Inspired, or more accurately, prompted, by the recent re-release of the first 'Now That's What I call Music' compilation; also the Now 25 triple-disc thing last year.. try some choice cuts which for some reason, those with less finely-honed musical taste might ( & have done) pronounce dreadful. Naturally, I don't understand at all.
♫ The unbearable lightness of a farm tractor - Miss Violetta Beauregarde
Odi Profanum Vulgus Et Arceo (2006)
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There's a lovely review of the album : This wasn't music, this was a train wreck. And if you want to hear a train wreck then listen to this... more
♫ Orphans - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
Orphans/Less of Me single (1979)
Robert Quine is credited as producer - I think he provides the delicate slide guitar too
buy | Lydia Lunch
♫ Mi bori sar Korani - Koçani Orkestar
Alone At My Wedding (2002)
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♫ Wunderbar - Sparks
Lil' Beethoven (extra tracks edition - 2004)
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♫ Fuck Shit Up - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Now I got Worry (1996)
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♫ The unbearable lightness of a farm tractor - Miss Violetta Beauregarde
Odi Profanum Vulgus Et Arceo (2006)
buy | amazon | myspace
There's a lovely review of the album : This wasn't music, this was a train wreck. And if you want to hear a train wreck then listen to this... more
♫ Orphans - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
Orphans/Less of Me single (1979)
Robert Quine is credited as producer - I think he provides the delicate slide guitar too
buy | Lydia Lunch
♫ Mi bori sar Korani - Koçani Orkestar
Alone At My Wedding (2002)
myspace | buy
♫ Wunderbar - Sparks
Lil' Beethoven (extra tracks edition - 2004)
buy | myspace
♫ Fuck Shit Up - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Now I got Worry (1996)
buy | myspace
Every time I hear Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - far less frequently than I ought to - it immediately reminds me of being laid up in the dark listening to John Peel with the tuner turned down so low a mouse would require a hearing aid just to make it out. This is a peculiar habit which has stayed with me into middle age; in fact, I don't think I've ever listened to Lydia Lunch with the volume cranked up to a reasonable level.
ReplyDeleteRobert Quine is terribly underrated, even now.
ooh no - gotta have Teenage Jesus or the Contortions & others way up high.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Quine was so very talented - Richard Hell's sound woulda been hugely different w/o him.
"...gotta have Teenage Jesus or the Contortions & others way up high."
ReplyDeleteYou have a point.