From lwtcdi Sent Thu, Nov 6th 1997, 13:12
From lwtcdi Sent Thu, Nov 6th 1997, 13:12
Subject:
The IDM-less world of Pop Muzik...
>> pa Speaking of pop, anyone else out there into the new Spice Girls
>> single, Spice up Your Life? It has a great sound, thicker than
>> molasses.
Yeah! Their best yet, quite possibly. Mega layered, latin/samba drum
craziness. Reminded me of 'Come To Daddy' a bit in spirit. Haven't
bought their records, because...well, you don't have to really. But it's
been the best number one in ages, only to be superceded by that Barbie
Girl song! Yes!
'I'm a barbie girl/in a barbie world'
'Being made of plastic/it's fantastic'
'You can comb my hair/undress me everywhere' (?!?!!)
'something something something/life is your creation'
A socio-political assessment of how super-lean supermodels and the
collogen implant crew are subverting the youth, or just fantasmic
euro-pop-pap (bar those 'ooh-woah' bits - that's over egging the mixture
just a little too much)? And who is that bloated chump who is supposed
to be 'Ken' in the video. Since when was Ken a rugby player. He's
supposed to be suave, not a bouncer! Put him in a dinner jacket and
that's what you get - "Not tonight mate, not in those trainers".
robert merlak said...
> I kinda like that Pepsi thing Girlz did. Generation NEXT.
> It's really cool.
No way! That one with the silence in the ad. Pah, I nearly destroyed my
TV trying to whack it into shape. But at least they don't speak. Bubbly
spice has a real annoying voice (matches the face/hair'style'). Then
again, you ain't seen cheese 'til you've seen the Spice Girls/Gary
Lineker/Walkers Crisps one. Plus there's a spice girl on every different
crisp flavour - talk about annoying.
> I guess it's all about POP anyway.
Yeah, roll on the Mel B solo hardcore hip-hop joint. Co' Flow watch out,
Mel B come to throw shit down! With Invisibl Skratch Picklz on turntable
duties, please...
Now for my trump card, my get out of IDM jail free card, AKA the...
*IDM get out clause*
whereupon I tack a titbit of relevance to the end of this off-topic
post, in order to appease some of the less flexable folks on this
list...
"Photek's remix of Roni Size's 'Brown Paper Bag' is a wicked sparse
twisting of the original. So is Nobukazu Takemuras mix (lengthy madness
which takes in all forms of jungle - from normal amen stuff to sqrpusher
- on a kind of quasi-classical easy listening stylee)."
That should do it!
Also picked up a compilation of Strata East recordings (who?) called
Strata-2-East, which is a compilation of some of their releases from
1972-1975 on a jazz/funk tip. Features lots of unknown (to me) names,
but is ace all the same. Looks like I've been missing out. Anyone know
what the previous comp is like, or anything else about the artists on
here?
Oh, and Bjork is on the South Bank Show on Saturday, for those like me
who think the LP is wicked (or those who just want to laugh spitefully
at the TV).
Gb.