I still love the new Grimes album. It's so all-over-the-place and as saint said, there's some great bangers on it. I played it for my Thai lady last night and she was over the moon on it.
I think that was a reaction to the slimy, possibly still-alive animals in her stomach.
Gold star for Jaded! But seriously, I'm glad Relaxer agrees with me. Dude, I still love the album too. Totally agree how it's all over the place, yet there's this great cohesion on it. More pop music should sound this cool.
I just started Heaven Up Here (Remastered & Expanded version)
I just started going through Echo & the Bunnymen discography - another 80s band that I had not checked out before but knew their name. On now: Crocodiles
Oh man!!! I grew up on Echo and the Bunnymen! My dad was obsessed with their psychedelic tendencies, but I went nuts for their post-punk early days as a teenager. I have this memory of being 17, lying in bed late at night and listening to Heaven Up Here and Porcupine!!! And this was back in 2002. Ocean Rain is a fucking masterpiece. Enjoy discovering those amazing albums.
yes, dp, like pf, was one of those bands to me, at a certain period in my life, which controlled me and forced me to only listen to it for a while. I think it has to do with the fact that humans can plug their emotional needs into the outlets of music. of course, violator was the key.
I can absolutely relate. Violator is one brilliant album. I don't feel like there's a single wasted track. And the programming and arrangements Alan Wilder did was what made it so different. Plus, you got Flood's incredible production work.
+1 on Depeche Mode up to and including Violator.... huge band for me.. could have made my top 5 but New Order and the Cure took up those slots... basically for a good while anything synthy and gay I was into...musicwise that is...
if I had a time machine I would love to be at the 101 shows in LA... the last few albums do nothing for me.. but for a good while everything they touched turned to gold...
Very nice! It's funny to me how folks say particular music was "gay" when nobody in Depeche was gay. Ditto with New Order. Not many synth pop bands were aside from one member in Erasure and Pet Shop Boys. Anyhow, it delights me to hear that you were all about this sort of stuff, Hutch. I'm totally with you on that time machine thing. I'd give anything to have seen DM at the Rose Bowl, but I'd also give anything to have seen them on the World Violation tour with Nitzer Ebb as the opening act. I still debate over whether I'd want to have seen DM during the craziness that was the Devotional and Exoctica tours. Dave Gahan strung out on smack not exactly my idea of fun. I will say that I've not missed a tour since first seeing them in 2001 at Merriweather. Sure the new albums usually only have a few songs I enjoy, but there is something always fantastic about seeing them live. It's thrilling when they pullout songs they haven't done in years/decades. I might be a younger fan, but I'm critical about them. I've yet to be disappointed with a live show.
