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.
"The cracked music archivist"
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*Kieran Press-Reynolds*, in his* Pitchfork* column *Rabbit Holed*,
interviews "*Music Place*, the bonkers archivist fighting against the
sterility of mus...
T.V. Eye versus TV In My Eye
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"T.V. Eye" is not about television, of course.
T.V. has a particular private slang meaning in *Stooges*world and to be
honest, I would advise you...
Calling All Pop Music Critics!
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My friends Oliver Wang and Sharon Mizota are conducting a survey of music
critics who currently work in America. Please participate if you fit the
descrip...
The Rolf Harris glam connection
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As covered by Alice Cooper on Love It To Death
Here the connection is not a cover but a rip-off
Although Adam Ant adamantly insisted he never h...
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“Resisting madness is the maddest way of being mad.”
― Norman O. Brown
“The insane do not share the normal prejudice in favor of external reality.”
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top ranking two-step
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Lover's jungle!
Yeah yeah I know "Uptown Ranking'" is not Lovers
It's more like Swaggers
Why on earth would you wanna dirge this out? What a s...
Cracks (1975?)
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Featuring the voiceover of *Dorothy Moskowitz *of United States of America
fame.
Interview with Moskowitz at at *Bob Fischer*'s *The Haunted Generat...
The Future Shock Question....
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....is a bit too huge of a question for me to tackle but briefly*
1/ I’m not as depressed about music and lack of futurity as I was when I
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fave raves
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I'm not sure what the logic was exactly but as tie-in to Shock and Awe, *iD*
asked me to list my seven favorite / life-changing clubs /
nights-out-danci...
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.