Mazzy Star : C or D

tis forthcoming apparently

hey this Warm Inventions record is pretty good!

actually a good deal more diverse and dreamier than Mazzy Star, not as monotone in its instrumentation and production style

The new one or the one from earlier this decade? Haven't heard the new one, but I'd dare to say I like the first Warm Inventions record better than *any* Mazzy Star record. Not that I don't like Mazzy ...

the new one, Through the Devil Softly

I like the first Warm Inventions record better than *any* Mazzy Star record

Wow, high praise. I should check that out.

I guess I just think it's a little less one-note than Mazzy was/is. There's some kinda slinky.sexy stuff, some folkier stuff (w/ Bert Jansch!) and some MBV-dronier stuff (the final track). Not that it's all over the map or anything -- still dreamy/sleepy as hell throughout.

anyhoo, these days, if I'm in the mood for Sandoval I'll usually put that one on. If I'm in the mood for Roback I'll put on Opal.

I agree - I listen to both Sandoval albums way more than Mazzy Star. The new one is really nice.

The show was awful, though - she walked off after 3 songs, came back in 20 minutes, did two more songs and then left for good. geez.

the two EPs she released around the time of the first album should not be overlooked - the non-LP tracks are very very good too, particularly 'i thought you'd fall for me'

So, while we were out for a few days, some rather momentous news so if you'll allow me to link to myself here...

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2011/10/mazzy_star_announce_reunion_si.php

the hardest working band in showbiz is BACK!
excited. clips sound like mazzy star!

(But what did happen to Kendra Smith, anyway?)

most important line in article ^^^

Too kind.

great news, hope they make a new album

wow! excited

Actually quite pleased with the idea of a new Mazzy Star album.

the hardest working band in showbiz is BACK!

p sure that title belongs to MBV iirc

psyched for this btw

Looking forward to this. The clips are excellent (as is the cover). Opal/Mazzy Star are one of the few groups with explicitly blues elements that I truly like!

:D

p sure that title belongs to MBV iirc
i dunno, relatively speaking, MBV have worked their asses off in the past few years.

Magick Power is one for the repeat button. Mind Blowing.

listened to these guys last night. one thing i was wondering -- i remember having So Tonight That I May See (on cassette!) for like a year before "Fade Into You" hit big. Why did it hit big? Was it in a movie or something? Just seemed like a slow. meandering path to a hit single. maybe that suits this band perfectly.

Sez Wikipedia:

The American branch of Rough Trade folded in 1991, but Mazzy Star's contract was picked up by Capitol, who re-issued the first album and put out the follow-up, So Tonight That I Might See in 1993. A year after its release, the album yielded an unexpected hit single, the wispy "Fade into You", a top 50 single in both the US and the UK

Kinda things do happen.

still haven't checked out the new songs but I felt so let down by Swans that I'm not sure whether I should

needed 4 seconds to fall in love with 'Lay myself down'

Just seemed like a slow. meandering path to a hit single. - If Mazzy Star were to have a hit single at all, it is definitely appropriate that they had a slow, meandering path to one!

In retrospect, I think Hope's guest spot on JAMC's kinda hit 'Sometimes Always' & the subsequent package tour b/w the two bands probably had a fair amount to do w/ priming the works for whatever 'breakthrough' Mazzy Star experienced.

hee, wonder if sandoval and roback have just coasted for the last decade and a half on royalties from this song
Soundtrack appearances
Film
The song was notably featured in the movie Angus, during Angus and Melissa's slow dance, yet somehow failed to appear on the soundtrack for the album.
It was part of the Starship Troopers film soundtrack, playing while Johnny Rico fought with Zander over Carmen Ibanez on Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga.
This song is featured in the Nicolas Cage movie Lord of War in 2005, as Nicholas returns home from buying his wife's painting.
The unabridged song appeared in the film Swept Away directed by Guy Ritchie in a montage sequence in which the two lead characters of the film are featured.
The song appears in the film "Burlesque" starring Christina Aguilera and Cher.

Television
It was used in the Roswell episode "Baby, It's You".
The song appeared in the episode "Sons and Daughters" of Without a Trace.
The song appeared in the episode "Wishing" of Cold Case.
The song appeared in the episode "Ice" of season 4 of Alias, when Michael Vaughn confesses to someone in a bar.
It was used in season one of Gilmore Girls, the episode called "Rory's Dance".
The song has been used over four times in CSI: Miami.
On the March 19 episode of Bones, it was one of the songs listed on the CD.
The song appeared in the first episode "Pilot", of the popular television series, Desperate Housewives.
The song also appeared in the ninth episode of the fifth season of CSI: NY when Danny Messer takes a ride with his bike.
The song also appeared in the tenth episode of the sixth season of Medium, the episode titled "You Give Me Fever".
The song was used in the third episode of NBC's Love Bites.

lol at four times on CSI Miami! how lazy.

NBC's Love Bites

lol

It was part of the Starship Troopers film soundtrack, playing while Johnny Rico fought with Zander over Carmen Ibanez on Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga.
this movie sounds like a treat

You've missed a legendary thread, then:

"Starship Troopers" - Verhoeven is a mad genius!

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12670-common-burn/

very very good

wow totally have never noticed Fade Into You in Starship Troopers, that seems oddly incongruous

oddly incongruous or just incongruous? /pedant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sImidxw4Mr8

can't even hear it, no wonder I never noticed it

powerful scene

my wife was convinced that fade into you was used in this classsssic scene, but she was wrong! close though, kinda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSOyjqgITI&

what the hell is that

I feel like Fade Into You/Cowboy Junkies "Sweet Jane"/ and that Wild Horses cover are all basically the same song

shakey, you haven't seen the classic marky mark / reese witherspoon thriller FEAR?! get with it, dude.

I only watch erotic thrillers

looks like this might qualify tho lol

I listened to the first album and was quite impressed. If I was going to Coachella, I would've seen them live. Do anyone know if they are a good live act. They seem to be perfect for a more intimate, indoor setting.

I couldn't imagine watching them at a giant festival, and I've been a fan for quite some time.

Those three albums are pretty amazing, though - the third in particular gets nowhere near the love / respect it deserves.

third is my favourite

My favourite too.

They are a very good live act but the setting may have an impact. I saw them in a church in 1996, or thereabouts, and it was close to perfect.

I don't know if much has changed in the last fifteen years but Hope used to be a bit edgy when she sang live. She didn't seem to like interacting with a crowd and walked off stage in the middle of shows, on at least a couple of occasions, when people shouted stuff at her she took offence at.