"Religion Part One" for you then...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 11:31 (fourteen years ago) link
:)that clip ain't tooo bad but the dancing girlies in the background made it worse... i've never seen or have any idea who jimmy fallon is tho
― kumar the bavarian, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 11:36 (fourteen years ago) link
just saw them last weekend. The band was terrific - if they did a "Pil Does Metal Box" tour I'd see it tomorrow - but the late '80s stretch of the setlist was pretty ridiculous. I know they have to acknowledge 9 for all the late '80s college radio DJs or whatever, but they could have played something with a beat like "Seattle" instead of "Warrior" into "Disappointed." But the big blurt of extended Metal Box grooves following the "Love Song" opener - would see that anytime. And John was in really great voice.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Dude had a good take on playing a casino - mocking without sounding like he was wrestling with the implications Cobain-style. Most of his banter was fun, though at one point he shouted "i'm not a gambling man, but I'd bet Sarah Palin's book is shit!" and I'm not sure if he expected to blow someone's mind or what.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 12:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh was it *your* casino, da croupier?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 13:04 (fourteen years ago) link
pardon?
― da croupier, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 13:05 (fourteen years ago) link
haha sorry forgot my screenname
― da croupier, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
A buddy says they were unexpectedly awesome at Coachella.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 13:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I saw some stuff on their website, it looked/sounded great.
I did see PIL in their "cabaret" phase, 1984 or thereabouts...
Those live CD things might actually be worth the effort!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 13:17 (fourteen years ago) link
"Poptones"
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 13:34 (fourteen years ago) link
"No Birds Do Sing"
― Venga, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
still "Home"
― Have a slice of wine! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"Rise."
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"memories"
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
"Rise."― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
^
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Second Edition rules all, but "Rise" gets under my skin most often.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:34 AM
― am0n, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 14:29 (fourteen years ago) link
"Death Disco"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 14:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Another vote for "Rise" but it's part of a killer one-two punch with "FFF", gotta say.
― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Tons of good stuff here. I'll go with 'Albatross.'
― ImprovSpirit, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
It's a boring, predicatable 'Public Image' or 'Careering' for me
Lives in a house, in a very big house in the Country (butter) LA
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry OPO
Public Image for the Levene/Wobble early gaze effort
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Annalisa off Live in Tokyo, the bright spot in an otherwise poor album (though brilliant technical recording).
― Willing Travelbury (S-), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
No votes for Flowers of Romance title track, "Under the House," or (someone has to say it) "The Order of Death" yet?
― a black white asian pine ghost who is fake (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I think "Death Disco" is fantastic, and it probably would be my top pick.
― van smack, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
hey, i was gonna say "Under The House"! that and "Banging The Door" are my all-time fave PiL trax. not that i have any beef with the entirety of Metal Box, mind...
― (I Just) Died In Your Asshat Tonight, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
btw kudos on having the board's most disturbing display name
― Have a slice of wine! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
"Go Back"
― eatandoph, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
omigod I just heard "FAT CHANCE MOTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL!!!"
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Er, "Hotel" isn't it? See, while I understand the preference for the stuff from their first 3 albums it's short-sighted to outright dismiss the rest of the catalog. Even that last album, which sank like a stone, has some good stuff on it like "Cruel". John doing alt-rock always had an insidious feel to it anyway and some of the new versions of stuff like "Warrior" on the tour are fantastic, I really hope we get a good live album from the US tour.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm very fond of "Disappointed," the best INXS track ever recorded.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Must be a lot better than PiL's "Disappointed," then.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
all it needs is Kirk Pengilly on sax and John telling us that he'll give us what he needs.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Poptones
― Grisly Addams (WmC), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:27 (fourteen years ago) link
true of every beatles song ever
― da croupier, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Rise
― Michael B, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm very fond of "Disappointed," the best INXS track ever recorded.― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:13 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:13 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
I'll second this - esp. the 12" extended mix
truthfully tho, I'll add another notch in the win column for "Public Image"
― in movie 2001 resurrect thread on planet jupiter (Pillbox), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 00:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Home Is Where the Heart Is
― i'm a desperate bicycle (leavethecapital), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 01:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I taped the "Late Show" performance of "Disappointed" back in the day.
