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Garden of Stone wrote:
Great, great album.
yup. also one of my favourite album covers of all time.
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I recently downloaded a concert by the Boys Next Door playing at Swinburne College Melbourne in 1977. Raw and dirty but really enjoyable.
Interesting covers...
01. Blitzkrieg Bop 02. Aint it funny 03. I'm 18 04. Gloria 05. Who needs you?(that means you) 06. I put a spell on you 07. Commando 08. My Generation 09. Big future 10. These boots are made for walkin' 11. World Panic 12. Louie Louie
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a great bloke wrote:
Remembered to ask dude that I hung with most of party night if he had any idea why I had a large (fist-sized) purple bruise on my chest. He said he remembers "OW!" but that's it. Guess I'll never know.
So i'm listening to Tender Prey and after the mercy seat ends i pause to catch my breath and think to myself "damn no other song on this album will touch that" and then up jumped the devil comes on and completely floors my ass. unbelievable.
_________________ Tom Waits: Well... we could go to Taco Bell if that's more your style.
Iggy Pop: What are you saying, man? You saying I'm like a Taco Bell kind of guy?
his singing throughout abattoir blues is very bowie-esque. also i can't begin to describe my joy listening to murder ballads the first time through and hearing pj harvey appear from out of nowhere!
Kylie
BlueNote: teach me. I haven't ever been able to get into his solo stuff from the 80's, aside from Kicking Against the Pricks. Tell me about it.
his singing throughout abattoir blues is very bowie-esque. also i can't begin to describe my joy listening to murder ballads the first time through and hearing pj harvey appear from out of nowhere!
Kylie
BlueNote: teach me. I haven't ever been able to get into his solo stuff from the 80's, aside from Kicking Against the Pricks. Tell me about it.
umm i'm still kind of sorting through it myself. i just downloaded all the albums at once and still haven't listened to them all, but i have listened to most of the 80s ones. from her into eternity i'm not very keen on yet, the first born is dead is a definite step up but things still aren't completely gelling. kicking against the pricks is where they do, it seems that using other people's songs helped him to really give an identity to his own music. your funeral i haven't listened to yet. tender prey seems to be the big breakthrough, i liked it tremendously on first listen so all i can say is keep listening to that one, focus on cool things like why the repetition is such an integral aspect to the intensity of the mercy seat. but like i said i just started getting into him so someone else should probably discuss it more.
_________________ Tom Waits: Well... we could go to Taco Bell if that's more your style.
Iggy Pop: What are you saying, man? You saying I'm like a Taco Bell kind of guy?
so after spending the last few weeks listening to this guy this is how i rank his stuff. his albums in general are a little too inconsistent for me but exploring his vast catalogue was fun and i'll put him in my second tier of great artists.
Albums 1. Tender Prey 2. Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus 3. Henry's Dream 4. The Firstborn is Dead 5. Let Love In 6. Kicking Against the Pricks 7. No More Shall We Part 8. The Good Son 9. Your Funeral My Trial 10. The Boatman's Call 11. From Her to Eternity 12. Murder Ballads 13. Nocturama
Top 5 Favorite Songs 1. Loom of the Land (by far) 2. The Mercy Seat 3. Cannibal's Hymn 4. Up Jumped the Devil 5. Hallelujah (despite the weak lyrics)
_________________ Tom Waits: Well... we could go to Taco Bell if that's more your style.
Iggy Pop: What are you saying, man? You saying I'm like a Taco Bell kind of guy?
_________________ Tom Waits: Well... we could go to Taco Bell if that's more your style.
Iggy Pop: What are you saying, man? You saying I'm like a Taco Bell kind of guy?
he's like a cliche of himself in that album, and half the songs just aren't very interesting. that's my take on it anyway.
_________________ Tom Waits: Well... we could go to Taco Bell if that's more your style.
Iggy Pop: What are you saying, man? You saying I'm like a Taco Bell kind of guy?
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:28 am Posts: 6085 Location: At home among the gum trees. Gender: Male
sirav wrote:
I recently downloaded a concert by the Boys Next Door playing at Swinburne College Melbourne in 1977. Raw and dirty but really enjoyable.
Interesting covers...
01. Blitzkrieg Bop 02. Aint it funny 03. I'm 18 04. Gloria 05. Who needs you?(that means you) 06. I put a spell on you 07. Commando 08. My Generation 09. Big future 10. These boots are made for walkin' 11. World Panic 12. Louie Louie
my sister went to swinbourne i think.
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Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:03 am Posts: 24177 Location: Australia
i'm seeing cave play in october, on my birthday
birthday party... how appropriate
_________________ Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:03 am Posts: 24177 Location: Australia
tommyphillips wrote:
i wish i could go to that show, oh to live in melbourne
you need to move!
_________________ Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
He's got a killer song on the Batman Forever soundtrack. That's all I know though
that soundtrack was pretty awesome
_________________ Tom Waits: Well... we could go to Taco Bell if that's more your style.
Iggy Pop: What are you saying, man? You saying I'm like a Taco Bell kind of guy?
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