Primal Scream.

Petridis so read the ILX reaction to his review of whatever the last Primal Scream record was called. I remember people posting "omg *obviously* he thinks its shit even if he isn't saying so" and "has any band ever had such a free pass from the music press as Primal Scream?"

He hates us but can't live without us.

Do they get a free pass from the music press?

(Take yr point about the Crass mention)

Burgess' haircut is officially the worst haircut since John Mills in Hobson's Choice.

Hisa new haircut is coz he is hanging out at The Old Blue Last w/The Horrors and etc and is having a mid-life crisis of relevancy.

wig morelike.

Anyway, Bobby invented the commune notion which Crass later adopted when he put some string around his pram on a day out at Bothwell Castle, opened a tin of cold baked beans and said ye cannae come in.

Hahahahah

Do they get a free pass from the music press?

of course they do! they're hailed as this swaggering bunch of spirit-of-rock hedonists, who -- when they weren't busy ROCKING or LIVING ON THE EDGE -- invented THE 1990s AS WE KNOW IT, etc. when was the last time you saw a piece saying: "fucking hell, these increasingly irrelevant old tools should swivel?"

last time? Upthread, probably.

first time? Hmmm......

(Well, it was "Give out but" obv)

It works for them though - Primal Scream manage to appear second on the bill at every festival despite drawing a modest crowd each time and not really being that popular.

The low point of the album has to be their cover of Hawkwind's 'Urban Guerilla'. This was mildly embarrassing when Hawkwind wrote it (35 years ago, if memory serves, I bought a copy because it was kind of notorious). Now it's seriously embarrassing.

The Hawkwind original is great! NEVER wanna hear the Primal Scream version.

But Bobby wrote the song especially for Hawkwind after he'd watched the Magilla Gorilla cartoon on the Glen Michael Cavalcade. He wasn't too chuffed when they got the spelling wrong.

That petridis review is pretty decent, eh? He's OTM about a bunch of stuff that's annoying about them.

First negative review I've read of one of their albums in a mainstream publication since their second album. There's got to have been some extra-musical shenanigans going on behind the scenes there.

he is, as a rapper would say, all up in your grill

i know it's the Guardian but srsly, time to stop doing this

Don't recall too many rave reviews for Don't Give Up, Peter Gabriel And Kate Bush or whatever their 1994 album was called.

That album should have got a post-Lee Hazlewood review of "give up".

as a rapper would say

Studio albums
Sonic Flower Groove (1987)
Primal Scream (1989)
Screamadelica (1991)
Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994)
Vanishing Point (1997)
XTRMNTR (2000)
Evil Heat (2002)
Riot City Blues (2006)
Beautiful Future (2008)

As a rapper would say: “He’s one of the best that did it.”

i don't get this one

stevem: http://www.mp3lyrics.org/x/xzibit/double-time/

Don't recall too many rave reviews for Don't Give Up, Peter Gabriel And Kate Bush or whatever their 1994 album was called.

-- Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 18 July 2008 11:24 (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I don't recall too many raves for that one either, but I don't recall any slagoffs (and it was a shit album) and I do recall a lot of scribes making excuses for them over it.

Petridish should get a two-month grace period from ILX slagging for that review, the rapper line is the only cringer

To be fair, there are shit bits in Islington, but Bobby G doesn't live in one of those.

Don't recall too many rave reviews for Don't Give Up, Peter Gabriel And Kate Bush or whatever their 1994 album was called.

Think Select gave it 5/5 originally and Q gave it 4/5 (thats not saying a lot tho).

To be fair, there are shit bits in Islington, but Bobby G doesn't live in one of those.

I used to walk past him on the way to work when he was taking his kid to school. Son always looked spick and span with his blazer, cap and satchel. Dad always looked like shit.

despite its lack of nads, i'm starting to like little bits of this.

sorry, everyone.

its a lot better than the last one

I give it six out of ten.

sounds about right

I used to walk past him on the way to work when he was taking his kid to school. Son always looked spick and span with his blazer, cap and satchel. Dad always looked like shit.

-- Discordian, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:54 (4 days ago) Bookmark Link

Ma Gillespie: "Now come on Boaby, ye've got tae make a good impression on yir first day at school. Put yir tie on and dae up yir top shirt button?"
Bob: "Mammy, it's too tight!"
Passing Archie Shepp: "I've just had an idea..."

-- Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 21 July 2008 09:59 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

Think Select gave it 5/5 originally and Q gave it 4/5 (thats not saying a lot tho).

Select did give it 5/5.

I listened to XTRMNTR over the weekend and ... well, it was underwhelming compared to what I remember it as (even as late as 2004, I still thought it was the shit, but then again, a lot of the stuff I liked from 2000-2004 has gone out of favour with me lately).

Black out the windows, sound the alarm and take cover… Primal Scream are set to rampage through the UK this winter as headliners of the notoriously anarchic NME Rock ‘N’ Roll Riot Tour!

Starting in Oxford on November 20th, Scotland’s favourite sons will be blowing up venues throughout country on their 16 date extravaganza, culminating in a historic homecoming date at Glasgow’s SECC on December 13th.

Front man Bobby Gillespie said: “We're so happy to be doing this tour because we can rock and we can have a riot. Right now we're playing better than ever, we're having a great time, we're having a ball. When people come to the show they’re really gonna get their money’s worth!”

The tour, which has famously given a leg up to the likes of the Kaiser Chiefs, The Enemy and Razorlight is set to round off an already extraordinary year for the band who played a triumphant headline set at T in the Park last month, giving music lovers a taste of the white knuckle ride they can expect from the forthcoming tour.

Fans were also treated to a taste of new material from the Primal’s ninth studio album, out now on B-Unique. ‘Beautiful Future’, which debuted in the UK top ten this week, was produced by Björn Yttling [Peter, Björn and John] and Paul Epworth (Bloc Party) and features contributions from some of the music world’s most eclectic talent including CSS’s Lovefoxxx and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age)

Conor McNicholas, NME Editor, said: “The NME Rock N Roll Riot Tour has found a killer headliner with Primal Scream. Their classic-laden back catalogue encompasses everything from dancefloor euphoria and Rolling Stones raunch to electronic punk, but it’s the devastating laser-guided pop of their new album ‘Beautiful Future’ we’re looking forward to most. This is shaping up to be an amazing tour. Bobby Gillespie has always described his band’s output as being ‘high energy rock’n’roll’. Come and see just how right he is.”

This is a good press release when you read it in a Pathe newsreader voice

'blowing up venues throughout country'

Ya couldnae blow up a balloon, ya feckin' gobshite

Bobby Gillespie has always described his band’s output as being ‘high energy rock’n’roll’.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/shakinstevens/images/ecards/shakin_stevens02.jpg

Ah yes, true rocker and proper socialist Shakin' Stevens!

Could teach wee Bobby a thing or two!

I was flipping through The Clash magazine which belatedly reviewed Beautiful Future and gave it 4 stars and called them the greatest band on the planet. Ha ha! I listened to it again last night and it's still a letdown, though I do like "Uptown." Evil Heat was a fun album. I didn't think it would have been difficult for them to match, but apparently it was. Still, if they played a reasonably sized (not too big) venue I'd go see 'em.

Yes, I'd see them too. Doubt they'll be back to Texas anytime soon, though. I'll pick up the new album when I come across it for $5 used, not going to seek it out though. It's up to fate as to when I am inevitably disappointed a bit.

I've got a couple of tickets to sell for their gig at the SECC in Glasgow on 13th December, if anyone wants them? Face value or thereabouts, webmail me if you want them plz.

I'll let Marcello know

Metro sent out tons of free tickets to last night's show. I was surprised they had trouble selling the show. Don't they play big stadiums and festivals in the UK? It was good, a nice sampling from most of their albums. My favorite moments were probably from XTRMTR. They made heavy usage of their green laser. The band is always kind of ridiculous teetering on the edge of Spinal Tap territory, as it should be. I noticed the volume kept increasing to the point that even with my earplugs I was retreating further back.

I walked out of their show mid-way through (I was really only there to see BJM). As great as Mani is, I couldn't sit through that horrid Guitar Center guitar jackoffery the new guy was playing.

I caught them a few times while they were touring for XTRMTR & they absolutely killed. That was when they had Shields on the team. I have zero interest in seeing them at this point (but would probably go if given free tix).

yeah they were great with Shields

‘Screamadelica’
Primal Scream’s classic re-issued for its 20th Anniversary
March 7th in Collector’s and Deluxe Editions

'Screamadelica' is one of this era's most beautiful, far-reaching pieces of musical adventure…pretty much a perfect album” NME 1991

Primal Scream to release a newly re-mastered version of Screamadelica to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their genre-defining, groundbreaking masterpiece.

