Week 13

Unlucky for some...

I was a bit of a goth for a while so here's some of that good stuff.  I know Andrew never thought of Sisters as a goth band but to me they are an industrial goth band.

Hearing these always takes me back to two specific times.  Sisters to when I first met a girlfriend and The Cure to when I first started getting into horror films thanks to my uncle.  He introduced me to a lot of good stuff (The Cure, Aphex Twin, Dario Argento, George Romero, David Lynch).



The Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
I think this was the first Sisters song I heard.  Still a bloody good song.  Shame they only did a video for the radio version and not the full thing.  So here's the full song instead.

The Sisters of Mercy - Dominion/Mother Russia
Love the visuals of the video butthey didn't do a full video for this either.

The Cure - The Lovecats
This man is a National Treasure! And as seen at Glastonbury he still sounds the same.  Never been to Glasto, but religiously watch it on the Beeb and there have been a lot of great headliners, but The Cure this year were amazing.  To think they're still going strong in their 50-60s is great.

Also, as a cat-lover (and animals in general) I just had to include this even though it's happier than their usual stuff.

The Cure - Lullaby
There's something just soothing about this song but being arachnophobic I'm not too fond of the video!

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
There will never be another Pete Steele.  Or Type O Negative.  Again as a cat lover I had to include this long tribute he wrote after the death of his 17 year old cat.  Fucking genius.

Type O Negative - Wolf Moon
This really shows Pete's weird sense of humour.

I was gutted when I'd learned Pete died.  I was shocked that Kurt Cobain killed himself but not really that surprised given what he was like.  Disappointed that Layne Staley died but again that wasn't really surprising.  But when Pete died, that a hard blow.  Apart from drinking he was probably the fittest and nicest blokes in music.

Week 12

Another set of tunes.  More of a rock thing today.  Going to be very quick today as the PC will need a bit of repair and setup.


Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

The Temperance Movement - Ain't No Telling

The Temperance Movement - Caught In The Middle

The Black Crowes - A Conspiracy

The Black Crowes - Remedy

 

Week 11

I'm a huge NIN fan and have been listening to some of their older stuff again so I thought I'd chuck in a few remixes of thiers this week as they are kinda similar to the other songs.  I'll probably have to do a series of NIN favourites on their own some time.  And a lot probably wouldn't be what you'd expect (like the ones below).


Genitorturers - Confessions of a Blackheart
Loved Genitorturers since I heard 120 Days of Genitorture (A great industrial styled album).  They did a fantastic job on this.  Not as industrial but lovely heavy and full sound to it.

Scum of the Earth - Dance Motherfucker
Had no idea that Riggs had been doing this since he left Rob Zombie's solo band.  A wise move in my opinion.  This album is more reminiscent of Zombie's remix albums thann the original stuff but that's not a bad thing.  This is heavy stuff!

Scum of the Earth - The Devil Made Me Do It 3
Another heavy dubstepish one.  Sometimes the simple tunes are the best.

Nine inch Nails - Heresy (Version)
The last great remix album by NIN for me.  I actually prefer this version of Heresy over the original.  I know, sacriledge.  I think the Charlie Clouser remixes are my favourite out of all of NIN's remixeswith Coil's a close second.

Nine Inch Nails - Gave Up (Fixed remix)
I love just how disjointed Trent's singing is in this.  A lot of it is just vowel sounds that make no sense at all.  with the chorus that's pretty normal.  It's awesome.  I used to listen to this almost every morning going to a jobcentre training course.  The whole thing should be unlistenable rubbish (the Happiness in Slavery remixes are more disjointed in every aspect than this) but it just works.  I remember Trent saying that Broken was done at an unhappy time with the label and they wanted to do something that was just unlistenable.  I think he created an awesome album/EP (whatever you want to call it) but this remix album really was the next step in thinking that way.

Week 10

Another week flies by and here's another set of tunes.  I decided a few weeks ago that as I'd probably be listening to these around this time that I might as well post them.  In a way I've been dreading this post but it's been good.

This time of year is usually a gamut of emotions for me so here's a set of very personal songs to me.  Not going to say why as you'll kinda get an idea from the songs themselves.  All I will say is that the last one was perfect for me in almost every aspect of it.  Still is but to a much lesser degree nowadays.



