strange rock
Jun. 29th, 2003 09:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hnpccYesterday we went to JB (which, like every other shop in Melbourne, is in the middle of a frantic "end of financial year" sale) and I picked up a couple of CDs. Not necessarily stuff I'd been wanting for ages, just stuff that I saw on special and thought would be cool.
Dean, surprisingly, didn't buy anything. Normally we walk out of CD shops with me having bought nothing and Dean with 5-10 CDs. This was especially true in the US and Canada, as there was a lot of stuff there that he likes that's difficult to get here without going through Gaslight special imports[1]. No doubt I'd be the same in Belgium or Holland. ;-) (Which reminds me, I must e-mail Tina the names of the Clouseau CDs she was going to look up for me. And De Kreuners. And the other one whose name I've forgotten offhand.)
One of the CDs I bought was Meatloaf, Bat out of Hell 25th Anniversary edition. This is one of those albums that I've decided are necessary for the late night drunken dancing wildly part of the party[2], before everyone starts sitting around exhaustedly and The Whitlams goes on. The Bat out of Hell album, particularly "Paradise by the dashboard light" has a very long history with several of my groups of friends, one that mostly involves singing along. It would work better if any of us could actually sing while drunk, but hey, I guess that's not really the point. We know the words, and we can approximate the tune - and definitely do the volume required - what more do you need? ;-)
After shopping we headed over to a friend's place to say hi, and from discussing the Meatloaf DVD that came with the 25th edition moved on to Alice Cooper. In particular the "Poison" video, which (along with most of the album IIRC) has a very strong B&D theme. I'd never seen the video, but naturally Dean's friend had it on video, having taped it from a RAGE Alice Cooper special some years ago. It's not how I'd have done it, have to say, although the clip for "Bed of Nails" was OK. But it got us thinking. Who would we like to cover Poison, and who with? The song changes from submissive to dominant voice about half way through, so you could have a lot of fun with the clip. My vote went to Kylie, in duet with Alice Cooper. Partly because I think she’s got the vocal range, she’s done sort of dodgy metal ballad (Confide in Me) before and mostly because I’d really like to see her get whipped by Alice. Not entirely sure why on that one, just sounded like fun to watch. ;-)
Dean wanted Tina Arena with Bruce Dickenson (lead singer of Iron Maiden for those like me who had to ask), or Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow and Dio) or David Coverdale (Whitesnake). All for the vocals – Dean’s heard Tina doing rock live and thinks she’s got a great rock voice (currently being wasted on pop) and the men because they’ve been classically trained. I don’t think he’d object to Tina wearing leather and lace though. Dale was undecided, although definitely against Kylie (on principle). I think he ended up wanting Shakira – leather and lace ruling again.
The remaining CDs bought were Fallen by Evanesence and Marvin the Album by Frente. I had to fight off the urge to buy the Andrew Denton CD, not being able to really justify the cost when my main reason was wanting to hear Kerri Ann Kennerly[3] doing Dirty Deeds. I hadn’t seen Frente around for ages, and what swung that purchase was, of course, "Accidentally Kelly St". Completely unrepresentative of their usual sound, but still capturing a time of my life[4] that I didn’t realize I needed to listen to again until I saw it there. Sooner or later I’ll be seeking out the Mavises too, and all the other Empress bands I can find from the early 90s and the Uni free nights.
Another CD I nearly bought, but again resisted, was the Hottest 100 #2 from TripleJ. I remember the voting for this. In fact, I remember voting for at least one song in this. It therefore amazed me that I only recognized 3/every 10 of the songs when I flicked through the cover. I might have to go back and get it though… It worried me a bit that I remembered #2, especially when the latest one there was #10. Maybe I’m getting old or something. Dean still mourns metal[5], and now I’m mourning grunge. *sigh*
Evanesence was, of course, the only new release in the list. A DJ described them as Tori Amos meets P.O.D., and I think that’s probably hit the mark. Bring me to Life is on highish rotation at the moment.
So that was my shopping for the next couple of months. Until the sales come again. By which time I really hope the Ugh boot thing is over. Half of the shoppers at Chaddy looked like they were auditioning as extras for “Knights” [6]. Combined with the early Madonna thing[7] that seems to be coming out at the moment it was very disturbing.
[1] having said that I did spend quite a few hours looking for Jerry Jerry albums in Toronto. If you can’t find an album in its hometown, where are you going to find it?
[2] together with Chisel (Oh, OK, Khe Sahn), Diesel, the Angels and various other spill your beer while you sing along Oz Rock albums. Not all parties, just some. :-) Depends on how dodgy the crowd is. And whether we’re on the VB or the vino.
[3] UK: think Cilla Black. US: think that woman who used to do Good Morning America and whose name I’ve gone blank on.
[4] The Jenkins St Era. I didn’t live there, but I did spend a fair amount of time there. The absolute typical share house. With giant promotional Bjork poster hanging in the outside laundry. Shower and bath behind the kitchen. Outside toilet, with optional redbacks. Walls and ceilings painted in different colours (black, purple, green and red IIRC. And that was only the lounge room). And grass so long the dog fell in the fishpond because she didn’t realize it was there. Scene of the most feral BBQ I’ve ever been to.
[5] Well, technically he doesn’t. He doesn’t believe it’s dead. It’s like Latin – dormant.
