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The Unlikely Career of Pet Shop Boys & "It's a Sin" I New British Canon Hotney 7 Streams • 2 years ago

On paper, Pet Shop Boys are an unlikely pop behemoth. A former pop journalist and an architecture student, their first hit, “West End Girls,” had their thirty-year-old middle-class British frontman embodying Grandmaster Flash. Starting off as what could’ve quite easily remained a one-hit wonder, they defined British synth pop in the late 1980s, combining the cutting edge of dance music with their intelligent self-reflective lyricism. By 1987 they had hit their imperial phase with a song that attacked the Catholic Church with
Hi-NRG bombast and extraneous countdowns. This is New British Canon and this is the story of "It’s a Sin”.

#petshopboys #80spop #musicdocumentary

Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.

00:00 Introduction
00:41 The Beginnings of Pet Shop Boys
06:18 A Dead End World: "West End Girls"
16:46 It's a, It's a, It's a, It's a: It's a Sin
24:49 Actually: The Imperial Phase
31:55 Enduring Legacy: When An Empire Falls

Pet Shop Boys, Literally by Chris Heath, 1990, William Heinemann London
Please Liner Notes by Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe, 2001
Actually Liner Notes by Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe, 2001
“Pet Shop Boys: The South Bank Show” (1992) dir. Steve Jenkins
“Neil Tennant” Kirsty Young, Desert Island Discs, Feb 2007
“The Pet Shop Boys: An ex-Smash Hits Writer and the Grandson of a Nitwit” Tom Hibbert, Smash Hits, Dec 1985
“The Pet Shop Boys’ music mixes New York hip hop styles with lots of English irony” Jon Savage, Spin Magazine, Feb 1986
“Pet Shop Boys: What Does It Take To Make These Men Happy?” Chris Heath, Smash Hits, Feb 1986
“Track Record: West End Girls” Jim Betteridge, International Musician & Recording World, March 1986
“Take: 1 Wasteland, 2 Pet Shop Boys, 7 Deadly Sins, 15 Monks” William Shaw, Smash Hits, 1 July 1987
“Pet Shop Boys: Cheeseburgers, Carrot Cake and Coffee (yum!?)” Chris Heath, Smash Hits, Mar 1988
“Outsiderdom: The Pet Shop Boys” Mat Snow, Q Magazine, Aug 1988
“Pet Shop Boys: Tum-Ti-Tum!” Tom Hibbert, Q Magazine, Dec 1990
“Pet Shop Boys: Oh Mister Songwriters!” Adrian Deevoy, Q Magazine, January 1992
“Pet Shop Boys: Our Back Catalogue Is 25 Years Of Social Commentary” Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, Mar 2009
“Classic Tracks: Pet Shop Boys 'It's A Sin'” Richard Buskin, Sound on Sound, Dec 2010
“For Hard-Core Petheads: The Tennant Interview In Full” Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish, Jun 2009
“Poptimism: Imperial” Tom Ewing, Pitchfork, May 2010
“Pet Shop Boys: cab drivers ask us if we've retired” Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, Sep 2012
“Neil Tennant: The Mojo Interview” Ian Harrison, Mojo Magazine, Aug 2013
“The Lowdown: Pet Shop Boys” David Burke, Classic Pop, Nov 2018
“Pet Shop Boys: 'The acoustic guitar should be banned’” Alexis Petridis, The Guardian, Jan 2020
“Neil Tennant on West End Girls: 'It's about sex and escape. It's paranoid’” Laura Snapes, The Guardian, Jun 2020
“It’s a Sin — pure pop provocation from the Pet Shop Boys” Arwa Haider, Financial Times, Oct 2021
“Pet Shop Boys interview – SMASH the system” John Earls, Classic Pop, Jul 2023
“Pet Shop Boys: ‘Music has ceased to be ageist’” Laura Snapes, The Guardian, Feb 2024

Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

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The Critical Kicking of Slowdive ("When The Sun Hits") | New British Canon Hotney 11 Streams • 2 years ago

There was a time when the British Music Press had absolute power. Punk, C86, Madchester, Grunge, Britpop, and The New Rock Revolution were all invented and made famous within the pages of NME, Sounds and Melody Maker. But trends are fickle. Once the press got bored of a certain sound or scene, they quickly moved on to the next one, viciously mocking what they were promoting weeks before. Many bands’ careers ended prematurely.

