Tuesday, December 30, 2014
The Fall's Motown Era*
If I don't love the Fall like RL Burnside or Flannery O'Conner then grits ain't....
Still...not even I can find the sexy there. Grooves? Yes! Grooves that cut deeper than the Mariana Trench but...sesssy?
No...I don't think so. Soul? It's hard to have Soul when you're laying waste to every thing in your path.
That's where Jonathan Fire* Eater comes in...to give us a glimpse, five seconds maybe...and they flicker out.
"A girl had a seizure there.../she was putting on her make up in the club car/There's make up everywhere...You little Princess"
Is his brother a cross-dresser or a werewolf?
Killed by hype before anybody knew who they were...the hoopla was ridiculous. Matador scoffed...but, only after they'd failed to singed them. They signed to a major label...released a fantastic but unappreciated album and then disappeared.
In the aftermath we got the Walkmen...eh.
*Stax woulda signed 'em.
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Just checked my Jonathan Fire* Eater collection. One single, 'When the Curtain Calls For You', which, after hearing these tunes, is clearly insufficient. Have you heard The Jim Jones Revue? Might be your cuppa tea.
ReplyDeleteHappy new year to you and the family Erik.
Definitely need more.
DeleteI've been listening off and on today...pretty cool.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
Ooh - a little piece of trivia for you here: some years ago, a friend of ours who used to be A&R for Elektra in NY set up his own label, Medicine, and signed JFE. He sent us a copy of 'Tremble Under Boom Lights'... oh it was around '96 I think? The record has long since gone from our possession... but I knew the name was ringing bells... I'll have a proper listen to these over the weekend, now you've triggered some memories!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you, Mr Bartlam and to Martha and The Boy. Here's hoping 2015 will be a really good one for you.
Very cool...Tremble is fantastic.
DeleteHappy New Year to you Ma'am...and best wishes.
Happy New Year to you and yours Erik
ReplyDeleteYours as well sir.
DeleteMore of an R.L. Burnside man myself, Erik. Nevertheless...
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year from me as well!
Take another listen...there's a lot there for the lover of actual rocknroll.
DeleteHappy New Year to you and the family.
Definitely groovy. Happy New Year to the whole gang.
ReplyDeleteSame to you and yours my man.
DeleteNever heatd of them, but man alive WHAt a great noise. Will investigate further. By the way, I was very very disapppointed at the total lack of Fall content.
ReplyDeleteI think this is about as close as we're likely to get.
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