Must be on utube.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 07:03 (fourteen years ago) link
The version of "Covered" live on the Dennis Miller show (complete with old-timey CD longbox!) is great:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyOJ91KYh7E
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 13:00 (fourteen years ago) link
D:
― am0n, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
crazy that there's been more years between that video and now than between that video and the sex pistols
― da croupier, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Not enough years between the pants in that video and us imo.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link
nu track
http://whatisa.tumblr.com/post/17646752576/public-image-ltd-one-drop-first-new-song-in
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
this is not my OPO
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
I just grabbed a PIL thread, tbh
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
But I DO like this track. I had zero interest in a new PIL album until now.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
My OPO is the very long version of "Death Disco / Swan Lake", as on the "£ british notes best" DVD.
Or, that bootleg 12" single..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/feb/13/jah-wobble-keith-levene-metal-box
Apparently, Lydon's threatening a lawsuit if these gigs come off. And so it goes...
― leavethecapital, Thursday, 16 February 2012 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
Keith Levene has passed:
RIP KEITH LEVENE— Jah Wobble (@realjahwobble) November 12, 2022
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 12 November 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
RIP to one of the greatest
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 12 November 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
Otm
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 November 2022 19:35 (one year ago) link
We talk about the "influence" of a lot of players, but there are so many sounds that Keith Levene pioneered on his three albums with PIL. The rhythmically picked false harmonics of Death Disco/Swan Lake that stay just this side of consonant, the incessantly rolling arpeggios of Poptones, the phased/spazzed out metal of Theme, and Beefheart-ian chords on Graveyard. And those are the just the guitar pieces. Levene also was behind the reverse orchestral and choral clusters of Under the House (and most of of the music on Flowers of Romance IIRC), the quacked All of My Love strings of Radio 4, rising ominous drone of Careering. Whole bands and scenes came out of each of these sounds. RIP, my dude.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 12 November 2022 22:32 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I just mentioned to someone - we weren’t ‘friends’ we were band mates - it’s entirely different. Much less and very much more at the same time.— Martin Atkins (@marteeeen) November 12, 2022
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 13 November 2022 12:44 (one year ago) link
I've never heard Commercial Zone, but I'd been listening to This Is What You Want, This Is What You Get before this news. Though Levene didn't perform on the record, there's a lot of stylistic continuity with The Flowers of Romance, just with cleaned-up sonics. Of course, the Metal Box lineup had an incredible group dynamic that they weren't going to be able to recapture, but I wonder if they would have become a more commercial act even if Levene had remained.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 14 November 2022 22:39 (one year ago) link
Well, the hit single version of "This is not a love song" was Levene aplenty, and the rest of "Commercial Zone" is very like that, yes.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 06:57 (one year ago) link
Those late Levine-era live shows with Atkins and Pete Jones definitely feel like they are walking back towards a more conventional pop place - like the Ritz show was a peak of their confrontational era - I remember being quite surprised by how tight and crowd-pleasing they sounded on the bootlegs I have heard
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 07:07 (one year ago) link
in my levine memorial listening i dug into the expanded metal box last night - didn’t know there was a long version of radio 4 - simultaneously fascinating and disappointing to hear this, one of those ones where the LP edit is just perfect in the way it hints at extra dimensions to the song that are just out of reach
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 07:15 (one year ago) link
I need to dig it out but I've got the reworking of Commercial Zone he did on privately released CD-R in 2014 somewhere. Should be relatively obvious, I seem to remember it has some spray painted 12" cardboard in lieu of a sleeve.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 09:41 (one year ago) link
Collab with Supreme dropping on Thursday, some nice pieces here:
https://i.imgur.com/Dqjo5vUl.jpg
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:27 (one year ago) link
xpost: https://www.discogs.com/release/7023459-Keith-Levene-CZ2014
― StanM, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
That's the one
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 15:09 (one year ago) link
new album tomorrow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_World
UK/Europe tour Sept/oct 2023 https://www.pilofficial.com/tour/
― StanM, Thursday, 10 August 2023 13:48 (ten months ago) link
I’ve liked most of what I’ve heard of this so far.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 14 August 2023 19:32 (ten months ago) link
yeah this album is good
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 14 September 2023 03:34 (nine months ago) link