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Post by pandaexplosion on Feb 16, 2004 11:54:03 GMT -5
i think a lot of people on this board would really dig silver apples if they haven't heard them yet. i just discovered them the other day and they blew my mind. they're a synth/drums duo from the 60's who sing fairly melodic songs over hypnotic beats and oscillator drones, and i'm sure they're a big influence over jamie & co.
you can get both of their 60s lp's on one cd. definitely worth checking out if you're into xiu xiu, which i'm sure anyone reading this post is.
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Post by tenant on Feb 16, 2004 18:36:49 GMT -5
From allmusic.com:
On November 1, 1998, the Silver Apples' van crashed while returning from a New York gig; the accident left Simeon with a broken neck and spinal injuries, casting his continued musical career in grave doubt.
Fabulous Muscles lyrics:
wigging out before the unfamiliar flesh
of my broken kneck
My thoughts:
This is obviously a conspiracy involving the President of France and Fender Guitars. Expect to see large scale invasions of US coastal states followed by unprecedented movements of the Juan de Fuca plate leading to a decrease in North American land area by 14%.
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Post by missmiss on Feb 17, 2004 1:11:21 GMT -5
and what does brian wilson have to do with all this?
sloop john b:
i feel so broke up, i want to go home
this is the worst trip i've ever been on
i broke up:
and i broke up...
this is the worst vacation ever...
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Post by Anders on Feb 19, 2004 16:29:46 GMT -5
ACK!! please lets get this correct!! Brian wilson had nothing to do with writing Sloop John B. He just ripped off a great folk song. Gawd!! i hate the beach boys!!
MOTHA FUCKIN KOKOMO
anders
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Post by heh on Feb 20, 2004 17:06:25 GMT -5
go buy pet sounds, your ignorance worries me and the consequent state of the world
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Post by Anders on Feb 20, 2004 18:22:09 GMT -5
ACK! pet sounds is one of my most hated albums of all time. I'm sorry but cheasy love songs and jocky surf rock doesn't qualify itsef as anything but the teeny bopper aingst driven drivel that every 20 something in a small apartment complaining about his sexual problems can produce.
I hate..hate...hate the beach boys . have ever since I was a little kid listening to the radio. and the fact that so many people want to tell me the pet sounds is brilliant only serves to worry me about the influences that shitty critics can have on the minds of the youth. FIGHT BACK! TAKE ART INTO YOUR OWN HANDS! DON'T ACCEPT DRIVEL AS ART!. Seriously take a good hard listen to that stuff...the lyrics are horrid (if they are good it's when the beach boys didn't wirte them) and the music is boring to the point of maddness.
ARGH!!!
ANDERS
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Post by Andrew C on Feb 20, 2004 18:42:52 GMT -5
if pet sounds is "cheasy," then bring on the chease, by all means.
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Post by sinclair on Feb 21, 2004 14:56:43 GMT -5
is pet sounds worth purchasing?
what is so good about it?
isn't it pretty influencial?
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Post by Thuth on Feb 21, 2004 18:14:51 GMT -5
is pet sounds worth purchasing? what is so good about it? isn't it pretty influencial? Yes, for starters. God only knows why or whatever it goes by is a good song to get drunk to. |
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Post by Chris from Boston on Feb 21, 2004 19:16:04 GMT -5
I'm sitting here trying to figure out what 'jocky'-ness someone could possibly infer from listening to Pet Sounds...  |
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Post by missmiss on Feb 23, 2004 1:36:28 GMT -5
pet sounds is harrowing
and
it is called "pet sounds"
i don't see one jock strap about it
i know there's an answer
brian wilson...charles manson?
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Post by Anders on Feb 23, 2004 4:30:53 GMT -5
to clarify when I think of cali surf rock I think of high school assholes who were pre beachboys all into lettterman jackets, and post beachboys all into ... letterman jackets. and dressing nice for their grandmas.
I don't know I just hate the damn band...everything about them is slightly inane, dull, vaguely trtite, and the loves ongs are some of the worst ever writen. but that's just one mans opinion.
ADNDERS
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Post by guest on Feb 23, 2004 11:45:04 GMT -5
Agreed. The Beach Boys suck. Anyone who derives pleasure from listening to them may have no taste whatsoever. It's some of the most offensive music ever made anywhere. But then, can you really count most sixties music in any discussion of interesting music anyway? Outside of the Velvet Underground, the Stooges and maybe Dylan, not much came out of the Sixties. You can maybe argue the Beatles, but if you're interested in good music, please leave the Beach Boys out of the discussion or else you have to acknowledge the Monkeys, the Back Street Boys and the New Kids on the Block.
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Post by Andrew C on Feb 23, 2004 18:26:28 GMT -5
i have to take serious exception to mr. anonymous guest. the only good things to come from the sixties are the velvets, the stooges, (maybe) dylan, and (maybe) the beatles? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? what about the kinks? the who? the stones? the zombies? nick drake? love? donovan? the pretty things? early pink floyd? frank zappa? captain beefheart? hendrix? everyone who has ever appeared on nuggets compilation? (i could go on.) again, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? (surely you at least like the MC5?)
also, it's fine you don't like the beach boys. but it isn't fine that you feel the need to indirectly insult anyone and everyone who does.
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Post by Anders on Feb 25, 2004 14:37:55 GMT -5
on a lighter note...I'm very impressed with the silver apples...like a good herzog film, the storys about making the music is almost as good as the music itself. which says alot for what they are doing.
ANDERS
I want to play on his synth...with old grandaddy.
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