daft Punk,(boring) I'll pass on that, leave it for the next generation, got to be selective at my age!