Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids - After School Special (Demo)

Apparently this was the fourth cassette the band were to sell publicly. Recorded and released in December of 1991.

The cover features a photograph of a young Jeffrey Dahmer.

1. Negative Three

I think this is a really good example of what MM & The Spooky Kids were all about, albeit being straightforward and having no special effects (like voice samples and all that). And it's strange because this reminds me of Warner's later work (circa Eat Me, Drink Me). I hope you enjoy listening this song as much as I do. His voice sounds really good here.

Give me your blood, your tears
Your high school pictures
Your words can't begin to
Satisfy my needs

Give me your hand I'll never
Give you flowers
Your touch can't begin to
Satisfy my...

I can't save you from me this time
You can't save you
Nothing comes between you and I

Don't know what you see
In my negativity
I know, you know 
It's one part you three parts me, yeah
Don't know what you see
In my negativity
I know, you know
Three parts me

Show me your scars
Show me your broken mirrors
Your dreams can't begin to
Satisfy my...
 
I can't save you from me this time
You can't hide from me
Can't hide what's inside
In your mind

Don't know what you see
In my negativity
I know, you know
It's one part you three parts me, yeah
 
Don't know what you see
In my negativity
I know, you know
Three parts me

Don't know what you see
In my negativity
I know, you know
It's one part you three parts me, yeah

Don't know what you see
In my negativity
I know, you know
It's one part you three parts me, yeah

Don't know what you see
In my negativity
Always has and always will be
Three parts me...
Three parts me...

2. Lunchbox

This is the first demo of Lunchbox, a later version (they changed the intro and the chorus entirely [making them much better, in this blogger's opinion]) of which would appear on Portrait of an American Family.

I could not get around embedding the song, so click on this link to hear it in a a song-sharing website

Why don't you eat these!
Shut up! I'm making my lunch!
Shut up! I'm making my lunch!
Bring you down
I'm making my lunch!
I'm making my lunch!
On we plow

The big bully try to stick his finger in my chest
Try to tell me tell me he's the best
But I don't really give a good god damn cause
I got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well now
Now, I got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well now
Now, I got the on we plow!

On we plow
On we plow
 
Some day, I wanna grow up to be
A big time rock and roll star
So no one fucks with me, yeah

Shut up! I'm making my lunch! I'm making my lunch!

I got the pencils in my pocket try to put me down 
Want to go out gotta get down
To the playground gonna throw down at the playground
I wanna go out

Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker
 
Pow pow pow
Pow pow pow
Pow pow pow
Pow pow pow

Some day, I wanna grow up to be
A big time rock and roll star
So no one fucks with me, yeah
Some day, I wanna grow up to be
A big time rock and roll star
So no one fucks with me
Some day, I wanna grow up to be
A big time rock and roll star
So no one fucks with me, yeah


3. Choklit Factory

This references Dahmer's (the notorious Milwaukee serial killer) working at Ambrosia Chocolate Factory and his monstrous murders. And it's a psychedelic horror-film type of song; sends chills down my spine as I listen and read the lyrics.
The samples in the song are from the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

There was strange was a man there, I think he was the Tinker
He was standing right behind me looking up at the factory
Just before he left he said
"Nobody every goes in, and nobody every comes out"

Where's the choklit? Where's the choklit? Where's the choklit?
 

One boy entertained by
The torments of another soul
Touching was confusing
And he found he was all alone

He sought salvation
In the darkness of the choklit
Sweets soaked insecurities
And sugar teased his need to kill
 
Peel back, the faces
We hide within our choklit shell
Some know indulgence
Some know and some go much too far

Where's the-where's the choklit?
They came hypnotized by
The promise in his somber grin
He saw s-s-s-something
In the weakness of their skin
 
Peel back, the faces
We hide within our choklit shell
Some know indulgence
Some know and some go much too far
 
Little suprises around every corner but nothing too dangerous
Is it raining is it snowing?
Is a hurricane a blowing?
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of hell a glowing?
Is the grizzly reaper mowing?
Yes the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
Not showing signs of slowing
Any sign that they are slowing
Faster faster faster faster
Faster faster faster faster
Faster faster faster faster
Faster faster faster faster

Jeff saved for later
His prizes of iniquity
Polaroids to covet
And bones to hide in 213
 
Peel back, the faces
We hide within our choklit shell
Some know indulgence
Some know and some go...

4. Cyclops

A later version of Cyclops also appeared on Marilyn Manson's debut full-length album, Portrait of an American Family.
I think this version is much stronger though, as the vocals sound really sinister, yet unstable, and it's all basically a dark, raw and eerie nightmare.
And Berkowitz's guitar really comes out into the foreground here. I've always liked his style.





