Music

Music is a big part of me: Over the years, I’ve sung in choirs, played the violin (never terribly well) and can plunk tunes out on most other instruments, DJ’d alternative/goth/industrial/ebm/electronica clubs, and collected a whole lot of music.

[From Usenet: 1.2.95 0541]

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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.950101012716.3263B-100000@gladstone>, MC Death <mcde...@gladstone.uoregon.edu> wrote:

On 1 Jan 1995, Jeannie Silliest Fromer instigated this legal action:

> Well I only discovered them based on The Crow soundtrack and loved that song and bought their CDs. When I found out afterwards that Trent remixed Burn Like Brilliant Trash, I got that too… Sue me for being a poser :)

Another MoLG (molg? cute sound) fan up here. A friend told me that reznor had done some work with them, so I went out and picked up their first album (at the time, was all that was out), only to figure out trent was nowhere on that, but was still a really good disc. Proceeded to find the BLBT single, then Rite of Shiva, and later Concentration. Like them all…especially ‘All I really Need’ off of the RoS single. Funny…not incredibly great, musically, but funny. Have heard there are singles off of Concentration, but nobody up here carries them…mayhaps when I get down to Seattle…

[From Usenet: 1.2.95 0448]

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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.941230104329.13446A-100000@gladstone>, MC Death <mcde...@gladstone.uoregon.edu> wrote:

Ah, yeah! Memories of spending 13 years living in the Great Frozen Wasteland! At least you’ve had the likes of Def Leppard, Yngwie Malmasteen/Quiet Riot, The Scorpions, and The Fixx grace the presence of the Sullivan Arena! :) Shit, up in Fairbanks, we’ve had George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, Blue Oyster Cult, Styx, and Night Ranger in my days!

Oh Woody, don’t complain too much! You’ve at least got Bytet there (Bob is way cool!) :)

M.C.Death, who is still surprised that Vanilla Ice almost played Squarebanks back in 1991, but alas, the show got cancelled… :)

True, Bytet is quite fun…as is Fsunjibleableje (if you ever caught them…great early Einsturzende Neubauten type industrial). The Critter’s concert was pretty good, too…even a guest appearance by Stone Gossard. Yay. Anyway…back to my frozen little newsreader…

[From Usenet 12.16.94 0626]

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c.s.y.:

Matt Jones:

> I just got halo 4. I think, in Get Down Make Love, I heard a sped-up, possibly reversed, sample from the original vocals. It’s during the weird sounds towards the end of the track. Anyone know if this is real, or just more analog synth?

In the original version of this song by Queen, there is a strange part in the song as well, with weird “bddldldlddbdldlddddburp” noises and Freddie moaning/groaning/singing/whatever.

Anyways, this weird part from the original is what was sampled in the NIN cover, methinks…

As far as I can tell, after being a fan of both Queen and nin for quite a while (simple statement, no flames necessary), I’d be willing to bet that all that ‘sample’ is, is holding down the fast forward button on a cd player and panning it back and forth during the goofball experimental middle section of GDML. Oh yeah, plus the WWRY riff at the end. Yowza.

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This may be considered a dumb question, but…

Basically, looking for info on just what kind of music Psychic TV is. I got a shirt a while back only because I thought it was great (person with bird’s head mask holding a naked woman upside down by a knife through the foot, says “Some have to dance, some have to kill” on the back), and someone recently told me it was a Psychic TV shirt.

Now am curious about PTV…well, have been for a while (it’s a name I keep seeing), but now more so…have a wierd thing, don’t like promoting bands I know nothing about, or have no music of. So…

Anyway, info would be appreciated…along with any suggestions of what to pick up from these folks, should I choose to.

Of course, it’s still an awesome shirt…

[From Usenet: 2.10.94 0308]

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In article <2j9sgi$...@panix2.panix.com>, buff...@panix.com (Bonzo) wrote:

What’s the deal? I haven’t been here in a couple of weeks and no one’s focusing on Concentration?!!??

Ya missed it…there was some babble about it a while back, but seems to have petered out. Hmpf.

Personally, I wouldn’t mind a little more info on these guys…I’ve got what I can find by them, including the BLBT single (is this really out of print?), but am wondering if there are any singles from the new album…especially Butterfly Wings or Trigger For Happiness. Any info?

[From Usenet: 2.10.94 0256]

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In article <1994Feb9.181628.39...@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>, mbcon...@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Mark Conklin) wrote:

I don’t know why yet, but I like it. Sure -it is not as ground breaking as the first one, but at least it doesn’t sound like a rehash of the first disc.

Have to agree here…in the midst of all the Enigma-bashing that’s popped up, I like the new disc a lot…especially track three, Return to Innocence. Don’t really mind the male vocals on other tracks that much, either…

Besides, without a major change in style and content, there isn’t much Enigma could do to create another groundbreaking album, and still remain Enigma…much of their “sound” is that floaty, dreamy style, and I really don’t mind that they chose to go with mideastern chanting instead of Gregorian on this release. A simple rehash of the first album, while it might still have sounded good, would be boring…

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In article <2j7bf6INN...@owl.csrv.uidaho.edu>, nolta...@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu (The Shadow) wrote:

Question: Has anyone out there heard of a NIN live CD?

The only one I know of is Solid Gold Hell, available as an import from Cocomelos Records. Decent enough, although I wouldn’t rave about it. The first four tracks have the best recording quality, the rest of them were obviously recorded from somewhere in the audience, and on some you can hear more of the testosterone-laden ass next to the tape recorder singing than Trent! I figure it’s worth having for those first four tracks…but if you can get it used, do that before blowing the money for the full import price.

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In article <jgn+.26.000FE...@osu.edu>, j...@osu.edu (John G Norman) writes:

I’m going to have to betray my ignorance: who originally did the song “Cold Hearted Snake,” which Scrawl covers on BLOODSUCKER? The song was written by Elliot Wolff, pub. Virgin Music.

If it’s the same ‘Cold Hearted Snake’ as I’m thinking of, it was Paula Abdul, a few years back. Is the cover good? Might be interested in hearing it…

[From Usenet 1.28.94 1044]

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In article <2i5s69$...@inet.up.ac.za>, a...@rkw-risc.cs.up.ac.za (Aubrey) writes:

Are there any fans/collectors of the LEGENDARY PINK DOTS?

Found one here…only got two albums (Crushed Velvet Apocalypse and Shadow Weaver), but am anxious to get more. Do you know TearGarden? More similar stuff…also fun.

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In article <2gva81$...@panix.com>, buff...@panix.com (Bonzo) writes:

While I’m at it, is the “Burn Like Brilliant Trash” single easy to come by?

Doubtful…since it’s now out of print.

I’ve got one…