Primal Scream.

I have no idea what's been a single this year and what hasn't, but I do love 2013, and about three other tracks on this record, and have enjoyed the whole thing considerable more than I thought I would. Turn Each Other Inside Out is my favourite.

hey this is pretty good!

cheeseball me sort of wishes this whole album were like It's Allright, It's OK

Does anyone have any secret insider info on why they cancelled their entire North American tour?

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/11/primal-scream-death-guitarist-robert-young

bummer

My assumption was that he had a massive drug problem (and by Primal Scream standards) which lead to the sabbatical, so I guess this isn't that surprising. Which kind of makes it sadder.

Boab (tearfully): "Wan o' th' immortals.. o' course he's deid noo."

Was wondering why he was not on the last record. :(
he was not lookin too healthy in that screamadelica doc
RIP

Just heard.

Rip Throb, irreplaceable (but they replaced him anyway)

cool post tom d

rip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njvSVr2D6yE

awe, RIP.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/resources/images/3290791/?htype=26

it's what he would have wanted

I LOVE their b-side "When the Kingdom", which features guitar from Paul Weller. I first discovered it on a CD that
accompanied an issue of Q magazine

as indicated above,
i loved the last album.
and still do.
the new album : yes/no ?
the reviews say no.
the coverart says fuck-no.
the collabs say : possibly.

there was a burnt out motorbike in the park by my house tonight

every time a motorcycle fuel tank ignites, madeleine albright feels a bitter chill run down her spine

Keep your dreams is all time

They're much mocked on here, and I think Screamadelica is actually quite overrated - but I'll always have a lot of time for XTRMNTR and especially Vanishing Point.

^ same. Love those records

Vanishing Point is their peak, imo, followed by Echo Dek, then Screamadelica. Never played XTRMNTR because of the Shoot Speed song and one of the songs I heard had some obnoxious guitar on it. Also the collab with Bernard Sumner was shit. Probably should listen again.

Assuming you're talking about accelerator, which is a vital blast of noise. You'd probably like the rest of the record other than those two songs, which seem to benefit
Most from the influence of Kevin shields.

wtf the Shoot Speed song is awesome

as is obnoxious guitar

i play MBV ARKESTRA loudly in the car every couple of months

Feel like accelerator is one of those songs that lives up to the title. It's like full on nitro bliss

I saw a burnt out wheelie-bin earlier, pure anarchy.

"Is that some cunt oan ILX rippin' the pish oot o' me again?"

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obsessive favourite band in screamadelica era - saw them live 1992 while pumped full of substances and it is one of the handful of live shows in a lifetime of gig-going that actually fulfilled the transcendent promise/potential of the concert experience (drugs + fandom + dancing + band self-awarely in their "imperial phase" is a great combo)

tried to keep the fire alive during "give out..." era in face of diminishing returns, got pretty hard into vanishing point and xtrmtr, then out

their massive record collection schtick feels corny/tired in retrospect but grateful to them for pointing pre-internet young suburbanite me onto various cool things - coltrane/mc5/can/dennis wilson whatever

happened to listen to dirty hits last week, first spin in a decade-plus - the screamadelica stuff feels really lame now IMO, vanishing point and xtrmtr stuff holds up better than i would have guessed, some of those later tracks (miss lucifer kind of era) were fun to hear again

Kill all hippies will always be a jam

their massive record collection schtick feels corny/tired in retrospect but grateful to them for pointing pre-internet young suburbanite me onto various cool things

yep... screamadelica sent me to both dance music and the rolling stones.

Listening to XTRMNTR now and I remembered I have 2 12”s from this album. Two Lone Swordsman mixes of Swastika Eyes that I love and a 12” with If They Move Kill Them. Kill All Hippies sounded great right now.

Was really digging Pills until this ending. Oh dear. Poor Bobby.

i saw Primal Scream about two years ago here in Los Angeles, it was a great show. seen them now around ten times, always a good time even the Give Out but Don't Give Up tour was amazing. no joke, they were touring with Depeche Mode for that album and then they did a Hell's Angel concert at the Whiskey A Go Go on Sunset. that show was probably their best show that i saw and they were high as hell. don't care for all the stuff and some is probably really dated but there are more hits than misses in their catalog over the years.

i actually went to that Depeche Mode show and left early, must have been the Songs of Faith and Devotion tour. today, i'm thinking why the hell did i leave early? David was really wasted from what i remember thou.

Pills is a good Automator beat but that ending will always be eh

i saw a scream show at shepherd's bush empire xmas 94 that had the sabres of paradise live band as support, a dj set from chemical bros (when dust bros), an unannounced acoustic set from noel gallagher and an encore of so sad about us and dark end of the street (and the remix version of jailbird maaaaybe?) with primal scream, NG and paul weller

i posit to you that this is the most 1994est night's indie entertainment of all 1994

Interesting about Dark End of the Street. I just checked out this playlist Bobby did for the Guardian and he bookends the playlist with different versions. https://open.spotify.com/user/primal-scream/playlist/0v4fWSjpdokf6WitD4xW8F?si=_JOc3z8xQx2omzkhgT8zxA

Will rep for this album, which everyone (including me) forgets, but which is ace:
https://img.discogs.com/8Iw_5E8DHp1p9iNe9k4rBEDvqfo=/fit-in/599x547/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-338842-1264294182.jpeg.jpg

and I fucking love the end of Pills, you just have to go with it

this twitter "tribute" to Denise doesn't seem right.

We were sad to hear about the passing of Denise Johnson. Our condolences to her family and friends. Denise's vital contributions to our Screamadelica & Give Out But Don't Give Up albums and tours are a testament to her talent. Precious Memories. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/gTlFiqn0kS

— Primal Scream (@ScreamOfficial) July 28, 2020

Actually, maybe it was bad of me to bring that here. Everyone deals with things differently, after all.

What's wrong with it?

It seemed unfeeling to me but maybe I'm wrong.

I had second thoughts as soon as I posted it.

It's a bit awkward.

Too formal?

Generally, she does seem very well loved.

Perhaps, yes. And yes, she does. I spoke to her at the Glasgow Plaza ballroom PS/The Orb gig that was just before Screamadelica came out and she seemed very nice and very shy.

You'd sort of imagine that there would be a beautiful anecdote about a glorious, ridiculous, messy time. I'm sure that will appear in time.

^ just searched, Kris Needs has a twitter but only twooted once

I agree that it reads weirdly. Each of the four sentences in that tweet works to distance the band from Denise Johnson. The odd use of the past tense in the first sentence; making it clear in the second that they're not among her friends; precisely describing the boundaries of her contribution in the third; lastly, reinforcing that it was all in the past. I bet it reflects less ill-feeling towards her and more mild umbrage at the "Primal Scream singer dies" headlines.