I still like His Name is Alive..heck, I am still listening to the entire
4AD catalogue. I liked the new album...it's pretty much an R&B album, but
the beats are interesting...and it is much better than most of the R&B being
put out today.
>From: steph99 <beleza@speakeasy.net>
>To: "acid-jazz@ucsd.edu" <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: 80s (well early 90s / His Name Is Alive
>Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:35:53 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hmm, a friend of mine gave me an old His Name Is Alive tape from 1990, and
>I
>really really loved it. Not so much anymore, but worth a mention I think.
>Sleepy, dreamy, overly-sweet vocals, kind of in the vein if the Cranes,
>Bask
>Math, My Bloody Valentine on some heavy, heavy sedatives (see footnote).
>But so
>I'm checking out some of their recent stuff on CDNOW and there is a thing
>from
>2001 that is different enough that I'm tempted to think it might be a
>diffeent
>group. But I don't think so. The vocals have come out of the traditional
>western melodic straightjacket a bit, and this thing sounds kind of
>portis-headish. Ok, so they're still about 7 years late on the bandwagon,
>but I
>think some of you into the neo-soul stuff would dig it. check it out.
>
>(footnote) My Bloody Valentine...now THAT's a band!! I HATE nostaligic
>rehash
>especially when it comes to music, but Loveless is a masterpeice that I
>still
>enjoy listening to, and i still get guilty pleasure from "Drive It All Over
>Me".
>It misses the 80s by 2 years, but WOW what an impressive wall of sound.
>back
>when i played a little 'lectric guitar, they were my favorite stuff to jam
>out
>to. Well, as much jamming out as you can do with a roommate's amp about as
>big
>as a loaf of bread. I also really liked Bettie Servert back in those days.
>Also
>not 80s, Palomine was 1993, (wow i'm off of the off-topic!) but worthwhile
>for
>being pop-ish. what can I say, all I had access to in the 80s was the
>nuclear
>wasteland of pop radio. I will give no energy to trying to justify some of
>those atrocities that I listened to for lack of really *anything* else. If
>a
>crappy song plays in the forest and there is no good music to compare it
>to, a
>desperate 12 year old is bound to think it's cool.
>
>Thank you to those people who have posted about some of the lesser-known
>currents at the time. It's always interesting to hear about the
>underground,
>undiscovered stuff of decades past. I have always had some interest in the
>post-punk, post-prog rock stuff from vaguely around that time, the whole
>exene
>cervenka / diamanda galas / etc scene, although I don't know much about it.
> I
>know very little about the Raincoats, but I remember a cd from them from
>the
>mid-90s, and I think i rememeber reading it had something to do with a trip
>to
>India? I'm reading now that members had spent time living there, but this
>was a
>specific project. anyone got a lead for me?
>
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