Been listening to 'Loveless' on the Zen lately. I'd like to pose some questions for discussion:
1. As 'psychadelic' music, are MBV really that trippy or sonically/timbrally dense?
It seems alot of the MBV 'shtick' guitarwise is derived from that industrial-mod guitar sound from two key records: Sonic Youth's SISTER (esp the track SOON) and Dinosaur Jr's YR LIVING ALL OVER ME (their track POLEDO). ALot of the density of their sound come from processed keyboard layer over the guitars, making the resulting 'wash' not as DEEP as you may first think.
2. KRAUTROCK, connection - yep, c/w the whole MBV shitck with Faust's marvellous track KRAUTROCK, but also the soundscapes of HARMONIA (Musik Von), and of course, not forgetting ENO, even, or more especially, the ambient stuff like DISCREET MUSIC and his experiments with the criminally uder-rated ROBERT WYATT
3. Lyrics. I'm really getting hyped on their lyrics or trying to decipher what Belinda is saying. Their lyrics are more functional thant meaningful, much like dance music's use of voice.
4. What happened to Belinda Butcher?
Cheers
1. As 'psychadelic' music, are MBV really that trippy or sonically/timbrally dense?
It seems alot of the MBV 'shtick' guitarwise is derived from that industrial-mod guitar sound from two key records: Sonic Youth's SISTER (esp the track SOON) and Dinosaur Jr's YR LIVING ALL OVER ME (their track POLEDO). ALot of the density of their sound come from processed keyboard layer over the guitars, making the resulting 'wash' not as DEEP as you may first think.
2. KRAUTROCK, connection - yep, c/w the whole MBV shitck with Faust's marvellous track KRAUTROCK, but also the soundscapes of HARMONIA (Musik Von), and of course, not forgetting ENO, even, or more especially, the ambient stuff like DISCREET MUSIC and his experiments with the criminally uder-rated ROBERT WYATT
3. Lyrics. I'm really getting hyped on their lyrics or trying to decipher what Belinda is saying. Their lyrics are more functional thant meaningful, much like dance music's use of voice.
4. What happened to Belinda Butcher?
Cheers