Kieran McConville
ONE love, blood, life
I know I sometimes give the impression of being against upbeat, poppy, party music. Well, yes and no. If it's the sugary kind, yeah... but now if we're talking about Athens, Georgia's The B52s, with their mainline back into some kind of retrofitted rock and roll weirdness, then that is another story.
Whether it's their kick ass energy, melodic sense, or the beguiling interplay of Fred Schneider (best taken in moderate doses) and Kate Pierson's and Cindy Wilson's seriously awesome vocal work, they had something, back in the day. Also, underneath that party band big-as-a-whale-Chrylser hood, there was sometimes a slightly spooky undercurrent to their music, for mine. Maybe it's just coming from the same part of the world as REM. Something in the water down there. Maybe it was their being steeped in old surf music, something they incidentally shared with Australia's Midnight Oil.
All I'm saying is, it takes a bit to make me want to get up and dance. And rock and roll should do that. Rock and roll can be silly, but it should never be toothless, something that Coldplay never learned.
Oh, I mean, they recorded some forgettable shit too, but that's not the purpose of this particular thread.
[youtube=YvsxG7ytXRQ]Is That You Mo-Dean?[/youtube]
[youtube=jpKEzFZYqBg]Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland[/youtube]
[youtube=EmdyfEQ4-D4]Dirty Back Road[/youtube]
and once more with feeling...
[youtube=9SOryJvTAGs]Love Shack[/youtube]
Whether it's their kick ass energy, melodic sense, or the beguiling interplay of Fred Schneider (best taken in moderate doses) and Kate Pierson's and Cindy Wilson's seriously awesome vocal work, they had something, back in the day. Also, underneath that party band big-as-a-whale-Chrylser hood, there was sometimes a slightly spooky undercurrent to their music, for mine. Maybe it's just coming from the same part of the world as REM. Something in the water down there. Maybe it was their being steeped in old surf music, something they incidentally shared with Australia's Midnight Oil.
All I'm saying is, it takes a bit to make me want to get up and dance. And rock and roll should do that. Rock and roll can be silly, but it should never be toothless, something that Coldplay never learned.
Oh, I mean, they recorded some forgettable shit too, but that's not the purpose of this particular thread.
[youtube=YvsxG7ytXRQ]Is That You Mo-Dean?[/youtube]
[youtube=jpKEzFZYqBg]Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland[/youtube]
[youtube=EmdyfEQ4-D4]Dirty Back Road[/youtube]
and once more with feeling...
[youtube=9SOryJvTAGs]Love Shack[/youtube]
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