My take on Metal Machine Music…
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They are pretty well known in Europe. They regularly play larger venues… I’d love to go see them in Ljubljana sometime.
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A friend of mine got to see her not too long ago down in NOLA… I do want to see her live before I die. She’s an incredibly vocalist.
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This. This is the stuff.
Like being covered in Sterno, with a box of matches.
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That’s been a Nike and an Audi ad.
(Granted, Stooges gotta eat…)
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Iggy has to pay for that yacht somehow.
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A local noisy favorite from back in the day… playing at the Point (which is now a clothing store, right, @noahdjango).
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I was just going to use the same track. Then I thought of “Down On The Street”, too.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism…
Is Lou Reed with Metal Machine Music the first to take that concept and bring it into a larger pop consciousness, I wonder? Prior to that, is this sort of approach to music more within the avant-garde realm? Maybe some German stuff on the Krautrock scene? The Mothers? The Fugs? Capt. Beefheart?
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“Revolution No. 9?”
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That might fit, too!
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Cool. I think it fits in this thread regardless of whatever genre it is. Genres are useful only to a point and then become counter-useful. Remind me a bit of some Sonic Youth. A bit of Henry Rollins spoken word.
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Rolling Stone profiled her when she released her most recent records-
She talks about her process, drags Taylor Swift, and praises Amy Winehouse and Adele. Towards the end they ask her what she does for fun. I really liked her answer:
I actually think that spending a lot of time alone is one of the great luxuries we have left. There’s so many countries, they’re expected to share everything with everyone at every moment. And I … am not one of those kinds of people. I don’t even live with anyone. I don’t see the point. Why would I want to get married and have children? It’s been done! I’m not saying it’s a bad thing for those who feel committed to it, it’s just not my lust for life.
If you listen to nothing else from *At Saint Thomas the Apostle Harlem, listen to O Death. It’s… exhausting. And great. And yeah, I’d love to see her live too.
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Many moons ago I was lucky to play a basement show in Allston with Gitane Demone’s band The Crystelles- easily one of my personal highlights, and still talked about to this day by the folks lucky enough to witness it.
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Goddammit, why did you have to make me go down the Jandek hole again.
I’ve seen him live and got to talk to him. Are you jealous? /s
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Her music scared the shit out of me when I was a teenager.
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Yeah, by '96/'97 they had played larger venues even in the US; I think the show I saw was some weird anomaly. But it was interesting to have the more intimate show, even if that wasn’t quite what they were aiming for.
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Diamanda Galas still scares me.
I don’t think I’ve heard a recording in any genre that is more violent than Wild Women With Steak Knives; it’s just raw. Some of it doesn’t sound human. She isn’t even singing, she’s vocalizing something disturbing and primal.
She really is in a class by herself.I’m not going to say that I want to listen to her every day, but there are definitely times where she is exactly what I need.
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I saw her twice, once doing Plague Mass, which, yeah, exhausting. But incredible.
The other time was with John-Paul Jones, which was more fun. Especially because a number of folks in the audience didn’t know a thing about her and were… surprised. Some tried to heckle her. That did not go well for them.
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