Re: Young Marble Giants ‎– Colossal Youth (1980)

by Nightjar Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:56 pm

This intro sounds like The Residents.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:56 pm

Track 11 - Wurlitzer Jukebox.

by Nightjar Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:56 pm

"You, Yes Yes Yes" off of Fingerprince.

by Guest Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:57 pm

Wurlitzer Jukebox

OOh, I used to like the record label called that. Wonder if they were named after this track, I would't be surprised.

by Nightjar Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:57 pm

Wendi at least 30 seconds ahead of everyone else as usual. gaah

by Nightjar Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:58 pm

Funk.

by Nightjar Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:58 pm

Is there nothing this bassist can't do?

by Guest Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:59 pm

This really does sound like something from the mid 90s.

gasp

Possibly on Lissy, or Enraptured, or even, gasp, Wurlitzer Jukebox

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:59 pm

Track 12 - Salad Days.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:00 pm

Handclaps! happy

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:01 pm

Track 13 - Credit in the Straight World.

by Nightjar Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:02 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:This really does sound like something from the mid 90s.

According to critic Richie Unterberger, Colossal Youth is "one of the most highly regarded indie cult post-punk recordings, with a unique hushed and minimal atmosphere.

"Nirvana singer-songwriter Kurt Cobain said in a 1992 Melody Maker interview that Colossal Youth was one of the five most influential records he had ever heard, and he also included the album in a list of his top 50 albums in a 1993 journal. Cobain's wife, Courtney Love, would later record "Credit in the Straight World" with her band Hole in their second album, Live Through This, released in 1994.

"This music relaxes you, it's total atmospherics. It's just nice, pleasant music. I love it. The drum machine has to have the cheesiest sound ever. We're going to be on a Young Marble Giants compilation, doing 'Credit in the Straight World'. I had a crush on the singer for a while—didn't everyone?

"I didn't know much about them—the Moxham brothers, right? I heard they might be getting back together again recently. (NB: At the time of the interview Stuart Moxham had recently produced one side of the 1992 Beat Happening album You Turn Me On, another of Cobain's favourite bands). Isn't it weird how, when you hear something like that, you still get excited, even though you know you shouldn't?

"I first heard Colossal Youth on the radio, after I started getting into K music when I lived in Olympia. It was a year before I put out the Bleach album."

—Kurt Cobain

by Guest Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:04 pm

More of a straight forward rocker that one. yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:04 pm

Track 14 - Brand - New - Life.

by Guest Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:05 pm

Nightjar wrote:
WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:This really does sound like something from the mid 90s.

According to critic Richie Unterberger, Colossal Youth is "one of the most highly regarded indie cult post-punk recordings, with a unique hushed and minimal atmosphere.

"Nirvana singer-songwriter Kurt Cobain said in a 1992 Melody Maker interview that Colossal Youth was one of the five most influential records he had ever heard, and he also included the album in a list of his top 50 albums in a 1993 journal. Cobain's wife, Courtney Love, would later record "Credit in the Straight World" with her band Hole in their second album, Live Through This, released in 1994.

"This music relaxes you, it's total atmospherics. It's just nice, pleasant music. I love it. The drum machine has to have the cheesiest sound ever. We're going to be on a Young Marble Giants compilation, doing 'Credit in the Straight World'. I had a crush on the singer for a while—didn't everyone?

"I didn't know much about them—the Moxham brothers, right? I heard they might be getting back together again recently. (NB: At the time of the interview Stuart Moxham had recently produced one side of the 1992 Beat Happening album You Turn Me On, another of Cobain's favourite bands). Isn't it weird how, when you hear something like that, you still get excited, even though you know you shouldn't?

"I first heard Colossal Youth on the radio, after I started getting into K music when I lived in Olympia. It was a year before I put out the Bleach album."

—Kurt Cobain

I was thinking more Broadcast, Meanwhile in Communist Russia, Life without Buildings, that sort of thing.

by Nightjar Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:06 pm

Err...

Is this a long album?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:06 pm

Last track - Wind in the Rigging.

by Guest Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:07 pm

Sounds like a big finish coming up!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:07 pm

Nightjar wrote:Err...

Is this a long album?

41 tracks.

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