the hardest working band in showbiz is BACK!
p sure that title belongs to MBV iirc
psyched for this btw
― HOOTERS FOOD AND BEVERAGE (Pillbox), Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
:D
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
p sure that title belongs to MBV iirci dunno, relatively speaking, MBV have worked their asses off in the past few years.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
Magick Power is one for the repeat button. Mind Blowing.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
still haven't checked out the new songs but I felt so let down by Swans that I'm not sure whether I should
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 21 October 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
needed 4 seconds to fall in love with 'Lay myself down'
― meisenfek, Friday, 21 October 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― treeses, help me find my proper place (Pillbox), Friday, 21 October 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― treeses, help me find my proper place (Pillbox), Friday, 21 October 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
hee, wonder if sandoval and roback have just coasted for the last decade and a half on royalties from this songSoundtrack appearancesFilmThe 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.
TelevisionIt 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.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
lol at four times on CSI Miami! how lazy.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
NBC's Love Bites
lol
― treeses, help me find my proper place (Pillbox), Friday, 21 October 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
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
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
You've missed a legendary thread, then:
"Starship Troopers" - Verhoeven is a mad genius!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 October 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12670-common-burn/
very very good
― nostormo, Friday, 28 October 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
wow totally have never noticed Fade Into You in Starship Troopers, that seems oddly incongruous
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 October 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
oddly incongruous or just incongruous? /pedant
― ah, how quaint (Matt P), Friday, 28 October 2011 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sImidxw4Mr8
― fauxmarc, Monday, 31 October 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
can't even hear it, no wonder I never noticed it
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 31 October 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
powerful scene
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
my wife was convinced that fade into you was used in this classsssic scene, but she was wrong! close though, kindahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSOyjqgITI&
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
what the hell is that
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 31 October 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
I only watch erotic thrillers
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 31 October 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
looks like this might qualify tho lol
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 31 October 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Tired of these edcuated basic bitches. (lilsoulbrother), Monday, 16 January 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
I couldn't imagine watching them at a giant festival, and I've been a fan for quite some time.
― Matt M., Monday, 16 January 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
Those three albums are pretty amazing, though - the third in particular gets nowhere near the love / respect it deserves.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 16 January 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
third is my favourite
― virtual gape machine (electricsound), Monday, 16 January 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Monday, 16 January 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
All three albums are essential, but I can't imagine them being any good in a live setting like Coachella*. I saw Hope Sandoval a few years ago in an intimate, gorgeous theater, and even that setting felt too demanding for her.
― Evan R, Monday, 16 January 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
(*not that I wouldn't try to see them there anyway if I had the chance)
And new album finally en route...
http://www.spin.com/articles/mazzy-star-california-stream-seasons-of-your-day
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link
the b-side to that 7" from last year was pretty great!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
oh it was a double A-side... "lay myself down" was the good one.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
This track is soooooo good.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
it's great how they do so much with so little. i need to figure out how they get that reverb.
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
cool stuff. was just listening to that hope sandoval solo record from ... wow, more than a decade ago? it is totally great.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
RIP Keith Mitchell, the amazing drummer on all the Opal and Mazzy Star stuff:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mazzy-star-drummer-keith-mitchell-dead-w482297
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 15 May 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
Ah man, that's a shame. Truly the underrated factor in all that work.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 May 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
:( RIP
― Οὖτις, Monday, 15 May 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
damn, that is too bad — very cool player.
― tylerw, Monday, 15 May 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
Aw, that's sad... RIP Mr. Mitchell, you made many great records!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 15 May 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
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somehow i never listened to bavarian fruit bread before but man it is killer, certainly as good as any mazzy record imo
― marcos, Thursday, 29 March 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
"suzanne"!!!!!
― marcos, Thursday, 29 March 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
The hunter record she recently brought out is solid too
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Thursday, 29 March 2018 19:32 (six years ago) link
Everything she's ever done is good imo but nothing will top STTIMS for me.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 29 March 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link