Well whattya know? Pretty damn good. Thanks for that. Is that YLT backing him or Venus 3 or ?? In any case I enjoyed that very much. Sylvia Plath saw the world as it is. Love that. And it's nice to hear Hitch equating being dead with being "alright". It is more like his classic era stuff and I certainly welcome it.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Monday, 24 April 2017 02:38 (seven years ago) link
It's out? I thought it was gonna be released in late may
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Monday, 24 April 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
came out on friday ... i like it! a couple of throwaways but that is par for the course. some great robyn electric guitar action.
― tylerw, Monday, 24 April 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
After a couple of listens, definitely his best since the Venus 3 work. I was afraid his new squeeze would negatively impact it but that's not the case.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 24 April 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
My emusic credits just refreshed, I'm buying this tonight.
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Monday, 24 April 2017 22:18 (seven years ago) link
think my fave is "raymond and the wires" -- the kind of weird/beautiful song only Hitchcock could write.
― tylerw, Monday, 24 April 2017 22:19 (seven years ago) link
It's also a pretty rare (or maybe not) straight song by Robyn. I've gotten fascinated by the influence of his father on his work lately. His dad did in fact have a bad leg, and the song sounds pretty autobiographical.
― dlp9001, Monday, 24 April 2017 22:29 (seven years ago) link
Raymond Hitchcock. Author of "Percy" (Kinks) and "Venus 13." Died in Winchester. Etc. There's an article to be written there, if it hasn't already been....
― dlp9001, Monday, 24 April 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
yeah it does seem that way -- i imagine a lot of his songs are obliquely autobiographical, but this one is obviously pretty direct.
― tylerw, Monday, 24 April 2017 22:32 (seven years ago) link
There's a whole book to be written about rh but do I have to do it?
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Monday, 24 April 2017 22:44 (seven years ago) link
wasn't there some kind of hint about robyn writing his memoirs at some point?
― tylerw, Monday, 24 April 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
There was??? That'd be amazing
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 01:25 (seven years ago) link
With all due respect to one of my favorite artists, he needs a good editor. A really good one. A bio of him could be amazing or horrible. I don't want to read about crepuscular crabs and longings for margarine. I think he's going to get one shot at a bio, and I kind of pray that someone else is in charge.
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
first listen is happening now. this is great. doesn't sound quite like any other rh record. he has to tour this electric!
'oh god you were beautiful' on mad shelley's letterbox is one of those simple yet odd expressive hooks only robyn can locate that instantly give you life-chills
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
and the guitars behind that phrase, my goodness TOTAL BYRDS ORGY
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Nice post re Demme:
https://twitter.com/RobynHitchcock/status/857259489510252545
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:31 (seven years ago) link
Huh, that's odd. Thought it would have autolinked.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
always appreciated that Demme took his Oscar cachet and made Storefront Hitchcock, which obviously was not going to be a huge box office smash. nice to have such an artfully made document of Hitchcock at that point ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link
I also like that he cast him in a couple of fictions, though demme cannot address the yawning lack of a Robyn-as-Dr-Who TV movie.
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
Aw man and me clicking on neds link is me learning demme has passed
― gimmesomehawnz (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
"autumn sunglasses" is so nice
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 14:10 (six years ago) link
yeahhh, the whole record is really strong! i think that opening tune is the only one that doesn't click for me, actually (which is weird, since he's usually pretty great at choosing openers).
― tylerw, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
it's damn good electric robyn album
any signs of him touring w/band?
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
Saw this on tv last night. I probably shouldn't be surprised by things like this, but I was:https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w6Kr/subway-sweet-onion-teriyaki-destroy-song-by-the-soft-boys
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 September 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
I begrudge no artist for making a little cash and exposing their music to more people.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
they feed your pride with cold cuts and then lead you on to more
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
My buddy cried a tear on this a couple weeks ago and I said "Rew gave the ad world 'walking on sunshine, surely a greater offense to decency, though a far lesser song. '" 40 years of preservation is enough for this return imo.