Slowdive had approximately six months of next-big-thing write-ups and glowing praise before they were exiled. In came Grunge and Shoegaze was suddenly not cool. For the rest of their initial three album run, they were critically kicked, punched and spat on by journalists. They were the enemy of the NME, and deemed monstrous by Melody Maker. Despite creating some of the most beautiful euphoric music of the 1990s, they were the most hated indie band in Britain. This is New British Canon, and this is the Story of “When The Sun Hits.”

#Slowdive #Shoegaze #MusicDocumentary

Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.

Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

00:00 Introduction
01:05 The Start of Slowdive & The Rise & Fall of Shoegaze
10:10 Recording Souvlaki: "40 Days and I Still Miss You"
21:30 Further Backlash & Pygmalion
25:59 The Re-Evaluation of Slowdive

Slowdive Souvlaki Pitchfork Classic (2015) dir. Michael Garber
The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize by David Cavanagh, 2000, Faber
Just For a Day Liner Notes, Ian Watson, 2005
Souvlaki Liner Notes, Ian Watson, 2005
Pygmalion Liner Notes, Ian Watson, 2005
“Slowdive: Falling and Laughing” Paul Lester, Melody Maker, Dec 1990
“The Right Kind of Slow” Simon Williams, NME, Feb 1991
“Slowdive: Younger than Yesterday” Bob Stanley, Melody Maker, Mar 1991
“Dive Bomb” Paul Lester, Melody Maker, Aug 1991
“It’s all atmosphere with us” Andrew Collins, NME, Sep 1991
“Manic Street Preachers: The Newport Dolls” Andrew Collins, NME, Nov 1991
“Whatever Happened to Shoegazing?” Paul Lester, Melody Maker, Sep 1992
“Slowdive: Souvlaki” John Mulvey, NME, May 1993
“Pitta and Twisted” Dele Fadele, NME, Jun 1993
“Slowdive: Souvlaki” Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, Jun 1993
"Slowdive: Pygmalion" John Harris, NME Feb 1995
“Mojave 3 - Interview Part 1” Anthony Strutt, Pennyblack Music, Jul 2004
“Mojave 3 - Interview Part 2” Anthony Strutt, Pennyblack Music, Aug 2004
“Slowdive - Interview” Anthony Strutt, Pennyblack Music, Jun 2005
“Diamond Gazers: Shoegaze” Jude Rogers, The Guardian, Jul 2007
“Interview: Simon Scott of Slowdive, Televise, The Charlottes, Seavault, and Lowgold.” Asa Eisenhardt, When The Sun Hits, Oct 2011
“Slowdive: The Band That Celebrates Itself Again” Lukas Hodges, Noisey, Feb 2014
“Slowdive on Their Reunion, “Souvlaki,” Creation Records, “Pygmalion,” and Shoegazing” Austin Trunick, Under The Radar, Aug 2014
“WTSH Interviews Neil Halstead & Simon Scott of SLOWDIVE.” Asa Eisenhardt, When The Sun Hits, Aug 2014
“Interview: Slowdive’s Simon Scott on the Rebirth of the Influential Shoegaze Group” Hanna Bächer, Red Bull Academy, Sep 2014
“The unlikely renaissance of Slowdive: ‘Shoegaze became the genre of ridicule’” Alexandra Pollard, The Guardian, Mar 2017
“Slowdive on Their First Album in 22 Years and Why Shoegaze Came Back” Quinn Moreland, Pitchfork, Apr 2017
“Slowdive on Reuniting for the Band’s First Album in 22 Years” Justin Joffe, Observer, Apr 2017
“Why Slowdive’s Post-Rock Masterpiece Pygmalion Still Matters” Marc Hogan and Quinn Moreland, Pitchfork, Dec 2018
“Slowdive interviewed: ‘The destination was never really discussed or known’” Piers Martin, Uncut Magazine, Aug 2023
“Slowdive Are More ‘Alive’ Than Ever” Cam Lindsay, Spin Magazine, Sep 2023
“The perseverance of Slowdive” Ashwin Bhandari, The Line of Best Fit, Sep 2023
“Slowdive: How Gen Z became obsessed with the 90s shoegaze legends” Will Richards, The Standard, Nov 2023

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Before Limp Bizkit: How Nu Metal Became Pop - Revisited Hotney 8 Streams • 2 years ago

For a brief moment in the late 90s and early 2000s, Nu Metal ruled the airwaves. With releases such as KoRn's Follow the Leader, Limp Bizkit's Significant Other and Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory, the genre had commercial clout, but critically fared less well. However if you were a teenager at the time, nothing else felt like its white-knuckled throat-shredding catharsis. Not only that but the genre fused together many different sonic elements that previously seemed incompatible. But how did we get here? What were the vital steps along the way? And was it really all for the nookie? This is How Nu Metal Became Pop.

