A Very Lonely and Sparsely-attended Thread Wherein We Discuss the 'Special Edition' re-releases by Gene Loves Jezebel

We just need Jay to post here.

man I tried to like these guys way back when, I really did -pretty sure I even saw 'em play at some point. my then-girlfriend thought they were OK early on ('84 I think), which was weird, because we were pretty much mirror images of each other - if I liked it, she liked it, vice-versa, conjoined-twins kinda schtick we had goin. By the time "Heartache" was all over KROQ though - I dunno it sounded kinda like soft-goth Asia/09125 Yes to me.

man I'll give it up for this "Bury Your Head" track once it gets to the chorus though, fuck yeah

soft-goth Asia/09125 Yes to me.

Bahahahahahaaha....ouch!

WHEAT FARMER!!! HAVE YOU SEEN MY COW!!!

love that song.

at some point, i owned, like, FOUR gene loves jezebel albums. the first three and a LIVE album. for real, a live album. i don't own any anymore. i would listen to the first two again if i had them.

You should, they're great.

Don't think I've muttered it in full on this thread but "Bread from Heaven" still works as a snarling anti-Thatcher blast (specifically regarding policy towards Wales) sublimated into this moody crawl of far-in-the-distance drums, ghostly echoes of feedback and vocal keening. Too oblique for its own good maybe -- I didn't realize what the song was about until I stumbled across an explanation for it in an interview by one of the brothers -- but one of the better overtly politicized songs of the time that works still.

Shit I now have to go out and buy every GLJ album, thanks.

Always happy to help.