― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 13 June 2003 10:27 (twenty years ago) link
― kate (kate), Friday, 13 June 2003 10:29 (twenty years ago) link
*bows* It is one of those periods in my life where I can pretty much pin down everything in the air as opposed to floating randomly through it all.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 13 June 2003 14:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 16 April 2005 07:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Saturday, 16 April 2005 07:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 23 June 2005 23:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 23 June 2005 23:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 23 June 2005 23:44 (eighteen years ago) link
"Kundalini Express" rocks so fuckin' hard I can hardly stand it.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 23 June 2005 23:46 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyway, blah blah blah blah...LOVE AND ROCKETS WERE GODLIKE. For a little while, at least.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 23 June 2005 23:52 (eighteen years ago) link
BECAME an obstreporous...blah blah blah.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 23 June 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 23 June 2005 23:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 24 June 2005 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 24 June 2005 11:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 24 June 2005 11:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 24 June 2005 11:38 (eighteen years ago) link
"So I'd need a million dollarsTo sit on mountaintopsTo see the stars surround youIs to see an awful lot..."
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kate Classic (kate), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
While i think the self titled album is grossly underrated, the second disc is far more interesting, if not for the completely absurd KCRW interview that takes up the last half of it. Deidre O'Donahue, the radio show host, is just being "OMG you guys are ROFLing me.. you're derailing my radio show lol" and the band are obviously either a) REALLY tired, b) on acid, or c) both a and b. In any case, Daniel and David are being extremely funny and uncooperative, and they request all sorts of weird stuff to play, and Daniel randomly blurts out sax noises occasionally.
― dali madison's nut (donut), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
"STEADY....EASY...!!!"
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
They're back! (Playing Sunday at Coachella.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
The way out of date official page might have to update now:
http://www.loveandrockets.org/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 00:51 (sixteen years ago) link
One of the few I'd go to see at Coachella -- if I were going.
― stephen, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 01:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, now that Bauhaus is well and truly out of the way, I guess we should've seen it coming.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 01:59 (sixteen years ago) link
burning from the inside, 7th dream, and thr british version of pop are three of the greatest albums i have ever owned. and NOT just cuz they remind me of all the acid i used to do when i was 16/17. though they were great for that. i never stopped playing them.
-- scott seward (scott seward), Friday, June 24, 2005 11:38 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link
I'M STILL ON THE MONEY!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 02:17 (sixteen years ago) link
They were certainly more enjoyable than Bauhaus. Especially when they were really propulsive ("Kundalini", "I Feel Speed", etc.) -- Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, June 24, 2005 11:04 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link
Uh, "I Feel Speed" is actually one of their most *ambient* tracks. ;-) -- Ned Raggett (Ned)
I really should learn to read, shouldn't I? Or at least attempt to ascertain titles...Anyway, the two transportation-odes that surround it are plenty propulsive.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 06:35 (sixteen years ago) link
As heavy as Bauhaus could be it's pretty amazing how seriously rocking L&R could bend things and how delicate and, well, pretty they could sound. And then, to take all the bombast (a good thing) and squish it into the confines of the relative minimalism of Earth, Sun, Moon. That they were also responsible for the simple effervescence of Tones on Tail and the kitsch-hop of The Bubblemen is all the more sauce for the goose. Brilliant -- Express is nearly a soundtrack for a generation in its seminal standing and regard. When I think about how just a few years later how Nirvana would create their landmark record, I can’t help but feel a little sorry for the impressionable fans of the latter and how self-loathing a pool they would have to set in. Yeah, yeah, I hear you all groan – but really, who the hell cares what the goddamn lyrics say; L&R friggin’ rock!
― christoff, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link
They rocked. Anyone who disagrees should be pulled apart by jackals and made to listen to ceaseless airrings of solo acoustic demos by Natalie Merchant.
Bahaha. I slay me.
Listened to some vintage L&R today. "Kundalini Express" still has the power to make me very happy during even the grimmest moments.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 30 April 2009 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Awesome revive. I actually just pulled out the Seventh Dream reissue a couple days ago, listening to it again now and goddamn if this isn't one of the most perfect albums I've heard in my life.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 1 May 2009 03:52 (fifteen years ago) link
"Haunted When the Minutes Drag" is my jam.
