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The Jesus and Mary Chain — Head On
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 17:00
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Must. Dance. Now. {#Dancingbanana}
 

We miss you so much, Cynaera...


Jörg_Asmussen
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 14:27
 
More Jesus & Mary Chain, please. 
I remember an interview with Jim Reid back in the 80's, complaining about the music world not recognizing their genius and being ahead of time. Who knows, maybe they will get full recognition some time in the future. 

pvcnote
(SP/SP)
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 14:23
 
{#Drunk}{#Meditate}{#Dance}{#Notworthy}

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: May 31, 2012 - 05:44
 
 agd3 wrote:
Probably not a 10, but had to do it since its been forever since some JAMC.  Play some Darklands, Stoned & Dethroned (Girlfriend), and of course some "Just Like Honey".  One of my favorite bands...and "everyone in my hotel room likes this song!"
 
Oh now don't you start!

agd3
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 18:37
 
Probably not a 10, but had to do it since its been forever since some JAMC.  Play some Darklands, Stoned & Dethroned (Girlfriend), and of course some "Just Like Honey".  One of my favorite bands...and "everyone in my hotel room likes this song!"

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 18:37
 
I don't even know what to say.....I guess...Thank you for this..

Aud
(lost in lakecity)
Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 02:04
 
 romeotuma wrote:

I'm with you on that...  everybody in my hotel room is dancing right now...  love it...


 
 

Iggy Pop would be great after this

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 09:24
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Must. Dance. Now. {#Dancingbanana}
 


I'm with you on that...  everybody in my hotel room is dancing right now...  love it...


 

rickhoran
(Eastern PA)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 09:23
 
 aspicer wrote:
NOW we're talkin'!!!!!  Bring it! More Mary Chain would be a wonderful addition to RP!
  preach it!


aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 09:22
 
NOW we're talkin'!!!!!  Bring it! More Mary Chain would be a wonderful addition to RP!

Cynaera
(Oh, who cares?)
Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 15:33
 
Must. Dance. Now. {#Dancingbanana}

mcYammer
(Beervana)
Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 15:25
 
knew this from the pixies, but jandmchain is culture

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 15:22
 
First I heard this,    excellent,,,, turn it up!!

bluecshells
(Texas)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 15:25
 

A fav!  {#Whistle}



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 14:46
 
Bumping to a 9.  This is a good song, IMO.

teapot
(in orbit)
Posted: May 02, 2010 - 16:28
 
Classic! {#Dancingbanana}

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 28, 2010 - 10:24
 

I was baptized Alternative in this amazing song



SmackDaddy
(San Diego)
Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 23:12
 
Skip this CD and go buy Psycho Candy, Automatic, and Barbedwire Kisses. That should do it just fine.

lmic
(Influential for All the Wrong Reasons)
Posted: Oct 25, 2009 - 17:04
 
 alux wrote:
One was deservingly post-punk.
 
What, exactly, is post-punk? Anyways, this sounds like heavy Ramones to me.


songbirdfemme
(syracuse ny)
Posted: May 20, 2009 - 11:52
 
 alux wrote:
Okay, dunderheads, time to get something clear:

J&MC and Billy Idol are on different planets. One was deservingly post-punk. The other was a poseur. You figure it out, this ain't rocket science.

 

While I wholeheartedly agree with this point, 100%, I just want to throw out there that Steve Stevens was no poseur, but a very talented guitarist, and this particular JMC song really does sound a LOT like his collaborations with Billy, long after Billy Idol was just a fading star...  


Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 19:45
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Barbed Wire Kisses

 
You and rickhoran below are correct, Barbed Wire Kisses is the one. Thank you.


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Dec 13, 2008 - 10:51
 
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:
You forgot their cover of "Who do you love?", which I think was on Psychocandy.
 
Barbed Wire Kisses


rickhoran
(Eastern PA)
Posted: Jul 23, 2008 - 08:59
 
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:


You forgot their cover of "Who do you love?", which I think was on Psychocandy.

 

yes. thank you. but no, its not on the original psychocandy release (vinyl), i believe that was a single (12").


Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Jul 08, 2008 - 11:25
 
rickhoran wrote:

now for something to hear, listen to their versions of
Surfin' USA,
Little Red Rooster or

their Kill Surf City or I Hate Rock and Roll or their great Some Candy release.


You forgot their cover of "Who do you love?", which I think was on Psychocandy.
rickhoran
(Eastern PA)
Posted: May 06, 2008 - 12:48
 
JAMC was one of my favs in the 80's especially being a college kid loving feedback and distortion sound. to compare them to say, gee, i don't know, love and rockets is a stitch and a half. If you want to know where their sound comes from listen to velvet underground "White Light/White Heat" album. and i think a tribute from JAMC to Velvet Underground is "Sun Ray".
(click here)

now for something to hear, listen to their versions of
Surfin' USA,
Little Red Rooster or

their Kill Surf City or I Hate Rock and Roll or their great Some Candy release. Now thats some way cool noise if you like feedback and distortion to the gills.

