bogusman

Sorry, but it was right in the era of Zappa, Red Crayola, and Velvet (let's say '66-'67) that the Beatles began to propose their psychedelic experimentation. How can you say that the Beatles had a musical approach light years away from the period they lived in, given the tight connections between them and the surrounding musical environment, including declared influences, covers, and various plagiarisms? There are many ways to be avant-garde or innovative, and it's not just about being depressed existentialist underground New Yorkers... The Beatles chose the super technological path because they could afford it, and I don't think it's possible to quantify the number of bands that owe everything to the Beatles just for their studio innovations. Sure, in '67 there were bands around the world making much more noise (in decibels) than the fab four, but are we sure their music was so "backward"? The fact that during the height of suites and various dilations, the Beatles continued to make three-minute songs, did that downgrade them to "old"? What about garage rock (which continued to propose bullet tracks during the era of suites)?

mmmh Psycho how I envy you! I don't know what I would give for a nice round of garrota!

Great Psycho, lysergic fundamentalist as always! :-) I don’t know these characters, and they definitely deserve a hunting joke, but right now I have so much to listen to... just imagine, I’m back in the 80s again!

Indeed, I didn't expect pieces like Autobahn or T-E-E to still convey that urgency they had 30 years ago (even if slightly altered). I agree on the dynamic drive of the tracks given by metallic sounds and airy melodies (after all, isn't Autobahn a form of psychedelia?...), and on their "utopian aspect" that turns them into positivist anthems (irony included) of the technological age. Now a bit Flintstones, now a bit Jetsons...

The entire Monterey live show exists and is titled "Jimi Plays Monterey," and it was first released in 1986: a rather ugly cover, to be honest, with a flaming guitar against a black background... but it never really attracted me much because of the setlist which, as far as I remember, included only a few tracks from "Are You Experienced"...

Sylvian1982, before this album, there was an EP that was simply titled with the name of the group. It is included in the tracklist of the beautiful Rhino reissue from 2001. As for Medicine Show, I can’t tell you if there is a reissue beyond the one from the early 90s (which contains, if I'm not mistaken, some live tracks...)

Caz, the singles should have been included in the remastered edition from a few years ago. At least, that's what I remember seeing, because the edition I have is the bare-bones Polygram one from '88 or thereabouts. Does anyone here have the Live at Monterey from '67? Can you tell me what it's like and what tracks are on it?

Indeed, Desire is very different from Half Mute; much more melodic, with some rather danceable tracks close to certain British synth-pop and others more atmospheric, even at times eastern-influenced. The influences? Mainly those of the more decadent English post-punk, with hints of the best Ultravox! and some languorous dark elements; a very seductive album, undoubtedly my favorite by Tuxedomoon.

I've never been very fond of this album, perhaps because I've always found it too derivative of Brian Eno's work. I've always preferred Desire or Holy Wars... do you have the live album from 1989, Ege? And have you listened to the latest one, released last year, whose title I can't remember now?

I almost forgot the ratings... the review is timely, precise, and flowing, and all in all quite passionate as well, but perhaps an album like this deserved a slightly more "gut-level" approach...