"Closing track from the Doors' 1967 album Strange Days. Credited to John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and Jim Morrison."
- Hieronymous Boosh
from Bookmarklet
I had nothing to listen to but broadcast radio on the drive south yesterday. "Just What I Needed" came on and I was thinking that the Cars really have a "LA" sound for the '80s despite coming from Boston. There's just something about their music that makes me imagine Angelyne, pink and turquoise geometrics and the beach. Which is weird given that they're from Boston.
- Spidra Webster
Easton was fantastic. IIRC, Orr sang the overwhelming majority of their hits.
- Hieronymous Boosh
That's funny. I always think of my HS best buddy, Ron when I hear them. He loved the Cars and even looked a little like Ocasek.
- Jim #TeamMonique
"It's just a small word from a smaller island, but the ripples created by Jamaica's revolutionary experiments in sound are still being felt some 40 years later. This documentary flag-waves the influence of dub to such a degree you may be left wondering if there's any corner of the music world untouched by King Tubby's baby, and just what role it had in the invention of sliced bread. Except, of course, it's all true, minus the Sunblest."
- Hieronymous Boosh
from Bookmarklet
Hip-hop latched onto its re-adaptation of recorded sound, disco ripped it off for effects and remixology, techno minimalists hailed its kindred postmodernist spirit and sense of space, crusties skinned up and nodded off. But for all Dub Echoes' testimony from the music's extended family - Brazilian rappers, London jungle and dubstep producers, Belgian mash-up auteurs - it's reggae's children who really nail the subject, and its malleability.
- Hieronymous Boosh
UK dub producer Mad Professor explains "every object has its shadow, dub is the shadow of the tune"; stentorian Jamaican poet Mutabaruka says "it's where the engineer becomes the artist". The prospect of one man and his mixing desk may not sound like an enticing spectacle (though anyone who's witnessed live mixes in action could swear to the contrary).
- Hieronymous Boosh
And it's perhaps this fear that is Dub Echoes' chief weakness - it's long on talking heads, short on twiddling fingers, just a few too-brief clips of "artist" in action, hindered by slow-motion film and one-camera takes. But the delight is in the detail: Bunny Lee offering a guided tour of his old master tapes, U-Roy reminiscing about all-night open-air dances, Lee Perry explaining just why he had to burn down his old Black Ark studio.
- Hieronymous Boosh
Otherwise, it's a reminder that while Jamaica didn't wholly create the modern music world, its role in shaping it goes on, and on, and on.
- Hieronymous Boosh
i've been meaning to sit down with this and give it my undivided attention. i think i may be adding this to my list of music documentary DVDs to get, along with "Mellodrama" and a few others. (already got "Moog" and "I Dream Of Wires" is due in June.)
- Hieronymous Boosh
probly on iTunes or Amazon mp3 or something. it came out around '99, i think.
- Hieronymous Boosh
from wikipedia: "In 1999 the Cardigans recorded a duet cover of Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House" with Tom Jones for his album Reload." (Reload article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...)
- Hieronymous Boosh
this is one of 14 tracks i have of them playing live on the radio in various US cities in 2006. not a weak moment anywhere, and i'm not even really a fan (tho obviously i don't dislike them).
- Hieronymous Boosh
I love Peter Murphy and his prior incarnation, but I'm not a fan generally of Trent's vocals though I like NIN's instrumentation. Trent does do interesting collaborations and covers though.
- Tinfoil 2.0
this is pretty much all Murphy singing and Reznor playing.
- Hieronymous Boosh
just got earwormed by a former bandmate, we used to cover this about...21 years ago. :P
- Hieronymous Boosh
sadly, our singer couldn't get close to Doug Pinnick's voice and delivery. more like a cross between Jim Morrison and Peter Murphy...which was interesting but very odd.
- Hieronymous Boosh
happy to say i totally nailed the guitar parts and sounds for this at the time.
- Hieronymous Boosh
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus (minus sound effects and without George Martin's orchestrations or the whooping oompa loompa choir sticking it up your jumpah)