For the completists out there,here's the contrived farewell single from A Witness, with a prime example of what crud was happening in music around the dark days of 'Madchester' stuck on the b-side. The 'art' of the remix had started,and they were nearly ALL shit, and a total rip off and/or cop out. I quite liked Vince Clarkes remix of "Wrote For Luck" by the sub-moronic Crappy Mondays, but apart from that....shit.
On BBC 4 last night, i was gobsmacked to see listed an hour long documentary on ,so-called, 'Classic Albums', and couldn't believe it when the album in question, was the worst album of all time, "Screamadelica". Seeing the persons responsible for this crime against culture, talking deadly serious and pretentious nonsense about this terrible affront to civilization , as if it was up there with Beethoven's Ninth, or Michaelangelo's Sistene Chapel frescoes (before renovation);left me open mouthed in astonishment.... Fuck Me! Gillespie probably thinks he is Beethoven and Michaelangelo reincarnated.Come back in the form of the lank haired scottish poseur genius himself to punish us.
How they droned on about that fucking terrible "Loaded" Andy Wetherall remix, as if it was some kind of genius, was nothing short of sickening.I had to stop this self-torture and go and do something more intellectually stimulating, like have a shit!
Indeed, A Witness did one of these things on track three, that makes "Loaded" look like the act of genius Bobby Gillespie thinks it is, and the genius that he thinks he is.
Despite the contrived surrealism of the title track, and the dumb crapness of the remix; the version of the song that began modern pop music, "Tomorrow Never Knows", is a pretty decent attempt at a genuine classic, so 3/10 isn't too bad after all,or, after Weatherall.
A Witness fell off a cliff after this,as their guitarist and band leader Rick Aitkin literally did the same and died!
Tracklist:
A1 I Love You, Mr Disposable Razors
B1 Tomorrow Never Knows
B2 Razors Lifestyle Mix
6 comments:
I really like this song.
As you may have guessed, I've been having a Ron Johnson (bands) binge. Thanks for all the uploads :)
On the other hand, your comment here – "the worst album of all time, Screamadelica" — made me go and listen to it. Gaaaaahh!!! Dunno about it being the very worst, but goddamn it's boring. Or perhaps that's the same thing.
Awww Fuck; you listened to it? For this i beg forgiveness.....the worst album of all time requires several qualifying factors...the main one being do the twats involved think they are as cool as fuck?....that's primal fucking scream....and two is it boring...thats them too.
They are thee opposite of Ron Johnson records.
Of course you are aware that Ron johnson includes Bogshed. and excludes the sewer zombies yeah?
I actually listened to the Sewer Zombies LP as well. Hard to understand why Dave thought it was worth him getting the rights for this country. Perhaps because Peel liked it. But then Peel liked all sorts of total rubbish.
Incidentally, after listening to Screamadelica, I felt the need to go and post in numerous places about how it was the most boring record I'd ever heard. That it has nothing whatsoever to commend it, but equally that the only thing to take offence at is its total and utter blandness. It is *so* bland. Serial killer level bland. As yet no one has come forward to argue with that assessment.
Indeed, Bland as fuck in leather trousers......then they decided they were Exile On Main Street Stones Clones for another boredom fest!
Good point ala Peel show....people forget all the crap between the golden nuggets....and all the shite reggae he inflicted upon us should never be forgiven.This is why i taped the shows so i could fast forward to the good bitz.
Depending on the serial killer of course,they're not all bland.
Having now listened to all the Bogshed stuff as well, I was pretty close to saying: Sorry, I still don't like Bogshed.
But some of the Peel Session stuff is great: the stuff with Mark McQuaid turned up in the mix, and Phil Hartley turned DOWN. It makes all the difference. I found it hard to get past Phil on the actual records. To speak ill of the dead.
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