Re: Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:03 pm

Track 2 - The Modern Dance .

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:03 pm

2: The Modern dance

by Nightjar Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:04 pm

The

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by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:04 pm

Who does this sound just like? Brian Eno's Taking thingy Mountain by Stealth?

by Nightjar Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:04 pm

Amanda Amanda?

by Nightjar Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:05 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:05 pm

Someone seems to be enjoying themselves.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:06 pm

Really?

by Nightjar Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:06 pm

Reviewing for The Village Voice in 1978, Robert Christgau wrote that "even though there's too much Radio Ethiopia and not enough 'Redondo Beach,'" he would be "listening through the failed stuff - the highs are worth it.

High praise indeed.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:06 pm

SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:Who does this sound just like? Brian Eno's Taking thingy Mountain by Stealth?

I was assuming they were trying to sound like Roxy Music.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:07 pm

Track 3 - Laughing .

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:07 pm

We've not done a Peppermint Patty Smith album have we?

by Nightjar Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:07 pm

So far, this is better than Hüsker Dü.

by Nightjar Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:08 pm

SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:We've not done a Peppermint Patty Smith album have we?

Whatever you say, Chuck.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:09 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:Who does this sound just like? Brian Eno's Taking thingy Mountain by Stealth?
I was assuming they were trying to sound like Roxy Music.

Yeah, it's basically early 70s rock, with a very thin punk veneer, and some 'experimental' sounds slapped on top.

Well that might works for the rubes, but this is Capital City.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:09 pm

Saxophone aimlessness.

by Nightjar Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:10 pm

Nightjar wrote:
SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:We've not done a Peppermint Patty Smith album have we?

Whatever you say, Chuck.

GEDDIT!?

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:10 pm

Is just those so 1973s chords they're ~~wearing~~ playing ever so often

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:10 pm

Nightjar wrote:
Nightjar wrote:
SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:We've not done a Peppermint Patty Smith album have we?

Whatever you say, Chuck.

GEDDIT!?

by Nightjar Tue Sep 17, 2024 7:11 pm

I think they were too cool to be a college town band.

Were they a college town band?

They sound a bit like a college town band. hmm

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