― felix! phelix! ghelix! (Hunt3r), Saturday, 9 September 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
Hahaha well done unnamed aging hipster ad guy
I am not offended by this ad at all
For sure though this AIN'T the song I would have predicted for Robyn's first ad windfall
NB I also really like subways sweet onion teriyaki sandwich
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
haha, yeah, i have absolutely no problem with robyn getting some cash so that he can keep on keepin' on. on twitter, he said: "Oddly my first-ever US meal was a Subway in NYC, w/ Soft Boys in 1980. Chicken Teriyaki wasn't invented yet but we did play 'Destroy You'"
― tylerw, Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
Isn't it time for an odds, sods, outtakes, etc collection from Sir Robyn? Would it be any good is the real question...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 17 March 2018 04:34 (six years ago) link
You mean a career spanning one or one that sweeps up the odd stuff from the last ~ten years?His odds and sods tend to be among his best stuff. One of the best things if the a&m albums ever get remastered is that those fantastic b-sides would likely be on there
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 18 March 2018 02:03 (six years ago) link
Those Yep Roc box sets from a few years back are pretty comprehensive regarding the non LP Hitchcock stuff. They are still available. Also, the Invisible Hitchcock LP is tremendous. It collects his very early non-LP stuff. He actually pulled out a few gems from this when he did Black Snake Diamond Role shows in NYC last year.
― kwhitehead, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 11:13 (six years ago) link
Well, his last oddities collection was 2008's "Shadow Cat", so the last 10 years would be covered. I wonder if there's any Venus 3 outtakes?
Better yet would be a set of the many live-only songs he's done.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
yeah, i was wondering if his slower pace of releasing albums in those years means he is also writing slower and producing less outtakes/less chips from the workbench. Could be there just aren't that many odds lately!
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
i wouldn't mind hearing (if they exist) the demos for Love From London ... I feel like there might be some good songs lurking in there, I just kinda can't stand the overall sound of that record.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
otm
there are some good songs there, i can affirm
the sound picture of it is the worst bedroom DAW vaporishness (somewhat reminiscent of the awful sound of very late Prince records)
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
yeah, just sounds very much "in the box" if that makes sense ... think i've heard a live version or two where I've thought "hey this isn't terrible!"
in other news, i listened to black snake diamond role three times over the weekend. what a great record!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
you are making me bitter all over again about having gone to the 'wrong' Robyn/YLT Black Snake show (ie the one where they didn't play Let There be More Darkness)
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
BTW: were you spinning the LP with the saxes or CD without?
w/ the saxes!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link
(this is what my 1981-centric saturday morning looked like) https://instagram.fapa1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/70a74e79381c153ebbfac61c93770f69/5B32FBC0/t51.2885-15/e35/29093386_212974649257650_3805667218432196608_n.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:15 (six years ago) link
I has that "Lope at the Hive/Only The Stones Remain" two-half-albums. It is nifty.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
There are days when I think You & Oblivion is my favorite RH record.
― mick signals, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
yeah that, Invisible Hitchcock and A Star for Bram are the big reasons why I say his castoffs are so frequently top shelf stuff
xposts i guess the closest RH has come to a "Do Me, Baby" is Wafflehead? Or Agony of Pleasure.
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
I always forget to think of Invisible Hitchcock as an outtakes album when I listen to it. I bought it in the 80s and to me it was just One of his first solo records, maybe with some iffy quality control on side B.
― mick signals, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
my favorite RH album cover tbh
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
i guess the closest RH has come to a "Do Me, Baby" is Wafflehead? Or Agony of Pleasure.
when i was listening i was half-imagining Prince covering RH's "Heaven"
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
i guess "egyptian cream" is the most prince-like title he's got, haha
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
Well, he does say "Fuck me baby, I'm a trolley bus" in "The Authority Box". But I can't tell if he's being sexual.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
Like, "Woke up this morning, and fuck me I'm a trolleybus 🚎"
?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link