From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V3 #237 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Thursday, July 22 2004 Volume 03 : Number 237 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 22:53:00 +0100 From: "shaz" Subject: Re: seven-seas Bunnymen Included in "80s Underground" Boxset great stuff!!! There's a lot of my faves on there plus loads that I've not heard which may become faves.... Thanks for the info Charles.. Shaz - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Pham" To: Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 8:07 PM Subject: seven-seas Bunnymen Included in "80s Underground" Boxset > http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000582 > 599 > > Rhino Box Surveys Fertile '80s Underground > > The fertile alternative and college scenes of the 1980s that fueled the > commercial modern rock explosion of the following decade are the basis for > Rhino's latest comprehensive musical survey. Due Oct. 5, "Left of the Dial: > Dispatches From the '80s Underground" boasts 82 tracks spread across four > discs from a diverse cast of U.K., Australian and American artists. > > The collection is impressive and educational in its sheer depth and > diversity. Punks (Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Bad Brains) share space with > the Paisley Underground (Prefab Sprout, Dream Syndicate), electronic > popsters of "Madchester" (New Order, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses), miserable > romantics (the Smiths, the Cure), beautiful noisemakers (Pixies, Sonic > Youth, Ministry, Mission Of Burma), jokers (Camper Van Beethoven, the Dead > Milkmen) and a new generation of rock poets (the Replacements, X, Kate > Bush). > > But while the styles and genres are widely dissimilar, commonality is found > in the impression each act made on the era's cutting-edge music fans. The > success of "Left of the Dial" (named after a Replacements song about college > radio) comes in identifying, in most cases, the precise song from which > those careers sprouted and took root. > > Many of the included acts went on to become familiar, even household names. > Obviously falling into that category are R.E.M. ("Radio Free Europe"), the > Red Hot Chili Peppers ("Hollywood (Africa)") and the Pretenders ("Message of > Love"). > > Other examples are more nebulous, such as the Sugarcubes ("Birthday"), which > featured pre-artisti Bjvrk on vocals. Or Killing Joke ("Wardance"), whose > Youth became an in-demand producer (Crowded House, the Verve, Dido). > > Some songs found on "Left of the Dial" represent massive hits or artistic > peaks the acts never again rivaled. Examples include the Church's "Under the > Milky Way," a smash pop single that proved to be an unmatchable albatross > for the Australian group; or Suicidal Tendencies' epic skate punk ode to the > frustration of misunderstanding, "Institutionalized," which predated a chase > of thrash metal glory that delivered the group to a different audience. > > While a handful of cuts might seem obscure to any but the most > knowledgeable, many -- Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart," Jane's > Addiction's "Jane Says," Black Flag's "Rise Above," among them -- stand firm > as the epoch of an influential musical revolution. > > Augmenting the music on "Left of the Dial" -- which carries a suggested list > price of $64.98 -- are liner notes by music critic Karen Schoemer (Newsweek, > The New York Times), interviews with SST Records founder/Black Flag > guitarist Greg Ginn and Twin/Tone Records co-founder Peter Jesperson. Also > featured are personal essays by Factory Records co-founder Tony Wilson and > Dream Syndicate member/Down There Records founder Steve Wynn. > > Here is the full "Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground" > track list: > > Disc one > "Radio Free Europe," R.E.M. (Athens, Ga.) > "Going Underground," the Jam (Woking, England) > "A Forest," the Cure (Crawley, England) > "Holiday in Cambodia," Dead Kennedys (San Francisco) > "I'm in Love With a German Film Star," Passions (London) > "I Will Dare," the Replacements (Minneapolis) > "That's When I Reach for My Revolver," Mission Of Burma (Boston) > "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline," X (Los Angeles) > "Just Like Honey," the Jesus And Mary Chain (Glasgow, Scotland) > "Black Celebration," Depeche