#LimpBizkit #NuMetal #MusicDocumentary

Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.

Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

00:00 Introduction
01:07 Run DMC
04:05 Beastie Boys
06:15 Faith No More
09:31 Bring The Noise
11:42 Helmet
14:46 90s Hip Hop
18:57 Rage Against The Machine
21:40 Pantera
24:01 Clawfinger
25:29 Korn
28:48 Deftones
31:04 Sepultura
34:15 1997
40:30 1998
45:40 Limp Bizkit

Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal, Jon Wiederhorn & Katherine Turman, 2013, Harper Collins
“Faith No More - Artists of the Year” Frank Owen, Spin Magazine, Dec 1990
“Ice-T Interview” Andy Gill, Q Magazine, Sep 1991
“Helmet: Big Boom in Industrial Metal” Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, Aug 1992
“100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die” Kerrang! Staff, Kerrang! Magazine, Jan 1998
“They love bands called Snot and Orgy and dress like S&M fans. Welcome to nu metal“ Dave Simpson, The Guardian, Dec 1999
“666 Songs You Must Own” Kerrang! Staff, Kerrang! Magazine, Nov 2004
“Interview - Page Hamilton (Helmet)” Cosmo Lee, Invisible Oranges, Dec 2010
“Pantera Look Back at 20 Years of ‘Walk’” Kory Grow, Spin Magazine, May 2012
“Pantera's 'Vulgar Display Of Power': The Epic Story Behind A Hostile Masterpiece” Jon Wiederhorn, Revolver, Jul 2012
"15 Years On – Was Nu-Metal The Last Musical Tribe?” Al Horner, NME, Sep 2013
“Was It Really All Just For the Nookie? A Rational Explanation of Nu-Metal“ Tim Karan, Diffuser, Nov 2014
“Korn’s 1994 Debut LP: The Oral History of the Most Important Metal Record of the Last 20 Years” Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, Dec 2014
“Under the Influence: Korn's James "Munky" Shaffer” Dave Kerr, The Skinny, Jan 2015
“Rage Against the Machine Bassist: ‘I Apologize for Limp Bizkit’” Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, Sep 2015
“The Nu Metal Years, Part One: Are You Ready?” Gareth Watkins, Cvlt Nation, Dec 2015
“The Inside Story Of When Run‑DMC Met Aerosmith And Changed Music Forever” Geoff Edgers, The Washington Post, May 2016
“Serenity and suffering: confronting Korn's dark past” Mörat, Metal Hammer, Oct 2016
“Deftones' Chino Moreno: ‘Adrenaline? Those were wild times’” Metal Hammer, Oct 2016
“The story behind Sepultura's Roots” Dom Lawson, Metal Hammer, Oct 2016
“Incubus on nu-metal: 'It always made me cringe'” Kate Hutchinson, The Guardian, Apr 2017
“20 years of nu-metal: the rise, fall and revival of rock’s most maligned offshoot” Tom Connick, The Guardian, May 2017
“August 18, 1998: Korn, Kid Rock, Orgy & The Biggest Day in Nu-Metal History” Kristen S. He, Billboard, May 2018
“7 Things You Didn't Know About System Of A Down's Self-Titled Album” Jon Wiederhorn, Revolver, Jun 2018
“In 1998, rap-rock and nü-metal really did seem like the future” David Anthony, AV Club, Aug 2018
“Oral History of the ‘Judgment Night’ Soundtrack: 1993’s Rap-Rock Utopia” Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, Sep 2018
“Korn's Jonathan Davis On Nu-Metal” Jonathan Weiner, Kerrang!, Sep 2019
“Clawfinger im Interview über Konzerte, Kohle und kritische Songtexte” Andreas, Burn Your Ears, Nov 2019
“Dez Fafara: How Coal Chamber saved LA and why nu metal rules” Joe Daly, Metal Hammer, Feb 2020
“Korn break down their debut album track by track” Paul Branigan, Metal Hammer, Oct 2020
“The Story Behind The Song: Bring The Noise by Anthrax and Public Enemy” Joel McIver, Metal Hammer, Nov 2020
“The story of nu-metal in 14 songs” Nick Ruskell, Kerrang!, Aug 2021
“Revenge of The Freaks: How Nu Metal Took Over the World” Dave Everley, Metal Hammer, Sep 2022
“8 Musical Groups That Influenced Nu-Metal” Lauryn Schaffner, Loudwire, Sep 2022
““It was like holding a f**king live wire”: how Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed everything” Dave Everley, Metal Hammer, Nov 2022
“Run DMC thought Walk This Way would ruin them: instead, it saved Aerosmith” Greg Prato, Classic Rock, Jan 2023
“How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth” Dannii Leivers, Metal Hammer, Aug 2023

