so...the last 15 years were about...what?
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 12 November 2012 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
Making money while still possible.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 November 2012 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
"Tearful, uplifting scenes today from reunion of Ciaran Gibbins and his family as he is returned home after a year as an INXS prisoner of war..."
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oFOut1CjZhw/TNv4yjXYsQI/AAAAAAAABF4/F1Kh0rj_Luw/s1600/lt.col_stirm_pow_returns_vietnam_war_mar171973.jpg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 November 2012 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
HAHA!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 November 2012 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
one of those album foldout sleeves that makes an instant poster for your wall! love this..
http://www.vinylclocks.com/wp-content/uploads/inxs-kick-vinyl-clock-gate-80s.jpg
― piscesx, Monday, 12 November 2012 08:00 (eleven years ago) link
PR is out now - last line:
As Jon Farriss says, “INXS’ touring days could never last forever. We wanted it to end on a high. And it has.”
― good naber He help get undr control (sic), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 04:05 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/gFuzh.gif
― gloveless (electricsound), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 04:20 (eleven years ago) link
did anyone else watch part 1 of the lolfacepalmfest tv movie that was 'Never Tear Us Apart: The INXS story'
As my sister described it: it's like an INXS episode of Home And Away. So bad. SO MANY HILARIOUS WIGS though. omg.
I'm gonna have to see if I can torr3nt part 2. It's just too craptastic to miss.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 February 2014 20:58 (ten years ago) link
zeitgeist thraed Veg
― (D1CK$) (sic), Thursday, 13 February 2014 21:24 (ten years ago) link
thx sic :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 February 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
Classic, especially because of 'Mediate' -- deep, mysterious and white-rappy in an entirely enjoyable and non-cringe-inducing way -- a solid mid-80s companion to 'West End Girls' in those regards.
― 3×5, Friday, 14 February 2014 06:20 (ten years ago) link
test
― flopson, Friday, 14 February 2014 06:27 (ten years ago) link
I just finished part 1 and it was absurdly wonderful. Reminds me of that hilariously bad Def Leppard biopic where Anthony Michael Hall played Mutt Lange.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 22 February 2014 01:21 (ten years ago) link
omg totally
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 February 2014 01:27 (ten years ago) link
I wish this mess was shorter so I could view the two movies as a double feature. So much cheesy fun.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 22 February 2014 01:36 (ten years ago) link
"Bono" just appeared in part 2 and HOLY FUCK.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:29 (ten years ago) link
ugh I still don't have part 2 yet, I MUST GO TO THE T0RRENTZ
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 February 2014 03:05 (ten years ago) link
I just binged and watched the whole thing at once. I was caught up in the rapture.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 22 February 2014 03:07 (ten years ago) link
masturbate asphyxiate..."kick" indeed.jockoes in the 6th form used to throw our pussy galore / black flag / goth obscurant cassettes outta the window and put this half-baked simpering drivel on
― massaman gai, Saturday, 22 February 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
jockoes otm
― föllakzoidberg (electricsound), Saturday, 22 February 2014 22:11 (ten years ago) link
jockoes get put in the bin. we put their inxs cassette in the kettle.
― massaman gai, Saturday, 22 February 2014 22:25 (ten years ago) link
jocko homo imo
― balls, Sunday, 23 February 2014 02:08 (ten years ago) link
i didn't watch any of this but i know the dude who played tim farriss.
― pearly-dewdrops' bops (monotony), Sunday, 23 February 2014 11:02 (ten years ago) link
he has a familiar face
― föllakzoidberg (electricsound), Sunday, 23 February 2014 11:21 (ten years ago) link
The dude who played Michael Hutchence is one of the stars of that Black Sails pirate show. I had no idea, but here he is right at the beginning of the first episode.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 22:31 (ten years ago) link
lol! I was toying with maybe watching it
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
Did you catch the second half of Never Tear Us Apart? Did you laugh heartily at Bono?
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
loooll yes did I ever!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:24 (ten years ago) link
That second half was hilariously bad. The earnest cheese of the first half went funky in a bad way.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:27 (ten years ago) link
totally
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:28 (ten years ago) link
best australian dramedy since HAWKE
any boss who doesn't let you read HAWKE LIVEBLOG THREAD is a bum
― stakker human leg (haitch), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link
can't they just put out a version of kick with all the 12" mixes on a second disc - don't want to have to pay $80 for a frickin box set
― stakker human leg (haitch), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:32 (ten years ago) link
new sensation towers over most of the rest of this album.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:33 (ten years ago) link
how did I never see Hawke wtf
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:38 (ten years ago) link
richard roxburgh as hawke
just gonna let you marinate on that for a bit
― stakker human leg (haitch), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:49 (ten years ago) link
fucking hell
i need that in my life
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 02:02 (ten years ago) link
while we're on a roxburgh tangent, i've been enjoying the hell out of rake lately.
