Classic Albums #17: The Stooge's Fun House - Page 2

musicfallinglikesnow · 07.07.2007, 02:42 PM

I've just received the gift of the seven-CD edition of Fun House, the complete sessions, and it's AWESOME.
Pure fire.

musicfallinglikesnow · 07.07.2007, 03:26 PM

By the way, I agree that Raw Power has a very much more domesticated feel than Fun House. It was produced by John Cale, that may be the reason.
But then again, that's the feeling I had a long time about Daydream Nation too.

fugazifan · 07.07.2007, 06:07 PM

raw power was prduced by david bowie, their s\t was produced by cale.
i just got back from seeing them live.
best show ever. seriously.
full review to come in the next few days.

musicfallinglikesnow · 07.07.2007, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by fugazifan

raw power was prduced by david bowie, their s\t was produced by cale.

You're quite right!

Torn Curtain · 07.08.2007, 06:28 AM

There's songs on it I like more than others (my favourites are tracks 2 to 5, with a preference for Dirt and 1970) but still I think the record is pure genious.

SonikJesus · 12.19.2011, 02:47 PM

i can't get into Raw Power. Wish I could hear what everyone else hears. Funhouse is the shit though

Mortte Jousimo · 12.20.2011, 07:30 AM

To me Raw Power is the greatest! And I even love that Bowie-production! In Raw Power every song is great, Fun House the tittle song is a little bit too long and also in the first album is We Will Fall, altough I like those songs. I have double-vinyl-version from Fun house, the outtakes in that is also quite good and of course "Lost in the Future" is just great (It´s amazing how they didn´t put it into original version). I have also rariety-collection "Gimme Some Skin" which is also quite enjoyable although the sound quality specially b-side is quite bad. I saw them live when Ron was still alive and they were just great!

Derek · 12.20.2011, 10:51 AM

I hate this record.

Derek · 12.20.2011, 05:00 PM

I hate this album cause I hate it. I find it boring and overrated. Of course I've never met anyone who's said a bad word against it apart from my conversations with Adam Cooley but he can't back me up anymore. ;[

the ikara cult · 12.20.2011, 05:16 PM

The first album is more deranged and Funhouse is more nihilistic. These are the two important aspects we should be talking about when we discuss Stooges. Both deserve the level of reverence they have.

and Raw Power has never done it for me either.

Genteel Death · 12.20.2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Derek

I hate this album cause I hate it. I find it boring and overrated. Of course I've never met anyone who's said a bad word against it apart from my conversations with Adam Cooley but he can't back me up anymore. ;[

I think that deep down you hate the people talking about this album on this thread more than the album itself. No worries, I do too. Luckily I live a fairly sheltered life where people don't make inane comparisons about different mixes or takes on certain songs which I happen to love anyway, regardless of the their recording. I don't think it's one of those records that needs much defending or converting new people to. What it needs, like so many other records deemed as ''classics'', is simply getting people to shut up about them so much and stop thinking they can bring new or interesting takes on them.

Genteel Death · 12.20.2011, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by foreverasskiss

I don't see how that's possible, but ..... that's your opinion. I find it to be one of the least boring albums ever.

but you're saying it in the most boring way ever.

Genteel Death · 12.20.2011, 05:49 PM

Don't listen to this record while watching ''Almost Famous''. Everyone is a twat on that film. I still enjoy watching it because at least it brings up some characters who seem to enjoy the music anyway, but seem incapable of turning putting a record on into an overwrought lifestyle. Irritating.

Mortte Jousimo · 12.22.2011, 05:40 AM

The one and only reason why I am here is that I want to discuss with people about Sy and other interesting music. When I have started threads about bands that are not well-known, there has been quite a little replies. The most interesting discussions have been with the well-known bands and albums. I know there´s people who think it´s boring to be enthusiastic about some albums 10 000 times, but I think it is their problem. There are bands and albums I can be enthusiastic all the time. Stooges and Fun House are one of those.

Derek · 12.22.2011, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by foreverasskiss

Nuff said./ or is it too boring for you?

No I really do dislike listening to this album. Nothing to do with who likes it.

Derek · 12.22.2011, 09:55 AM

Alright cool.

Why is it so sacrilegious to dislike this album here anyway? Like, people assume others have a motive for disliking it when in reality it just doesn't interest me.

Like when I hear Ron Asheton play all I hear is dull powerchords and generic pentatonic blues solos. Maybe others don't hear that but I do. Maybe I just don't 'get' it but again, who knows.

Torn Curtain · 12.22.2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Derek

Like when I hear Ron Asheton play all I hear is dull powerchords and generic pentatonic blues solos. Maybe others don't hear that but I do. Maybe I just don't 'get' it but again, who knows.

It's true that technically Ron Asheton is a very basic guitarist, I guess what most people (including myself) enjoy above all is his sound (especially his great use of wah-wah - EDITED).

