― Dr. C, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
"'Come Back From San Francisco' is actually secretly an homage to the Byrds, and YMG is a red herring. Discuss".
― the pinefox, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― duane zarakov, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Steven James, Friday, 27 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Robin Carmody, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― youn, Saturday, 5 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Robin Carmody, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dr. C, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Maryann, Saturday, 26 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
http://www.appelstein.com/ymg/index.html
― James Kobielus, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dr. C, Saturday, 14 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― X. Y. Zedd, Saturday, 14 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dr. C, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― X. Y. Zedd, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― duane, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Jerry, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― gareth, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― duane, Thursday, 26 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Regarding the _Salad Days_ compilation: Vinyl Japan did indeed release it last year. Your local record shop should be able to order it for you, or you can get it through any number of mailorder services. I recommend Other Music (www.othermusic.com), Tweekitten (www.tweekitten.com) or Penny Black Music (www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk).
By the way, here's the link to Vinyl Japan's site: http://www.vinyljapan.demon.co.uk/ask/askcd113.htm.
― Mike Appelstein, Sunday, 29 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Wurlitzer Jukebox has the best bass bit EVAH EVAH
― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I haven't been able to find my copy for a few weeks and am going through withdrawl.
I think the Adam Green cover is very good w/the bongos and the sax.
Someone say something about the Young Marble Giants. Don't make me bring pitchfork into this...
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 12:37 (twenty years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 12:44 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 12:53 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Wednesday, 18 February 2004 14:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 15:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Oliver Pyper (stickthrower), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:12 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:24 (twenty years ago) link
Colossal Youth: A tribute to 80s Cardiff band Young Marble Giants, now largely forgotten, yet cited as an influence by many international stars. Followed by Farming News.
FARMING NEWS!!Maybe they'll stream it.
― harveyw (harveyw), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 20:03 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 23:02 (twenty years ago) link
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:11 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:15 (twenty years ago) link
― JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:18 (twenty years ago) link
Then again I am totally full of shit because I wrote this thing about how the are boring (sort of is, but in a good way) and said it was what Kurt Cobain was listening to when he shot himself.
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:32 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:39 (twenty years ago) link
but i have the record. didn't help
― JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:53 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Thursday, 19 February 2004 02:17 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 19 February 2004 02:18 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Thursday, 19 February 2004 02:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 February 2004 02:31 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 19 February 2004 02:38 (twenty years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 19 February 2004 06:16 (twenty years ago) link
you heard it here first
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 19 February 2004 09:10 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Thursday, 19 February 2004 13:58 (twenty years ago) link
Do have some admiration for the neatness of the discog.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 8 April 2004 09:04 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 8 April 2004 10:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 8 April 2004 10:06 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 8 April 2004 10:08 (twenty years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 8 April 2004 14:02 (twenty years ago) link
― heroes + villains, Thursday, 8 April 2004 22:34 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 9 April 2004 12:38 (twenty years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Friday, 9 April 2004 13:01 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 9 April 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Friday, 9 April 2004 13:46 (twenty years ago) link
They tend to have some of the most affecting organ playing on record that I've heard, also...
― Tom May (Tom May), Friday, 9 April 2004 14:36 (twenty years ago) link
― svend (svend), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike a, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 May 2005 03:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 13 May 2005 04:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 May 2005 04:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― - (smile), Friday, 13 May 2005 04:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― jwd, Friday, 13 May 2005 08:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Final Day may well be the most perfect song ever recorded.
― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 13 May 2005 08:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:35 (eighteen years ago) link
also, YMG is just way too indie for my tastes anymore. if i woulda heard this 5-10 years ago, i woulda been in sweater heaven
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Friday, 10 June 2005 01:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 10 June 2005 01:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine. Exposing ambitious careerists as charlatans since 1986. (East, Friday, 10 June 2005 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link
It's also one of the few albums I can get away with playing at work (along with choice Miles, Gainsbourg, Sinatra and Stereolab) so it's been in heavy rotation lately.