We are all evil inside
We are all evil inside

Cyclops woman got one eye in her head
Mascera-clotted vision she is fed
Cyclops woman can't see nothing at all
She got a pin-prick spiral hole

We are all We are all evil inside

She can't see nothing, nothing at all
She can't see nothing, nothing at all

Cyclops woman dying in her shell
Guilt got her trapped in nailed in well
Cyclops woman is the eye of the world
Who's reflection's in the re-ti-na?

She paints her eyes blackest of all
She paints her eyes blackest of all
 
Dialate
Dialate

We are all evil inside
We are all evil inside
We are all evil inside
We are all evil inside

I noticed all their demo tapes had strange stuff written in the credits
The After School Special liner notes end thusly:

ADDITIONAL PRAISE GO TO THE FOLLOWING FOR
INSPIRATION AND OR GUIDANCE.
dr. suess
willy wonka
little richard (the night stalker)
william s. burroughs
samie youth
jeff dalmer
scooby doo
charles manson 

You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (2)

I never thought I would share a Miley Cyrus performance or song on my blog, but then again, who could have known she would sing this Dylan classic so well?

Check out this fantastic collection of Bob Dylan songs for Amnesty International: Amnesty USA


For a more laid-back, jazzy version of this song, check out Madeleine Peyroux's version.

Who Would Think That What Was Needed(?)

A brilliant piece by David Rhodes was featured as a bonus track (track four, to be exact) to Goh Nakamura's Ulysses (http://gohnakamura.com/ulysses/), which I highly recommend hearing. 
This particular song reminded me of the work of Philip Glass for Mishima, only now I have a darker and more disturbing picture before me.

Download it via Megauload Here

Enjoy.

Apologies to the Queen Mary (Wolf Parade)

Wolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus as of November 29, 2010.
They have released three albums and one EP on the Sub Pop label (the other two EPs are also named Wolf Parade, and are self-released), and their debut, Apologies to the Queen Mary, saw the light of day in September (25, to be exact) of 2005.
Apparently the band was on the RMS Queen Mary (II) and decided to destroy a ballroom door and act stupid, thus getting thrown off the liner. Out of politeness, I suppose, they put their sincerest thoughts where every true indie rock band does, and that is on the:

a) album title
b) album cover
c) song titles

And here are the songs on the album:

1. "You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son" (Krug) – 2:54
2. "Modern World" (Boeckner) – 2:52
3. "Grounds for Divorce" (Krug) – 3:25
4. "We Built Another World" (Boeckner) – 3:15
5. "Fancy Claps" (Krug) – 2:51
6. "Same Ghost Every Night" (Boeckner) – 5:44
7. "Shine a Light" (Boeckner) – 3:47
8. "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" (Krug) – 3:39
9. "I'll Believe in Anything" (Krug) – 4:36
10. "It's a Curse" (Boeckner) – 3:12
11. "Dinner Bells" (Krug) – 7:34
12. "This Heart's on Fire" (Boeckner) – 3:59

Wolf Parade is:

• Dan Boeckner – vocals, guitar
• Spencer Krug – vocals, keyboards
• Arlen Thompson – drums
• Dante DeCaro – guitar, bass, percussion, keyboards

Everything [in the album] has a very natural sense of dynamics to it. Each song is something of note. I love the moderate use of fuzzy synth sounds, as well as the toy keyboard, and the back vocals, which I would call queer. There is a definite David Bowie feel on some of the songs. I was prejudiced towards everything 'Indie' before hearing Wolf Parade. While I still don't like pretentious singing, I am a firm advocate of creativity, and that specific type of voice-twisting nestles itself perfectly in the band's twangy music.
The songwriting speaks to me, and their lyrics give me a strange sensation of hope. The resounding "I'll believe in anything and you'll believe in anything... If I could take the fire out from the water, I'd take you where nobody knows you. And nobody gives a damn. Nobody knows you, and nobody gives a damn" in I'll Believe In Anything, as well as the subtle defibrillator sounds reminded me of Elliott Smith. And it was curious to find out that Wolf Parade recorded this [album] in Portland, Oregon (apart from Montreal, of course), where Steven lived and recorded.





