If you shout... said:I think that My Bloody Valentine are quite wonderful...I only wish that the albums would be re-mastered and whatnot.
I don't think that either act is NEAR perfect, but if you dug on the Valentine, then you might also dig on both M83 and Ulrich Schnauss. There you go. Rock'n'roll.
Kieran McConville said:It's not 'cool' to be unhappy. It's just common. Common experience makes for resonant music.
melon said:Some people might find this interesting. This is from Hot Press in May 2004 regarding MBV:
THE EDGE: "My Bloody Valentine were a huge influence on me during the Achtung Baby/ZOO TV period. I suppose we'd been through our back-to-the roots incarnation on Rattle n Hum, and to discover this music which sounded so modern and abrasive WAS really inspiring to me; it was a totally fresh way of approaching the guitar. I actually didn't know they were Irish when I first heard them. I'd been listening to some of the early stuff, and raving about it to various people, and one day my brother, Dick, said to me, "I've heard them, they're from Dublin." I was just like, "Really?!" They were head and shoulders above a lot of what was going on at the time."
Interesting, eh?
Melon
melon said:Some people might find this interesting. This is from Hot Press in May 2004 regarding MBV:
THE EDGE: "My Bloody Valentine were a huge influence on me during the Achtung Baby/ZOO TV period. I suppose we'd been through our back-to-the roots incarnation on Rattle n Hum, and to discover this music which sounded so modern and abrasive WAS really inspiring to me; it was a totally fresh way of approaching the guitar. I actually didn't know they were Irish when I first heard them. I'd been listening to some of the early stuff, and raving about it to various people, and one day my brother, Dick, said to me, "I've heard them, they're from Dublin." I was just like, "Really?!" They were head and shoulders above a lot of what was going on at the time."
melon said:
You all should check out the MBV music videos from "Isn't Anything" and "Loveless."
http://www.planetjesterz.com/mbv/videos.php
It's as if U2's Zoo TV tour just ripped off of their video art. What an absolutely great band.
Melon
u2popmofo said:Wow, 'Swallow' is amazing. I DEFINITELY need to buy those EP's now.
MBV