From lwtcdi Sent Wed, Feb 4th 1998, 22:05
From lwtcdi Sent Wed, Feb 4th 1998, 22:05
Edward W Oliver wrote: > > Greg Clow <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > > > > Bjork - Bacherolette 12" [with exclusive mixes] (One Little Indian, UK) > > > > Anyone know what the tracks are on this one? Grooverider remix perhaps? > I believe the track listing is as follows: > > Bacherolette (God I Fucking Suck, Please Shoot Me Mix) > Bacherolette (Why Am I Still Alive Mix) > Bacherolette (Talent? Who Needs It Mix) > Please Beat Me With a Baseball Bat [a special b-side] > > Sounds like a winner, believe you me. Wells excels! Enough about this post has been said already, but I just wanted to put my views forward anyway because I can so nyah :-p Firstly, I don't think anyone should be removed from the list because of views like the above, as has been suggested by some other listmembers. If you don't like it, you don't have to read all of it, and it's not exactly so long that it is a significant waste of time or bandwidth. Wells comments are pretty much consise and to the point, and they are not 200 pages of total crap (usually about 1 page of crap!), and the only criteria for throwing people off the list for me would be if they were pointlessly huge, IMO. If Wells posts ruined your otherwise cloud-free day, then he's probably achieved his objective. I didn't find the post particularly funny or offensive, but I think to say such posts/posters should be removed is the equivalent of people who say "why can't we have a news programme with just happy news in it?". A forum is not neccessarily full of tasty morsels tailored to the individuals on the list - it is a forum in which there will (and should) be extremes which will not suit everyone. Blah, blah, blahdy blah. Secondly, despite the above, I agree that just because you have a negative opinion about a band/artist, you don't have to express it. A while back there was a big discussion about the Beach Boys. Now if it was up to me, and I was the sole person listening to them, I probably would have their legs ripped off by rabid hounds, but I didn't say so 'cos it was obvious enough that I didn't like them, and it would hardly help in gaining any insight into why people do like them. Wells did express his opinion (the rabid dogs thing), which of course is up to him. I don't think gaining insight from other peoples views is his reason for being on this list, so it wouldn't bother him that he wouldn't gain anything other than a place on some people's kill file as a result of his posting. Thirdly, who gives a fuck who writes the music on an artists LP. This is no basis to like/dislike the music on! Stop trying to rationalise and let your heart decide! To not listen to Bjork just 'cos she doesn't write all her own music is to discredit the other people who did work on it in such as Mark Bell etc. To enjoy the music is the point of the Bjork album, but at the same time it is not lowest common denominator music, there are some exciting and innovative things going on here, and that is the beauty of Homogenic, it has pop appeal in image and music, it's not throwaway (it has depth) and the music is challenging if you want it to be. The latter seems to be your sole reason for listening to music, so you should be able to get something from this album, but no doubt you wont be able to because you probably can't accept that something can be popular and challenging at the same time. This is, I would suggest, because really you hate the PEOPLE who listen to pop music, not the pop music itself. As for Tricky, he might make his own music, but only just. Badly looping a sample and throwing some other cut up bits over the top hardly ranks as the most effort in the world, IMO, and although effort isn't everything, his latest batch of music is the most lacklustre expression of 'genius' I've ever heard. Please release the hounds on him and anyone who listens to him, round them up and torture them all with a cattle prod until they can no longer function as human beings (IRONY). And what about Bjorks collab with Tricky, "Enjoy", and the track on the Nearly God LP? Did you "Enjoy" or did you pour scorn on it? Guess it would depend on your ability to rationalise it like so: If music = by Bjork, music = bad. If music = by Tricky, music = good. And if you can't work this out, maybe you'll even have to listen to it to find out. What is the world coming to eh, when you have to listen to a peice of music to find out how good it is? That's all folks... gb. PS Please feel free to add me to your kill file if you deem this post too long or time consuming. -- /TheW i http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/lwtcdi/all/ f o L D o dlr WTC "Let's decompose and enjoy assembling!"