oh man i have no idea
― THEY HAVE CREATED ANOTHER (jjjusten), Monday, 22 February 2010 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
am able to eliminate anything that features oran "juice" jones or steven tyler
― THEY HAVE CREATED ANOTHER (jjjusten), Monday, 22 February 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
btw sorry for stealing one of your future polls from you
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Monday, 22 February 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
how's that Joan Jett song?
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 February 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost no issue, i am mostly looking for soundtracks no one other than me was dumb enough to buy.
― THEY HAVE CREATED ANOTHER (jjjusten), Monday, 22 February 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
also, exclusively doing stuff i had on casette, and i have this on LP
― THEY HAVE CREATED ANOTHER (jjjusten), Monday, 22 February 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Pleasant, not deathless, she's done better.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 February 2010 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
"Goin' Back to Cali" is one of the best songs ever. FACT.
― soft serve space age blap (The Reverend), Monday, 22 February 2010 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.dailypilot.com/content/articles/2007/07/01/business/dpt-cosi01.jpghttp://www.gn.com/SiteCollectionImages/Press%20Room/Download%20images/GN_300dpi.jpg
― Joannon HOOM (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 22 February 2010 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Hahaha
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 February 2010 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
JOHN BY SAYING WHAT YOUR ARE SAYING YOUR ARE FORESAKING "THE RAIN" AND THEREFORE BEING A VERY VERY SILLY RABBIT.
― julio caeser soze (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 22 February 2010 23:38 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^
also lol at whiney
― soft serve space age blap (The Reverend), Monday, 22 February 2010 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
it's godawful. though not as godawful as the oran juice jones song.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
i am eliminating oran "juice" from this poll, not my ears in the rest of the world, so no stress dudes, the rain remains safe and unbesmirched.
might vote for the slayer tbh
― THEY HAVE CREATED ANOTHER (jjjusten), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 01:35 (fourteen years ago) link
oran "juice" jones is pretty cool when he's being a dick, like "the rain" or "cold spendin' my money." but i don't remember his song on this at all.
voted danzig cause "goin' back to cali" is going to get a lot of votes anyway. and lounge-danzig is pretty cool.
― PANZER DIVISION DEVO (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 01:48 (fourteen years ago) link
An extremely dull and sappy duet. God knows what Rubin was thinking.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 01:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Crossover potential?
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link
No one wants to vouch for Orbison, eh? Fine. I'll remember where you guys live.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:05 (fourteen years ago) link
No one wants to vouch for Orbison, eh?
Sounds like someone missed unperson's post upthread (and mine, more implicitly admittedly).
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I always thought of that song as the spark for Rubin figuring something could work with Johnny Cash covering the work of more recent songwriters, given the Danzig co-write credit.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I was so upset with you I don’t know what to do‘N’ my first impulse was to run up on youAnd do a RamboWhip out the jammy and flat-blast both of youBut I ain’t wanna mess up this thirty-seven hundred dollar lynx coatSo instead… I chilled (yeah)
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
orbison song is great, but slayer distilling inagaddadavida to a 3.5 minute song is a great achievement imo
― THEY HAVE CREATED ANOTHER (jjjusten), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Having fun skipping around all these tracks again here at home. The Slayer cover is crazy great.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry, Ned. Missed the first couple posts.
Christgau:
Less Than Zero [Def Jam, 1987]
Despite the execrable title song and Poison's attempted "Rock and Roll All Nite," this is one tough and imaginative soundtrack. I love the way the Bangles schlock up "Hazy Shade of Winter" (sounds like the Grass Roots song it should have been) and Slayer revs up "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (a great tune cut down to size). Even better are a debut by the Black Flames, a def and jamming answer to the Force M.D.'s, and a Public Enemy track that finally lives up to their fierce political rep (they like Farrakhan and dis critics, but nobody said you had to agree with them). "Are You My Woman"/"Bring the Noise," the resulting twelve-inch is called. Those who never trust a soundtrack should buy one. B+
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Forgot that "Hazy Shade of Winter" only went to #2, why the hell didn't that top the chart.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
It was inescapable, wasn't it? And my local radio station played the crazy-bongo 12" version Dan loves.
The Bangles topped the chart with their two worst songs, while two of their BEST peaked at #2 (guess the one other).
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Jeez, it was too long since I heard "Goin' Back to Cali," why the hell did I think it was a lot more low key than it is?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
oh hell yeah, it's a weird song. totally holds up, i think.love LL's delivery on it, the "she said she liked the ocean" line still pops into my head sometimes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdizL4on-Rc
― Brio, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
she saidshe liked the beach
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
oran "juice" jones is pretty cool when he's being a dick, like "the rain" or "cold spendin' my money." but i don't remember his song on this at all.An extremely dull and sappy duet. God knows what Rubin was thinking.
Pretty sure that the Rubin half of the Def Jam equation wasn't putting all the played-out R&B jams on here
― paul wall destroyer (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
pink cookiesin a plasticbagbeing crushby buildings
― julio caeser soze (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Had/have? this on vinyl. LL vs Bangles.