[6] Probably the best Albert Pyun movie. Stars Kathy Long. She kicks arse. More literally than most. ;-) Has a lot of Ugh boots in it though.
[7] And fluro legwarmers! Again! Argh!
Dean, surprisingly, didn't buy anything. Normally we walk out of CD shops with me having bought nothing and Dean with 5-10 CDs. This was especially true in the US and Canada, as there was a lot of stuff there that he likes that's difficult to get here without going through Gaslight special imports[1]. No doubt I'd be the same in Belgium or Holland. ;-) (Which reminds me, I must e-mail Tina the names of the Clouseau CDs she was going to look up for me. And De Kreuners. And the other one whose name I've forgotten offhand.)
One of the CDs I bought was Meatloaf, Bat out of Hell 25th Anniversary edition. This is one of those albums that I've decided are necessary for the late night drunken dancing wildly part of the party[2], before everyone starts sitting around exhaustedly and The Whitlams goes on. The Bat out of Hell album, particularly "Paradise by the dashboard light" has a very long history with several of my groups of friends, one that mostly involves singing along. It would work better if any of us could actually sing while drunk, but hey, I guess that's not really the point. We know the words, and we can approximate the tune - and definitely do the volume required - what more do you need? ;-)
After shopping we headed over to a friend's place to say hi, and from discussing the Meatloaf DVD that came with the 25th edition moved on to Alice Cooper. In particular the "Poison" video, which (along with most of the album IIRC) has a very strong B&D theme. I'd never seen the video, but naturally Dean's friend had it on video, having taped it from a RAGE Alice Cooper special some years ago. It's not how I'd have done it, have to say, although the clip for "Bed of Nails" was OK. But it got us thinking. Who would we like to cover Poison, and who with? The song changes from submissive to dominant voice about half way through, so you could have a lot of fun with the clip. My vote went to Kylie, in duet with Alice Cooper. Partly because I think she’s got the vocal range, she’s done sort of dodgy metal ballad (Confide in Me) before and mostly because I’d really like to see her get whipped by Alice. Not entirely sure why on that one, just sounded like fun to watch. ;-)
Dean wanted Tina Arena with Bruce Dickenson (lead singer of Iron Maiden for those like me who had to ask), or Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow and Dio) or David Coverdale (Whitesnake). All for the vocals – Dean’s heard Tina doing rock live and thinks she’s got a great rock voice (currently being wasted on pop) and the men because they’ve been classically trained. I don’t think he’d object to Tina wearing leather and lace though. Dale was undecided, although definitely against Kylie (on principle). I think he ended up wanting Shakira – leather and lace ruling again.
The remaining CDs bought were Fallen by Evanesence and Marvin the Album by Frente. I had to fight off the urge to buy the Andrew Denton CD, not being able to really justify the cost when my main reason was wanting to hear Kerri Ann Kennerly[3] doing Dirty Deeds. I hadn’t seen Frente around for ages, and what swung that purchase was, of course, "Accidentally Kelly St". Completely unrepresentative of their usual sound, but still capturing a time of my life[4] that I didn’t realize I needed to listen to again until I saw it there. Sooner or later I’ll be seeking out the Mavises too, and all the other Empress bands I can find from the early 90s and the Uni free nights.
Another CD I nearly bought, but again resisted, was the Hottest 100 #2 from TripleJ. I remember the voting for this. In fact, I remember voting for at least one song in this. It therefore amazed me that I only recognized 3/every 10 of the songs when I flicked through the cover. I might have to go back and get it though… It worried me a bit that I remembered #2, especially when the latest one there was #10. Maybe I’m getting old or something. Dean still mourns metal[5], and now I’m mourning grunge. *sigh*
Evanesence was, of course, the only new release in the list. A DJ described them as Tori Amos meets P.O.D., and I think that’s probably hit the mark. Bring me to Life is on highish rotation at the moment.
So that was my shopping for the next couple of months. Until the sales come again. By which time I really hope the Ugh boot thing is over. Half of the shoppers at Chaddy looked like they were auditioning as extras for “Knights” [6]. Combined with the early Madonna thing[7] that seems to be coming out at the moment it was very disturbing.
[1] having said that I did spend quite a few hours looking for Jerry Jerry albums in Toronto. If you can’t find an album in its hometown, where are you going to find it?
[2] together with Chisel (Oh, OK, Khe Sahn), Diesel, the Angels and various other spill your beer while you sing along Oz Rock albums. Not all parties, just some. :-) Depends on how dodgy the crowd is. And whether we’re on the VB or the vino.
[3] UK: think Cilla Black. US: think that woman who used to do Good Morning America and whose name I’ve gone blank on.
[4] The Jenkins St Era. I didn’t live there, but I did spend a fair amount of time there. The absolute typical share house. With giant promotional Bjork poster hanging in the outside laundry. Shower and bath behind the kitchen. Outside toilet, with optional redbacks. Walls and ceilings painted in different colours (black, purple, green and red IIRC. And that was only the lounge room). And grass so long the dog fell in the fishpond because she didn’t realize it was there. Scene of the most feral BBQ I’ve ever been to.
[5] Well, technically he doesn’t. He doesn’t believe it’s dead. It’s like Latin – dormant.
[6] Probably the best Albert Pyun movie. Stars Kathy Long. She kicks arse. More literally than most. ;-) Has a lot of Ugh boots in it though.
[7] And fluro legwarmers! Again! Argh!
