Moon Cat
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Re: A list of artists always in the Clearence Bins of record stores
Apr 06, 2012, 00:31
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Hunter T Wolfe wrote: Moon Cat wrote: Yes, I can understand the pleasingness of the popness of Beautiful Garbage album - I am a total sucker for immaculate pop. I just thought there was something about it that sounded a bit disparate and incomplete somehow. A band refusing to play to its strengths, something that can sometimes lead to something else altogether more interesting, but in this case, IMO, sounded like avoidance for avoidance sake and thus you (well, I really) got a slightly diminished Garbage. And Shirley Manson as a blonde...even she didn't seem happy. It's not a BAD album, it's just missing that thing that makes it a KILLER pop album (see Robyn) or a good Garbage album. But again. that's just me.
I did love the unfolding rose sleeve though, that was fab.
As far as I know, I've never actually heard anything by Robyn. I should probably investigate. My knowledge of mainstream pop flounders completely after about 2005. Although prior to that I was partial to a bit of Girls Aloud (Biology being a particular fave).
AIee!
You must, you must, beyond all mustness, if you have the remotest desire to quaff on an elixir of near perfect pop, get the 2007 s/T Robyn album featuring "With Every Heartbeat". "With Every Heartbeat" is the most brilliant, heartbreaking, electro-pop thing ever to make you want to die beautifully on the dancefloor; a thing that does not actually have a proper chorus and yet it's still a genius number 1 single. And the album is amazing. So's the album after actually.
Robyn is fucking brilliant, and way, way beyond all the quirk-pop pretenders!
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Dog 3000
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Edited Apr 07, 2012, 09:09
Re: A list of artists always in the Clearence Bins of record stores
Apr 07, 2012, 09:00
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I have had the idea to go to every shop in town and buy up every copy of some particular bargain bin classic -- for an art project, or just to make people wonder why every single copy of "record X" suddenly seems to have disappeared?
Most likely candidate for this project would probably be Christopher Cross' debut, or perhaps Boz Scaggs "Silk Degrees". Maybe "Best of the Doobie Brothers"?
Other common items in my neck of the woods:
All sorts of "baby boomer female singers and/or songwriters" from Streisand to Phoebe Snow, Joni Mitchell, Rita Coolidge, Joan Armatrading, Melanie, Janis Ian . . . just absolutely tons of records like that. My theory is that college boys used to buy these records to impress the chicks that they were" sensitive" -- then sold them when they graduated! (I eventually bought a few out of curiosity and have decided 60's-era Janis Ian and most Joni Mitchell records are actually well worth a listen.)
Worthwhile records that I see over and over again (ie some of these are good records, but dead common and you should never pay more than $1): anything and everything by Emerson Lake & Palmer and The Moody Blues (bands that were huge once so many copies were made, but not "hip" today so no one wants them.) And Steve Miller Band, though that is probably more guilty pleasure than "quality".
I have purchased about 3 Mahogany Rush albums from the dollar bin by the way! They were more ultimate-80's-crap (pegged as merely imitative Hendrix ripoff), but these days Frank Marino is a bit more respected I think.
Another fave (in fact I may even write an Unsung review for one of these I have become attached to): "Environments" records (psychoacoustic science helps you relax with sounds of the ocean, etc. Improves your memory! Cures acne! Turns you into a nine year old hindoo boy, and it'll do your taxes too!)
Then there's the "why would anyone buy this?" dregs: Loverboy, Leo Sayer, Christopher Cross, Firefall (anyone remember them? Some guys from Spirit were in that group!) Drawing a blank here because a lot of it is such forgettable music!
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Stevo
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Edited Apr 07, 2012, 09:36
Re: A list of artists always in the Clearence Bins of record stores
Apr 07, 2012, 09:33
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Dog 3000 wrote:
Another fave (in fact I may even write an Unsung review for one of these I have become attached to): "Environments" records (psychoacoustic science helps you relax with sounds of the ocean, etc. Improves your memory! Cures acne! Turns you into a nine year old hindoo boy, and it'll do your taxes too!)
I've been wondering who Environments was by for years, thought it was a modern classical work cos Christgau compared Metal Machine Music to it.
Now it makes sense with what you're saying.
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"Metal Machine Music [RCA Victor, 1975]
Lou's answer to Environments has certainly raised consciousness in both the journalistic and business communities. Though it is a blatant rip-off, it is not--philistine cavils to the contrary--totally unlistenable. But for white noise I'll still take "Sister Ray." C+"
Stevo
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Sin Agog
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Edited Apr 07, 2012, 09:50
Re: A list of artists always in the Clearence Bins of record stores
Apr 07, 2012, 09:49
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As far as actual records go, I'm always seeing Bad Company on the cheap in used records stores. They just seem to always there. And they usually live up to their name.
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Dog 3000
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Edited Apr 09, 2012, 17:33
Environments
Apr 08, 2012, 22:30
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This one is my favorite:
http://www.amazon.com/Environments-Totally-Concepts-Wood-Masted-Sailboat-Country/dp/B0019QK0E0
"Wood-Masted Sailboat" rocks so hard you won't believe it, and "A Country Stream" is like taking 1000 hits of acid while having sex!! (Just kidding!)
I could say a lot more, but figure that's where the "write a review" part comes in . . .
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