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Post by pattentank24 on Sept 9, 2004 12:54:40 GMT -5
Indie Rock and Roll was not on the Us release I find it hysterical as a tounge and cheek diss of the Hipsters
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Post by Mary on Sept 9, 2004 13:21:51 GMT -5
Yeah maarts and achnb, you are both spot-on about this situation...i appreciate your comments...gonna try to stick to music a bit just to be more cheery around here, though! Well once again rs'ers, I'm putting myself in your hands. I'm about to receive a large gift certificate to Amoeba Records. What should I buy? You know my taste. Dramatic, dark, melancholy, noisy, hellacious, sleazy, anything bearing a relationship to the kind of music you would expect escaped mental patients to create. Recommend away  and any thoughts on the new Bjork by the way? I am a total bjork neophyte - I've never owned a single Bjork album and never really been all that interested - but the descriptions of this newest one were really intriguing, and then I read that Mike Patton was a collaborator (!!!!!) and my curiosity went through the roof. Bjork and Mike Patton on an a capella record?! Shit. NP: Coctea Twins - Blue Bell Knoll (song: The Itchy Glowbo Blow) Cheers, M |
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Post by Dwazee on Sept 9, 2004 13:38:36 GMT -5
i think id rather stick rusty steel rods through each eye slowly than listen to the new bjork. or really any bjork--but her just singing? i might want to die. *shudders*
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Post by luke on Sept 9, 2004 14:59:41 GMT -5
The new Bjork just happens to be playing right this instant here in ekul's apartment.
It's excellent. Mary, it's funny you should mention the Patton thing. My girlfriend fucking hates Bjork, but she's this huge Patton fan, so I was all, "C'mon. Mike Patton's on it." And she just gives me a dry, "Oh, well then it must be wonderful, then" and rolled her eyes at me.
Anyway, though, as for the actual album, the Mike Patton tracks- which are at the beginning- feature a very weird (of course) lot of background noise from Patton. Very weird, very subtle, very moody. Although I'm too lazy to take this album out of my CD player, I often skip it when it comes up, because it's got parts that are, yeah, totally mood oriented.
But not the whole thing. "Who Is It" is one of the most listenable, poppy, catchy Bjork songs I've ever heard. The album manages to mesh the really moody pieces with the really catchy stuff rather well. Even better than Radiohead's ever been able to, I'd say.
The beats throughout are very trippy. Bjork's voice mingles with tons of others, and doesn't dominate the rhythm of the songs. There's a lot of deep voiced choir sounding stuff all over the album; it all works.
The first three songs, all featuring Patton, start the album's flow off perfectly. The first couple are the weird moody stuff I described before, but the third, "Where Is The Line," is another really accessible (although still moody, weird, and downright fucking scary) tune, and enough to make hardcore Patton fans (you know, the one's who would gouge their eyes out before they'd actually admit that Dillinger Escape Plan makes them want to gouge their eardrums out) enjoy this thing, I'm sure.
If you like Bjork's voice...if you like trippy beat-oriented stuff...if you like lots of scary choir sounding stuff over flowing, chopped up landscapes of rhythm...then this album's up your alley. I wouldn't say it's a shoo-in for fans of Debut or Post, but if you like Vespertine, you're probably gonna like this. And if you're a Radiohead fan who doesn't mind Bjork, you'll love it.
My favorite thing about the album is how it FEELS like it should be kind of inaccessible, and take a bunch of listens to grow on you, yet it instantly takes hold and sends you reeling. This is a powerful, emotional album.
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Post by luke on Sept 9, 2004 15:03:49 GMT -5
BTW, are those bare titties on that Slits album, or are they covered? Can't tell from here, and I don't wanna get too excited in case those aren't bare titties.
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Post by Dwazee on Sept 9, 2004 15:58:33 GMT -5
perhaps if i wasnt scarred for life from bjork id check that. but after listening to her for 6 straight hours, 3 of which were devoted to the same album, i dont think i can ever listen to her again without...well...yea. ive been in charge of the art gallery im interning in this afternoon. instead of being all excited, im anxious. too much responsibility!  |
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Post by PC on Sept 9, 2004 18:43:01 GMT -5
I believe they are bare boobs, just covered in mud.
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Sept 9, 2004 19:15:57 GMT -5
and any thoughts on the new Bjork by the way? I am a total bjork neophyte - I've never owned a single Bjork album and never really been all that interested - but the descriptions of this newest one were really intriguing, and then I read that Mike Patton was a collaborator (!!!!!) and my curiosity went through the roof. Bjork and Mike Patton on an a capella record?! Shit. I made the new Bjork record my first album from her and I think it's a good record, amazing vocals, but too p urposely distancing and strange. Compared to her singles I've heard and videos I've seen it's not up to her past material. The one thing it has done is make me want to pick up her previous albums a lot more since I know I can probably only go up from liking but not totally adoring this record. |
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Post by Ryosuke on Sept 9, 2004 20:27:57 GMT -5
Well once again rs'ers, I'm putting myself in your hands. I'm about to receive a large gift certificate to Amoeba Records. What should I buy? You know my taste. Dramatic, dark, melancholy, noisy, hellacious, sleazy, anything bearing a relationship to the kind of music you would expect escaped mental patients to create. Recommend away Himawari No Hana by Yoshio Hayakawa? The Boatman's Call kind of reminded me of Yoshio Hayakawa when I heard it, and it'll probably only cost you like 30 - 40 bucks to import and... Okay, nevermind... |
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 10, 2004 4:14:04 GMT -5
Try something new Mary. Lets get you into 2004 eh? Or at least 2003.  I love Bjork's voice. Adore it. But I still think it was best showcased right back on the Sugarcubes' debut album Life's Too Good. I don't think any of the material she's sung since, either solo or with the 'cubes, has allowed her to demonstrate the same unholy buzzsaw lung power. And I point-blank defy anyone to name a single Bjork solo song that's in the same class as "Birthday". Having said all that, I should point out that I've yet to hear her new album. |
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 10, 2004 4:15:33 GMT -5
I can't believe punkchick is putting up pictures of naked babes. Although don't think I'm not grateful...
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Post by Ryosuke on Sept 10, 2004 4:31:45 GMT -5
JLLM - I remember you saying that you were gonna burn some stuff for Mary. Just out of curiosity, what's it gonna be?
As for naked babes, I don't like naked babes. Seriously, I don't.
By the way, am I the only one who feels a slight sense of happiness when I rent porn and the video store clerk is a young girl?
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Post by Ryosuke on Sept 10, 2004 4:37:01 GMT -5
By young girl, I mean like 20 or so, not 8 or 9.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 10, 2004 4:48:43 GMT -5
As for naked babes, I don't like naked babes. Seriously, I don't. Prefer manga/hentai chicks eh? Not that I'm stereotyping or anything gauche like that. I'm doing Mary some modern British punk stuff. Might slip Snow Patrol's "Run" in there though, just to stun her with some AOR. Call it pre-emptive revenge for anything nasty she might say about Razorlight or Libertines. By the way, I don't rent porn. I collect it off my mate every Christmas when he returns home from Germany. I can speak pretty passable German these days thanks to porn, and I could probably manage a conversation in a German shop or train station. As long as it was about anal sex. |
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 10, 2004 4:51:41 GMT -5
Top 10 Bob Dylan songs:-
Well, I've only got Blood on the Tracks, so a pretty pointless list. Any other Dylan albums match up to the standards of "Idiot Wind" and "Tangled Up In Blue"?
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