I really like that album, and My Sex (on their second one) is a brilliant song.

[demonrail666]

Listening to the album right now. Let's just say that it hasn't aged very well at all.

[sonicl]

Isn't there some terrible cod-Indian track on there though, that just does not belong?

[demonrail666]

Yeah, I think you mean 'Indian Song', lol. Flippin awful. Listening to the whole album now it's weird how much of a Blur influence there is. I know Jiustine was going out with Damon and that he features on a couple of the tracks, but still. I never really noticed it at the time.

[sonicl]

Check out this that I just found in a maths text book:

(The Primitives x Bikini Kill) / Blondie = Elastica

(Darling Buds x Huggy Bear) / Blondie = Sleeper

Amazing, huh?

Darling Buds and Huggy Bear didn't sound anything like Sleeper, buddy.

Bikini Kill/ Elastica? Are you ok? How can an album that borrowed heavily from the past age badly?

[jimbrim]

A Top of the Pops video of a childhood fave of mine, Dubstar were great pop music i thought!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2s8aBj57mE

[demonrail666]

Ah, proof that the value of a proper education cannot be underestimated.

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

How can an album that borrowed heavily from the past age badly?

Listen to the Elastica album and all will be revealed.

I listen to it, every now and then. It sounded from the past even when it came out, but I still like it.

[sonicl]

Okay, the suggestion that I'm trying to make is that Sleeper and Elastica are post-riot grrrl versions of The Primitives and The Darling Buds, whereby the pop songs of the latter are laced with the feminist attitudes of Huggy Bear and Bikini Kill. The Blondie reference is a red herring inserted into the equation because it's illegal to create such equations without any reference to their overall influence on post-1981 girl-fronted pop groups.

Alright?

sonicl + Cowboy Junkies = Tori Amos.

[Florya]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

sonicl + Cowboy Junkies = Tori Amos.

You bastard Porky!! You've just made me spit coffee all over my monitor!!

Originally Posted by sonicl

Okay, the suggestion that I'm trying to make is that Sleeper and Elastica are post-riot grrrl versions of The Primitives and The Darling Buds, whereby the pop songs of the latter are laced with the feminist attitudes of Huggy Bear and Bikini Kill. The Blondie reference is a red herring inserted into the equation because it's illegal to create such equations without any reference to their overall influence on post-1981 girl-fronted pop groups.

Alright?

I'm sorry, but where did you detect the feminist attitude in Elastica? Sleeper's Louise Wener was a little more that way inclined, on certain interviews, but far from having the sort of militant attidude of Bikini Kill or Huggy Bear. The Blondie bit is totally spot on, though.

[the ikara cult]

I used to like The Vines... im sorry.
But im just glad noone has said Moby yet.

[sonicl]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

I'm sorry, but where did you detect the feminist attitude in Elastica? Louise Wener was a little more that way inclined, on certain interviews, but far from having the sort of militant attidude of Bikini Kill or Huggy Bear. The Blondie bit is totally spot on, though.

In connection with Elastica, I'm thinking the feminist attitude as in taking control in the bedroom... or on the bonnet of a car, as the case may be. Not necessarily something that you would expect to hear coming from the mouths of Tracey Prim or Andrea DB.

[atari 2600]

Dumptruck...because dumptrucks sometimes haul rubbish.

 

[sun city girl]

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

But im just glad noone has said Moby yet.

so you can be the first one? well, at least 'everything is wrong' album is great!

[sonicl]

I like Moby, with the exception of Play and the one that came after it. Oh, and the second Voodoo Child album is rubbish too.

[Savage Clone]

I like a few Shriekback albums quite a bit.
I know there is a Gang Of Four/XTC pedigree here and all, but there is still the presence of Linn drum and some occasional slap bass, which is the definition of rubbish. Still, I like some of their stuff; "Care" especially, but also "Jam Science" and "Oil and Gold." Sometimes their backup singers make me want to shove icepicks in my ears though.