XP ahh right yeah.
― piscesx, Friday, 2 April 2021 11:45 (three years ago) link
"unmatchable in its sonic brevity"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGOT4d2Hs8
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 2 April 2021 11:54 (three years ago) link
Haha. Yes, that was my thought as well.
― Noel Emits, Friday, 2 April 2021 12:03 (three years ago) link
many xps--Speaking as an MBV stan, I have to admit that they are *definitely* kinda corny, especially on Isn't Anything. Some of those lyrics...yikes
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Friday, 2 April 2021 12:35 (three years ago) link
which is especially funny considering how shields said he obsessed over the lyrics for loveless almost as much as the music because he didn't want them to be bad
― ufo, Friday, 2 April 2021 12:46 (three years ago) link
tbf the audible lyrics of loveless are not bad
clunkiest classic mbv lyric: "slow"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 2 April 2021 12:56 (three years ago) link
I actually don't mind the (generic) lyrics all that much, they're barely intelligible anyway. It's the melodic contour of a song like 'Blown a Wish' that impels a kind of visceral disgust on my end. Maybe it's, uh, genetic – I've always hated twee-sounding music, even when I was a wee kid. Come to think of it, much of what I dislike about Loveless is of the same order as what I dislike about Pet Sounds, except MBV peddles quantifiably less of it and has those awesome geetars to make up for it.
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 April 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
Loveless > Pet Sounds confirmed
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 2 April 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
I've never once heard any MBV lyrics stand out as distractingly weak or bad.
― billstevejim, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
― class project pat (m bison), Friday, 2 April 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
Right, I'm referring to the 15% of the time when one lyric or phrase is audible.
― billstevejim, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:03 (three years ago) link
I'm pretty sure the point was that they're supposed to be felt more than heard, not emphasized above the music as something that could potentially distract. None of their records had lyric sheets.
― billstevejim, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
I guess I grew really accustomed to the sound of my old mp3s from the early 2000s bc the Youtube rip of the EPs comp sounds kind of amazing.
― billstevejim, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
― brimstead, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link
thats the one with "lick lick lick and suck suck suck" right? def their horniest song.
― class project pat (m bison), Friday, 2 April 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
kevin shields walked so khia could run etc etc
― class project pat (m bison), Friday, 2 April 2021 15:22 (three years ago) link
I just discovered the phrase "coffee cup" is not a misheard lyric.
― billstevejim, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
xp Yeah the bass in "Slow" sounds like bone zone.
― billstevejim, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:28 (three years ago) link
Can Slow be quantified as hornier than Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside)? Might require polling.
― Noel Emits, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
A good hard polling tbc.
― Noel Emits, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link
no way, this song is filthy I love it― brimstead, Friday, April 2, 2021 8:19 AM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i love "slow" don't get me wrong
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 2 April 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link
horniest my bloody valentine song is an impossible poll and you all know it
lol extremely otm
― cwkiii, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:41 (three years ago) link
“To here knows where” is somewhat... horny
― Mark G, Saturday, 3 April 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
sorry i dont make the fuckin rules!! the song that says "lick lick lick and suck suck suck" is using the hornyman's dialect, anything less is eye-wagglin innuendo or blue whales on ambient trying to get hard.
― class project pat (m bison), Saturday, 3 April 2021 23:04 (three years ago) link
lol *ambien but that works too
Thanks 4 the new dn
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 April 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
swallow meinto your bedwith glimpses of your thighs
― assert (MatthewK), Sunday, 4 April 2021 00:48 (three years ago) link
New and long Kevin Shields interview in today's Libération. One great tidbit - dunno if this is old news but it was new to me - is his love for early De La Soul and Public Enemy and how their use of sampling evoked Long Island in the '70s for him. Then he realized both groups were from LI!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 10:13 (three years ago) link
No mention of William Joel ?
― calstars, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 11:16 (three years ago) link
Nope. But he does put to the rest the idea that AR Kane were an influence. Says he admired their stuff up to 1990 but MBV were going in an entirely different direction.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 11:21 (three years ago) link
mbv are taking over @NTSlive for six hours today to celebrate NTS 10. 12pm – 6pm bst / 7am – 1pm et.listen → http://www.nts.live/1 donate → http://www.foodbanking.org/nts-radio
mbv are taking over @NTSlive for six hours today to celebrate NTS 10. 12pm – 6pm bst / 7am – 1pm et.listen → https://t.co/olyknWYznv donate → https://t.co/JhZ0g2Nm4P pic.twitter.com/kt2JuptI0L— my bloody valentine (@MBVofficial) April 19, 2021
― willem, Monday, 19 April 2021 12:50 (three years ago) link
is there really no pictures of them taken after 1994?
― boxedjoy, Monday, 19 April 2021 13:31 (three years ago) link
No more sorry
― Alba, Monday, 19 April 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link
he does put to the rest the idea that AR Kane were an influenceI have never thought that at the time or since, other than many post-Mary Chain bands were influencing each other and the aesthetic moment was driven by similar goals.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 19 April 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
his love for early De La Soul and Public Enemy They sampled PE on "Instrumental B". Love the bit about LI memories.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 19 April 2021 15:35 (three years ago) link
kevin shields on nts1 for the next hour starting from now
― building a hole (NickB), Monday, 19 April 2021 15:59 (three years ago) link
apparently j played a new dino jr song, wonder if kevin will play new MBV. doubt it
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 19 April 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
turned out to be a chat among the band, mostly reminiscing about their early days with each of them picking a couple of (other people's) tunes
j also played the theme song to the detectorists on his slot along with gbh and eater
― building a hole (NickB), Monday, 19 April 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2021/05/18/still-gliding-my-bloody-valentines-shields-talks-new-albums-southeast-asian-sounds.html
new interview where shields says that the two new albums are currently both planned for release next year, but there should be still some new music released this year (presumably pre-release singles?). i'll believe it when i hear it but i feel a little more optimistic than his previous promises of 'a new EP soon' etc. because we've heard more about the process in this year's interviews etc.
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
i think the concrete moves, signing to domino, getting on streaming, bode well. i don't trust anything he says but it seems like he realizes the band won't last forever
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
yeah, m b v was preceded by similar concrete moves like the remasters finally coming out so that's more reason to be optimistic too
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 21:55 (three years ago) link
Is it really the same original lead singer guy singing on Geek as on “Lovely Sweet Darlene”? Talk about a major change in singing styles. Why yes I am doing an MBV deep dive right now thanks for asking. Their early stuff is supposed to totally suck, but I actually don’t think it’s all that bad! Derivative as all hell, but still fun and noisy.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 9 May 2022 14:29 (two years ago) link
ikr, I remember listening to Tiger In My Tank on yt and every other comment was "wow they really sucked in the early days, huh?" and you know it might be a Cramps knock-off, but it's a good Cramps knock-off, plenty to appreciate even that early on.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 9 May 2022 14:37 (two years ago) link
Just clocking the "there should be still some new music released this year" post from May 2021. Sigh. Shields. Fucks sake man.
― Position Position, Monday, 9 May 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
I see you’re new here
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 9 May 2022 18:47 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZKdykpKQMk
(Miki Berenyi spotted in audience at 13:43)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 05:10 (one year ago) link
oh my god that's magic
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 08:14 (one year ago) link
Ha! And Chris P from silverfish next to me!— Miki Berenyi (@berenyi_miki) January 3, 2023
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 08:44 (one year ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/02/my-bloody-valentines-20-greatest-songs-ranked?CMP=share_btn_tw
― djh, Thursday, 2 February 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link