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 10 June 2005 01:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Friday, 10 June 2005 07:05 (eighteen years ago) link
-- [that bastard] jaxon
I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 10 June 2005 16:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike a, Friday, 10 June 2005 16:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine. Exposing ambitious careerists as charlatans since 1986. (East, Friday, 10 June 2005 18:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link
haha. you know those restaurants in mafia movies where the whole place is empty except for one old italian guy eating spaghetti in the back? that's where i work.
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 10 June 2005 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link
South of Canal st? I've eaten there.
And at Le Mela, there really were a batch of hefty suited men with violin cases. Like a violin nonet.
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Friday, 10 June 2005 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
lol, guess so. :D
― bob n0pe (bobnope), Friday, 10 June 2005 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
And the re-release of the first Modern Lovers album.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 10 June 2005 21:12 (eighteen years ago) link
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000032AZ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 10 June 2005 21:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link
I reckon The Doc's diagnosis is absolutely OTM.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 10 June 2005 21:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 07:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Revive partially cause a slew of Alison S.'s collaborative stuff has just been reissued via LTM. Never heard any of it before so it's been grand to hear how her vocal approach changed, just, over the years.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 15 January 2006 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Just got the Crepescule CD last week although I've had the records for a long time. Classic, of course, and "Final Day" really is perfect.
― sleeve (sleeve), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:54 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.ltmpub.freeserve.co.uk/ltmhome.html
Darla distributes in the States.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:56 (eighteen years ago) link
I have the 25 track CD thing with the bleepy stuff near the end, but as mentional upthread, Final Day, Salad days, Choc Loni etc; just wonderful.
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 2 June 2006 09:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 2 June 2006 12:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― jäxøñ (jaxon), Friday, 2 June 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― pisces (piscesx), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:18 (seventeen years ago) link
They just sound so..........ordinary.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bernard Snowy (sixteen sergeants), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
I've bought and sold this reocrd twice, and have given it a more than fair go. Only "Astral Weeks" has been persevered with longer for less reward on my cheap Czech turntable.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
The word "Dryness" has entered my mind for some reason.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:48 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm no Astral Weeks fanatic either, but it's hard for me to be objective about YMG.
― mike a (mike a), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link
And if you're missing the bonus tracks, Phil, that may help to persuade you.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link
also, has anyone heard Fools Brigade? sf indie/post-punk band that totally reminds me of this. there's no mention of them on the web at all?
― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link
I may give them one more try in the future (because of course one's tastes can always change), but for now, like gentlemen, we must agree to differ.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link
On September 11, 2007 Domino are proud to re-release Colossal Youth and the Collected Works of Young Marble Giants, drawing together the band's album and singles for the first time ever on a 3 CD set with liner notes by Simon Reynolds. To mark this release, Young Marble Giants are reuniting for the very first time in 27 years for a worldwide exclusive performance on Sunday 27 May at The Hay Festival in Hay on Wye in the UK, with support from Kendal's wonderfully dislocated Wild Beasts. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth and Collected Works track list: DISC ONE: COLOSSAL YOUTH 1.Searching For Mr Right 2.Include Me Out 3.The Taxi 4.Eating Noddemix 5.Constantly Changing 6.N.I.T.A. 7.Colossal Youth 8.Music For Evenings 9.The Man Amplifier 10.Choci Loni 11.Wurlitzer Jukebox 12.Salad Days 13.Credit in the Straight World 14.Brand - New - Life 15.Wind in the Rigging DISC TWO: COLLECTED WORKS 1.This Way 2.Posed by Models 3.The Clock 4.Clicktalk 5.Zebra Trucks 6.Sporting Life 7.Final Day 8.Radio Silents 9.Cakewalking 10.Ode To Booker T 11.Have Your Toupee Ready 12.N.I.T.A. 13.Brand - New - Life 14.Zebra Trucks 15.Choci Loni 16.Wind in the Rigging 17.The Man Shares His Meal With His Beast 18.The Taxi 19.Constantly Changing 20.Music For Evenings 21.Credit in the Straight World 22.Eating Noddemix 23.Ode To Booker T 24.Radio Silents 25.Hayman 26.Loop The Loop tracks 1-6 TESTCARD E.P. tracks 7-9 FINAL DAY single track 10 taken from IS THE WAR OVER compilation tracks 11-26 SALAD DAYS album DISC THREE: PEEL SESSION 1.Posed By Models 2.Searching For Mr. Right 3.N.I.T.A. 4.Brand New Life 5.Final Day Recorded August 20, 1980. www.myspace.com/youngmarblegiants
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
― electricsound, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
― sleeve, Saturday, 12 May 2007 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:10 (sixteen years ago) link
― mike a, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:17 (sixteen years ago) link
― Cunga, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:41 (sixteen years ago) link
― f. hazel, Saturday, 12 May 2007 08:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I just got this set. I haven't played it yet but I read the booklet.