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Bangles topped the chart with their two worst songs, while two of their BEST peaked at #2
Oh come on -- "Walk Like An Egyptian" >>>>>>> "Manic Monday" any day of the week (Monday included.)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
not otm
― paul wall destroyer (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
(Well okay, at least one >. I used to kind of hate "Manic Monday" actually, but I've grown to like it more over the years. Still, calling "Egyptian" one of their "two worst songs" is just....goofy.)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Same here, but even when I thought it sucked MM was still better than "Egyptian."
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:25 (fourteen years ago) link
any song with whistling in the chorus is automatically awesome
― Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:25 (fourteen years ago) link
"Hazy Shade of Winter" >> "If She Knew What She Wants" >>>>>>>> "Going Down to Liverpool" >>>>> "In Your Room" >>>> "Manic Monday"
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I note "Eternal Flame" has been drowned in a primeval peat bog.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
The Bangs > The Bangles. (Okay, I probably don't really believe that. But it's possible.)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
It's got its defenders 'round these parts.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Liverpool>Monday>Hazy>Room>Egyptian>>>Flame
― Brio, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess we need a Bangles singles poll.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I actually have a copy of New York Rocker from 1982 where Byron Coley reviews their live set, opening for Salvation Army and the Last, before they added the "les" part. ("The fluid vocal blend the Bangs're able to achieve at moments contrast with their instrumental rough spots while simulataneously smoothing them over, and the overall effect's mighty fuggin' pleasant.")
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I love how the eighties were apparently about stacking lots of TV sets around dance floors for a combination "futuristic" and narcissistic ambience.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
http://skew.dailyskew.com/uploaded_images/watchmen10-700511.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
xp Uh, guess they already had the "s." (Looks like their debut EP as the Bangles actually came out later that year. Coley is upset that people are already comparing them to the Go-Gos, when they remind him more of "SF's long-gone Urge -- with the difference bein' Vickie Peterson's superior songwriting and cover choices." Apparently they did "Pushin' Too Hard." The show was at the Whisky.)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.allposters.com/IMAGES/RSPOD/RS496.jpg
Lookit all the purple.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
"In Your Room" is an astonishingly sexy song.
― begs the question, when is enough enough (Euler), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
voted PE btw
― begs the question, when is enough enough (Euler), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf guys, "Eternal Flame" is a great song
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
tough choice between PE and LL, but I voted for Cali - mainly because I still listen to the song probably once or twice a month. I've always had a soft spot for Slayer's inagaddadavida cover, but mostly because of Lombardo's awesome caveman-ish drumming.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
WTF Missing Chapter of Clockwork Orange?
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, the original final chapter that was excised from the American printing. (And as a consequence is not in the movie.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link
in a Gadda da vida was awful. even Slayer loathe that cover.
― Ballistic, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
During my lunch break I walked to the library and actually flipped through this issue on microfiche. Rolling Stone ran...content then (lots of crap too).
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
As much love as I have for "Bring the Noise" gotta vote Bangles on this one.
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 6 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 7 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Not surprised to see LL Cool J win this so handily, but very surprised to see Roy Orbison poll so low.
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Sunday, 7 March 2010 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
About this soundtrack....
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 May 2020 12:18 (three years ago) link
This soundtrack is great, the movie... not so much. I'd never seen it before last night. I like Spader and some of the locations are gorgeous though. Maybe it's just the nearly four decades of rich kids descending into addiction films since, but every single beat played out exactly like you knew it would. Interesting to read that there was apparently a lot of studio meddling to make it "less decadent", maybe there was a better film in there somewhere.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 23 December 2021 02:31 (two years ago) link
There is. The novel's trash, but its ersatz Didion-esque approach was too much at the time, therefore the Cautionary Tale approach.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 December 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link
film is bad yep but still worth watching for peerless 80s aesthetics and really beautiful score by thomas newman
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Thursday, 23 December 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
It has a scene where Robert Downey Jr breaks into his dad's mansion's mirrored weight room to steal Robert Palmer's Riptide so he can get cocaine by selling it, what more does one want out of a movie.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 December 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
Watch Bright Lights, Big City and you'll want to apologize to Less Than Zero
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 December 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
Tho I think BL, BC's soundtrack exposed me to New Order
The BLBC soundtrack album was pretty great. M/A/R/R/S, Donald Fagen, Konk, Depeche Mode, New Order...as a 15-year-old I was mesmerized.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 24 December 2021 01:41 (two years ago) link
I won't waste energy defending it, but I actually like Bright Lights--seen it two or three times. Mostly I like a few of the performances: Fox, Frances Sternhagen and John Houseman (more my idea of The New Yorker than a certain recent film), even Robards' hammy drunk.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 December 2021 01:57 (two years ago) link
I read the book but never saw the movie.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 24 December 2021 01:59 (two years ago) link
This was peak era for porno with titles that parodied popular films and yes, there was indeed a film released around the same time entitled "Bright Lights Big Titties"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161325/
― sarahell, Friday, 24 December 2021 08:03 (two years ago) link