veronica 2 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 OK so it all depends on your point of view, but a magazine I read is doing a series of features on albums/movies/books that that called underrated. It's really interesting to read and has come up with some good new stuff for me to listen to/watch that I might not have known about otherwise. Heres some albums I think are generally underrated, but I really like. REM - Up The Beloved - X Blur - Think Tank Human League - Secrets Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Anything by The Pixies, or The Slackers Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Another pixies fan? Woa! An old book by Albert Wendt..."Ironweed" seems to be underated to me. Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 modest mouse Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Radio Birdman, The Saints and definetely the Pixies. Can't forget the Hard-ons celebrating 21years this year!! Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 i dont know if i'd call the pixies overlooked. they are selling out every comeback show across europe and north america in hours. every music snob/music magazine creams over them. they are hardly going un-noticed. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 William Shatner has done some under-rated songs. Just kidding. I think the most recent REM album is really good, it got a lot of stick, Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 The Bees The Music Oingo Boingo Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Oingo Boingo..now there's a blast from the past. Are they still a group? I liked Dead Man's Party and Weird Science when I was in high school. And Pixies people, I still fire up Wave of Mutilation on my car stereo every now and then. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 The Pixies are a "seminal" band surely. I saw em twice in the late 80s. Try the version of River Euphrates off the b-side of one of the singles, maybe Monkey Gone to Heaven. It's a lot more powerful than the version on Surfer Rosa that sounds like it was recorded in a tin can. After Big Black, Steve Albini was flavour of the month back then, but he didn't do a very good job on that record. It's a shame because they're great songs. Whenever I see a list of 100 Greatest Single/Albums whatever, I usually conclude that the entire history of non-white music is under-rated. It's always under-represented. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Do you have the new double album from frank where one CD id pixies stuff remixed by some english guys (not my favorite) and the other is the acoustic demo for Surfer Rosa? Amazing Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 and how about the slackers? The best ska band EVER. I shit you not Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by Kintaro: Oingo Boingo..now there's a blast from the past. Are they still a group? The lead singer has done well for himself - he's the bloke who does all the musical orchestrations for The Simpsons! Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Underated album..the Replacements 'pleased to meet me.' Paul Westerburgh as an artist and song writer is underated. Thanks for the info SubZero! Zenzen shiranakatta! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 I've never heard one song by The Pixies. Who they? Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 They are my rock gods. The closest i could get to explaining their music, is it being the aural version of Dada. Strange, abstract lyrics that are sometimes sung well, sometimes screamed in spanish, and always perfect to the mood of the songs. Their most accessible album is 'Dolittle', although my favorite is Surfer Rosa. Truthfully, it took some time for it to sink in. It wasn't the case that i immediately fell in love with them. It took a few listenings, but i fell in love with them. And this is from a guy who always thought having a 'favorite' band was silly. But these guys are. If you want to download just a song or two, maybe try the UK Surf Version of 'Wave of Mutilation', or my the sexiest song in the world, 'Hey'. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Isn't there a pretty trippy Surfer Rosa VHS out there? I vaguely remember something from a long time ago. If I'm wrong it was Jane's Addiction...?? Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Janes Addiction, I like them, Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 On Jane's Addiction's last tour (before becoming porno for pyros) Perry Farrell got naked on a stage at aloha tower and got arrested. ...I like 'em too! Come to think of it, I think Perry is the originator of Lallapalloza. Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 I remember seeing Janes Addiction in Sydney back in 1991. Absolutely awesome, it was just before they split for the first time. It was the Ritual De Lo Habitual tour!! Man there was some tension between those guys on stage, the space couldn't have been big enough, they all stood as far away from each other as they could but they f#$kin rocked!! Perry was the Lollapolloza originator but I think he split from it for a while but recently came back to revive it!! One of my favourite bands!! Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 I saw Porno in '93 at an outdoor beach concert and it was completely nuts. The mosh pit was way out of control. The band had chickens running around on stage, there were bare breasted women, some guys puting swords down their throats, guys spitting fire and at one point Perry started making out with a male clown who had just imitated slitting his own throat and was (fake) bleeding all over the place. After the concert Perry and some of his group grabbed some boards and just went surfing at the beach across the street. Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 There is a big contrast between concerts, maybe the band is more comfortable at home. I saw Porno and it was a beautiful scene, the sun was just going down and their backdrop was awesome like a good trip!! So for hijacking the thread just stirred up a few great memories! Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Talk Talk the album that followed "The Colour of Spring", "Spirit of Eden" - both of them brilliant. They got dropped by the record company after it coz it was so uncommercial. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted June 29, 2005 Author Share Posted June 29, 2005 Ladytron deserve more attention. Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 0 Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 I bet you'd like Timo Maas, veronica. New stuff sounds really good. Link to post Share on other sites
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