There is no information at all about howcome they made a second album but never released it.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Same here! But that's why I brought it into work.
Second album? Did I miss something?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
CD2 has the singles (Final Day ep, Testcard EP) and the 'second' album.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I admit I never picked up Salad Days individually but I thought that was a collection of demos.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Ode to Booker T is my all time favourite.
― I know, right?, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
that may be because they never recorded a second album! there was a rumor going round that the three of them reconvened in the '80s to release a 7" single, but it never happened. the only thing they've recorded post-colossal youth is one new track for the bbc radio wales special in 2004.
there was an unreleased gist album. perhaps that's what you're thinking of?
― mike a, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I HAVE NO INFORMATION!
ahem. I do not know.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
there's a second reunion show planned for this october, btw. it's in france:
http://www.myspace.com/bbmix
― mike a, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I think they were also asked to play as part of a festival I'm loosely involved with in Cardiff in November, but I don't have any other info at the minute
― DJ Mencap, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:24 (sixteen years ago) link
how did i miss this? colossal youth is way up there (top 5? 3?) in my favorite albums of all time. the obligatory comment about them seemed to be 'well, they only recorded 70 minutes worth of music, but, damn, how 'bout them 70 minutes?' defininitely will pick this up.
― poortheatre, Monday, 30 July 2007 17:48 (sixteen years ago) link
You know, given the paucity of YMG and YMG-ish material, it might be worth noting that the *awfully* RIYL band Confetti's compilation album is up at Mutant Sounds right now:
http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/2008/04/confetti-retrospectivecd1995ukjapan.html#links
I like this one a lot, esp. the Au Pairs cover.
― dlp9001, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:13 (sixteen years ago) link
seeing confetti on mutant sounds is odd
at their best they had some great songs, but a full album of it can be hard going. incredibly twee, but generally well done twee
― electricsound, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I agree: it seems really outside of the usual MS aesthetic. Was very surprised to see it there. I guess they did feature Po! a while back...
― dlp9001, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link
oh i shall have to check that out, po! were great
― electricsound, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:28 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost to dlp
well, ya know, how many obscure kraut/jap/noise/improv/synth/whatever albums are there? after you've posted 3000 of them I would imagine you'd need to branch out a bit. and I'm sure glad they are.
― sleeve, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
this album is a good antidote for my occasional periods of thinking about life way too melodramatically. so modest, content, almost devoid of ambition, but not in a bad way. because it's also really cool. but without being even slightly flashy about it. what they did was probably a lot harder to pull of than it seems, wasn't it?
― bernard snowy, Thursday, 21 August 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I relistened to Confetti after seeing that Mutant Sounds link. I still like those tracks, but I was damn near obsessed with Confetti circa 1992, and don't feel anywhere near the same now. Perhaps I was pretending that the Confetti comp CD was Colossal Youth II instead of what it really was - a better-than-average twee-pop records with heavy YMG/Marine Girls influence.
― mike a, Friday, 22 August 2008 02:45 (fifteen years ago) link
think of salad daaaaaaaaaaaayyys
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link
This is a nice album and all, a bit overrated here it seems. Perhaps the uniqueness of it has never registered for me. Still, something I'll put on once a year or so.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
They seem very enigmatic to me. Such spare album cover/liner & such spare music. It feels like one step to the left of what I know. This is a good thing.
