Re: Lydia Lunch - Queen of Siam (1980)

by Nightjar Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:31 pm

Deceptively complex.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:31 pm

Ever-rising key changes.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:34 pm

Tis over.

What a terrific album.

Consider when it was recorded and the general milieu that other post-punk, new wave, noise and No-Wave bands were immersed in - what they were trying to do to challenge and upset.

Not any of this.

Quite amazing really.

Taken as a whole it would've taken a hold of a young, receptive mind like Manson.

NYC makes a lot of claims on post-war, modernist and postmodern culture and this album is as good an example (and queasy fever dream combo of the lot) as any.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:34 pm

It is over.

Even though it was all too emotionally detached for my liking, it didn't bore me, apart from one track. Mostly, it managed to throw in enough surprises to stay interesting. Therefore,overall, I approved of it.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:35 pm

I shall give it 4 stars for effort.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:36 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I shall give it 4 stars for effort.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:39 pm

Nightjar wrote:Tis over.

What a terrific album.

Consider when it was recorded and the general milieu that other post-punk, new wave, noise and No-Wave bands were immersed in - what they were trying to do to challenge and upset.

Not any of this.

Quite amazing really.

Taken as a whole it would've taken a hold of a young, receptive mind like Manson.

NYC makes a lot of claims on post-war, modernist and postmodern culture and this album is as good an example (and queasy fever dream combo of the lot) as any.

What's more, LL's involvement with JG Thirwell (professionally and personally) is, amongst those who know or care to know about these things, well known, but the use of a demented, bilious big band jazz sound predates anything ol' Foetus did in this fashion by several years. box

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:40 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:It reminds me of the songs I was writing - and recording - when I was 15.

Audio samples or it didn't happen.

The cassettes were destroyed in a tragedy that rivalled the Universal Music Group fire. sad yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:42 pm

Nightjar wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I shall give it 4 stars for effort.

it was more like 3.5 but we don't have a 3.5 option in the poll.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:05 pm

That's levelled out by ButtonZ'z stingy score. yes

by Guest Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:15 pm

Yes, I felt that the Cosmic forces were aligned on that one.

It's too much work to copy n'paste ★★★★★★★★★★ down to ★

sad yes

by Guest Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:20 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:It reminds me of the songs I was writing - and recording - when I was 15.

Audio samples or it didn't happen.
The cassettes were destroyed in a tragedy that rivalled the Universal Music Group fire.

This didn't involve someone having a bit of a 'tidy out' when you were away did it?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:25 pm

by Guest Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:37 pm

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