To mark the 20th anniversary of this landmark record, the band have made a new cut of the album with the help of their longtime friend and occasional collaborator, Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine.

Since its release in September 1991, the inaugural Mercury Prize winning record has influenced countless bands and artists, been widely acclaimed by critics as one of the defining records of the 1990s and as one of the most inventive albums of it’s generation- the album had a huge effect on 90s popular culture, bringing acid house and rock n roll to a unified mainstream audience that had until that point been disparate and underground.

The Collector’s Edition of Screamadelica will comprise four fully remastered CDs and a heavyweight gatefold double LP, including a new cut of the original album as well as the previously unreleased ‘Live in L.A., 1991’ album, a CD of original remixes by Andrew Weatherall , The Orb and others, along with a re-mastered version of top 10 hit EP, ‘Dixie Narco’.

There will also be a 30 minute documentary DVD: ‘The Making Of Screamadelica’, documenting the album track by track, plus bonus content from the original Screamadelica VHS, accompanied by a 50 page commemorative bound book featuring interviews with the band, unseen images, and notes on the Story Of Screamadelica by ‘Loaded’ magazine founder James Brown.

The Collector’s Edition boxset will also include a 12” slipmat featuring the original iconic sleeve design by the late artist Paul Cannell, a Primal Scream replica tour t-shirt (by Worn By) and 5 x 7” art cards.

Screamadelica – The Collector’s Edition’ will comprise:

CD1: Re-Mastered album (Re-mastered by Primal Scream & Kevin Shields)
1. Movin’ On Up
2. Slip Inside This House
3. Don’t Fight It, Feel It
4. Higher Than The Sun
5. Inner Flight
6. Come Together
7. Loaded
8. Damaged
9. I’m Comin’ Down
10. Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)
11. Shine Like Stars

CD2: Live In L.A., 1992

CD3: Original Mixes

Loaded
1. Farley Mix 7” (5:59)
2. Loaded 7” (4:19)

Come Together
3. Farley 7” (4:23)
4. 7” Mix (Wetherall (4:45)
5. Terry Farley Extended 12” Mix (08:02)
6. Hypnotone Brain machine Mix (5:14)
7. BBG Mix (6:27)

Higher Than The Sun
8. Higher Than The Orb (5:00)
9. Higher Than The Sun 12” (6:43 )
10. American Spring Mix (6:20)

Don’t Fight It
11. 7” Edit (4:10)
12. Graham Massey Mix (4:53)
13. Scat Mix(8:07)
14. High, High, High (Massey) (5:54)

Bonus
15. I’m Losing More Than I Ever Had (4:48)
16. Ramblin Rose (2:27)

CD4: The Dixie Narco EP (Re-mastered)
1. ‘Movin’ On Up’
2. ‘Stone My Soul’
3. ‘Carry Me Home’
4. ‘Screamadelica’

LP1 & 2: Re-Mastered album – Gatefold 2LP
A1 ‘Movin’ On Up’
A2 ‘Slip Inside This House’
A3 ‘Don’t Fight It, Feel It’

B1 ‘Higher Than The Sun’
B2 ‘Inner Flight’
B3 ‘Come Together’

C1 ‘Loaded’
C2 ‘Damaged’
C3 ‘I’m Comin’ Down’

D1 ‘Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts)’
D2 ‘Shine Like Stars’

DVD: Classic Album documentary
‘The Making Of Screamadelica’ – 30 mins

BONUS
1. ‘Screamadelica’
2. ‘Movin’ On Up’
3. ‘Slip Inside This House’
4. ‘Don’t Fight It, Feel It’
5. ‘Higher Than The Sun’
6. ‘Come Together’
7. ‘Damaged’
8. ‘Loaded’
9. ‘Shine Like Stars’
10. ‘Inner Flight’

EXTRA
Original Tour T-shirt replicated by Worn By (Size L)
50 Page Book – The Story Of Screamadelica told by Bobby, Andrew and James Brown
12” DJ Slip Mat
4 x 7” Art Cards (original Paul cannel Designs)
1 x 7” Perforated stamp style art card

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... with the help of their longtime friend and occasional collaborator, Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine.

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