Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 4 October 2014 CE

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thesweetcheat Oct 6, 2014 00:01:45
Replying to 1001realapes

Main listens this week have been from 1980:

John Foxx - Metamatic. Some very classy Ballardian electro-pop on this. Always a good one to go back to.

Public Image Limited - Paris au Printemps. Bought this finally last year, but taken me ages to get to it properly. Despite Lydon's exhortions not to buy it because it's rubbish, it really isn't. Closer Poptones is particularly good. Wobble would not appear on another PiL album, sadly.

Killing Joke - Killing Joke. Another one that I revisit heavily from time to time. Tension and tearing, scary riffs accompany Jaz Coleman's urban distopia. As good as anything they ever did.

John Hassell and Brian Eno - Fourth World. Not listened to this much before so thought I'd give it a proper go this week. Pleasant enough, but lacks the striking textures of Eno's contemporary instrumental work.

Otherwise:

Elvis Presley - Sun sessions

The Fall - "Bingo Master's Breakout" 7"
Killing Joke - "Turn To Red" EP

Cabaret Voltaire - #7885 Electropunk to Technopop
V/A - From Brussels With Love
The Durutti Column - LC
Sterling Void - "It's Alright"

The Adventure Babies - "Camper Van" CD single. Still shit.
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
AFX - Analogue Bubblebath 4

Actress - Splaszh
Nils Frahm and Anna Muller - 7fingers
Dexys Midnight Runners - One Day I'm Going To Soar. Charity shop purchase, not too keen on first listen. G/F's verdict: "awful"
PiL - This Is PiL
CTMF - "All Our Forts Are With You" 7"
Alvvays - Alvvays
Interpol - El Pintor
Tricky - Adrian Thaws
Aphex Twin - Syro

M Monganaut
Monganaut Oct 6, 2014 19:57:46
Replying to thesweetcheat

Public Image Limited - Paris au Printemps. Bought this finally last year, but taken me ages to get to it properly. Despite Lydon's exhortions not to buy it because it's rubbish, it really isn't. Closer Poptones is particularly good. "Wobble would not appear on another PiL album, sadly."

That album was my major in to early PiL, so have an amazing soft spot for it. Think it's a pretty darn fine performance too. Poptones and Careering are amazing. Much better than Live in Tokyo that's fer sure. What a pitiful performance that is. Mind you, the guy who calles out 'Wanker Shitter' on the Paris Au Pertemps always puts a smile on my face.

First Pil record I ever bougt was the 7" of Flowers of Romance', and then the album of the same name. My mate Charlie called me wierd, as he said that it was such a strange place to get into PiL. Dunno, still really rate that record. Last album by them I really enjoyed was the 'Album/Cassette' one (1986?) with Rise/ Home on etc... I know it was all a bit hair metal/ Steve Vai by then, but for me there is a a real power to that record, plus those middle east overtones were a nice direction to the music.