― tevin "ratt" campbell (Pillbox), Friday, 1 May 2009 03:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes!!! Haunted is my jam, too! Definitely my fave song of theirs. I still have Seventh Dream on vinyl and do pull it out every once in awhile.
― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Friday, 1 May 2009 04:00 (fifteen years ago) link
That's what I'm talkin'bout.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 1 May 2009 11:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i've listened to that album a thousand times and i could never get sick of it. just so perfect.
― scott seward, Friday, 1 May 2009 12:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I think they were pretty grand up through Hot Trip to Heaven, which was still pretty damn good... and I won't even comment on the last two albums, I haven't heard them yet.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 1 May 2009 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh hey tribute album:
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1. All In My Mind - Black Francis2. Holiday On The Moon - Puscifer (MJ Keenan) (Tool & A Perfect Circle)3. Love Me - War Tapes4. No New Tale To Tell - Blaqk Audio (Davey & Jade of AFI)5. I Feel Speed - Dubfire6. Inside The Outside - The Dandy Warhols7. Life In Laralay - Sweethead8. An American Dream - Film School9. The Light - A Place To Bury Strangers10. Mirror People - Monster Magnet vs Adrian Young (No Doubt)11. Fever - The Stone Foxes12. No Big Deal - Frankenstein 300013. It Could Be Sunshine - VEX14. So Alive - Better Than Ezra15. Haunted When The Minutes Drag - James Hall16. Lazy - Chantal Claret (Morningwood) vs Adrian Young (No Doubt)17. Sweet F.A. - Lossy Coils with Ian Moore18. No Words No More - Snowden19. Sweet Lover Hangover - Charlie & The Valentine Killers20. Yin And Yang & The Flowerpot Man - Halloween Jack (Stephen Perkins & Gilby Clarke)21. Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven - The Manichean22. Bound For Hell - Johnny Dowd & Billy Cote23. Saudade - Halls Of The Machine 24. Kundalini Express - The Flaming Lips25. Mirror People - The Invisible Humans26. No New Tale To Tell - Astra Heights
http://www.loveandrocketstribute.comhttp://www.myspace.com/loveandrocketstribute
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 July 2009 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
The AFI spinoff thing covering "No New Tale to Tell" is better than I expected, though.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 July 2009 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
(And Shepard Fairey cover art = nice.)
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 July 2009 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually the more I'm listening to the randomized stream the more I'm surprised, so far this has been pretty good to great! No real major reworkings per se but at the least enjoyable takes on the originals. Then again I haven't hit the Better Than Ezra track yet...
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 July 2009 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
David, why?
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151971474841352
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh hi Love and Rockets box set out of nowhere
http://archive.beggars.com/releases/206/love-and-rockets-5-albums
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
Annnnd I took a little time here to talk about Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven.
http://thequietus.com/articles/18758-love-and-rockets-seventh-dream-of-teenage-heaven-review
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 September 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link
Very nice piece Ned - enjoyed it!
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 14 September 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
Listening to it for the first time in over 25 years because of that well-written piece, Ned. Thanks for reminding me of it! It's a better album than I remember it being.
― hardcore dilettante, Monday, 14 September 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link
The drum sounds are still abysmal, though.
― hardcore dilettante, Monday, 14 September 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
He came much more into his own with Express, I think you can pretty audibly tell the band was starting to think of themselves as a band rather than a tentative project. J posted the other day that his own favorite L&R album remains Earth * Sun * Moon, which is definitely the most straight up 'musicians in a room' effort. Anyway, thanks all!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 September 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link
this is great Ned! i have just listened to most of their debut album because i'm getting ready to poll Love and Rockets and Bauhaus here real soon. i think i will need the votes so i should email everyone on this thread. i will wait to talk about recent stuff when it is open.
Reminder: Bauhaus/Love and Rockets-Tones on Tail poll is going to open up very, very soon (this month or Oct 2015). wish i could get Ned to vote.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 13:54 (eight years ago) link
I'll submit one ballot for myself, then one for Ned by proxy.
― hardcore dilettante, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link
The new tour is on.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxfR2EOR4A/
Still pondering it.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:47 (one year ago) link
Recorded: classic. A step beyond Bauhaus.
Live: dud. Dreadfully dull. That said, I'll definitely go see them again.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 16:42 (one year ago) link