Friday 4 May 2018
Thursday 3 May 2018
top ten albums - no. 8
it's primal scream - raw sweat and testosterone.
Scott Asheton's drums pound like the hammer of some weird Norse god waging war in a Detroit abattoir whilst his brother Ron eviscerates bloodied strips of flesh from the carcass with dumb-slashed guitar riffs. Meanwhile Dave Alexander, rooted to the killing floor, plucks out deep, sonorous bass notes.
And above all this chaos Iggy screams for his life.
There are certain times when nothing but 'Fun House' will do.
Here's what Iggy says ...
'You see, what sounds to you like a big load of trashy old noise is in fact the brilliant music of a genius, myself. And that music is so powerful that it's quite beyond my control and ah ... when I'm in the grips of it I don't feel pleasure and I don't feel pain, either physically or emotionally. Do you understand what I'm talking about? Have you ever felt like that? When you just couldn't feel anything and you didn't want to either. You know? Like that? Do you understand what I'm saying sir?'
Yes Sir, I do indeed.
top ten albums - no. 7
Dear Sheddists,
as a keen aficionado of compilations, film soundtracks and weird Americana what's not to love about, 'Music From Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus'.
The original concept for the film came from Jim White's debut album, which to give it its full name is, 'The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus!'. It features three songs by Jim together with terrific contributions from a variety of alt-country and Americana luminaries including The Handsome Family, David Eugene Edwards and Johnny Dowd.
The film is directed by Brit, Andrew Douglas and stars Jim White in a beat-up Chevy Impala exploring some of the weirder sides of the Deep South. It just drips Southern Gothic from every pore, the atmosphere set from the very start by a short scene featuring legendary author, Harry Crews, explaining how to cook a possum.
The themes of the accompanying music appear at first-sight to be equally bleak - murder, death, unrequited love - but like the scenery that provides the back-drop to the film the songs reveal hidden beauty as they unfold.
I just cannot recommend the film and its soundtrack enough - they're both absolutely terrific!
'Truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying who they were in the world. It was their understanding of themselves. It was letting themselves know how they believed the world worked - the right way and the way that was not so right.'
Harry Crews (June 7, 1935 – March 28, 2012)
Wednesday 2 May 2018
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