Read here for my full long spiel on Teen Cthulhu
I'll just add that I hope they become remembered as a cornerstore hardcore/death metal band a la Charles Bronson a la Born Against (minus the death metal part in the latter two of course.) Former members have moved on to Doomsday 1999, who are also great, but not quite Teen Cthulhu.
>>>Trans-X
"STOHP! (stohp stohp)" *bleep bleep* *woman: leeveeng on veedio**ASSAULT OF CAR ALARM SOUND EFFECT SYNTH SOUNDS*"LEEVEENG ON VEEDIOH oh OH oh OH!"
Of course, classic. The cornerstone retro electro pop tune (dare I bring up "Italo-disco" in another Xhuxk thread?) of Elektroclash, for better or worse.
It wasn't about how cheesy the lyrics were as much as how OVERTLY FEY the delivery was... it was overtly fey *and* trying to sound futuristic at the same time, but ended up sounding like a weird vocal affectation/impediment instead. It's predecessor, Overdrive's "Tekno Talk", is eerily foreshadowing, but not nearly as campy as this song was.
I got this originally as a no-label Atlantic U.S. 12", but I found a Mexican pressing of the single which, ostensibly, had "the band" on it. The guy was caked in make up, and looked like a failed audition for The Hunger but somehow ended up at the Tootsie auditions instead. And then there's the glaring-from-the-side female with a rather cheeky face and long red hair. I'll have to snap a picture of that 12" when I get home, and post a link here. It has to be seen to be believed.
― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Telex are a band whose records i own, but I just haven't allotted the time to fully dig in. I don't have "Moskow Disco" on 12", though I have it on CD on a comp somewhere. I do have Sex from 1981(?) and the singles for "Peanuts" and "Temporary Chicken". They are indeed underrated.
― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 17:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― 666, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
I know you're a big Aztecs fan, but what do you think of his solo stuff, George? ("Children of the Sun" was a sort of bizarre extended post-prog-disco hit on AOR stations in Detroit in 1979 or so.)
Also wondering if George has any Thundermug opinions stored up...
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link
What are you referring to as sucky here?
― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― George Smith, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Trans-X's Living On Video album was a considerable disappointment; there were these strange limp pop tracks which sounded a bit like Moroder-period Sparks, without really pulling it off.
The Two Sisters album was good - it was actually released as a six-track (or was it eight-track) EP in the UK, for the price of a 12", which was weird marketing. "B-Boys Beware" and "High Noon" spring to mind. Female rap meets stark electro-funk.
Fond memories of Tyree's "Turn Up The Bass", which helped define hip-house. "Tyree Cooper, the producer, awesome super-duper trouper..."
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:19 (eighteen years ago) link
What are you referring to as sucky here? I think the album was called "Dance with Me." It was really sucky
― 666, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
As for the Trans-X album.. good yes, it sucked hard, save the title track.
― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 23:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 23:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Was that the one with also, like, the Striking Welsh Miners choir or something? The only thing I still own is their boom-bashing debut 12-inch single, "Compulsion"/"Pulsations" (which may or may not be worth money now, assuming anybody gives a shit, which is doubtful); it was kinda downhill from there as I recall. I remember having a brief tolerance for an album called *Beating the Retreat* -- was that their debut? I think it was a box set! If so, are Test Dept the only band ever to debut with a box set? Probably not, but still. (Also, did Test Dept and Einsturzende Neubauten fans get along, or was it sort of a Blur vs Oasis/mods vs rockers situation at the time?)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 19 May 2005 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
revive
― skogsturken, Thursday, 25 March 2010 02:58 (fourteen years ago) link
bump
― skogsturken, Thursday, 25 March 2010 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
― karma chamillionaire (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 25 March 2010 04:15 (fourteen years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 25 March 2010 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUxADCsPV8s
― revive, Thursday, 25 March 2010 05:03 (fourteen years ago) link
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― sturkskogen, Thursday, 25 March 2010 05:11 (fourteen years ago) link
'Rumors' by Timex Social Club is worth a listen. As I've said countless times before, Chromeo like, totally pilfered it for 'Needy Girl' (and haven't credited them, the tall bespectacled guy got real antsy with me when I asked about this). 'Rumors' = 80s sub-Rick James funkelectro track and good.Trinere is up there with Debbie Deb and Connie and it seems like her song titles get mixed up with those. One of Amos Larkin III's girls and 'I'll be all you ever need' is killer - check that vocoder one-syllable rap breakdown!
― Affectian (Affectian), Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:09 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark
I just listened to 'rumors' and this is otm
gonna throw out all my chromeo posters now
― dayo, Sunday, 23 October 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
out of everything on that list, i really only have actual LOVE for telex and tin huey. i mean, i like a lot of that stuff. just bought a tazmanian devils album a couple weeks ago. and i do LOVE certain liz torres singles, but more as a vehicle for freestyle edits and dubs that i love. nothing against liz though. i do own about 10 pat travers albums, but i don't know if i love him. i like his records a lot. i like trinere singles too. oh and i guess i do love that trax album.
― scott seward, Sunday, 23 October 2011 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
wait, they had two albums. i love the first one.
― scott seward, Sunday, 23 October 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
sometimes i honestly can't believe that pete bellotte was from england. the vast majority of my dance music heroes are not from england. were his parents italian immigrants? he played a big part in making my favorite song of the 70's.
― scott seward, Sunday, 23 October 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
i mean, obviously, i worship, you know, cozy powell and fun boy three and five million u.k. new wave dance 12 inches from the 80's, but i guess i was thinking more in the disco realm.
― scott seward, Sunday, 23 October 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
and, also, as an oi fan, i do the lambeth walk on a daily basis. so, lots of love, and all that rot.
― scott seward, Sunday, 23 October 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
I deeply love Test Dept and the Three Johns. I have the Tin Huey album and it's good too. All those early Threadgill Sextet records are really hard to find, unfortunately.
― sleeve, Sunday, 23 October 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
is there more than one Tin Huey album? i got one in the bargain bin a few days ago
― sarahel, Sunday, 23 October 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
I just found an ancient mixtape I made, new wave and post punk bands dabbling in reggae: Debbie Harry, Pretenders, Slits... and it ends with a song I had completely forgotten, and couldn't remember who sang until I googled it: Tazmanian Devils, "Dirty Bop Party." I think I had a promo 45, as I've never seen this LP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C91vizv6VqM&list=PLlHVqgaECaAbXP9EP-239n7q1MBe7VQkc&index=2
― I don't really like any of these albums (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 20 April 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
Dammit. Look it up if you're interested.
― I don't really like any of these albums (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 20 April 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link