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So I have put off getting anything from these guys for... well I don't know how long... but this song has been haunting me...
I like the girl group feel of it, and it feels like a less slick The Pipettes
Hair Metal is something that was easy to make fun of, and really didn't have much depth... until you realize it wasn’t supposed to…. Not really, it’s the unholy mix of pop rock, heavy metal, glam, power pop and even a little dash of punk. It was frothy, and bright (visually at least), big, dumb, sleazy, and even a bit of fun. Now I have to admit that I enjoyed and still enjoy some of the music these bands made…. Anyway, Steven Blush has put together this book filled with photos, interview quotes from the era and a bit of insight into what Hair Metal was all about…. The most shocking thing about this book is that Blush is best known for the book American Hardcore, which covered the second wave of punk in the US… I can’t think of two many scenes that were completely opposed to each other… on the other hand I was in a puck store a couple of years back and hair band Skid Row was on the stero and the punk kids were singing along…so yeah, it’s a fun look back, it’s got some insight and a lot of photos… really that’s exactly what Hair Metal needs…..
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I always thought hair metal is entertaining, although my soft ears can only stand very small doses of it. My eyes, on the other hand, can look at hair metal bands pictures all day long. Intriguing this is to me then, and that's a very interesting point you are making about Mr Blush & the two scenes (needless to say, I wouldn't have known if I hadn't read your post).
I am with Anna, I still can listen to these bands and have them put a smile on my face.
Each month, since Feb of 2006, I start a playlist in my iTunes of the tunes that catch my ear that month. I started off writing a post to my Mog page with a short review or comments of each track, not only to keep a running diary for myself, but also to hopefully point others toward these tunes. In the last several months I have started to cross post this information on other sites where I keep blogs. (If you are reading this somewhere besides Mog, you can find all the old ones at www.mog.com/iren) I want to apologies for any weird formatting stuff right here and now, I type this in MS word and then post it on these various message places, some of which have…w ell formatting issues….
Anyway for this month here is what caught my ear…
Today's Lesson by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cave
www.myspace.com/nickcaveandthebadseeds
I really like the new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album… what else is there to say? Look it rocks, it rolls, it’s got that roots punch, it hints at garage rock and screams like the stooge! All the while it’s like… like… listen I think …. Hum… scratch that, this is crazy, in all honestly these songs just stick in my head, they have the energy and the drive of the Stooges class stuff, and it’s almost like Nick heard that last ‘stooges’ record and figured he’d cut a bunch of tunes to remind those guys how it’s done… in fact fuck it, Ron Asheton lives about six blocks from where I sit, I should burn him a copy of this disc and leave it in his mailbox with a note screaming…. THIS IS HOW IT’S DONE…. Love Nick
Roof with a hole by Meat Puppets
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Puppets
www.myspace.com/themeatpuppets
I blame a lot of people for this one… first and foremost is the last woman that broke my heart… for inspiring me to buy a copy of Too High To Die…next is the Noel Murray’s Popless series on the AV Club (www.avclub.com) … you are reading that??? Rich? It might only be the most important look at music and culture this year… in fact forget what ever I am writing and get over there and spend the weekend reading the archives…. Any way Murray mentioned the Meat Puppets and this tune, so I figured I needed to check it again… and what do you know… it’s a neo-classic….
More News From Nowhere by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! By Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
(See above)
Sister Lost Soul by Alejandro Escovedo
Always A Friend by Alejandro Escovedo
www.myspace.com/alejandroescovedo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Escovedo
More of the old punk showing the old timers how they used to do it… Sister Lost Soul and Always a Friend are pure rock and roll… no prefix needed, even though it’s all got bits and parts of what ever else Al figured he would throw in…. I want to shout out that Always A Friend is the best Neo-Classic (and that’s the word of the month, or day, or what ever for me) tune to come down the pike in I don’t know how long…
Copperhead Road by Steve Earle
www.steveearle.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Earle
www.myspace.com/steveearlemusic
When it comes to 80’s rock from the country side of the tracks, music calling back to the 50’s (in this case an update of Thunder Road with Robert Mitchum) hillbilly culture you don’t get much better than this… with it’s perfect lyrics and it’s riff and why in the hell isn’t every other wannabe alt country/Cowpunk band have this in their set? Why didn’t the clash ever cover it… and why hasn’t Neko Case, Nick Cave, Mark Lanegan, or Alejandro Escovedo for that matter failed to cover this?
Dig That Cra-A-Azy Grave! By Forbidden Dimension
www.myspace.com/forbiddendimension
It’s the Forbidden Dimension… really they are one of those bands that should be on every months list… but hey, this one was called back to me when listening to a interview it the great pulp write Christ Faust (http://www.christafaust.com/) mentioned a novel by Richard S Prather called Dig that Crazy Grave… and I had to listen to the song again…. And I am looking for the Prather book btw…
Mission Stardust by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
www.mylifewiththethrillkillkult.com
www.myspace.com/mylifewiththetkk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_with_the_Thrill_Kill_Kult
Speaking of pulp… this tune from the Thrill Kill Kult’s overlooked electro-pulp album also was on my list of noir and glam trash stuff that I have to revisit… Mission Stardust… the album is one that I really hope is rediscovered by the masses soon, and that every other rockfiend with a clue is playing it..
Doctorin' the Empire by The Celebrity Murder Party
The KLF mashes up the Dr. Who theme with Gary Glitter’s Rock & Roll… that’s all, it’s fun trash, it’s silly and I added it to the list for some reason..
2LIVnDIEinLA by Hazelden
Really I am not sure why I included this one… other than I wanted to remind myself to listen to it more… so check it out for your self at
http://www.myspace.com/endroulette
Thoughts, comments, spare change.
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Nice, I was listening to My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult a couple days ago when I put in the soundtrack to Cool World. I think the record would be something you would like.
| 1 | David Bowie | Real Cool World |
| 2 | Thompson Twins | Play With Me |
| 3 | Electronic | Disappointed |
| 4 | Future Sound Of London, The | Papua New Guinea (7" Original) |
| 5 | Ministry | N.W.O |
| 6 | Cult, The | The Witch |
| 7 | My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult | Sex On Wheelz (Glamour Dyke Mix) |
| 8 | Moby | Ah-Ah (Mix 1) |
| 9 | Mindless | Mindless |
| 10 | Moby | Next Is The E (Long Arms Mix) |
| 11 | Da Juice | Do That Thang (Polite Mix) |
| 12 | My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult | Her Sassy Kiss |
| 13 | Pure (4) | Greedy |
| 14 | Brian Eno | Under |
| 15 | Tom Bailey | Industry And Seduction |
"Ron Asheton lives about six blocks from where I sit, I should burn him a copy of this disc and leave it in his mailbox with a note screaming…. THIS IS HOW IT’S DONE…. Love Nick"
ahhahhahahahah you go, Eric!
I agree with you about the new album. And seeing them live on this tour, I have to say that Nick was, among other things, groovy. Yup, he can do that, too. He can do whatever he wants!
I think that Thrill Kill Kult require investigating...
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normally not a fan of girl singers but this is awesome. reminds me a lot of the group, Even In Blackouts.