It's A Curse has got to be the most infectious song on the record. This was also the first Wolf Parade piece I heard. A couple of friends came over one time to get Ubuntu up and running on my computer, and when that happened, one of the brothers (really into indie pop-rock) showed me this fun online radio website. Indie Pop-rocks was the station, and this came on. I had never heard anything quite like it before, and asked if we could find out what the song was called; and the quirky voice (Boeckner's, I believe) reminded me of one Brian Warner (aka Marilyn Manson); not just the high notes, but also the pronunciation. It was something you could dance to, bang the keys on the piano, too, sing to, go anywhere (on foot or soaring), to.





I had an immediate liking to this track, too. I must have listened to it at a hundred times while reading Gantz
And that brings back fond memories.
And that is how the album ends.











And here is the album version, as ethereal and mysterious as ever.


I have for you, here, uploaded the album Apologies to the Queen Mary

Dive in to Wolf Parade 

I've Got The Wild Man Blues

.. Literally, and it's a fantastic album!

Тhis here is the documentary of the same name:

Read up on it here: to Wikipedia
 It's said to be quite the documentary, and from what I read it features musical gems such as:

В предишен пост се сетих за албума Wild Man Blues, който ми е един от любимите.
Всичките песни са чудесни, нямам друга дума.
Подредбата също играе много важна роля. Ще чуете защо.


1. Lonesome Blues
2. Dippermouth Blues
3. After You've Gone
4. Martha (aka Mazie)
5. Lead Me Savior
6. Swing A Lullaby
7. Last Night on the Back Porch
8. Shake That Thing
9. Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
10. In the Evening
11. Come On and Stomp, Stomp, Stomp
12. Wild Man Blues (любимата ми)
13. Time Me to Your Apron Strings Again
14. Pappy's B-Flat Blues
15. Hear Me Talkin' To Ya

Качил съм албума в сайт за споделяне на файлове, feel free to download Hot Stuff Right Here
В друг пост ще кача и музика от Jelly Roll Morton, една от най-забележителните фигури в ragtime и ранния джаз.

Ако сте гледали Ще Срещнеш Висок Тъмнокос Непознат Инфо в Уикипедия, то най-вероятно сте забелязали, че музиката е, както често се усеща във филмите на Алън, много добре подбрана.
Този саундтрак ме впечатли, и може да го свалите и чуете от тук: you will meet a tall dark stranger OST


Прочетете и една статия за Уди и неговия бенд тук: theneworleansjazzband

Приятно слушане!
Пожелавам
и за двата албума.

The Elektra Classics

Всички сме чували за Elektra Records, или поне ни е познато това лого: (стилизираното "E")

Интересното за Elektra е, че е създадена през 1950 от Джак Холцман и Пол Риколт (за $600) и постепенно става една от най-добрите в света. 

От началото (50та) до първата половина на 60те години на миналия век, "Електра" се концентрира върху фолк музиката. Компанията записва изпълнители като Ед Маккърди (Клик , известен както с песента си против войната, Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (може да чуете прекрасната песен в изпълнение на Джон Денвър тук: Песента в Youtube ), така и с детските песни и приказки, които е записвал), Оскар Бранд (Клик към повече информация , свирил с легендарните Leadbelly, Josh White, Woody Guthrie, и Pete Seeger, е един от най-прочутите Канадски изпълнители на Американски и Канадски фолк-песни, със забележителна кариера, започнала през 1948 (Бранд е роден на 7ми февруари 1920)), Джуди Колинс (Още за Джуди), Фил Оукс (Клик), Том Пакстън (Клик), и Джош Уайт (Джош Уайт в Уикипедия , който по това време е в Черния Списък!).

И през 1964 пуска дъщерната Nonesuch Records (Nonesuch Records), която в началото става известна с издаването на уникални за времето си камерни и барокови записи на много ниски цени. 

Историята продължава.

Продължава и Електра с изпълнители като Charlotte Gainsbourg, Uffie, Little Boots, Justice, Bruno Mars, Jet, и още много други.

Други имена в каталога, които правят Електра легендарна са:

The Doors

Tom Rush

The Stooges

Queen

Tim Buckley

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Love

The Dillards

Нямам търпение да стигна до съществената част на този пост, и едва написах "The Dillards".

Един приятел, В., ми подари Ноемврийския брой на списание MOJO (също познато като 'Музикалната Библия', ако не сте чували за него), който чества 60-годишнината на Електра.

Така изглежда корицата: 

С неизразимо удоволствие четох статията за студийните сесии (и разглеждах снимките) на един от любимите (няма как да не използвам тази дума тук) ми албуми, Double Fantasy от Джон Ленън и Йоко Оно, и с подобаващо внимание всичко друго в списанието. 

