MTL_Robbie (As far far left from Harperville as possible)
Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 17:17
fredriley wrote:
Is this channelling the 80s bigtime, or what? I was surprised to see a 2011 release date for this song. Does anyone know who the French guy is who's been sampled in the background?
I believe it is Jean Marais, from the 1946 movie "La Belle et la Bête" (Beauty and the Beast) by Jean Cocteau.
Best of the 1980's. Got that arty, intellectual zing.
And speaking of best of the '80s, RP should do a special feature weekly show on the '80s, with all those songs that may not work very well on their own, like "Der Kommisar".
Peter Murphy, I now need to see bela lugosi's dead on youtube again, sums up the extraordinary 80's vibe and pulse I feel, just hearing his name man. That portrait sketch is cool too (also, super retch during that paul mccartney drivel RP just played, this helped clear the air after that crap, gracias)
Late 80's NYC - saw Peter Murphy open for the Church - he killed it. One year later saw Nine Inch Nails open for Peter Murphy - they killed it. Just goes to show ya, never discount that opening act.
Wait a minute: NIN opened for Peter Murphy?!?!? That's an unlikely pairing.
Late 80's NYC - saw Peter Murphy open for the Church - he killed it. One year later saw Nine Inch Nails open for Peter Murphy - they killed it. Just goes to show ya, never discount that opening act.
Is this channelling the 80s bigtime, or what? I was surprised to see a 2011 release date for this song. Does anyone know who the French guy is who's been sampled in the background?
I miss the days of making everybody listen to your music Big Speakers, big Amps, try to shake the house down. Used to have my mom yelling to turn it down...... now it's my kids... Sigh
raewah (Somewhere where the mountains meet the plains)
Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 13:48
belalugosi wrote:
Aha! My favourite side of the 80´s music: Bauhaus, The Cure, Joy Division, Talking Heads, DM, The Fall, Divo, etc. The ugly side of the 80´s music: Poison, Cinderella, Skid Row, etc. P. Murphy isn`t a big hair musician, he´s an avant garde icon...
Best of the 1980's. Got that arty, intellectual zing.
And speaking of best of the '80s, RP should do a special feature weekly show on the '80s, with all those songs that may not work very well on their own, like "Der Kommisar".
You're misinformed. First, Peter Murphy was in Bauhaus, one of the most influential expiremental alternative bands ever, and not big hair. Yes, on occasion they were theatrical and sported some odd hairdos but that was not at all what they were all about, and cannot be defined as one of the stereotypical mindless big hair bands of the '80's. Second, his solo stuff, he's mostly sporting stylish shorter hair and it's alternative rock songwriting, nothing to do with Flock of Seagulls or Poison or any kind of big hair bands of the '80's. If anything, his history is the antithesis of big hair bands— substance and musical exploration within a pop format.
Ok, you now can return to hating this music, documentary over, and I will continue to enjoy it and his spectacular career.
Aha! My favourite side of the 80´s music: Bauhaus, The Cure, Joy Division, Talking Heads, DM, The Fall, Divo, etc. The ugly side of the 80´s music: Poison, Cinderella, Skid Row, etc. P. Murphy isn`t a big hair musician, he´s an avant garde icon...
Ho hum .. another Peter Murphy song .. I'd really like to say "it all sounds the same after Bauhaus" .. which it does .. but he's got such a fabulous voice that I can't complain at all.
Hey there RadioDoc in Chicagoland! It's a snowy afternoon here in Siberia and I'm cleaning my kitchen and drinking wine, listening to RP while waiting for the repair guy to come fix my crappy washing machine yet again. This song brings me back to the late 80s—Peter Murphy at Metro in Chicago. This wasn't as good as his first solo album, but it was good. Anyway, if you see this, greetings to my sweet home Chicago from Siberian Russia...
Chicago says hello back, and please quit sending your winter weather...
Well done, as is this tune. An 8 (for you and Peter).
Hey there RadioDoc in Chicagoland! It's a snowy afternoon here in Siberia and I'm cleaning my kitchen and drinking wine, listening to RP while waiting for the repair guy to come fix my crappy washing machine yet again. This song brings me back to the late 80s—Peter Murphy at Metro in Chicago. This wasn't as good as his first solo album, but it was good. Anyway, if you see this, greetings to my sweet home Chicago from Siberian Russia...
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