Spacemen 3 - classic or unutterably shite?

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"Feeling Just Fine (Head Full of Shit)" sounds reeeeeally good under the right circumstances.

Trip Maker, Friday, 14 January 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link

Plus Kember had released the first Spectrum album by that point and the Angel 12". He looked like the together/productive member of the group lol!

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 14 January 2011 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link

the LP sleeve for those first couple Spectrum albums are some of my all-time favorite psychedelic gimmick-style designs

assorted curses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 14 January 2011 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link

They are great records too!

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 14 January 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link

"Big City" is my favorite S3 song ever and "Why Couldn't I See" is always the song I send to ppl who have never heard/heard of S3 before. Recurring is amazing.

lamey g. curtis (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 14 January 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link

but yeah, 1st sonic boom LP and those early spectrum 12"s looked great

normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Friday, 14 January 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51esl5TFMXL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

^^ underrated

am0n, Friday, 14 January 2011 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link

Thomas Koner is underrated!

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 14 January 2011 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link

might be heresy, but i like that e.a.r. album more than actual thomas koner stuff i've heard

ilxor, Friday, 14 January 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link

Out.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 January 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link

;_;

ilxor, Friday, 14 January 2011 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link

two years pass...

so these lyrics are all about drugs.

Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link

also Jesus

four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link

you are sensitive to details

nostormo, Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:48 (eleven years ago) link

also bubblegum and rollercoasters

the late great, Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link

and politics (revolution)

nostormo, Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:53 (eleven years ago) link

band that seems awesome in theory but is actually pretty boring. dud.

Poliopolice, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link

Opened me up to the world of underground psych. Classic.

Trip Maker, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link

90% classic, 10% boring

nostormo, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link

best rock band of all time

the late great, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:35 (eleven years ago) link

rock and roll

nostormo, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:36 (eleven years ago) link

My favorite band.

That's it. No more to add.

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link

No surprise re: people who are very wrong itt

easily one of the best rock bands of the 80's.

my mental killfile seems to be working (sleeve), Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:44 (eleven years ago) link

oh my god, it's made of drugs

I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link

elvis great sleeve otm

I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link

what about me?

nostormo, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link

i guess i'm 90% otm, 10% wrong

nostormo, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:51 (eleven years ago) link

Recurring, probaby their most accessible record, is also very underrated

nostormo, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:54 (eleven years ago) link

Recurring, probaby their most accessible record, is also very underrated

Especially the super-long UK CD version!

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link

I'm all about forged prescriptions

the late great, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link

those are the best kind

I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 April 2013 22:00 (eleven years ago) link

forged prescriptions 2XCD is amazing

four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 18 April 2013 22:01 (eleven years ago) link

Playing With Fire >> Recurring. Could never be arsed with the rest. These always sounded fantastic on the walkman while still e'd or phetted up from the night before and some of Pierce's best ever songs on these.

Jason Dowd, Thursday, 18 April 2013 22:11 (eleven years ago) link

bubblegum and rollercoasters and jesus lyrics are secretly about drugs too. this is my theory, and mine alone. you may disagree, but it is true i tell you.

Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Friday, 19 April 2013 02:15 (eleven years ago) link

music itself is a drug because it is a thing that has a chemical effect on your brain that causes you to feel things. drugs, my high school english teacher told me, just unlock the doors -- the doors of PERCEPTION -- that have always been there, only they've been locked. all lyrics are about drugs, because EVERYTHING is drugs.

drugs.

authentically inauthentic (Pat Finn), Friday, 19 April 2013 02:40 (eleven years ago) link

no that is a bad theory. most things are not drugs. the things spacemen 3 sing about, on the other hand, are drugs. this is how u can tell the difference.

Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Friday, 19 April 2013 02:43 (eleven years ago) link

i mean, i learned this in school though there were grades

authentically inauthentic (Pat Finn), Friday, 19 April 2013 02:44 (eleven years ago) link

the answer to the thread though is classic i don't understand why people wouldn't like droney psychadelic lazily-sung music like this. it's like drugs.

authentically inauthentic (Pat Finn), Friday, 19 April 2013 02:56 (eleven years ago) link

there is nothing lazy about this music.

Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Friday, 19 April 2013 03:08 (eleven years ago) link

"lazily sung" was just descriptive, not a value judgement, i just meant that the singer sounds chill and not worked up for the most part on perfect prescription.

authentically inauthentic (Pat Finn), Friday, 19 April 2013 03:12 (eleven years ago) link

xp well, it feels lazy, esp c perfect script. or it always has to me.

I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Friday, 19 April 2013 03:24 (eleven years ago) link

Do you like drugs?
Have you ever felt alone?
Do you still believe in love?

I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Friday, 19 April 2013 03:25 (eleven years ago) link

well me too

I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Friday, 19 April 2013 03:25 (eleven years ago) link

I love drugs so much i married drugs

the late great, Friday, 19 April 2013 04:10 (eleven years ago) link

drugs have been a harsh mistress for me. but then again, that's what i like about her.

authentically inauthentic (Pat Finn), Friday, 19 April 2013 04:14 (eleven years ago) link

sorry, that was a stupid joke.

authentically inauthentic (Pat Finn), Friday, 19 April 2013 04:24 (eleven years ago) link

I decided to get stoned and listen to Forged Prescrips and "Walking with Jesus" is playing and I am having *such a moment* and it's making me giggle

hoda nkotb (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 19 April 2013 04:49 (eleven years ago) link

there is nothing lazy about this music.

A point that's often lost when talking about them. As easy as it is to dismiss them as hazy druggie fucks, the intensity to the sound is tremendous. "Dreamweapon" doesn't put me to sleep at all - it's too intense and I get caught up in it. The only other art that's induced a similar reaction is going to La Monte Young's Dream House or watching Sistiaga's experimental films.

Elvis Telecom, Friday, 19 April 2013 06:04 (eleven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

just picked up "taking drugs to make music to take drugs to" despite years of misgivings about sound quality. hey they're demos right?

i'm an idiot! this is amazing!

the late great, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link

Always been my favorite.

Trip Maker, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:44 (eleven years ago) link


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