"Really awful is more interesting to listen to than pretty good" - Eno ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. welcome to the drivel blog of "music detractor, Simon Reynolds"
Monday, March 5, 2018
The Crunch
this sort of de-necessitates Add N To X and Goldfrapp a quarter century ahead of schedule
synthglam trudge-funk bovver-boogie
what it reminds me of is "Spirit in the Sky" with a smear of futurity over the bluesy shuffle
context
me old mate Paul Oldfield points out this as a cousin to the Rah Band tune
that's the same Smoke as in "my friend jack eats sugarlumps"
But back to the RAH band - who i had always thought of (based on their 1980s stuff) as a jazz-funk group
well it's not a band at all, it's a bloke - a studio entity (Richard Anthony Hewson - R.A.H. geddit).
there's no synths involved - all done with guitars and bass done up with pedal effects
more of that Crunch-y ilk
these titles on the Crunch albums seem promising
. 01 00:00 The Crunch 02 03:38 Electric Fling 03 07:41 Concrete 04 12:30 Is Anybody There 05 16:50 Beyond 06 22:11 Spacerace 07 27:57 Turkey Roll 08 33:06 Vampire Vamp 09 38:38 Woogie Boogie 10 43:29 The Crunch (Reprise
but the promise is not delivered
in their 80s mode
Labels:
1977,
add n to x,
gary glitter,
goldfrapp,
rah band,
SYNTHS
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Chicory Tip? 'Son of My Father', 1972. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXbrS3Msgww
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