Acoustical and early-90s music post
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charloweenFolk Implosion, “Merry-Go-Down”. Turns out I'm a darned fool for not realizing that Lou Barlow is the dude behind Folk Implosion. The multitudes of squee make sense. That the gods for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shady_lane's freakishly complete knowledge of indie music and tangential conversations or I'd have gone through my life quietly enjoying Folk Implosion and being totally clueless. I enjoy music, I don't always research it. Though I can be forgiven (I think) because Folk Implosion is darker, more polished-sounding and tends to be sample-driven. What drew me to this incarnation of Lou Barlow is the way the folky unplugged stuff (like slide guitar in this one) gets brought to a more modern place. "Kingdom of Lies" even has a drum machine! "Free to Go" almost made it to my SPN fanmix that I made back in the summer. At aoshi and shady_lane's request, I"ll put up a bunch of their songs... when I get back from the store. [EDIT: a whole pile of Folk Implosion (zip) + one track I forgot to put in the zip (mp3) + even more Folk Implosion (zip)]
Tanya Donelly, “The Night You Saved My Life”. A great song made so much better by the addition of a Peter/Claire reading. The moon was paper-white the night you saved my life. Oooooh! Mostly I love the “hmm-mmm” parts (I'm not insane, just download the track and you'll get it!), but it's darned fun to sing along with. Plus, it's the only pop song I know that references a 'spirit guide' in the place of 'guardian angel', which is pretty neat.
Kristen Hersh, “Your Ghost”. Part of a huge torrent of acoustic numbers I found yesterday afternoon. It's a crazy coincidence that I was going to post the Donelly song anyway, because Hersh is Donelly's stepsister (and both women were the core of Throwing Muses) and I was grooving to this track for about a full minute before I bothered to check who was singing. Heh. It's a beautiful track. (I think she's also a stronger singer than her sister, but that's probably why Hersh and not Donelly was the lead singer in Throwing Muses.)
Nick Cave, “These Boots Are Made For Walking”. (not from the acoustic torrent, btw) If I had my way, Nick Cave's next two albums would be all covers, recorded slightly out of key, in an uncertain time signature and probably while drunk. I don't want to say he caterwauls his way through the piece, but I don't want to lie to you and say it's particularly melodious. Where the first three tracks I've posted are good (especially the Folk Implosion one!) this one is just amusing. Oh, Nick Cave. It's because you do things like this that we love you? I'm a particular fan of the “cha cha cha” at the end.
Sebadoh, “Beautiful Friend” (acoustic). Another from the acoustic tracks mega-torrent. (There were 128 songs in the torrent, many of them were even awesome). Posted in honour of Sebadoh and the awesome show they put on Friday night that I wasn't planning to go to but am so very glad I did.
...with the Sebadoh and the Throwing Muses girls and the fact that most of the songs in the 128-song torrent were recorded before 1997 (the torrent also includes stuff from Bully and the Breeders...), I've been rocking the early 90s alt/indie scene this weekend. Last weekend I was on an 80s-Bruce Cockburn kick (yay for angry folk songs about how the IMF are a bunch of “dirty motherfuckers”!), this weekend it's early 90s... next weekend who knows where I'll be?
shady_lane's freakishly complete knowledge of indie music and tangential conversations or I'd have gone through my life quietly enjoying Folk Implosion and being totally clueless. I enjoy music, I don't always research it. Though I can be forgiven (I think) because Folk Implosion is darker, more polished-sounding and tends to be sample-driven. What drew me to this incarnation of Lou Barlow is the way the folky unplugged stuff (like slide guitar in this one) gets brought to a more modern place. "Kingdom of Lies" even has a drum machine! "Free to Go" almost made it to my SPN fanmix that I made back in the summer. At aoshi and shady_lane's request, I"ll put up a bunch of their songs... when I get back from the store. [EDIT: a whole pile of Folk Implosion (zip) + one track I forgot to put in the zip (mp3) + even more Folk Implosion (zip)]Tanya Donelly, “The Night You Saved My Life”. A great song made so much better by the addition of a Peter/Claire reading. The moon was paper-white the night you saved my life. Oooooh! Mostly I love the “hmm-mmm” parts (I'm not insane, just download the track and you'll get it!), but it's darned fun to sing along with. Plus, it's the only pop song I know that references a 'spirit guide' in the place of 'guardian angel', which is pretty neat.
