metal machine music

batreleaser · 05.20.2008, 07:52 PM

i pulled this out of my collection for the first time in a long time today. it still sounds fucking great. even with the countless amazing noise, drone, and ambient over the years this still sounds like a landmark.

discuss

dazedcola · 05.20.2008, 09:54 PM

i like to think the sqeaks on the record are mice dying in the studio from an audio overload

dionysusundone · 05.20.2008, 09:56 PM

I never got the hate on this record from serious noise fans, most seem to think it's bullshit.

uhler · 05.20.2008, 10:42 PM

i put the album on for the 8 year old that i tutor. she didn't like it.

Everyneurotic · 05.20.2008, 10:44 PM

i really like it.

i think the hate comes from both the pretentiousness lou wrapped the album with and his (endlessly contradicting) claims that if people like it, they were idiots.

charles eugene · 05.20.2008, 11:54 PM

i really want to hear it. Is it just complete noise? is there any rythym, i dunno what to expect

Everyneurotic · 05.21.2008, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by charles eugene

i really want to hear it. Is it just complete noise? is there any rythym, i dunno what to expect

no rhythm, no vocals.

just droning, dissonant electronics.

uhler · 05.21.2008, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

no rhythm, no vocals.

just droning, dissonant electronics.

i bet your picture of metallica with ricky martin scares me more than my picture of tina fey scares you.

atsonicpark · 05.21.2008, 03:10 AM

It's alright. It's got some interesting moments. Still probably the best work Lou Reed has ever appeared on.

radarmaker · 05.21.2008, 06:16 AM

"My week beats your year"

Everyneurotic · 05.21.2008, 10:44 AM

uhler: probably, i'm one upping you.

batreleaser · 05.21.2008, 11:28 AM

ive always thought of it as more guitar based ambiebnt drone, than noise. its not really harsh. i thought it was gonna be brutal as fuck till i realized the people who desribed it as such did so in 1975, before punk, before industrial, before no wave, before noise.

everyneurotic, best pic ever.

Rob Instigator · 05.21.2008, 11:52 AM

05.22.2008, 10:29 AM

Lou Reed once said that when this came out he took it to to the RCA offices in Tokyo and they loved it.

Everyneurotic · 05.22.2008, 10:47 AM

no wonder, porky!

br: it represents what 'tallica is now, innit?

Rob Instigator · 05.22.2008, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Lou Reed once said that when this came out he took it to to the RCA offices in Tokyo and they loved it.

are not industry people known for their out and out lying and "praise" of whatever is thrown their way?

05.22.2008, 10:56 AM

Well, Lou Reed's American side of business at the time told him that it was a crazy and absurd piece of work, and they worked for the same record company the Japanese did.

Everyneurotic · 05.22.2008, 10:59 AM

the u.s. label also denied lou's demand that it comes out on their classical subsidiary and largely played against it so that it didn't sell well (wasn't sent to distributors, pressings were wrong and returned, release date pushed back several times, no promos were sent, etc.)

radarmaker · 05.22.2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

no promos were sent

My copy has a promo stamp.

Rob Instigator · 05.22.2008, 01:50 PM

but was it "sent?"

05.20.2008, 07:52 PM	#1
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	i pulled this out of my collection for the first time in a long time today. it still sounds fucking great. even with the countless amazing noise, drone, and ambient over the years this still sounds like a landmark. discuss __________________ listen to pink reason
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dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	i like to think the sqeaks on the record are mice dying in the studio from an audio overload __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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dionysusundone the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 871	I never got the hate on this record from serious noise fans, most seem to think it's bullshit.
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uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	i put the album on for the 8 year old that i tutor. she didn't like it.
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05.20.2008, 10:44 PM	#5
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	i really like it. i think the hate comes from both the pretentiousness lou wrapped the album with and his (endlessly contradicting) claims that if people like it, they were idiots. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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05.20.2008, 11:54 PM	#6
charles eugene bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 154	i really want to hear it. Is it just complete noise? is there any rythym, i dunno what to expect
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radarmaker the end of the ugly Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,122	"My week beats your year"
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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	uhler: probably, i'm one upping you. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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05.21.2008, 11:28 AM	#12
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	ive always thought of it as more guitar based ambiebnt drone, than noise. its not really harsh. i thought it was gonna be brutal as fuck till i realized the people who desribed it as such did so in 1975, before punk, before industrial, before no wave, before noise. everyneurotic, best pic ever. __________________ listen to pink reason
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05.22.2008, 10:29 AM	#14
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Lou Reed once said that when this came out he took it to to the RCA offices in Tokyo and they loved it.
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05.22.2008, 10:47 AM	#15
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	no wonder, porky! br: it represents what 'tallica is now, innit? __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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05.22.2008, 10:56 AM	#17
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Well, Lou Reed's American side of business at the time told him that it was a crazy and absurd piece of work, and they worked for the same record company the Japanese did.
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05.22.2008, 10:59 AM	#18
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	the u.s. label also denied lou's demand that it comes out on their classical subsidiary and largely played against it so that it didn't sell well (wasn't sent to distributors, pressings were wrong and returned, release date pushed back several times, no promos were sent, etc.) __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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05.22.2008, 01:50 PM	#20
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,943	but was it "sent?" __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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