i hope this is on Spotify...going to check.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 1 March 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
Stigmata Martyr for me, but a really great comp.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 1 March 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
Between Mask and Spirit for me but I like all these songs.
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 03:47 (twelve years ago) link
That break 2/3rds of the way through Mask flips me out every time!
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
otoh
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
we
love
we love
our audience
factree townnnnn
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
to touchto touch a flickering flaaame
that's "Spirit" right? what a great, great song!
xxpost
― Bee OK, Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALkxcaWW6VI
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:01 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c19sZUvr9k
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
In the Flat FieldDark EntriesBela Lugosi's Dead (live version)Telegram SamSpy in the CabTerror Couple Kill ColonelThe Passion of LoversSilent HedgesLagartija NickThird UncleShe's in PartiesAll We Ever Wanted
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
dark entries the runner up
Is that the version of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" from Press the Eject...?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, same version as used in the hunger, iirc
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 March 2012 06:02 (twelve years ago) link
feel that i have unfairly slighted "she's in parties" and "lagartija nick"
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 March 2012 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
Lots of good ones, but I'm afraid it can only be Bela
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 1 March 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
So, basically, they confiscated a tape off a bootlegger, and it made it to hollywood?
― Mark G, Thursday, 1 March 2012 11:52 (twelve years ago) link
Cunning of them Bauhaus/BeggarsBanq folk to substitute a live version of "Lugosi" to avoid the proper version running away winning this poll!
― Mark G, Thursday, 1 March 2012 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
Stigmata Martyr. fucking brutal.
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
An amazing comp. I could honestly vote for anything here.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 1 March 2012 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
But went for Spirit.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 1 March 2012 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
Kick In The Eye!
― da croupier, Thursday, 1 March 2012 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really understand why Bela's so frquently seen as the knockout star of their catalog.
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
Probably because those that do not like Bauhaus, like that one.
― Mark G, Thursday, 1 March 2012 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
Also because it's awesome
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 1 March 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
Bela's OK, but... compared to everything that came after, it's just a bit weak?
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 1 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
something weirdly sparse and hypnotic about bela, also great use of echoplex
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Thursday, 1 March 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
obv they wrote better songs later on but I don't know if they ever established a better mood
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Thursday, 1 March 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
All my favorites from this are from Mask... but it's near impossible to choose. Kick in the Eye it is then.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 1 March 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
I can totally understand why the pentagrammic groove on Bela is so often viewed as a singular achievement
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
"Bela's" more archetypal of Goth than Bauhaus, but Bauhaus means more to a lot of people as a t-shirt than as a musical unit.
― da croupier, Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
This is on Spotify but seems to be missing some tracks
http://open.spotify.com/album/1vMVPeFOzzvnwC8x6wAie6
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
1. Double Dare5. Bela Lugosi's Dead (live version)7. St. Vitus Dance10. The Passion of Lovers11. Mask12. Kick in the Eye13. Hollow Hills16. Silent Hedges18. Third Uncle19. Spirit20. She's in Parties21. All We Ever Wanted
my pre-listen shortlist
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Don't sleep on Stigmata Martyr.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
I don't remember "Stigmata Martyr" by title!
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
How can you forget that rumbling bass line? Shameful.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
Well, I voted "Bela Lugosi's Dead". I really like the first album ("In the Flat Field" and "Stigmata Martyr" gave it some real competition) but "Bela" just seems like the standout to me. I really like the guitar noise over the bassline. I disagree that it's an obviously inferior song for this band.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
I really like the first album
(Not that I've actually put it on in years. "In the Flat Field" still gets in my head though.)
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnrG904talA
I kind of wish all Bauhaus songs sounded like this, "Double Dare," and "Dark Entries"
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
either "Passion of Lovers" or "Hollow Hills" but i'm finding it tough to choose
― FPocalypto! (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 March 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
I think Bela is awesome, esp that sweet beat, but I don't get why it's really the only Bauhaus song most people who are aware of a Bauhaus song are aware of (whew). I guess the answer is "The Hunger"? I think my fave Belaaaaa's Undeeeeeaaaaad experience is when they played it for really no reason at a lazer show in a planetarium in Salt Lake City, Utah. So I associate it w/Mormon planetariums now.
