More problems with PCs so here's a quick selection of stuff...
Daft Punk - Around the World
I think this was the first Daft Punk song I'd heard. Possibly on TOTP2 on a saturday.
Daft Punk - One More Time
Aphex Twin - Ventolin
I'd heard Selected Ambient Works Vol 2 a few times and knew this was going to be different. Loved it. If you don't like a high pitched noise it's probably best not to listen to this.
Aphex Twin - At The Heart Of It All
The only song on Nine Inch Nails' Further Down The Spiral that's not a remix. Love the combination of orchestral movements and the industrial fuzzy drums.
I finally got round to replacing the turntable belt on my 80's Pioneer hi-fi.
My parents bought this in the early 90s. I think I inherited it from them 15 years ago when they got a smaller one that could play from a network and ditch the turntable. Amazingly this is the first time it's ever needed repairing. Thankfully it's only the turntable belt that needs replacing. So here goes...
The first thing to do is remove the rubber mat.
There's a small hole in the turntable itself. This small hole lines up with a hole below it on the unit. The left large hole is near where the sprocket is, this is where you need to hold the belt (which you'll see a bit further down).
The turntable simply lifts off when aligned with the small hole.
Take the old belt off the and place the new one around the inner circle making sure it's not twisted. The section I'm holding out needs to be placed over a sprocket which is on the left of the casing so make sure you hold the belt out at the large hole 90 degrees clockwise when it's upside down like I have done, or 90 anti-clockwise when the right way up.
As you put the disc back onto the unit you need to try and put the belt around the sprocket as you lower it into position. Don't worry, it's easier than it sounds. Make sure the belt is right in the middle and hasn't got twisted. If you're not that dextrous then another hand can easily help.
So, following on from last week I thought I'd do the other big metal band from that time. Metallica.
I only started listening to them after the Black Album but I really love Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets. Never liked Load, Reload or St Anger. Death Magnetic was pretty good though.
Rather than do just the audio like I have before I thought I'd do live videos instead as there are no music videos for anything before One and they are great live.
I was going to do some AC/DC or Skunk Anansie but I just can't whittle either of them down to 5 tunes so here's some Guns N' Roses instead.
Anything Goes
Shame this doesn't get as much airplay than most of the other songs.
Don't Damn Me
Second favourite song from Illusion I.
Coma
Absolute favourite song of theirs. Another one that's in my all time top 10. Glad to see they brought it out for the Not In This Lifetime tours.
Estranged
November Rain is the popular ballad. Estranged, to me, is better. The guitar through the whole song is fantastic. The long notes and way it fades in and out at points is great. The piano section is great as well.
Oh My God
Probably completely forgotten about but it shows how Axl would evolve from Illusions to Democracy. Initially I didn't think much of it as it was a departure from the rock style they had but it grew on me over the years. Fucking love it now.
Sort of continuing from last week's goth stuff here's something from the other end of the scale...
Cradle of Filth - A Gothic Romance (Red Roses for the Devil's Whore)
If you've never heard CoF be prepared for a voice that you can't understand. This was one of the first songs I'd heard by them and it just stuck with me. It combined death metal with some fantastic storytelling and orchestral symphonics.
Cradle of Filth - Beneath The Howling Stars
I could probably include this whole album (Cruelty and the Beast) as it's all about Countess Bathory. They even got Ingrid Pitt to read passages on two of the songs. Unfortunately not this one. From 6:20 ish onwards is my favourite section. If you're skipping to that bit the lyrics start "Pounding upon the pauper ridge".
And there's been a takedown notice on the lyrics video I was going to include here so here's a link to the lyrics instead. (I use Ghostery and AdBlock Plus so I have no idea if there's a shitload of popups or ads on the page but Avast doesn't complain so it should be fine) https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/2197774/Cradle+of+Filth/Beneath+the+Howling+Stars
David Bowie - Heart's Filthy Lesson
Something completely different now... I'd liked Bowie for a long time (Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes) but it wasn't until 1. Outside that I really got interested. It seemed such a departure, even though he'd changed his style of songs numerous times over the years this just seemed more different than anything he'd done before. I loved it.
David Bowie - Little Wonder
I couldn't find the official video for this which is annoying. I absolutely love this song. It's just weird.
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans
This is just a great song.
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.
