vision thing
Posted: 11 Sep 2004, 00:00
well well it's a small world at elektra here in the states and it smells funny,
the first time i heard vision thing i was taken back as well, yet there are some definite reasons imo for the sound of the album:
1) in the states who was on elektra ond huge at the time, just ready to release their new album to follow up on the success of "one" on mtv? metallica's "black album" was released the same year which spawned the era of a thousand worthless singles for elektra, including the cure at the time...
2) obviously in line with mockery of the current popular sound, i think that the motorhead stuff started around then as well right? well see above on that one as well, not saying that a.e. doesn't apprieciate lemmy's vocals (all in the key of A) and heavy glamorization of amphetamine abuse...
3) to update the sound, and shed even more of the shadow that i believe that gary left personally looming, and wayne left professionally, we all know by now that Andrew got the Mekons guitarists to guest play the parts on Floodland, and while it's good i'd rather hear Adam or even Wayne hitting the lead on Flood II any day, I wonder how Wayne would have played the guitar parts on Floodland?
4) what would be a testament to us few and far between that know that the sisters are the epitome (contrived as it may be) of a rock band, and that andrew's lyrics could really stand alone as poetry (no matter his own personal reservations about t.s.eliot) is if The Current Band Re-recorded A Bunch Of The Old Favorites and made the new album a double cd!
I can hardly think of any songs that do not sound improved that they play live other than dominion and this corossion...
adam is the bomb and andrew better not let him go...
too bad they are so anal about making a record...
the first time i heard vision thing i was taken back as well, yet there are some definite reasons imo for the sound of the album:
1) in the states who was on elektra ond huge at the time, just ready to release their new album to follow up on the success of "one" on mtv? metallica's "black album" was released the same year which spawned the era of a thousand worthless singles for elektra, including the cure at the time...
2) obviously in line with mockery of the current popular sound, i think that the motorhead stuff started around then as well right? well see above on that one as well, not saying that a.e. doesn't apprieciate lemmy's vocals (all in the key of A) and heavy glamorization of amphetamine abuse...
3) to update the sound, and shed even more of the shadow that i believe that gary left personally looming, and wayne left professionally, we all know by now that Andrew got the Mekons guitarists to guest play the parts on Floodland, and while it's good i'd rather hear Adam or even Wayne hitting the lead on Flood II any day, I wonder how Wayne would have played the guitar parts on Floodland?
4) what would be a testament to us few and far between that know that the sisters are the epitome (contrived as it may be) of a rock band, and that andrew's lyrics could really stand alone as poetry (no matter his own personal reservations about t.s.eliot) is if The Current Band Re-recorded A Bunch Of The Old Favorites and made the new album a double cd!
I can hardly think of any songs that do not sound improved that they play live other than dominion and this corossion...
adam is the bomb and andrew better not let him go...
too bad they are so anal about making a record...