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Woo-hoo!: How Blur Mocked Grunge & Destroyed Britpop ["Song 2"] | New British Canon Hotney 11 Streams • 2 years ago

At first, Blur were a band that prided themselves on their Britishness. They wrote keenly observational pop songs about 18-30 Holidays, The Shipping Forecast, Sunday Lunch and the Quiet Frustrations of Everyday British Life. In Britain, it made them heroes. But in the US they were nobodies.

So it was quite the surprise that midway through the 90s, they made an about-face and unleashed a screaming chunk of Apple Pie-scented Grunge rawk, the key modern jock jam. But how did they get there? Why was a jumbo jet involved? And was it just a joke aimed squarely to whom it appealed? This is New British Canon and this is the Story of “Song 2.”

#Blur #Britpop #MusicDocumentary

Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.

Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

00:00 Introduction
00:52 Blur & Britpop's Ascension: "So The Story Begins..."
07:17 The Great Escape: "I Am So Sad, I Don't Know Why"
15:30 Recording Blur: "Sad Drunk and Poorly"
22:30 Creating Song 2: "When I Feel Heavy Metal"
28:07 Enduring Legacy of Blur & Song 2

Sources:
The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock by John Harris, 2004, Harper Perennial
Verse, Chorus, Monster! By Graham Coxon, 2022, Faber
The Life of Blur by Martin Power, 2013, Omnibus Press
Isle of Noises by Daniel Rachel, 2013, Picador
Starshaped - Documentary (1993) dir. Matthew Longfellow
Blur - The South Bank Show (1999) dir Gerald Fox
No Distance Left to Run - Documentary (2010) dir. Dylan Southern & Will Lovelace
“Blur: Britain’s Class Act” Steven Daly, Rolling Stone, Nov 1994
"The Hic Parade" Ted Kessler, NME, Dec 1994
"Blur: The Return Of The Fab Four" Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, Aug 1995
"Blur: The Return Of The Fab Four: Part Two" Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, Aug 1995
“Graham Coxon: I'm Completely at Odds With Everything” Keith Cameron, NME, Sep 1995
"Blur: England Expects" Chris Heath, The Face, Sep 1995
"Gold, Nonsense and Blur" Johnny Cigarettes, NME, Dec 1995
“Blur: Stop The Band, I Wanna Get Off!” Adrian Deevoy, Q, Mar 1996
“Blur in America” Everett True, Melody Maker, Mar 1996
"Blur Clear Things Up" Susan Kaplow, Addicted To Noise, 1997
“What Have We Done?” Roy Wilkinson, Select Magazine, Mar 1997
“‘Sly Stone Meets Black Sabbath’” Roy Wilkinson, Select Magazine, Mar 1997
“One day, all this will be ours” David Cavanagh, Q Magazine, Apr 1997
“Blur Knocks The Pulp Out Of Oasis, Right?” Erik Himmelsbach, Pulse!, Apr 1997
“Red White and Blur“ Sylvia Patterson, Spin Magazine, Aug 1997
"Woo Hoo!" Michael Dwyer, Rolling Stone Australia, Sep 1997
“Chaos Has Reappeared, Everyone’s Drunk Again Great!” Mark Beaumont, NME, Nov 1997
“The Death of a Party” Stuart Maconie, Select, Aug 1999
“Alex James explains Blur’s ‘knickers-off headbanger’“ Q Magazine's 1001 Best Songs Ever, 2003
“It was all a bit of a Blur…” Ally Carnwath, The Observer, May 2009
“Blur – Album By Album, by Stephen Street, William Orbit and Ben Hillier” Nick Hasted, Uncut, Jul 2009
"Thinking outside the box" Jake Kennedy, Record Collector, Jun 2012
"Graham Coxon: All a blur" Fiona Sturges, Independent, May 2012
“Woo-hoo! 20 Years Ago, Blur's 'Song 2' Became an Unlikely Sports Anthem” Rick Paulas, VICE, Apr 2017
“‘We Found Our Own Heavy Psychedelia’” Martin Aston, Mojo Magazine, Nov 2023
“‘C’est quoi ce bordel?’” François Moreau, Les Inrockuptibles, Dec 2023

