To many people, “Krautrock” is bleeping synths, drum machines, space whooshes, and robotic vocals, and that’s a fair assessment of the best-known groups like Tangerine Dream or Kraftwerk. However, in the ’70s, a fair amount of the style was a guitar-based continuation of the acid/space rock of the 1960s. Think of the Grateful Dead channeling Nikolai Tesla or what Pink Floyd might have become had Syd Barrett kept some brain cells intact. In their prime (1969 to 1975 or so), Amon Duul II was always interesting and sometimes pretty great.
Agreed, tonyola. This excerpted jam is Jefferson Airplane-like in its Manson Family-like chaos, but I don’t know why Can, Neu!, and Kraftwerk get all the attention in that scene. For my tastes Amon Duul II is much meatier. They’re also a missing link between that acid rock period and stuff like Pere Ubu and PiL.
Thanks for passing this along. I caught a glimpse of this news early this morning and meant to do so.
I’m sure I’ve mentioned my long-held concept of a 1-question interview series, which GQ, I believe, recently stole from my brain. For instance, I have 1 question for Martin Scorsese: “Is the montage of family hits in Goodfellas based on a similar beautifully filmed montage of revenge killings in Kurosawa’s Ran?”
My 1 question for Ferry would have been, “Is your whole presentation actually sincere or a put-on, meant to poke a little fun at the character in ‘Mother of Pearl’ and countless other similar-themed songs?” I think this story answers that question.
The Broadcast album ladymisskirroyale introduced me to last year, Tender Buttons, is a WINNER! I’ve listened to it a number of times over the last 6 months, or whatever it’s been. I’ve been listening to it tonight while working, and it’s both catchy and spacey.
Shortly after Trish Keenan died, one of the music bloggers I follow posted a Broadcast mix. I listen to that frequently; it’s great. I really should’ve gotten into that band a lot earlier.
To many people, “Krautrock” is bleeping synths, drum machines, space whooshes, and robotic vocals, and that’s a fair assessment of the best-known groups like Tangerine Dream or Kraftwerk. However, in the ’70s, a fair amount of the style was a guitar-based continuation of the acid/space rock of the 1960s. Think of the Grateful Dead channeling Nikolai Tesla or what Pink Floyd might have become had Syd Barrett kept some brain cells intact. In their prime (1969 to 1975 or so), Amon Duul II was always interesting and sometimes pretty great.
Agreed, tonyola. This excerpted jam is Jefferson Airplane-like in its Manson Family-like chaos, but I don’t know why Can, Neu!, and Kraftwerk get all the attention in that scene. For my tastes Amon Duul II is much meatier. They’re also a missing link between that acid rock period and stuff like Pere Ubu and PiL.
I thought this online comic book story of the super-early days of hip-hop was worth reading:
http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree.html
Apparently Brian Ferry married his son’s ex-girlfriend. Here’s the weird part: He’s still not as creepy as Bill Wyman.
http://gawker.com/5875300/bryan-ferry-married-his-sons-ex+girlfriend
Thanks for passing this along. I caught a glimpse of this news early this morning and meant to do so.
I’m sure I’ve mentioned my long-held concept of a 1-question interview series, which GQ, I believe, recently stole from my brain. For instance, I have 1 question for Martin Scorsese: “Is the montage of family hits in Goodfellas based on a similar beautifully filmed montage of revenge killings in Kurosawa’s Ran?”
My 1 question for Ferry would have been, “Is your whole presentation actually sincere or a put-on, meant to poke a little fun at the character in ‘Mother of Pearl’ and countless other similar-themed songs?” I think this story answers that question.
The Broadcast album ladymisskirroyale introduced me to last year, Tender Buttons, is a WINNER! I’ve listened to it a number of times over the last 6 months, or whatever it’s been. I’ve been listening to it tonight while working, and it’s both catchy and spacey.
Shortly after Trish Keenan died, one of the music bloggers I follow posted a Broadcast mix. I listen to that frequently; it’s great. I really should’ve gotten into that band a lot earlier.