So, um... another example of online music stores enabling me to easily find stuff I was into decades ago.
It's the Long Tail, baby!
That's an interesting period in British music with all the indie rock going on before Brit Pop.
My personal fav from that era would be "Hey Now" by the Perfect Disaster. A hot rocking slab of VU two chord riffage.
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In my mind this is part of a sub-genre of songs I think of as Children of Sister Ray, which includes things like Jonathan Richman's "Roadrunner" and Vulgar Boatmen's "Drive Somewhere." Might be more apt to call them Son of "Foggy Notion" as that's an even more exact VU reference for that kind of song.
Ha!
I looked up "Foggy Notion" on YouTube and there are covers there by the Vulgar Boatmen and Modern Lovers.
It's the Long Tail, baby!
I luvs me some Long Tail!
Wait, that doesn't sound right....
I'll have to listen to that link after I finish this album.
Anyone have any opinions on Kitchens of Distinction?
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Ha! I looked up "Foggy Notion" on YouTube and there are covers there by the Vulgar Boatmen and Modern Lovers.
Awesome!
Oh, did I mention here that it was my love of VU and "Sister Ray" that got me into Joy Division? Back in '85 a DJ friend of mine knew how much I was into VU and he said, "You gotta hear this cover of 'Sister Ray' that Joy Division does."
It was about two years later when I finally heard "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Which I also love to death.
Anyone have any opinions on Kitchens of Distinction?
Paging Dr. Bernhardt, British Indie Rock on Line Four.
Oh, did I mention here that it was my love of VU and "Sister Ray" that got me into Joy Division?
All good things spring from the VU. I didn't get into "Love Will Tear Us Apart" really until I saw the video. Something about watching Peter Hook play the famous bassline made it click for me in a way it hadn't before.
"Transmission" is probably my favorite Joy Division song, though I like the more punkish/Stoogesy "Warsaw" too.
I didn't get into "Love Will Tear Us Apart" really until I saw the video.
I got into it when I was... chemically altered. One of those "stay up all night talking and listening to music" deals. I was earwormed with that song for days, in a good way.
My love for Bauhaus started in a similar way. Except there was also dancing. In an empty room with a boombox.
I like The Vulgar Boatmen's "Drive Somewhere." Any recs for good albums by them?
One of those "stay up all night talking and listening to music" deals.
I miss those nights. You'd end up with albums all over the floor and nothing in its sleeve, but you'd go through everything just to play one song, or a part of one song. Good times.
I really do wish that Ian Curtis' voice didn't make me grit my teeth. I have huge respect for Joy Division and their place in the Great Goth Pantheon. Just don't make me listen to them.
Oh, did I tell you guys that I won the LE pink vinyl pressing of
Bela Lugosi's Dead?
It should be arriving at my house next week.
Oh, did I tell you guys that I won the LE pink vinyl pressing of Bela Lugosi's Dead?
I think so--or maybe it was on Facebook.
Anyway, you should post a photo of you posing with it.
