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Soundtrack To Our Lives W/E 26/1/03
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Re: Kill City etc...
Jan 26, 2003, 19:49
Personally, I love this album. I actually hold this in higher esteem than "Raw Power" or "Lust For Life" athough both are superb. "Kill City" strikes me as the album that the Stones have been trying, and mostly failing, to make ever since "Exile On Main Street" - full of rockist cliches and L.A. over-production, sure, but there's something about Iggy's voice on this one that gets me every time - he sounds tired, vulnerable and f***ed-up. This is no surprise, considering he was busy being sectioned for drug abuse at the time, but a little more human soul and less bravado shows through on this album than most of his other recordings.

Like you, SoA, I also prefer the remix of "Raw Power" to the original. Some Stooge purists may think this sacreligious, but considering the original was mixed in less than a day by people who were probably out of their heads on coke I can't see any reason to complain.

Meanwhile, other items gracing the PV towers stereo this week have been:

The Monks - Black Monk Time
Superb example of early pre-Krautrock garage-punk minimalism. The missing link between Link Wray and The Fall. Mass alcohol consumption and teenage sexual frustration ahoy.

Epic Soundtracks - Rise Above
Already talked about this one last week, but suffice to say I haven't grown tired of it yet.

Husker Du - New Day Rising
I love almost everything this band did except for the really early stuff, which is too muddy and amelodic for my tastes. This one is still the one I listen to most, even though I rate "Zen Arcade" higher in terms of innovation.

Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe
Just rediscovered this one after a gap of about ten years. Off-centred, quirky and brilliant. Which brings me to...

Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
Haunting, menacing proto-electronica,
very much ahead of it's time. A UK counterpart to Chrome and Suicide, possibly. Which brings me to...

DAF - Alles Ist Gut
The twisted underbelly of Euro-synth rock. Highly danceable rhythms coupled with perversely nihilistic lyrics, especially on the title track, which gives the listener the implicit impression that alles was definitely not gut. A German counterpart to Chrome and Suicide, possibly, which brings me to...

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
Well no, it doesn't really, but this is an excellent chill-out album for those late-night moments when one tires of drug/alcohol-induceed excess and just wants to chill out with a close friend. If one's close friends are currently unavailable, this is a fairly adequate substitute.

Over and out...looking forward to the new Casino Versus Japan album. Maybe I'll have somehing contemporary to write about for a change.
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