Have you seen the movie The Big Picture? What Jennifer Jason Leigh wears in that movie. (A very atypical character for her, incidentally. So don't judge by her usual victimy characters.)
Hee. Love that movie (the first movie Christopher Guest's directed, and only non-mockumentary), and the JJL character is WAY too much like more than a few friends of mine, down to the hair.
Paraphrasing madly:
And I was making this film about shopping carts, and it was just...so...fucking boring!
eta The fact that she bounces like Tigger for pretty much her entire time in the movie just adds to the charm, for me at least.
You worthless bitch / You fickle shit / You will spit on me / You will make me spit
I always thought this was a response to the personification of a demanding audience, and a statement on the very idea of audience, not about a specific woman.
I, too, once owned Disintegration and now do not. Even if I did own it, I'd never be able to listen to it--just reading the lyrics is painful, as cheesy as that might sound. Does that mean I can keep my Goth Card?
Faith
is the oldschool breakup song. Or
Atmosphere
which, though ace,
Pictures of You
is a straight steal of.
Indie voices. Simon Reynolds best summed up that indie voice - which I'd say was invented by Barney Sumner - as being in every sense the whitest voice imaginable. Not only does it have every trace of the traditionally "black" signifiers of soulfulness (the rasp, the croon, the scream) totally wiped out but it also sounds somehow faded, like a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy of a voice. The ultimate example is probably Kevin Shields.
Mmm, although I would think that US indie voices also tend to have an extra element of self-consiousness, as in "listen to my very clever lyrics" mixed in. (Which Barney Sumner and Kevin Shields, for different but obvious reasons, don't.)
Happy to see all the Kate Bush love btw! I'm just going through a major Kate (re)discovery phase at the moment.
I'd say it's the same reason - you have to be conscious to be self-conscious.
What about "Don't Give Up," her duet with Peter Gabriel?
I am vaguely aware that song exists, but I could not have told you who the female voice was at gunpoint.
And I love "Disintegration."
Former Pantera guitarist killed on stage.
Guns don't kill people. People bearing grudges and guns kill people. Or something like that.
I heard that on the radiio this morning. Horrifying.
"Song to the Siren" by This Mortal Coil.
Just added this to the Goth(ish) video tape. You have to admire a record label owner who puts together his own superstar cover band just to do his favorite tunes. I mean - that's what I'd do if I had a record label.
My Top Ten of 2004:
1. Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat.
2. Wilco – A Ghost Is Born
3. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
4. Mike Watt – The Secondman’s Middle Stand
5. Liars – They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
6. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
7. Mission of Burma – ONoffON
8. Deerhoof – Milk Man
9. Will Johnson – Vultures Await
10. Shearwater – Winged Life
Excluded: Brian Wilson - SMiLE, which is really a long-delayed 1967 release. If it were on the list, it would be #2.
Close but not quite: TV on the Radio - Desperate Youths, Bloodthirsty Babes, Mekons - Punk Rock, Iron & Wine - Endless Numbered Days, Madvillain - Madvillainy.
Haven't heard but mean to, 'cause I think I'd like 'em: Panda Bear, R. Buckner, the New Year, Ted Leo, Mountain Goats, Stereolab, Tom Waits, American Music Club, Carla Bozulich, Nels Cline, Arcade Fire, Oneida, Hella, MF Doom (Mmm... Food), McLusky, controller.controller, and Comets on Fire.
Great re-releases: Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads, Can's first four albums, and the Go-Betweens' 4th-6th albums.