And I love the Pixies but their version of this song is pathetic, i always skip it.

sutcliff
(Saint Louis)
Posted: May 06, 2008 - 12:29
 
sjsartist wrote:
wasn't this song used in a movie? The Pixies version.


Totally F***ed Up (1993)?
Ag3nt0rang3
Posted: May 06, 2008 - 12:29
 
alux wrote:
Okay, dunderheads, time to get something clear: J&MC and Billy Idol are on different planets. One was deservingly post-punk. The other was a poseur. You figure it out, this ain't rocket science.
I thought JAMC were between planets. But seriously, for those who don't know, this song is probably the most mainstream of anything I've ever heard from JAMC. The rest of this album (Automatic) is harder, some of it much harder (I'm thinking Sun Ray and a few other feedback-drenched bon-bons). And this is not even considered their best or most out-there stuff.


25demayo
(dreaming of an asado)
Posted: May 06, 2008 - 12:29
 
Love and Rockets anybody???
wilcogirl11
Posted: Mar 04, 2008 - 11:49
 
Something in this guy's voice reminded me of Paul Westerberg. Hmmm.
queenjill
(banana stand)
Posted: Mar 04, 2008 - 11:46
 
This is a great series! Thanks Bill.
11:43 am - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On
11:38 am - Led Zeppelin - Bron-y-aur Stomp
11:35 am - Lucinda Williams - Can't Let Go
Paxus
(Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania)
Posted: Mar 04, 2008 - 11:45
 
man... one of those defining songs from my high school days... flashback...
pianocomposer
(Springfield)
Posted: Feb 02, 2008 - 01:52
 
hooray wrote:
Apply directly to the forehead.


Hilarious! That's exacty what I was thinking. Head on. ! !
sjsartist
(Texas)
Posted: Jan 01, 2008 - 14:54
 
wasn't this song used in a movie? The Pixies version.
ctdfalconer
(Over yon)
Posted: Oct 30, 2007 - 19:18
 
horstman wrote:
Frank Black can belt this out world's better than this!

Pixies rule.


Hearing the Pixies cover of this song was my entry to the Pixiverse. I dig the way they did it, but JAMC shows well by comparison. The fact that a band as formidable as the Pixies opted to cover it says a great deal about the originators of the tune.
js5280
(Denver, CO)
Posted: Oct 30, 2007 - 19:14
 
horstman wrote:
Frank Black can belt this out world's better than this!

Pixies rule.


It was a Pixes cover of JMC, but YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!

Excellent bands on both counts....

I've got a fever and the only prescription is more Shoegazer ;-)
dkwalika
(Upper Midwest)
Posted: Sep 29, 2007 - 10:09
 
I'm new to this song, and I really like it!
alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: May 26, 2007 - 16:56
 
Okay, dunderheads, time to get something clear:

J&MC and Billy Idol are on different planets. One was deservingly post-punk. The other was a poseur. You figure it out, this ain't rocket science.



littleRoom
(Tempe, AZ)
Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 13:59
 
I can't wait to see these guys at Coachella this year. It's going to be AWESOME!!!
akstephens
Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 13:58
 
Nobody is cooler than the Jesus and Mary Chain...
yclept
(at the end of the #1)
Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 13:58
 
nah...Billy Idol meets the Boss
andrello
(Germany)
Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 13:57
 
Darkmatter wrote:


I just realized those two songs (Head on and Temptation) are quite similar both in sound and spirit alike. They remind me of the sensation you experience when you find out the person you fancy feels the same about you!


Nice association. Agree!


ramette
(Appalachia)
Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 13:56
 

Sunman
(The 'Nard in SOCAL)
Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 13:56
 
The train just came off the track...damn, just when we were building up steam :-(

C-R-A-P. Only thing worse than Billy Idol is a crappy attempt at Billy idol.
Dianyla
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Jan 22, 2007 - 12:43
 
"Dancing with myse-helf... oh oh oh oh"
ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, Wyo.)
Posted: Jan 22, 2007 - 12:43
 
Coppertop wrote:
Billy Idol meets T-Rex


veegez wrote:
These dudes have chunks of guys like Billy Idol in their stool. (To steal from Phil Hartmann.)

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Nov 10, 2006 - 16:00
 
Frank Black can belt this out world's better than this!

Pixies rule.
Coppertop
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: Oct 12, 2006 - 10:02
 
Billy Idol meets T-Rex
hooray
Posted: Aug 29, 2006 - 11:37
 
Apply directly to the forehead.
NutsyUK
(London UK)
Posted: Jul 31, 2006 - 05:18
 
heh great beat on this trakc... had my fingers pounding the table rather hard :p
the_bink
(The Golden Horseshoe)
Posted: May 04, 2006 - 12:30
 
grant wrote:


who did the original?


It was origionaly done by the Jesus and Mary Chain, on the album Automatic. The Pixies covered it on their album Trompe Le Monde.