― chillbigail ate a chill banana (Abbott), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 03:39 (fourteen years ago) link
What are noddemix?
― we are normal and we want our freedom (Abbott), Monday, 2 November 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
always figured it was like pot noodle
― plaks (I know, right?), Monday, 2 November 2009 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought they were like breath mints.
― we are normal and we want our freedom (Abbott), Monday, 2 November 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Some info:
What is Noddemix (as referenced in the song "Eating Noddemix")?According to Stuart Moxham, noddemix is a Swiss cereal bar. A friend of mine actually found one in Sweden; they look like this. However, after finally figuring out to do a proper Google search for the term (the secret is in the letter "ø"), it now appears that "nøddemix" is actually a generic term for "mixed nuts."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 November 2009 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Some examples of same.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 November 2009 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
staring at the mirror on the seamy bathroom wall
― plaks (I know, right?), Monday, 2 November 2009 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
mystery solved!
― we are normal and we want our freedom (Abbott), Monday, 2 November 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I found this in a pile of CDs I have had for years should I bother loading it to my hard drive or has it outlived its usefulness? I am confused about this album, it is stunning when you first hear it, but after 1000 plays is it still rewarding? What is the purpose of this album after all this time?
I mean, I think it really is great, are people underwhelmed because they expect everything to be cathartic? I know some people who inexplicably HATE it.
― US EEL (u s steel), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 12:12 (fourteen years ago) link
What is the purpose of this album after all this time?
The purpose of this album is to be one of maybe five or so albums in existence that you can play no matter what mood you are in because it's THAT GOOD.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Was emailing with Vic Varney of the soon to be reissued Method Actors about their influences and peers an he surprised me by mentioning Young Marble Giants. He said something about their atmosphere and minimalism being an influence/really popular in Athens in the early 80s.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 31 December 2009 05:40 (fourteen years ago) link
after 1000 plays is it still rewarding?
Absolutely!
...because it's THAT GOOD.
ABSOLUTELY!!!
Athens in the early 80s.
I think if Oh-OK had managed to expand/refine what they were doing on their first mini-EP, they might have made an album like Colossal Youth. (Although I love Oh-OK's Furthermore What a ton too, it's a more typical jangle-pop sound.)
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 31 December 2009 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
in theory this album should be one of my favorites, but i find it just a shade dull.
― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Thursday, 31 December 2009 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
REM has listed Young Marble Giants as an inspiration.
And yeah, Oh-OK channel that spirit nicely.
― mike a, Friday, 1 January 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Yep, this is stone cold classic top 10 or so of all time material (for me).
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 1 January 2010 06:16 (fourteen years ago) link
How did I not hear about Weekend until just now?
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Friday, 21 January 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
It took me years as well, don't feel bad... I had a 7" single that I think was non-representative, it put me off of them. The longer demo tracks on the La Variete CD are just amazing.
― sleeve, Friday, 21 January 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
"Nostalgia" was the track that drew me in.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Friday, 21 January 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i was playing them on ilxor lisnin room yesterday
idk, still prefer ymg by a distance
― flopson fauxhawk (nakhchivan), Friday, 21 January 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Just great:
http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/young-marble-giants-colossal-youth-round-22-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Thursday, 23 February 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
The record I mean, not my attempts to write about it!
― yugi ex, Thursday, 23 February 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
They're playing at atp in a month or so, i'm pretty excited, have they been playing lately ? i wonder what kind of condition they are in...
― cw, Thursday, 23 February 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.collapseboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Young-Marble-Giants-590x468.jpghealthy?
― tylerw, Thursday, 23 February 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
This record is all times top ten afaiac
― Balticskillz (admrl), Thursday, 23 February 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
Nature intended the abstract for you and me
>>>
― paolo, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 09:17 (ten years ago) link
Listened to Colossal Youth for the first time in a long time and realized how much I like the guitar playing. Never knew Moxham played a Rickenbacker.