― all is fair in love and womp (monotony), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 05:35 (ten years ago) link
that reminds me, must get crackin on rake before it leaves iview
― stakker human leg (haitch), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 05:59 (ten years ago) link
My top fifteen
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 April 2017 05:42 (seven years ago) link
uh looks like 14, Al. good selections tho
― Vinnie, Sunday, 30 April 2017 12:38 (seven years ago) link
'To Look At You' suspiciously absent.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 30 April 2017 13:28 (seven years ago) link
oh good -- I can add "This Time"
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 April 2017 14:02 (seven years ago) link
yes!
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 30 April 2017 14:44 (seven years ago) link
Sharp looking band all around too, at their best. Kirk Pengilly was kinda perfect nerd aspiration for 1987. (Some years after that, not so much.)
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 30 April 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
garry gary beers was a pretty regular outlier in that regard
behold
http://c8.alamy.com/comp/F2MMKD/inxs-australian-rock-group-with-garry-gary-beers-about-1985-photo-F2MMKD.jpg
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 30 April 2017 15:00 (seven years ago) link
When I was 12 or 13 or so my first concert was going to be either U2, INXS or Peter Gabriel at their popular peaks. Picked U2, adult me might have picked PG, younger me might have had the most fun at INXS, in retrospect.
They're a weird one, too good to dismiss as a singles band, but just short of a consistent album band. Love all of Listen Like Thieves and Kick, though, I think. MH one of the last gasps of a great traditional rock band frontman.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 April 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
U2 > INXS.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 30 April 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
great band. i think they're pretty undeniable up to and including Welcome to Wherever You Are.
― nomar, Sunday, 30 April 2017 18:53 (seven years ago) link
oddly, I like the Kick singles least.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 April 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
This was a must have in 87
― calstars, Sunday, 30 April 2017 19:34 (seven years ago) link
"never tear us apart" is good
― brimstead, Sunday, 30 April 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
"need you tonight" is pretty indisputably classic, the main riff at least. love the way hutchence sings 'i'm lonely...can't think at all'
― brimstead, Sunday, 30 April 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
Was the title track a single? Or just a solid deep cut? (If a title track can even be a deep cut)
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 April 2017 21:51 (seven years ago) link
I'll tell ya, it didn't feel so at the time but those X singles were a tonic on top forty radio in 1990-1991. I even have a fondness for "Bitter Tears," thanks to that house-influenced piano.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 May 2017 00:44 (seven years ago) link
I thought Not Enough Time and Heaven Sent were both underrated (undervalued?) later singles.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 May 2017 00:57 (seven years ago) link
I keep thinking X was a year late in retrospect -- not that they weren't still getting hits and all that but if that had come out in 1989 I think they might have gelled here even more strongly and kept them going longer.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 May 2017 00:58 (seven years ago) link
^^^ to your point: looking at what made the top forty and ten in December '91 versus January-February when "Disappear" was a hit is like, I dunno, December 1914 and looking at March or April. Not much had happened but everything had happened.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 May 2017 01:09 (seven years ago) link
Instead Michael went for art and Max Q. Hey, it was his life.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 May 2017 01:11 (seven years ago) link
i was v lukewarm on them when X came out, but now I like that album way more than I ever did at the time. And Welcome To Wherever You Are is pretty good in retrospect
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 1 May 2017 01:16 (seven years ago) link
xp VG I'd hate to out-Oz you but that'd be a Tim Farriss there, six strings on that guitar. GGB was on bass duties.Also for all y'all, hesitant recommend of Beck's record club version with St Vincent and Angus Andrew from Liars, among others - the version of New Sensation is superb. It's listed on his record club page but the links seem to default to the homepage. http://recordclub.beck.com/recordclub/
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Monday, 1 May 2017 06:08 (seven years ago) link
we can stop the world and let off all the fools and let em all live with their guns
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 9 November 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link
otm
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 9 November 2019 05:56 (four years ago) link
Revive otm. I’ve never been an INXS fan but tonight I was at friend’s house, who is a huge audiophile, and he played this album on the dolby atmos format and oh my god.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 9 November 2019 09:26 (four years ago) link
due to the lack of quality finds in the charity bins i have resorted to picking up stuff i would normally gloss over.subsequently in the last couple of weeks i have picked up Listen Like Thieves/Kick/X/Welcome To.i used to have no time for this band, but now, these albums are really hitting the spot.i think a lot of the love is down to the sax excess. makes me realise how rare it is to hear a sax on a track now.the production values are insane, and as Moka says, even on mid-level equipment these albums sound really good.
― mark e, Saturday, 23 November 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
well, i thought Mystify was a lovely documentary that told a tragic story really well.
― mark e, Sunday, 29 December 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
Yeah I agree. There's a revealing incident that I don't want to spoil for anyone who hasn't seen it but it explains a lot about him
Noel Gallagher is a cunt btw
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Sunday, 29 December 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
Don't remember seeing Noel getting any shit at the time for the Hutchence comment at the time. Guess everyone just wanted to be in their 'gang' at that point
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 29 December 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
as i said elsewhere, i hope that a young band do to NG what he did to Michael.