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
perfect storm of gothic lyrical imagery plus exposure plus creepy wail i guess
― FPocalypto! (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 March 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
ppl would think of Bauhaus as a completely different band if "Spirit" had BLD's cultural penetration
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Thursday, 1 March 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
lol also the Spotify album I posted upthread swapped "Dancing" and "Hair of the Dog", which I didn't notice until just now
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Thursday, 1 March 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
i have no idea why i left "bela lugosi's dead" off my list of favorite tracks from this collection. maybe i wanted to snub the live version, or maybe i was just feeling goth-snobbish yesterday, i dunno. anyway, it was the first bauhaus song i ever heard (thanks to the hunger), and the first i ever loved, one of the most bewilderingly visceral and thrilling musical experiences of my then still relatively young life. murphy & co wrote a bunch of other great songs, but i don't know that they ever managed to top "bela", ever again came up with anything so unearthly, unique and timeless, the sound not just of a genre being born, but a worldview, a way of life. i can't call it my favorite bauhaus song anymore, but that's only because i've heard it too often and it's come to symbolize too much. still an amazing legacy all on its own.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 March 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
I've had the whole thing as a spotify playlist for months:
http://open.spotify.com/user/nathanwoolls/playlist/0D0tnfNZ5JxXbVYWFI4KYa
― nate woolls, Thursday, 1 March 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
The problem is that the studio version of Bela wasn't easily available for a long time, as I recall. I was lucky enough to find a CD single of it back in the day but it's absence on this comp leaves a void as it's far superior to the live version.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 1 March 2012 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
I had a glow in the dark picture disc vinyl of it.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 1 March 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
She's in Parties
― Morning becomes apopleptic (Michael White), Thursday, 1 March 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
Fuuuuuck
"In The Flat Field" I think. Also twas an ILM thread a few years back that got me to dig into Bauhaus properly, so <3 u ILM
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 March 2012 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
i love this, knew that this poll would be fun.
― Bee OK, Friday, 2 March 2012 06:15 (twelve years ago) link
"All we ever wanted" is the only one I could seriously think of picking instead of Bela. Odd that it would appear on a comp as it's the perfect cultish album cut. I was thrilled that they finished their set with that one when I saw them on the last reunion tour.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 2 March 2012 09:23 (twelve years ago) link
factreeeeeee towwwwnnnnnn
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
I love that everyone who has covered it always says "factory town" just like that, regardless of what they do w/the rest.
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
Except for MGMT, which actually annoys me everytime I hear it. He sings it "fac-to-ry towwnn".
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 2 March 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Lagartija Nick, to be contrary. Also becase it soundtracks my rare BDSM dreams.
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Friday, 2 March 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
i think i'm going to get really drunk tonight and try to piece together side 3 and 4 of these as it's not on Spotify as is.
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Saturday, 3 March 2012 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duR7mRzx-M8
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Saturday, 3 March 2012 05:49 (twelve years ago) link
i have never heard the original but this song is brilliant. i love how is just keeps winding up, getting more crazier by the minute, winds up even more than explodes all over the place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iuhc0QR61c
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Saturday, 3 March 2012 05:59 (twelve years ago) link
It is on Spotify
Volume 1: http://open.spotify.com/album/1vMVPeFOzzvnwC8x6wAie6
Volume 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/12U3k2UeDnmqE4id0G7uOb
― nate woolls, Saturday, 3 March 2012 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
i could not find Volume 2 searching under Bauhaus, thanks for the link nate.