Mode (Basildon, England) > "Tell Me When It's Over," the Dream Syndicate (Los Angeles) > "Hollywood (Africa)," the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Los Angeles) > "Temptation," New Order (Manchester, England) > "Ghosts," Japan (London) > "A Song From Under the Floorboards," Magazine (Manchester, England) > "Oblivious," Aztec Camera (Glasgow, Scotland) > "Don't Want To Know if You Are Lonely," H|sker D| (St. Paul, Minn.) > "Rise Above," Black Flag (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) > "Back in Flesh," Wall Of Voodoo (Los Angeles) > "Cattle and Cane," the Go-Betweens (Brisbane, Australia) > > Disc two: > "Message of Love," the Pretenders (London) > "Vienna," Ultravox (London) > "Freak Scene," Dinosaur Jr. (Amherst, Mass.) > "This Charming Man," the Smiths (Manchester, England) > "Stigmata," Ministry (Chicago) > "Ways To Be Wicked," Lone Justice (Los Angeles) > "Wardance," Killing Joke (Notting Hill, England) > "Enola Gay," Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (Liverpool) > "Mirror in the Bathroom," the English Beat (Birmingham, England) > "Fairytale in the Supermarket," the Raincoats (London) > "Behind the Wall of Sleep," the Smithereens (Carteret, N.J.) > "Political Song for Michael Jackson To Sing," Minutemen (San Pedro, Calif.) > "Punk Rock Girl," the Dead Milkmen (Philadelphia) > "Still in Hollywood," Concrete Blonde (Los Angeles) > "Love Will Tear Us Apart," Joy Division (Manchester, England) > "Blister in the Sun," Violent Femmes (Milwaukee) > "Lake of Fire," Meat Puppets (Tucson, Ariz.) > "Amplifier," the dB's (Winston-Salem, N.C.) > "When Love Breaks Down," Prefab Sprout (Newcastle, England) > "Goo Goo Muck," the Cramps (New York) > "This Corrosion," Sisters Of Mercy (Leeds, England) > "Senses Working Overtime," XTC (Swindon, England) > > Disc three: > "The Cutter," Echo & The Bunnymen (Liverpool) > "Pay To Cum!" Bad Brains (Washington, D.C.) > "Birthday," the Sugarcubes (Reykjavik) > "Madonna of the Wasps," Robyn Hitchcock 'n' the Egyptians (London) > "We Care a Lot," Faith No More (San Francisco) > "Teenage Riot," Sonic Youth (New York) > "To Hell With Poverty," Gang Of Four (Leeds, England) > "Fa Ci-La," the Feelies (Hoboken, N.J.) > "Ana Ng," They Might Be Giants (Brooklyn, N.Y.) > "Swamp Thing," the Chameleons UK (Middleton, England) > "The Mercy Seat," Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (London) > "I Look Around," the Rain Parade (Los Angeles) > "All That Money Wants," Psychedelic Furs (London) > "Under the Milky Way," the Church (Sydney) > "Rise," Public Image Ltd. (London) > "Kundalini Express," Love And Rockets (London) > "Gravity Talks," Green On Red (Los Angeles) > "Adrenalin," Throbbing Gristle (Manchester, England) > "She Bangs the Drums," the Stone Roses (Manchester, England) > > Disc four: > "Monkey Gone to Heaven," Pixies (Boston) > "Uncertain Smile," (original 7" version)," the The (Swadlincote, England) > "Bela Lugosi's Dead," Bauhaus (Northampton, England) > "Christine," Siouxsie And The Banshees (Bromley, England) > "Straight Edge," Minor Threat (Washington, D.C.) > "I Want To Help You Ann," the Lyres (Boston) > "Our Secret," Beat Happening (Olympia, Wash.) > "Jane Says," Jane's Addiction (Los Angeles) > "World Shut Your Mouth," Julian Cope (Liverpool) > "Running up That Hill," Kate Bush (Bexleyheath, England) > "Sex Beat," Gun Club (Los Angeles) > "Take the Skinheads Bowling," Camper Van Beethoven (Santa Cruz, Calif.) > "Institutionalized," Suicidal Tendencies (Venice, Calif.) > "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops," Cocteau Twins (Grangemouth, Scotland) > "24 Hour Party People," Happy Mondays (Manchester, England) > "I Want You Back," Hoodoo Gurus (Sydney) > "Suburban Home," Descendents (Los Angeles) > "A Pair of Brown Eyes," the Pogues (Kings Cross, Ireland) > "Jet Fighter," the Three O'Clock (Los Angeles) > "Moving To Florida," Butthole Surfers (San Antonio, Texas) > "A New England," Billy Bragg (Barking, England) > > > -- Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y. > > Charles Pham > Web Producer > charlesp@eonline.com > AIM: PicturesOnMyWall > WORK: 323.692.4676 > CELL: 323.273.1550 > E! Online > > > > ====================================== > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > > ====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V3 #237 ********************************