В този диск, който виждате на снимката, са включени 15 Класики от трезора на Електра, компилирани от самия Джак Холцман, и мастерирани от Брус Ботник (звуков инженер и продуцент на The Doors и Love).

Както се казва.. And now, without further ado:

Представям ви първата песен - O Love is Teasin' от Jean Ritchie:

Музиката на Джийн Ричи ни вкарва в подходящо настроение за всичко това, което ще последва. 

#2 - St. James Infirmary на Josh White:

#3 - Banjo in the Hollow на The Dillards:

Тази четворка е положила основите на country-rock жанра с дебютния си албум, Back Porch Bluegrass, издаден през 1963, включващ тази песен. Критиците казват, че The Dillards са направили с Bluegrass-публиката, това което Дилън е направил с Фолк-публиката няколко години по-късно, а именно - наелектризирането й.

#4 - Green Rock Road от Kathy & Carol:

От дебютния им албум. 

#5 - Yes I See на Bob Gibson:

#6 - Blues on the Ceiling на Fred Neil:

Много силно вдъхновяващ. За едни е Blues, а за други - Dancing. Пак там.

#7 - Masters of War от Judy Collins:

Смразяващата творба на Дилън изпята от Джуди Колинс.

Струва си и да се прочете: 'Masters of War' lyrics

#8 - I Ain't Marching Anymore на Phil Ochs: 

Приятно живо изпълнение на 'протестната песен'.

#9 - Linin' Track от Koerner, Ray & Glover: 

И тук вече навлизаме в много тежки води, тъй като това е песен на Leadbelly.

#10 - Downtown Blues на Geoff Muldaur:

За него казват, че е един от най-добрите бели блусари на своето поколение. Ясно се забелязва и приликата в начина му на пеене с някои от големите имена от жанра. В информацията на песента пише, че на пиано е Bob Landy. Любопитен факт е, че този Landy е всъщност Bob Dylan.

#11 - Milk Cow Blues от Tom Rush:

#12 - Morning Glory на Tim Buckley:

От един култов албум, втори за Бъкли, едва 20-годишен, Goodbye and Hello. 

#13 - I Got My Mojo Working от The Paul Butterfield Blues Band:

Трудно човек би могъл да си представи, че тази класика в блуса от Muddy Waters е можело да стане по-луда. Тази банда, освен че прави песента много по-луда, прокарва един саунд, който всички започват да наричат Electric Blues, направо една Blues Rock експлозия, със своя едноименен албум от 1965. 

Paul Butterfield пее и свири на хармоника, и групата носи неговото име, но 'виновник' за това звучене е легендарния китарист Mike Bloomsfield, който освен всичко друго е свирил на китара в Highway 61 Revisited! Човекът е бил много голяма глава (имал е и Афро), както се казва. 

Освен Пол и Майк, групата се състои от Elvin Bishop на електрическа китара, Mark Naftalin на орган в шест от песните, Jerome Arnold на бас, и Sam Lay на барабани и, любопитен факт: на основните вокали в I Got My Mojo Working.

#14 - Magazine Lady на John Koerner & Willie Murphy:

Линк към песента  

Нямаше я качена в Тубата, но бързо се добави в каталога ми в Megaupload.

Историята на Koerner е много интересна, а музиката - много хубава. Тази песен (напомня на много жив ragtime, има и kazoo!) е от Running, Jumping, Standing Still, издаден през 1967. Koerner е бил вдъхновение за Дилън, и двамата са били в една компания навремето. Музикантът се впуска и в кино-кариера, но тя се оказва неуспешна, след което се мести да живее в Копенхаген, Дания. Не, не остава да живее там за дълго, но мисля, че е готино място, където да живееш за известно време. 

#15 - 7 And 7 Is на Love:

Линк към песента 

Струва си да се чуе студийното изпълнение на тази песен, защото е просто брилятно. 

Каквото и да се казва за тази група, все ще е недостатъчно. Още с първите акорди и tremolo-ефекта на китарата те хващат много здраво, и не те пускат до края. 

Love, Da Capo, Forever Changes, Four Sail и Out Here са албуми, които задължително трябва да чуете. Всички те ще променят начина, по който виждате музиката след това. 

Край. 

PS. Пожелавам ви Приятно Слушане сега, защото се надявам, че ще чуете песните отново, от първата, до последната, и ще изживеете пак "The Journey to Love".

Благодаря на В. за списанието, както и за диска, който ми донесе много радост. 

Бях прочел някъде, че ушите ни трябва да са много благодарни на Холцман.. 

Така е!