Listened to Second Edition last night, gawd what a fucking great record, "vocalist" or not. Haterz are insane.
― hstencil, Friday, 10 January 2003 16:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
I AM NOT WRONG. The man has only sung FIVE NOTES in his entire career. He does so in a shrieky, histrionic way no matter what the song is. Jesus Christ, people!His blood pressure is 260 over 100! Intensive care...Stat!
― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― hstencil, Friday, 10 January 2003 16:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― hstencil, Friday, 10 January 2003 16:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
dan learned the def of singing at school. and we all know schools suck.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― hstencil, Friday, 10 January 2003 17:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Friday, 10 January 2003 17:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 11 January 2003 08:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
punk= impressionismpost-punk = post impressionism.
would you complain that Van Gogh could'nt paint? because compared to social realist or other 19th C skools the guy has got NO CHOPS.
impressionism burst that bubble. like punk.
if Lydon doesn't convince you to buy into the misanthropic mood then, sure, you can consider him a crap singer.
Me? He sold me. Post-punk expressionism, he is the Van Gogh of vocalists maaaan.
btw: how would "real good singers" have coped with the themes of metal box? How owuld say, Ella, have interpereted all that claustrophic, dub influenced, post-punk, anti-corpotate after pistols angst? sweetly? or with a five-note off key whine?
― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 11 January 2003 12:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ben Williams, Saturday, 11 January 2003 14:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― Sean (Sean), Saturday, 11 January 2003 19:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
'Albatross' is abt Mclaren for instance but I haven't looked up the lyrics in a while or heard it. maybe tonight.
sean: the metal box CD (with the metal case, which is what i have) doesn't have an info booklet but mine came with a small piece of paper with the track listing and who's in it (though it doesn't say what they do).
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 11 January 2003 20:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Saturday, 11 January 2003 21:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'll give you the tracklisting and who's in it.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 11 January 2003 21:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
heh...thanks to marcello again. was looking at 'Church of Me' and he did a write up on metal Box. go there.
I listened to some of the tracks again. Lydon's vocal on 'Chant' is prob my favourite. an example to every up and coming singer.
Look Dan, if you want great singing go to Lydon, albert ayler and Kurt schiwitters OK.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 11 January 2003 21:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
look at the entry for jan 8th
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 11 January 2003 21:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 11 January 2003 23:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
OTM, except for the condescending tone.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Sunday, 12 January 2003 13:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 12 January 2003 15:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
i like that my can has completely rusted!!
― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 12 January 2003 17:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
levene's name is also spelt as 'leven'.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 12 January 2003 21:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
also i always thought the albatross they were getting rid of was the notion of lydon as pop star/spokesman/punk prophet/working class hero (nad that was why Wobble sang it)
― gaz (gaz), Sunday, 12 January 2003 21:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― robertw, Monday, 13 January 2003 15:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 13 January 2003 15:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Monday, 13 January 2003 15:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 13 January 2003 15:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
ah!
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 13 January 2003 15:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 13 January 2003 15:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 13 January 2003 16:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
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