What he did for The Wedding Present and PJ Harvey was truly stunning. I also think that in the end, at least for me, I tend to remember Albini more for his production jobs than BB. Or if they have, I've been away and out of the loop. I find Big Black a really fun band to talk about because I don't think they've been talked about much on this board since I've been here. Metal Machine Music? But MMM didn't have an easy to swallow RIFF! I would be curious actually, if any ilxors could point to a piece of guitar music that sounds like that. But Passing Complexion was like their Smiths-How-Soon-Is-Now moment because they (or Albini) got a guitar sound there that is utterly unique as far as I know. Or even "non-indiedom"! (in the old sense of the word indie) I mean in a way, Big Black weren't doing anything all that radically different from what a hell of a lot of other US indie bands were doing then, which is why I couldn't understand their appeal at first, being first and foremost an anglophile. Passing Complexion and Bad Houses for their weirdo non punkdom Big Black - Atomizer (77 points, 8 votes)
They would dis Loop and then say things like the Jesus and Mary Chain weren't that special (since they had done the feedback thing too on their first album). The only thing I didn't like about them was their bitchiness in interviews. I especially love their 17 minute cover of Rollercoaster which is barely 2 chords. I just remember that the Spacemen had the textures right and then I fell in love with the bluesy and gospel-y melodies. I wonder why nobody ever really talks about "fuzz" anymore (has it been subsumed by 'drones'). I don't have much to add other than 'The Perfect Prescription' rules the Universe (Performance, Playing With Fire and all their other stuff does too to a slightly lesser degrees). (Note: "Ode to Street Hassle" is one of my current favorite songs.) The lyrics are a bit empty sometimes, but I guess that's not really the point. Also, 'Playing With Fire' is awesome-better production, more psychedelic, maybe?-but a little less charming. I must say I've grown quite fond of 'Perfect Prescription'-it didn't necessarily blow me away at first, but I'll be damned if it's not one CHARMING-ass record, something you'd be hard-pressed to say about a Spz (ha!) album. (tie) Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (76 points, 5 votes Revive since I've now been relistening to the various solo albums and want to say that the echoed overdubbed wordless vocals at the end of "Autumn Is Your Last Chance" off I Often Dream of Trains is one of his most moving performances. Robyn on the other hand was impossibly cool about the awkward situation, saying while signing my copy of Trains "well y'know it's no good having heroes, especially once you get to know them and realize they have all the same problems." I assured him that was the point. Philip Glass was not in a good mood when I walked up, 15 years old & nervous, having spotted him in the lobby during the intermission to the Knee Plays. He's one of two people I ever asked for an autograph.
The live shows were incredible, the improvised stories he'd spin between songs always made sense. Robyn was a streak of genuine weirdness on the alt pop charts in the eighties, his records definitely helped get through high school back then. ― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), 7. I'm very fond of I Often Dream of Trains. Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains (75 points, 5 votes)
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