― timellison, Monday, 13 July 2015 05:24 (eight years ago) link
http://front.bc.ca/events/concert-by-young-marble-giants/
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Friday, 18 September 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
amazing
― tylerw, Friday, 18 September 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
bump for the greatness of that video
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 11 July 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
The long stony faces of the men, the slightly bewildered girl, everyone uncomfortable in their own skin. The muddled black and white, and the odd tempo to the whole proceedings. That video feels a piece to Stranger than Paradise.
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
I had not seen that video, thanks for the bump! What a wonderful band.
― this is a salad for the BALSAMIC REVIVAL (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
Another bump for that video!
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
Why didn't anyone tell me? New (2018) album from Alison Statton & Spike, "Bimini Twist": https://alisonstattonspike.bandcamp.com/album/bimini-twist
― ernestp, Sunday, 6 January 2019 01:45 (five years ago) link
Sounds good! Statton's voice barely ages.
Re the original question: Very classic. Some hurtful comments about Weekend up-thread though. Some days I think I prefer the Weekend album to the YMG one.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 6 January 2019 03:28 (five years ago) link
I just read a comment by some peasant describing this band as lounge music. The fucking nerve! I firmly believe this is one of the punk-est albums of all time. It might sound “too clean” for what you’d normally expect for a punk album to sound like but that is a very non-punk mentality in itself.
Isn’t the punk rock attitude to destroy established perceptions of what things should be and sound like? To say “fuck you” to the excessive sound of stadium rock? Its undiscriminated use of solos, ridiculous costumes and massive banks of equipment in elaborate stages? You certainly can’t accuse YMG of maximalism. The sound they created is so unique it might have arrived from an alternative reality.
Honestly, it’s hard to trace a time or a place for it. There’s nothing quite like it and the fact this album came from 1980 always blows my mind.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 29 August 2019 04:29 (four years ago) link
Beach Party by the Marine Girls is kinda like it
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 29 August 2019 04:36 (four years ago) link
The only reason I can think of for that is maybe the sound of the organ. I hardly think their songs, the drum machine stuff, or the guitar and bass sound like lounge music.
― timellison, Thursday, 29 August 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
A good cover by another of my favorite bands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_f2kMgUxp8
― McGrief the Crying Dog (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 August 2019 13:16 (four years ago) link
wow, Sugar Plant have a album on Spotify from 2018!!! I thought they broke up years ago.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
Whoa, what?!?
― McGrief the Crying Dog (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
yep, called Headlights... they cover Ben Watt's North Marine Drive on it!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
I would never call YMG "lounge," but some songs do conjure up moods not far removed from "Girl from Ipanema" or "Summer Samba" for me. And the drum machine, while not lounge, is a sound from the past, like my aunt playing her Lowrey organ at Christmastime when I was a kid.
I love this record so much, but it's one of a handful I consciously don't pull out often, because I don't want to overplay it and wear out its magic.
― confusementalism (Dan Peterson), Friday, 30 August 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
Lounge music my arse
― paolo, Friday, 30 August 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
Superficially, Colossal Youth reminds me most of There's a Riot Going On and VU's s/t. It feels like everyone, musician and listener, is shut up together in a medium-sized cabinet.
― McGrief the Crying Dog (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 August 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
Just looked over a review I wrote for the reissues 12 years ago - had forgotten that I pondered the squareness, though I don't think I'd have reached for "lounge" as a descriptor. I didn't see that squareness as a drawback:
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3835
...now that the thing has been beloved to me for more than a decade, it's hard to recover those first impressions.
― bendy, Friday, 30 August 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
There's some beachy vibes to the follow-up group The Weekend, who are excellent. But seedy, schmaltzy "lounge"? No.
That said, I'm going to share my favorite Weekend track just because there's never a bad time: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E9WCCHHoepw
― Soundslike, Friday, 30 August 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
Nice piece, Bendy, thanks for sharing.
