Good Stuff from the Eighties
[bringing back the memories]
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Photo reblogged from I ain't afraid of no ghosts
Echo & The Bunnymen - “Ocean Rain”, 1984
(via missvengeance)
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Audio post reblogged from full moon, deep grass, cold water.
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The Psychedelic Furs sing Dumb Waiters on German television, 1981
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This performance was recorded shortly before the ambitious double-full length “Zen Arcade” was released in 1984 on SST.
This Husker Du show is almost certainly the preeminent live document of them during their “Zen Arcade” phase in trading circulation that I’ve heard. This performance is also one of the most commonly circulated Huskers shows out there. This soundboard recording isn’t perfect, but the band’s performance is enormously sweltering. Mould’s fervent vocals are equals parts talking, shouting, and singing. His masterful guitar work is laden with feedback that it’s a striking jolt of cacophony. The only word to describe Grant Hart’s drumming on this recording is excessive. Greg Norton’s straightforward bass playing (and Rollie Fingers moustache) rounds out the sound.
John Clegg plays saxophone on “What’s Going On” and “Drug Party”. He was a jazz musician who was on the periphery during the early days of Husker Du. He worked at a record store with Grant Hart in St. Paul and would occasionally jam with the band. Clegg’s saxophone wail adds a psychotic edge to these two tracks that adds to already existing sense of sonic supremacy.
Track list:
1. Something I Learned Today
2. It’s Not Funny Anymore
3. From the Gut
4. Wheels
5. Everything Falls Apart
6. Chartered Trips
7.Sunshine Superman (Donovan)
8. Eight Miles High (Byrds)
9. Broken Home, Broken Heart
10. What’s Going On?
11. Newest Industry
12. Pride
13. I’ll Never Forget You
14. What Do I Want?
15. Data Control
16. Drug Party/ Punch Drunk
17. Out On a Limb -
The Jesus and Mary Chain - About You
from the album “Darklands”, 1987 -