― mark e, Sunday, 29 December 2019 21:57 (four years ago) link
Sleaford Mods (not exactly young fellas but whatevs) constantly have a pop at NG which riles him up
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Sunday, 29 December 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
also, as the final chapter was tabloid excess, i tuned out and cared not.it really was horrid for all concerned.no-one came out of it well.i loved loved the final few mins that showed him and andy adlibbing Mystify in the studio which given how massive that song became is quite something.and i would never ever have gone to see them live as i was a full on music snob when they were at their peak, but, damn, they looked insanely good live.
― mark e, Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
There's a revealing incident that I don't want to spoil for anyone who hasn't seen it but it explains a lot about him
the before and after is quite startling.
― mark e, Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
I was too young and didn't give a toss about music in the late 80s to bother with them and by the 90s, I was all about the grunge and indie.
"Need you tonight" & "Never tear us apart" are mighty singles
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:12 (four years ago) link
there are quite a few songs i could add to that mini list, all of which probably feature on their greatest hits compilation to be fair.
― mark e, Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:25 (four years ago) link
I'm about halfway through the Hutchence doc and it's pretty good, and makes some smart choices. The first is that it discards the talking head format and just uses voiceover interviews, which is kind of key, because a) it keeps the focus on Hutchence and b) he's so magnetic and charismatic it's hard to keep your eyes off him to begin with. Second, it doesn't really hinge on INXS, choosing instead to tell his story through his romantic relationships, which could be a cheesy or tacky tactic or simply salacious, but it instead provides a pretty intimate portrait of this guy who feared loneliness and craved personal connection and loved nothing more than to share his love of life with someone else. Third, it's called "Mystify" rather than "Never Tear Us Apart," which I'm sure had to be in consideration at some point but which would have been a little too on the nose.
Curious where the story goes ... just kidding. Sigh.
It does make me want to put on the Max Q album, which I forgot existed.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 June 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
Third, it's called "Mystify" rather than "Never Tear Us Apart," which I'm sure had to be in consideration at some point
probably would have caused confusion with the 2014 biopic
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
cf
The Australian Zeitgeist Tracking Thread
and
Classic or Dud: INXS - Kick
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
Sic, I dunno exactly where you're from, but I noticed Hutchence's accent to be very mild. Was that just me?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 June 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
He spent some formative years in Hong Kong and there was always an Englishness to his accent which was noticeable to us Strayans.I found the doco pretty good, and sad of course, pretty compelling to see INXS completely run off the rails after his head injury and the terrible way it wasn't treated. One thing which pissed me off mightily was the hamhanded use of image stabilisation, I felt like I was drunk or looking at some bad 90s video concept during all the live footage.
― assert (MatthewK), Sunday, 28 June 2020 23:28 (three years ago) link
He lived mainly in Hong Kong as an adult too afaik. Generally his accent sounds perfectly reasonable for someone from Belrose / Frenchs Forest - loads of my schoolmates' parents from one suburb away had full on seth efrican accents in the decade after Kick times.
I see the doco is available streaming from the library on Hoopla, will check it out just to see this image stabilisation hoo-ha.
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Monday, 29 June 2020 00:16 (three years ago) link
Until the doc I'd never even bothered to notice that Chris Thomas produced "Listen Like Thieves," "Kick" and "X." Now clearly he was the right choice, but they by and large sound like such outliers among his credits. That is, "Original Sin" was produced by Nile Rodgers, who seems like a perfect fit for this material, but INXS is so slick and shiny compared to a lot of Thomas's usual stuff. I guess it's a testament to his talents that he could shift gears so seamlessly in service of a band's vision.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link
Chris Thomas also produced four Roxy Music albums, which I don't believe is too much of a stretch. Interestingly, INXS worked with Nile Rodgers before Duran Duran did.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 15 May 2023 08:39 (eleven months ago) link
When NR&”C” played a 1200-cap room in Sydney circa 2010, they played Original Sun for the first time ever, and Nile shouted out / thanked a Farriss (…and Pengilly?) in the vips. The Farriss and his entourage then fucked off halfway through the next song.
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Monday, 15 May 2023 09:56 (eleven months ago) link
How did I never weigh in on this one?
I wouldn't say "dud," but "classic" seems like kind of an exalted term of INXS. That said, their "on" moments ("Burn For You," "Don't Change," "Listen Thieves," and ... some others) are pretty goddamn great.
I still have the Max Q album, as well.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 19:59 (eleven months ago) link
"Listen LIKE Thieves," that is.
"This Time" was pretty great, as well.
Oh I'm a complete idiot, this is just about KICK. Please ignore me (more than you probably already do).
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:00 (eleven months ago) link
Good to see you here Alex!!
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:08 (eleven months ago) link
LLT >> Kick
I understand why the latter was the breakthrough, though.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:12 (eleven months ago) link
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:15 (eleven months ago) link