2stepfan said:Didn't the bloke from the Fire Engines do a really great proto-techno tune called You've Got the Power (to Generate Fear)? Or was it the bloke from Crispy Ambulance? Not remembering this has been irritating me for weeks.
He did with a band called Win. The tune was also used for a Tennants lager add at some point in the eighties as well.
Photo of the cover attached. Obviously not a scottish baby - no batter
Don't forget he (Davey Henderson) is also the main man in The Nectarine No. 9 - who also now feature ex- Pop Group people - a post punk supergroup.
hamarplazt said:Oh come on people, this is getting pathetic. Do Simon have to approve of something before you can buy it? How about using your own ears. Recommendations are fine, but they should help you to get ideas of what to check out, not tell you what to like. I haven't got the book yet, but from the discographies I can see that he isn't that warm about Mark of the Mole and The Tunes of Two Cities, and they happen to be some of my all time favorite Residents albums, much more that the super trendy Third Reich'n'Roll. And Commercial Album is excellent.
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the album cost £15 and it was not top of my list - i would love to open my ears if i had been able to hear it - i had just read reynolds on residents the day before. that's what reviews can do - point us in the right direction, i've been reading reynolds for the about 15 odd years and has very rarely let me down. thanks for calling me pathetic, fortunately my self esteem can just about cope.
Well, an element maybe. But the point is more that everybody seems to think these records are amazing, and I've never been amazed by them, and I know Reynolds love them too, so I'm interested in hearing some (I hope) in depth analysis of what is supposed to be so great. Maybe I'll get some points I've missed, or I can learn to appreceate them on some other level. In any case, I suppose that it's a good opportunity to try and give these albums a second (or tenth or something like that) chance while reading about them, see if it manage to alter the experience.Ness Rowlah said:and
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Oh come on people, this is getting pathetic. Do Simon have to approve of something before you can buy it?
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not least I'd like to see if he can make me "get" canonic albums like Metal Box or Suicide, which I've had for a long time, but never really felt.
Is there an element of self-contradiction here?
Well, it's quite understandable then. It just seemed like such a shame to me if Reynolds word is the only thing deciding if a record is checked out or not.jenks said:the album cost £15 and it was not top of my list - i would love to open my ears if i had been able to hear it
It wasn't aimed at you but rather at the whole attitude that sometimes creep into parts of this forum. As much as I admire Reynolds writing, I really wouldn't like if it became some kind of final answer list. Like every other writer he have blindspots, and I would miss a lot of my favorite music if I'd only followed his recommendations.jenks said:thanks for calling me pathetic, fortunately my self esteem can just about cope.
jenks said:the album cost £15 and it was not top of my list - i would love to open my ears if i had been able to hear it - i had just read reynolds on residents the day before. that's what reviews can do
WOEBOT said:Also this compilation which apparently comes with a book on the Neue Deutsche Welle:
Verschwende Deine Jugend (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch)
(the Mittagspause tracks sound like they might be amazing)
WOEBOT said:has anyone picked up the brazilian post-punk comp that soul jazz have issued? is it even out yet. i was quite confused by this because one of my correspondents andy cumming who is based out there, and who wrote the linernotes on the favela boot beats comp, has also masterminded a brazilian post-punk compilation called nao wave. is this the same comp as soul jazz's? i suspect not.....
gaz said:Tales from the underground isn't really a representative aussie post punk comp. "Can't stop it" is better, and Phil's own handmade jobs are best of all.
baboon2004 said:To get back to the book, I'm a little disappointed that avant-funk artists like 23 Skidoo or A Certain Ratio (plus also, This Heat) don't get more coverage. Surprises me a little, and most of the chapters are over just as I'm getting really interested.
Of course that's the danger with a book covering so much territory. Sterling effort in general though, and reading it has really ignited my interest in the subject.