[Is it ridiculous that I've spent two days of work figuring out how to arrange the VHS tapes neatly and smartly? should they be thrown away? I know this wasn't the point of your post...but it's a thought that haunts me.] also? I LOVED erasure. I wanted to marry them. both of them. or at least live with them. I sang along to their songs over and over in my ninth grade bedroom...]
November 23, 2006 at 12:30:00 PM EST
There' s quite a bit of good electronic music coming out these days. Hot Chip are one band who have really been doing it for me (check their album "The Warning" - it's tight from start to finish). This renaissance of electro-pop kicked in a few years ago with The Postal Service and their unique brand of digital music coupled with emotional lyrics. It was right up my alley.
But is it unique?
I got to thinking about the bands I enjoyed when I was a young teenager. Bands like Joy Division, Erasure, Yaz, Depeche Mode. And New Order.
I had this VHS tape (remember those?) of New Order videos, and the one for their song The Perfect Kiss stands out in my mind. In the video they are performing the song live in the studio. What blew me away (and still does) is how organic their production of the song is even though it has such an Electronic sound to it. You'd think it was all done using synthesizers and computers but there is as much good ol' electric guitar in there as there is digital equipment.
Thank goodness for YouTube where we can all re-live our childhood memories. Watch this New Order video for The Perfect Kiss and then think of all the "ground-breaking" indie music you like now. Wild.
"Standing on the shoulders of giants"
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[Is it ridiculous that I've spent two days of work figuring out how to arrange the VHS tapes neatly and smartly? should they be thrown away? I know this wasn't the point of your post...but it's a thought that haunts me.]
also? I LOVED erasure. I wanted to marry them. both of them. or at least live with them. I sang along to their songs over and over in my ninth grade bedroom...]
November 23, 2006 at 12:30:00 PM EST