― confusementalism (Dan Peterson), Friday, 30 August 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
Thanks DP
― bendy, Saturday, 31 August 2019 04:44 (four years ago) link
Have you’ve heard about this band called Furniture?
https://youtu.be/3pkisXg5jCc
Furniture is in no way related to YMG, but heard this song just now for the very first time and loved it. Apparently it’s from 1983 and the first artist that came to mind is YMG, also gives some vibes of Echo & the Bunnymen.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 12 September 2019 05:20 (four years ago) link
I honestly can’t tell if that’s a drum machine or a real drummer... or a mix of both. But drum machine + sustained organ lines are also the basis sound of YMG
It’s only missing the distinctive YMG bass sound and Alison’s voice, of course, but we get a cool clarinet sound and some Echo & the Bunnymen vocal instead.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 12 September 2019 05:32 (four years ago) link
furniture had a big(ish) uk hit a few years later with this, which is a bit smoother. (and this is yet another band that reminds me of Japan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx37AWqSPU0
― koogs, Thursday, 12 September 2019 08:35 (four years ago) link
some Wild Swans in there too
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 September 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
Never saw this thread before---reminds me that I long ago came across a few post-Giants tracks with voice and songs of Alison Stratton, very intriguing, and now I want to look for more. Meanwhile, this archived Voice reviewette of the worthy Domino collection still details and sums up their appeal (to me, anyway):https://myvil.blogspot.com/2016/06/young-marble-giants-colossal-youth-and.html
― dow, Friday, 13 September 2019 04:01 (four years ago) link
you're talking about the band Weekend, I assume?
― sleeve, Friday, 13 September 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
Never, and that first track is wonderful, thanks!
― confusementalism (Dan Peterson), Friday, 13 September 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
Weekend is food but that weekend demos release from a few years ago is great.
― dan selzer, Friday, 13 September 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
xpost sleeve, I heard Stratton in a duo, blanking on the other name, something unexpectedly turned up on the old Rhapsody streaming service, while I was checking out a computer at Best Buy, 10 years ago maybe.
― dow, Friday, 13 September 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
Dan, food is good, I like food!
― dow, Friday, 13 September 2019 20:39 (four years ago) link
whoa, there's TWO duos!
https://www.discogs.com/artist/404215-Alison-Statton-Spike
https://www.discogs.com/artist/288814-Devine-Statton
― sleeve, Friday, 13 September 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
Finally got round to listening to the Stuart Moxham / Louis Phillipe album that came out a few months ago bearing the title 'The Devil Laughs'. Ruddy hell, what a lovely record! Anyone else got it yet?
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
they just announced a 40th anniversary double LP of Colossal Youth toohttps://www.dominomusic.com/releases/young-marble-giants/colossal-youth/exclusive-limited-double-lp
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
how the hell did I miss this Salad Days release?!?!
― sleeve, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
Very tender and delicate songs on this new one as you'd expect and a bit of a David Crosby vibe on some of the arrangements making it all very pastoral and dreamy. Really reminding me of Gorky's circa 'The Blue Trees' (a fine thing)
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
thanks for the heads up, Nick! I was afraid Louis had retired from music to focus on sportscasting, so I'm pleasantly surprised that he's putting out two albums (the Moxham collab and an upcoming solo album) in 2020
― (peech) or (buht ih-moh-jee) (unregistered), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
Never got round to investigating Louis Phillipe before tbh, maybe now's the time!
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
I'd missed that too, it sounds really good, thanks Nick.
While we're on the subject of Louis, some of you may like / may have missed this Louis version of "Don't Talk" which we put out a few years ago and which not enough people heard IMO:
https://hangoverloungerecords.bandcamp.com/track/dont-talk
― Tim, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
that's a great vocal performance, but the breathing kind of spoils it for me. song for song, Ivory Tower is still probably my favorite album of his, and Azure is the best showcase for his arrangements. I also really love this re-recording of 'Fires Rise and Die':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kxh4G37iI8
― (peech) or (buht ih-moh-jee) (unregistered), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
new madlib
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMBjoK1s3fA
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
― kites aren't fun (NickB) Wait, which album is this??
― dow, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 22:55 (three years ago) link
Love it.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 23:44 (three years ago) link
dow: Stuart Moxham / Louis Phillipe - 'The Devil Laughs'
― mage uluk (NickB), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 00:00 (three years ago) link