[demonrail666]

Baby Spice, I think it was.

But yeah, The Spice Girls were just a novelty act marketed as representing the pure pop angle of a perceived upturn in British culture (Trainspotting, Damien Hirst, Pulp/Blur/Oasis/Suede, Alexander McQueen, David Beckham, etc.). It was all a bit silly, and cynically hijacked by Tony Blair as part of his whole 'Cool Britannia' thing, but in balance it was a lot of fun, and did reflect a certain confidence/optimism in the country at the time. Certainly compared with where we are now.

[noisereductions]

This conversation is good stuff.

Nickelback blows.

[h8kurdt]

Well Brit-Pop was a contrived backlash against that very American-ness felt to be dominating British pop culture in the early 90s, but was just as parochial. But it's also true that Britain had been through Acid House in the late 80s which was absorbed by the more interesting British bands at the time. MBV's Loveless was definitely informed by that scene.

You think it was contrived? I figured it was a very natural reaction for british bands to do.

but then i put on the slim shady LP (i have it on right now) and i’m not blown away in any way but it’s entertaining and funny and i’m gonna play the rest of it.

Funny you should mention that album. I was actually thinking about the single Guilty Conscience the other day. I remember that coming out on single and buying it. However, for all the stuff he released in that period that's never talked about, and to my knowledge played by him.

Just give it a whirl now. The bit about raping a 15 year old is probably why.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Funny you should mention that album. I was actually thinking about the single Guilty Conscience the other day. I remember that coming out on single and buying it. However, for all the stuff he released in that period that's never talked about, and to my knowledge played by him.

Just give it a whirl now. The bit about raping a 15 year old is probably why.

aw fuck thanks for ruining my morning dude lol

see, this is why i never could get into hiphop, and never bought any with exceptions like public enemy or some jazz hybrids— the whole me me me bitches-and-money cult of violence. the more i understand the lyrics, the less i like it. & on & on & on.

now this! i had to go and google the lyrics because i didn’t know wtf he was talking about and sure enough i look and say “i was listening to this!” but completely ignorant of what had been said (i did pick up the impregnating a spice girl bit though).

so, anyway, moral problems aside, thanks to my bad ear for english & dialects i can say with certainty that the best-selling hiphop artist of the 00’ decade was musically tons more interesting than the best selling rock band of the same era. no question.

this is just to say, again, again, again, that there’s been a changing of the guard in music, and psychopathy aside, you can tangibly hear why. detroit psychopaths make better music than “nice” canadians.

(actually i dont know if nickelback has psychopatic or “nice” lyrics—it just sounds fucking terrible. TERRIBLE.)

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by h8kurdt

You think it was contrived? I figured it was a very natural reaction for british bands to do.

To begin with maybe but it quickly became a marketing and (for New Labour) political tool.

One thing I'll say in favour of Grunge is it never let itself become co-opted by the White House.

 

[noisereductions]

anyone else check this out yet?

 

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by noisereductions

anyone else check this out yet?

 

I have, and I love it.

[noisereductions]

Agreed

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so it looks like not ALL of drag city is on spottifried— yet, anyway

was looking for joanna newsom’s albums yesterday and found none

i am however listening to white magic right now. i have this beautiful vinyl somewhere in some vault but now i don’t have to pine after it because it’s heavy and unwieldy and needs a unitasker to play it

 

anyway pitchfork has an article about the drag city streamables but i didn’t wanna bother reading it. now i’ll have to...

[noisereductions]

All I know is Smog is there so that'll keep me busy revisiting those albums for a while.

Oooh and both Loose Fur albums.

[Savage Clone]

Carpenter Brut - Leather Teeth
Carpenter Brut - Trilogy
Perturbator - The Uncanny Valley
Paul Hardcastle - Rainforest

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oh, joanna newsom hates bananas lol

https://pitchfork.com/news/drag-city...ify-and-tidal/

and jim o’rourke remains offline

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Carpenter Brut - Leather Teeth
Carpenter Brut - Trilogy
Perturbator - The Uncanny Valley
Paul Hardcastle - Rainforest

i hear 80s synths!

[Savage Clone]

Yes indeed.

[noisereductions]

The Colour And The Shape

[noisereductions]

Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

[Severian]

Originally Posted by noisereductions

Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

Never could get into this one myself. The riffs have reminded me of Creed since Creed came out.

[noisereductions]

Originally Posted by Severian

Never could get into this one myself. The riffs have reminded me of Creed since Creed came out.

Um you sure you're thinking of Diary? I can't hear anything on this that would remind you of Creed?

[Severian]

Originally Posted by noisereductions

Um you sure you're thinking of Diary? I can't hear anything on this that would remind you of Creed?

“In Circles” riff dawg

[noisereductions]

I... Still don't hear a similarity. But ok.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by noisereductions

I... Still don't hear a similarity. But ok.

I’m not saying SDRE sounds like Creed in general, and I have fond memories of “LP2” and “How it Feels to be Something On,” but when Creed came out and that style of dropped D riffing started popping up in the mainstream more than in the indie world, it tainted “In Circles” for me irrevocably.

If you don’t hear a similarity you don’t want to hear one. Or I am insane.