Kristen Hersh, “Your Ghost”. Part of a huge torrent of acoustic numbers I found yesterday afternoon. It's a crazy coincidence that I was going to post the Donelly song anyway, because Hersh is Donelly's stepsister (and both women were the core of Throwing Muses) and I was grooving to this track for about a full minute before I bothered to check who was singing. Heh. It's a beautiful track. (I think she's also a stronger singer than her sister, but that's probably why Hersh and not Donelly was the lead singer in Throwing Muses.)
Nick Cave, “These Boots Are Made For Walking”. (not from the acoustic torrent, btw) If I had my way, Nick Cave's next two albums would be all covers, recorded slightly out of key, in an uncertain time signature and probably while drunk. I don't want to say he caterwauls his way through the piece, but I don't want to lie to you and say it's particularly melodious. Where the first three tracks I've posted are good (especially the Folk Implosion one!) this one is just amusing. Oh, Nick Cave. It's because you do things like this that we love you? I'm a particular fan of the “cha cha cha” at the end.
Sebadoh, “Beautiful Friend” (acoustic). Another from the acoustic tracks mega-torrent. (There were 128 songs in the torrent, many of them were even awesome). Posted in honour of Sebadoh and the awesome show they put on Friday night that I wasn't planning to go to but am so very glad I did.
...with the Sebadoh and the Throwing Muses girls and the fact that most of the songs in the 128-song torrent were recorded before 1997 (the torrent also includes stuff from Bully and the Breeders...), I've been rocking the early 90s alt/indie scene this weekend. Last weekend I was on an 80s-Bruce Cockburn kick (yay for angry folk songs about how the IMF are a bunch of “dirty motherfuckers”!), this weekend it's early 90s... next weekend who knows where I'll be?
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Date: 2007-03-25 09:49 pm (UTC)Kidding. XD
Thanks for the Impolsion, darlin', I appreciate the Barlow lovin'. :D
Funny you say that...
Date: 2007-03-25 10:42 pm (UTC)Also: more Implody fun (http://www.sendspace.com/file/zoxnyk) <-- including their first album, which is more lo-fi ("is lower-fi", perhaps?) than the mid/late 90s stuff I groove to.
Kristen Hersh
Date: 2007-03-26 02:42 am (UTC)-Dimitra
Re: Kristen Hersh
Date: 2007-03-26 11:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-03-26 05:02 am (UTC)Yay! Will get to the downloadin' and listenin' when I'm not supposed to be writing a reflection on Yet Another Holocaust Book. YAHB was well written and has an awesomly dynamic narrator. This does not mean I enjoyed reading YAHB. In fact, I loathed it, as I do nearly all Holocaust books. The end.
Ok, perhaps I should write a bit more then that. But then I'll listen!
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Date: 2007-03-26 02:08 pm (UTC)The whole Lou Barlow/Sebadoh/Folk Implosion thing is wacky, though - I've been listening to Folk Implosion for quite a while (years!) and
Holocaust books are depressing as all hell; but I'd really like to read books on the Holocaust that will be written in a century or so, and see how (or if) they're different. Did you take a class on Holocaust writing? Why are you reading so many? Do you think your teacher even reads those? I say you write a response to Double Indemnity instead and see if s/he notices.
gotta stop this late night commenting
Date: 2007-03-26 06:01 am (UTC)From a historical standpoint, the Nick Cave song is fantastic - his first foray into the wonderful and frightening world of alternative rock. And to think The Boys Next Door started off as a New Wave band...
gotta stop this before-7am commenting
Date: 2007-03-26 11:01 am (UTC)Danke for the tracks, and you've heard Option 30 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/80tnv9), right? Trent Reznor's pre-NIN new wave/white-boy reggae/"I wanna be Sting" monstrosity?
dowloadiiiiiiing
Date: 2007-03-26 02:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-03-27 01:13 am (UTC)If TR hadn't become famous afterwards, Option 30 would have been justly forgotten two decades ago.