Marilyn Manson - Man That You Fear

Christina Aguilera - Fighter

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole (Unplugged)

The Cure - Burn

Steam Powered Giraffe - Honeybee

Steam Powered Giraffe - Malfunction

Nine Inch Nails - The Becoming (Still)

Week 9

A bit later than usual this week.  Had a bit of a bad day yesterday and it's kinda rolled over to today.

After seeing a tweet last night I decided to do a few film tunes this week.  Didn't realise they'd all be horror until I'd made my choices.



Goblin - Deep Red (aka Profondo Rosso) Theme

The fact that Deep Red is my favourite Argento film it's kinda given that this would be my favourite of Goblin's themes.

Goblin - School at Night (Lullaby - Child Version) from Deep Red
Another tune from Deep Red that keeps popping in my head now and then.  Once I start humming it I can never get rid of it!  Love it.  Very orchestral.

The Gonk - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Unlike the rest of the score this is jolly muzak and just brilliant.

The Exorcist - Fantasia for Strings
I probably watch The Exorcist every couple of years.  Had it on VHS, then the limited edition VHS with the novel, then on DVD, then the "The Version You've Never Seen" on DVD, then the 5 film DVD set, then again on Bluray.  I still have all of them except the first VHS I had.  Also got two versions of the OST.  I'm a bit obsessive about some things I suppose lol.  I guess this OST is where I got my love for different sounds which made me really appreciate and like the Silent Hill OSTs.  Anyways, here's the end credits theme.  I was thinking of posting one of the other songs but it's probably a bit too weird and this one is the one I like more anyways.

The Thing - Humanity Part 2
Simple.  Ominous.  Classic.  Pure John Carpenter.

Week 8

Another set of tunes...  Another 1 2 2 again.  Impossible to choose just one video Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons and One-Eyed Doll.  One-Eyed Doll have a lot of different stuff, if you like the two below I'd suggest checking out Nudie Bar, I'm A Vampire and Airplane Man to see how different they can be.  Going from goth to ballad via comedy.



Bobot Adrenaline - Penalty Box
Yup,THAW (Tony Hawk's American Wasteland to those who don't know)will recognise this one. The THPS games have had some great tunes (Primus, Mad Capsule Markets to name just two) but this one is my favourite.  I wasn't as keen on THAW as I was on the previous games (THPS3 and THUG being my favourites) but the songs were excellent again.

Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons - Ain't No Pussy
I just learned about this group last year and they quickly became a favourite.  Puss is a weirdo and I absolutely love it.

Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons - Trouble with the Devil
Got to include this one aswell.

One Eyed Doll - Committed
I can't remember where I first discovered One-Eyed Doll but this has a lot of stuff I love.  It's probably worrying that I can identify with these weirdos more than the rest of the human race.

Kimberly Freeman (of One-Eyed Doll) - Amnesia
Here's a completely different song by Kimberly.  She's got a great voice.  Such a poignant song.

Seventh week of tunes

Hopefully some tunes you'll have not heard before.  Not really favourites this week, but songs I do play fairly often.  I was going to do 5 different bands this week but have been feeling a bit shit again for most of the week so I thought I'd just do a 1 2 2 again.  One of the other bands I was thinking about might be next week.  Depends if I can find the CDs I have.



Moist - Push
This was reasonably popular in 1995 in the UK. I liked the song, but the album (their debut - Silver) was a bit too bland.

Drain STH - I Don't Mind
I first heard about Drain STH being a Swedish Alice in Chains but not as depressing.  I guess that was a good way to describe them, but they're definitely standing on their own.

Drain STH - Crack The Liar's Smile
Another song from the same album (Horror Wrestling).  Really like the way they've used an acoustic guitar for the main riff, gives it a different feeling.

Haggard Cat - Bad News (Travels Fast)
This was the first song I'd heard by the Nottingham duo.  It's just disjointed thrash that's surprisingly catchy.  Love how unconventional it is.  Very quickly became a favourite band.

Haggard Cat - American Graffiti
Another one from the same album (Challenger).  This one is a bit more palatable but still unistakably them.