Supposedly Joy Division pioneered the use of bass carrying the melody. I read that it was because JD shared rehersal space with another band. The only way that the bass player could hear himself play over the sound of the other band was to play way up on the fretboard, and that lead to him playing the melody on bass. This happened during the long period when they never played out, after they called themselves Warsaw.
Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
'Objects In Space'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
tommyrot - Nov 12, 2004 5:21:45 am PST #5921 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jim - Nov 12, 2004 5:28:12 am PST #5922 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Supposedly Joy Division pioneered the use of bass carrying the melody.
Hi, I'm Paul McCartney.
tommyrot - Nov 12, 2004 5:30:00 am PST #5923 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hi Paul.
Maybe I'm not remembering the story right....
Hayden - Nov 12, 2004 6:00:06 am PST #5924 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Isn't Anything is the only one of those albums I have much of an opinion on, and it's been stated forcefully by Jon & Jim.
Jim - Nov 12, 2004 6:04:47 am PST #5925 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
And speaking - as we were - of sorta kinda goth bands of the turn of the '90s, Cranes have to be mentioned. IIRC, they sounded like a small scared child trapped in a room with Michael Gira. But in a good way.
And the mighty, never-forgotten Telescopes.
tommyrot - Nov 12, 2004 6:07:21 am PST #5926 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cranes are cool. Has anyone mentioned Swans? I love their cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as much as the original.
Jim - Nov 12, 2004 6:08:42 am PST #5927 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Swans=Michael Gira.
Steph L. - Nov 12, 2004 6:34:54 am PST #5928 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
By association. A huge majority of goths (n = all my friends in the Boston goth scene) love the Church.
Heh. I remember in high school that it was much easier to slip the Church under parents' and teachers' radar, as opposed to, say, the Screaming Blue Messiahs (who I realize are not goth; just commenting on how names would catch parents' eye).
Jon B. - Nov 12, 2004 6:36:39 am PST #5929 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And wearing a Dead Kennedys T-shirt was like the ultimate badge of rebellion.
Steph L. - Nov 12, 2004 6:37:59 am PST #5930 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And wearing a Dead Kennedys T-shirt was like the ultimate badge of rebellion.
My favorite freak-the-authority-figures T-shirt was a Butthole Surfers T-shirt. Which I think my brother stole.