Re: New subject/white zombie/lounge

k kiernan (mrfliz@interport.net)
Wed, 11 Jun 1997 16:18:40 -0400


what you got was a remix album. they took their previous album and
remixed the whole thing. the album cover was intended as a spoof of all
those loungey albums; looks like it was too good a spoof. i like boogie
man, more human than human, and blood sugar milk sky myself.

as far as lounge goes, i got snookered into getting a whole bunch of
this sh*t. my preference is for the interestingly produced stuff, not
the kitshcy stuff, ie, esquivel and martin denny, as opposed to the
"william shatner sings" stuff. esquivel and denny were true pioneers
playing with the whole new world of stereo. they took what was an
almost brand new medium and went nuts. on a technical and/or historical
tip, they were the innovators of their day.

"wow, too much of a girl." (ya gotta love it) j. g. esquivel

kevin k

William M Dwyer wrote:
> On a side note, dumb me, I picked up this used CD the other day, thinking
> it was one of the recent lounge-type recordings. It had this sixty-ish
> model in a white bathing suit on the front, the title and stuff said
> something like "super-sexy sounds." I don't have it here either but it's
> by the White Zombies, which again sounded like it could be some recent
> group doing a lounge take off. Then I get home and listen to it and it's
> got this heavy rock-guitar stuff on it, so I said, "shit," but it's got a
> pretty groovy beat to it and I can get into it after a few minutes--sort
> of like drinking a really cheap wine; it tastes better after chugging a
> glass or two. I suppose the white zombies are some really popular grunge
> or alternative group--I wouldn't know. Sounds like it might be closer to
> music like John Zorn's Naked City but I could be way off base and I don't
> want to get into another labeling discussion...
>
> bil
> bdwyer@grove.ufl.edu