Posts Tagged “I Hate Music”
I have touched on the music of Bauhaus and Love And Rockets before, but one band that also shares band members with the other two I have not yet talked about – Tones On Tail. Guitarist Daniel Ash and drummer Kevin Haskins went from Bauhaus to Tones On Tail with another bass player, then reformed with…
This is a gloriously difficult album to listen to. And part of what I like about it is that it is intentionally designed to be difficult. I can’t even post one of the tracks here as an example of what this album sounds like because each of the four tracks are 15 minutes in length….
Lou Reed’s 4th solo studio album built on the success of Transformer, his second album, as well as his first solo live album. Sally Can’t Dance sees the same storytelling narratives getting a more rocking arrangement, with plenty of “punch” to them. And horns. Sally Can’t Dance is full of production. The album seems to…
And we come to one of the biggest disappointments in the box set. I know Lou Reed The RCA & Arista Album Collection is meant to recreate the albums as issued, so we aren’t getting the bonus tracks on the normal CD reissues, for which Rock And Roll Animal has two, but the other live…
Lou Reed’s third solo album saw a change – it was recorded in New York City as opposed to London, where his first two solo albums were recorded. Did this change the substance of the record? No. Berlin (the album) is a sort of rock opera or song cycle that tells a story of a…
This is the album Lou Reed would try to live down for many years, most of his career even. I had heard this album years ago but did not have my own copy until I picked up the RCA & Arista Album Collection. it has been, probably 20 years or so since I sat down…
It took a few songs to figure it out. Something was off. The problem wasn’t consistent, but it kept popping up. Not having heard the self-titled debut album by Lou Reed in, like, well, ever, I was certainly eager to put this one in my player and give it a listen. I had heard several…
I saw Lou Reed perform in 2002 at the Bumbershoot festival. He was getting ready to release The Raven, an album consisting of material inspired by or with lyrics taken from the works of Edgar Alan Poe. There were some of the classic songs of course, but he was certainly eager to showcase the poetry…
Like many I first heard about Grace Vanderwaal through Facebook. It was a video of her first appearance on “America’s Got Talent” that got a lot of attention. A while later there was another video of her on “America’s Got Talent” and showing it to my kids we were interested in what might happen, so…
So I picked up Dropkick Murphys new album. And I decided to spring for the deluxe edition. This comes with a 26 page book featuring lyrics, photos and more. I was looking forward to this item. Ultimately I was disappointed when it came because the booklet is alright, but the disc itself is housed on…