Keeping It Simple · 12.23.2011, 07:41 AM

I gave the album a listen on Youtube and thought I've heard much better.

Mortte Jousimo · 12.25.2011, 02:11 AM

The greatness of this album is nothing to do with technical skills. It´s the great feelings it offers. To me always the most important thing in the music is the feelings I get it, it´s quite same to me how technically skilled the playres are. I also don´t want to listen music in intelligent way.

Torn Curtain · 12.26.2011, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by foreverasskiss

Some people don't like blues in their music. It's like the taste of sperm in their mouth. Rudimentary......I laugh, Ron Ashton was the best guitarst that ever lived. He took Hendrix and other influences and made it evil, sexxy, and mean. Fun House is like a girl sucking on my dick. Very enjoyable. The Stooges are the ultimate rock n roll band. If you think their music is boring, then your fucked.

DIRT!!!!!

Ron Ashton is my favorite guitarist beside that fruity fuck Prince.

Boredom....... I laugh at your sexless mind.

The fact that someone would fiind this album boring is unbelievably down syndrome. Do you lack male hormones?

I also like Led Zeppelin. So FUCK YOU!!!!!

Awful post.

07.07.2007, 02:42 PM	#21
musicfallinglikesnow stalker Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 454	I've just received the gift of the seven-CD edition of Fun House, the complete sessions, and it's AWESOME. Pure fire. __________________
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07.07.2007, 03:26 PM	#22
musicfallinglikesnow stalker Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 454	By the way, I agree that Raw Power has a very much more domesticated feel than Fun House. It was produced by John Cale, that may be the reason. But then again, that's the feeling I had a long time about Daydream Nation too. __________________
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07.07.2007, 06:07 PM	#23
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	raw power was prduced by david bowie, their s\t was produced by cale. i just got back from seeing them live. best show ever. seriously. full review to come in the next few days. __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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07.08.2007, 06:28 AM	#25
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	There's songs on it I like more than others (my favourites are tracks 2 to 5, with a preference for Dirt and 1970) but still I think the record is pure genious.
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12.19.2011, 02:47 PM	#26
SonikJesus the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 998	i can't get into Raw Power. Wish I could hear what everyone else hears. Funhouse is the shit though
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12.20.2011, 07:30 AM	#27
Mortte Jousimo expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,019	To me Raw Power is the greatest! And I even love that Bowie-production! In Raw Power every song is great, Fun House the tittle song is a little bit too long and also in the first album is We Will Fall, altough I like those songs. I have double-vinyl-version from Fun house, the outtakes in that is also quite good and of course "Lost in the Future" is just great (It´s amazing how they didn´t put it into original version). I have also rariety-collection "Gimme Some Skin" which is also quite enjoyable although the sound quality specially b-side is quite bad. I saw them live when Ron was still alive and they were just great!
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12.20.2011, 10:51 AM	#28
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I hate this record.
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12.20.2011, 05:00 PM	#29
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I hate this album cause I hate it. I find it boring and overrated. Of course I've never met anyone who's said a bad word against it apart from my conversations with Adam Cooley but he can't back me up anymore. ;[
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12.20.2011, 05:16 PM	#30
the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	The first album is more deranged and Funhouse is more nihilistic. These are the two important aspects we should be talking about when we discuss Stooges. Both deserve the level of reverence they have. and Raw Power has never done it for me either. __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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12.20.2011, 05:49 PM	#33
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Don't listen to this record while watching ''Almost Famous''. Everyone is a twat on that film. I still enjoy watching it because at least it brings up some characters who seem to enjoy the music anyway, but seem incapable of turning putting a record on into an overwrought lifestyle. Irritating.
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12.22.2011, 05:40 AM	#34
Mortte Jousimo expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,019	The one and only reason why I am here is that I want to discuss with people about Sy and other interesting music. When I have started threads about bands that are not well-known, there has been quite a little replies. The most interesting discussions have been with the well-known bands and albums. I know there´s people who think it´s boring to be enthusiastic about some albums 10 000 times, but I think it is their problem. There are bands and albums I can be enthusiastic all the time. Stooges and Fun House are one of those.
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12.22.2011, 09:55 AM	#36
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Alright cool. Why is it so sacrilegious to dislike this album here anyway? Like, people assume others have a motive for disliking it when in reality it just doesn't interest me. Like when I hear Ron Asheton play all I hear is dull powerchords and generic pentatonic blues solos. Maybe others don't hear that but I do. Maybe I just don't 'get' it but again, who knows.
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12.23.2011, 07:41 AM	#38
Keeping It Simple invito al cielo Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,721	I gave the album a listen on Youtube and thought I've heard much better.
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12.25.2011, 02:11 AM	#39
Mortte Jousimo expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,019	The greatness of this album is nothing to do with technical skills. It´s the great feelings it offers. To me always the most important thing in the music is the feelings I get it, it´s quite same to me how technically skilled the playres are. I also don´t want to listen music in intelligent way.
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