Ever since I bought Spiritualized's Medication EP some time in the early 90s, I've been, if not quite obsessed, then certainly very enthusiastic about big build-ups in songs. I didn't realise at the time I first heard Angel Sigh and Feel So Sad that I was discovering post-rock (even if Spiritualized aren't really a post-rock band, what are genres for if not bending?), but they were songs that changed my tastes in music.
Showing posts with label 90s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 90s. Show all posts
Monday, 27 May 2013
Monday, 6 May 2013
0013 - The 6ths
Another band of whom I have only the one song [actually, I have two - see update below]. The song is As You Turn To Go and it's not, as I thought before today, by the Magnetic Fields, but by the 6ths.
0008 - 4 Non Blondes
The one-hit wonder is a funny thing. If I asked you to name three off the top of your head, I bet I could argue that at least two of them weren't, in fact, one-hit wonders. Just have a look at the ludicrously convoluted Questions of Definition section on Wikipedia's One-Hit Wonder page and you'll see where I'm coming from here.
In short, Carl Douglas had two hits besides Kung Fu Fighting, the Buggles had a second top-20 hit, Edison Lighthouse are no more one-hit wonders than The Timelords and if you honestly think that the Boomtown Rats, Dexys Midnight Runners or a-ha count, you need to look up 'parochialism' in a dictionary. I'm tempted to argue, though, that in 4 Non Blondes, we may have a winner*.
In short, Carl Douglas had two hits besides Kung Fu Fighting, the Buggles had a second top-20 hit, Edison Lighthouse are no more one-hit wonders than The Timelords and if you honestly think that the Boomtown Rats, Dexys Midnight Runners or a-ha count, you need to look up 'parochialism' in a dictionary. I'm tempted to argue, though, that in 4 Non Blondes, we may have a winner*.
0007 - 3D Picnic
3D Picnic (also known as 3-D Picnic and Three D. Picnic) aren't the first band I've written about that I didn't know anything about beforehand, but they are the first about whom there seems to be very little information readily available. What I believe I know is this:
They were active in LA in the late 80s and early 90s and released 3 albums, Dirt, Sunshine & Cockroaches and covers collection New Wave Party;
They were fronted by Dallas Don Burnet, who at some point was also a member of the rather better known (albeit still obscure) Thelonius Monster.
They were active in LA in the late 80s and early 90s and released 3 albums, Dirt, Sunshine & Cockroaches and covers collection New Wave Party;
They were fronted by Dallas Don Burnet, who at some point was also a member of the rather better known (albeit still obscure) Thelonius Monster.
0005 - 1910 Fruitgum Company
The first victim here of my hard-drive wiping disaster; a single mp3 file, shorn of any ID tags - goodygoodygumdrops.mp3 - it's the one song I have by the 1910 Fruitgum Company. Presumably it was at some point part of a larger 60s compilation, but it now lies orphaned and lonely, friendless amongst hundreds of gigabytes of cold, hard drive platters that just don't care!
On the other hand, there can be no better way to illustrate my (lack of?) purpose here and it allows me to establish my dull music geek credentials early on, by referring to early-90s Teenage Fanclub b-sides.
On the other hand, there can be no better way to illustrate my (lack of?) purpose here and it allows me to establish my dull music geek credentials early on, by referring to early-90s Teenage Fanclub b-sides.
0001 - Mystery Artist...
I suppose I knew when I decided to start this musical odyssey that I was taking on a fairly herculean task. If you'd asked me at the time, though, how many different artists I had in my music collection, I'd probably have guessed at about three or four hundred, which is only about one thousand short of the actual total...
Friday, 8 March 2013
Afghan Whigs
Sometimes, timing is everything. There are plenty of bands whose heyday was in the late-80s or early-90s who managed to pass me by and who, had I known them at the time, I may well have fallen in love with. Dinosaur Jr., Husker Du, Throwing Muses, Sebadoh, Afghan Whigs - bands whose work I was aware of on a fairly superficial level, but who never connected at the time in the way that, say, Buffalo Tom, Soundgarden, Sugar or Belly did.
I've got one Afghan Whigs album, 1990 release Up In It, and I suspect that had I owned it back in, say, 1992 I would now be writing about the Afghan Whigs in the glowing, fond terms I will one day use when writing about about Buffalo Tom.
I've got one Afghan Whigs album, 1990 release Up In It, and I suspect that had I owned it back in, say, 1992 I would now be writing about the Afghan Whigs in the glowing, fond terms I will one day use when writing about about Buffalo Tom.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Action Painting!
While I suppose it's possible that someone reading this blog might think I have a pulsating, gigantic brain stuffed to bursting with pop and rock Facts, most of you probably realise that I do a wee bit of research for each post - not simply to supplement what I already know about each band, but also to check that what I think I know is actually true. Although given that my research usually starts (and sometimes ends) at Wikipedia, I may be stretching the definitions of the words 'facts' and 'true'.
Action Painting! are the first challenge to my casual approach to research, as they're the first band in my collection not to have a Wikipedia entry. How will I manage?
Action Painting! are the first challenge to my casual approach to research, as they're the first band in my collection not to have a Wikipedia entry. How will I manage?
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