Subject: Re: shoegazing 101.
Subject: The The's Contraversial Subject
Subject: pleasantly surprised
Subject: Courtney / shoegazing
Subject: Re: Shoegazing 101
Subject: Re: ou sont les shoegazers d'antan?
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 02:32:10 -0600
> How can anyone take Shoegazer 101 and not hear of Ride and Revolver?
Don't Forget 4ad's own Pail Saints (the comforts of madness, in
ribbons) creation's telescopes, the first Catherine Wheel CD (Ferment)
and American's own the Lilys (in the presence of nothing).
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 04:27:52 -0500
This bootleg 7" also exists on yellow vinyl. The 3rd song is actually a
demo for
'Uncertain Smile'. 'Black And White' and 'Controversial Subject' are the
same
as on the 4AD record.
The original 7" was to be put on the CD-reissue of 'Burning Blue Soul', but
since
Matt Johnson thought the single was some kind of a childish act he didn't
approve of it.
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 04:38:18 -0500
Can anyone help me: As a part of my 4AD-collection I also collect the
cassettes released by Pleasantly Surprised in the 80's. I know the
following titles exist:
PS 001 various - An Hour Of Eloquent Sounds
PS 002 various - The Angels Are Coming
PS 003 various - State Of Affairs
PS 004 Band Of Holy Joy - More Favorite Fairytales
PS 005 Test Department - Ecstasy Under Duress
PS 006 various - Dreams And Desires
PS 007 God's Gift - Folie A Quatre
PS 008 ???
PS 009 Dif Juz - Time Clock Turns Back
PS 010 Dance Chapter - When The Spirit Moves Them
PS 011 ???
PS 012 various - Document (1982-1985)
Can anyone fill me in on the PS 008 and PS 011??
In my collection are PS 001, PS 002, PS 003, PS 004, PS 006, PS 009 & PS
010 (all complete with carrier bags & inserts). Does anybode have other
cassettes?
Thanks and cheers!!
Iwan
casssette of
course features the Cocteau Twins, The Birthday Party & Primal Scream a.o.)
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 12:01:32 -0500
>As for ms. love, I'm just sick
>of her trying to be spokesperson for a generation. I hate when she
>keeps say any techno music is not important and it sucks. It seems
>lately I've been hearing or reading this from her alot.
Meanwhile, she keeps blathering on about how great Echo and the Bunnymen
were (they *were* great, but we don't need to be reminded of it constantly,
thanks very much) and making sure she mangles Joy Division's "She's Lost
Control" whenever she gets the chance onstage.
I guess she'd rather we were all back in the late 70s/early 80s.
>I've always called it blisspop or ethereal.. but that's me.
Yes, but how would you define 'ethereal'? That's too vague for me.
>Shoegazer makes
>me think of lush too, but when I think shoegazer I think more of manchester
>bands (inspiral carpets, stone roses, etc..)
No, they weren't shoegazers at all. When whoever it was coined the term
'shoegazers' he was thinking of bands like Lush and Ride and Slowdive. The
Manchester 'scene' a.k.a. baggy was pretty much hyped into existence about a
year before that.
A misconception like that shows how these definitions are essentially
meaningless. If you got used to thinking of Manchester bands as shoegazers,
they might as well *be* shoegazers - it's all just something that critics
came up with anyway. Same thing with Britpop and the New Wave of New Wave -
no one got together and said 'let's start a bunch of bands that can
conveniently be pigeonholed for the most unimportant reasons imaginable'.
Larry