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Saturday, 3 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
The single version of Bela was, of course, also used as the theme music for Goth Talk on SNL which prolly introduced some people to Bauhaus. I like it, but not as much as the live version from Shadow Of Light:
http://youtu.be/1U1SiIWuZeE
This poll, though, is a toss up between "In the Flat Field" and "The Passion of Lovers," though I'm also fond of several others. I think I have to go with "The Passion of Lovers." Kickass performance:
http://youtu.be/XJ_dPJc-ivI
― Kent Burt, Saturday, 3 March 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
I guess I should have used the real URLs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U1SiIWuZeE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ_dPJc-ivI
― Kent Burt, Saturday, 3 March 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 5 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:26 PM (3 days ago)
I was v surprised to learn from wikipedia today that "Spirit" was a deliberate attempt to break into the Top 30! I would never hear that song and think "here's a band that's really angling for a hit."
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Monday, 5 March 2012 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
The single version I assume you mean? When I first heard the version on the album I was really suprised, its quite different!
...when I was in high school, me and my bff used to sing the song as "The stage becomes a ship in flames/I tie you to the mast/Throw your body overboard/ and kick you up the arse"
... kids.
― Medical Dance Crab With Lesson (Trayce), Monday, 5 March 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
Wow - not sure I ever heard the single version actually!
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 5 March 2012 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
The single version is much better.
― nate woolls, Monday, 5 March 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
Is this the single version: http://open.spotify.com/track/5C3AFC0a2pSjG2nxI5ypA2
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Monday, 5 March 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Sad to see "Crowds" and "All We Ever Wanted" with no votes.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
I know, after all the times I typedfactreeeee toooowwwwnnnnn
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
only 31 votes?
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
oh i counted wrong, 52 that's better.
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
MAKE THE MOST OF A MILLION TIMES NO!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
i see that most of the votes were for the first CD. expect for "She's in Parties" which is the only track from their last album on this comp. totally unexpected results as i expected "Bela Lugosi's Dead" to take it very easily in this poll.
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
It's defs their best videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VyWNDxQQxM
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
The album versh of Spirit is really bombastic and drummy and stuff, the single vrsion is... I dont know how to describe it, very muted and sweet and quite pop-songy? I'd tell Dan which his is but ffs I cant use Spotify in this stupid backwards country anyway THIS is the single version:
― Medical Dance Crab With Lesson (Trayce), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 05:07 (twelve years ago) link
...wait, Abb posted that right at the start of the thread duhoy me.
― Medical Dance Crab With Lesson (Trayce), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
listened to this a couple times today. "stigmata martyr" was robbed. "bela lugosi" was robbed-er. live version is stunning.
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 05:10 (twelve years ago) link
otoh, re "dark entries": YES
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
oops forgot to vote - pretty silly results I say
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 09:13 (twelve years ago) link
Should have voted for Crowds, TBH.
― ...I KERNOW BECAUSE YOU DO (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 09:23 (twelve years ago) link
That's the version I posted. This being the first time I've heard it and being intimately familiar with the album version, I kind of hate it and wish it all manner of ill.
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah the album version is... not as good.
― Medical Dance Crab With Lesson (Trayce), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
missed this, in the flat field & passion of lovers both got robbed imo
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 05:41 (twelve years ago) link
I've never been a huge fan of "Kick in the Eye" tbh but otherwise I can get w/these results. You know what is a fucking sick track that got zero votes, though, is "In Fear Of Fear." That should have gotten all the votes that Kick got. Skronk skronk skronk skronk
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 06:24 (twelve years ago) link
I always felt all I needed was the two CD volumes of this comp. Plus the BBC sessions, those are always top drawer.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
you need it all. Every last note, and a few live bootlegs.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
You misunderstand me. The album version is amazing. The single version is terrible.
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
both versions are great!
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
that posted video of "Spirit" was the first time i heard the single version. i can see where they are trying to come from thou it not really Bauhaus i know.
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Thursday, 8 March 2012 09:13 (twelve years ago) link
This is probably worth posting here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg1QqydUaXk
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 10:52 (twelve years ago) link
the winner was:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRNu8S-YoMM
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 06:09 (twelve years ago) link