Death Metal Lyric or William Blake Quote?
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Tom Scola - Apr 17, 2010 4:22:38 am PDT #2878 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2010 7:36:08 pm PDT #2879 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
No, Mexican Radio was a hit here too. Just not as big as Far Side of Crazy. That's the part that surprised me, that apparently it didn't even warrant a mention in Tommy's list.
That's from after when Stan Ridgeway left. Probably the only post-Ridgeway song I like of theirs. Or the only one that stuck with me long enough to like it.
tommyrot - Apr 17, 2010 8:29:26 pm PDT #2880 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That's the part that surprised me, that apparently it didn't even warrant a mention in Tommy's list.
I don't think I've ever heard that song.
ION, just downloaded the soundtrack to Kick Ass. I love the version of "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us." Is this the original version (it's by the Sparks)? I love the Siouxie and the Banshees version.
Also, great cover of the Banana Splits theme song by The Dickies.
DavidS - Apr 17, 2010 8:37:05 pm PDT #2881 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is this the original version (it's by the Sparks)?
Yes, the Sparks version is the original. It was a hit in the UK (are we seeing a theme) but not in the U.S. Siouxsie did a whole album of covers including that.
tommyrot - Apr 17, 2010 8:41:09 pm PDT #2882 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It was a hit in the UK (are we seeing a theme)
Maybe I should have grown up in the UK. I could have been a Teddy Boy!
DavidS - Apr 17, 2010 8:43:03 pm PDT #2883 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I could have been a Teddy Boy!
Way cooler than mere rockers, since the Teds affected an Edwardian look.
tommyrot - Apr 17, 2010 8:49:15 pm PDT #2884 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I was younger, I was sorta' envious of women because they could wear such a big variety of clothes. Then I thought about maybe clutivating an Edwardian look....
In the sway of a teddy girl's hips
In the curl of a teddy boy's lips tonight
- The Soft Boys - "Tonight".
tommyrot - Apr 18, 2010 5:19:20 am PDT #2885 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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Jon B. - Apr 18, 2010 8:26:00 am PDT #2886 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Just imagine the stage moves you could do....
You mean like these?
And then, at the opposite extreme is this.
Of course, Rick Nielsen has been playing a FIVE neck guitar for years.
DavidS - Apr 18, 2010 8:51:19 am PDT #2887 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Julian Cope's got a fascinating take (and rant) in his longish Glamrocksampler essay and collection.
You can nab the actual music here.
The discovery for me was the Neil Merryweather track, "The Groove." Fantastic lead guitar not unlike Mick Ronson or Bill Nelson.
This is not really about the poppy end of Glam, but the hard rock dudes in eyeliner and the arty, bleak space mutant epics.
So more along the lines of obscurities like Peter Hamill's Nadir's Last Chance (glam dystopia, Bowie influenced) and Doctors of Madness (between glam and punk with electric violin). Though there are bits of Slade and lots of Bowie influences.
Not to oversell it but you do hear the kind of thing that Bauhaus, Suede and MCR took into their sound. A certain bleak grandiosity.