After a certain amount of ribbing for Peel around these parts over his Damascene conversion to the new orthodoxy of 1977, it’s good to see he had pretty good ears even before Punk. One of these albums is in my all-time Top Five, five are more or less excellent, and the Be Bop Deluxe, while not really my thing, is still an interesting historical artifact. Only three are real duds: Rod, BJH and Supertramp. Crime of the Century really is dismal, isn’t it? The Pickwick Dark Side of the Moon. But not quite as good as that makes it sound.
I think the point wasn't that he had bad taste pre-punk - but that he really good taste for the most part that he then junked for the New Wave.
The stuff in this 1974 selection is all erased from the later 40 faves of all time list from 1979. Rock Bottom, Phaedra, I Want to See the Bright Lights, Tiger Mountain, Kimono My House, Veedon Fleece - not one of them makes into the 40 of all Time. Nor is there anything much like these albums either. He makes like he wasn't ever the great champion of the Underground.
"I Wanna Be Your Dog" - translated into English
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"(I Wanna Love You Like A) Mad Dog" was actually released in 1969, the same
year as *The Stooges*'s debut.
One-man band vibes even though it's not a...
Ich verwurzele mich streng
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(via Dan Selzer)
Love the ultra-New Wave - or I should ultra-Neu-Deutsche-Welle - sleeve
with that type-on-tape, sticky-back print...
future-talk down under
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Had a great in-depth talk with Melbourne radio host *Charlie Miller* about
*Futuromania* for his show *Frantic Items*, which is airing on *3RRR FM*
later...
Glam from Elsewhere in the Anglophonosphere
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Well, if Canadian hauntology wasn't surprising enough, here's a *whole book*
on Canadian glam
Yes it is an "untold story".
When I w...
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“Branca had me shaking . . . I found myself responding in ways that
brought me back to my ego. My feelings were disturbed.... I found in myself
the will...
Futuromania chat
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Had a great in-depth chat with Melbourne's Charlie Miller for his 3RRR
FM show Frantic Items, which airs later today (meaning Sunday, since
Australia is al...
Totally Frye-d (You Got To Slow Down)
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" The first chapter of the book, called “City of the End of Things,”
describes “*the alienation of progress*,” one of the elements which
constitute the m...
Steve Albini RIP
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Shocked and shaken by the way-early death of *Steve Albini*.
Saddened too.
People I've met through this music thing are thinning down in number, it
fe...
four favorite riffs
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Not actually my four absolute favorite riffs (Lord alone knows where I'd
start with that) but four *of* my favorite riffs, commented on for The
Wire's *G...
angel delights
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https://rada-ve.bandcamp.com/track/saturn-rings-songs
*Go on* - listen to that gorgeous bubble bath of synthtronica!
Another vintage release, with a vi...
After a certain amount of ribbing for Peel around these parts over his Damascene conversion to the new orthodoxy of 1977, it’s good to see he had pretty good ears even before Punk. One of these albums is in my all-time Top Five, five are more or less excellent, and the Be Bop Deluxe, while not really my thing, is still an interesting historical artifact. Only three are real duds: Rod, BJH and Supertramp. Crime of the Century really is dismal, isn’t it? The Pickwick Dark Side of the Moon. But not quite as good as that makes it sound.
ReplyDeleteI think the point wasn't that he had bad taste pre-punk - but that he really good taste for the most part that he then junked for the New Wave.
ReplyDeleteThe stuff in this 1974 selection is all erased from the later 40 faves of all time list from 1979. Rock Bottom, Phaedra, I Want to See the Bright Lights, Tiger Mountain, Kimono My House, Veedon Fleece - not one of them makes into the 40 of all Time. Nor is there anything much like these albums either. He makes like he wasn't ever the great champion of the Underground.