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"Smalltown Boy", Bronski Beat & Being Openly Gay in Eighties Pop | New British Canon Hotney 9 Streams • 2 years ago

1984 was a particularly flamboyant year for British Pop. “Relax” overcame its radio ban to spend five weeks at UK number one. George Michael alluded to his future solo aspirations with “Careless Whisper.” Pete Burns’ Dead Or Alive proved the combination of Hi NRG and Stock Aitken Waterman equalled chart-success. And Freddie Mercury dressed in drag for the “I Want to Break Free” video. But aside from the two core members of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, most of these men were living some kind of closeted existence.

However, also debuting in 1984 were Bronski Beat. Fronted by Jimmy Somerville, a Scottish socialist with the voice of a disco diva packed within his buzz cut 5 foot 4 frame, they were three openly **** men writing honestly about their lives. Their melancholic debut single is a synth-pop escape, from a smalltown and its small minds, with its destination simply being somewhere better, both for themselves and LGBTQ+ Pop. This is New British Canon and This is the Story of “Smalltown Boy”.

#Smalltownboy #bronskibeat #MusicDocumentary

Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.

00:00 Introduction
01:28 Jimmy Somerville & The Start of Bronski Beat
08:29 Creating "Smalltown Boy"
17:05 "Why?" & The Age of Consent
23:06 The Split, The Communards & Enduring Legacy

Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

Pride, Pop and Politics by Darryl W Bullock, 2022, Omnibus
Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones, 2020, Faber
The Age of Consent - Liner Notes by Paul Flynn, Mike Thorne & Jimmy Somerville, 2018, London Records
“Jimmy Somerville (Bronski Beat) - Smalltown Boy | The story behind the song” Top 2000 a gogo, Mar 2018
“Heart of the Beat” Adrian Jones, No 1 Magazine, Jun 1984
“Runaway Boys: Bronski Beat” Dave Rimmer, Smash Hits, Jun 1984
“Bronski Beat: Dark Side of the Beat” Helen Fitzgerald, Melody Maker, Sep 1984
“Jimmy The Mover” Andy Hughes, No 1 Magazine, Sep 1984
“Beat the Sex Rap” Sunie, No 1 Magazine, Oct 1984
“The Age of Consent - Review” Biba Kopf, NME, Oct 1984
“Bronski Beat: Bronski Beefs” Paolo Hewitt, NME, Nov 1984
“Consenting Adults” Tony Reed, Electronic Soundmaker & Computer Music, Dec 1984
“It Ain’t Necessarily So” Karen Swayne, No 1 Magazine, Jan 1985
“What is Bronski Beat?” Barney Hoskyns, Spin Magazine, May 1985
“AUDIO: Bronski Beat (1985)” Barney Hoskyns, Rocksbackpages, Spr 1985
“Jimmy Somerville: The Age of Dissent” Paolo Hewitt, NME, May 1985
“The Communards: Turning Pink into Red” Paul Mathur, Blitz, Oct 1985
“His Beat Goes On” Barry Walters, The Advocate, Jun 2000
“20 most fabulous“ Jimmy Somerville, The Guardian, Nov 2006
“Jimmy Somerville: 'Jesus Christ! Alan Shearer – what a little sex bomb!'” Adrian Deevoy, The Guardian, Jul 2014
“Jimmy Somerville Reveals What Inspired His New Disco Album, Why He Terrified Boy George And The Impact Of “Smalltown Boy”” Jeremy Kinser, Queerty, Oct 2014
“Jimmy Somerville interview: 'I wanted people to love me'” Laura Martin, The Independent, Feb 2015
“How Bronski Beat’s Jimmy Somerville Survived the ’80s” Max Dax, Electronic Beats, Mar 2015
“Homage Not Fromage: Jimmy Somerville Interview” John Freeman, The Quietus, Mar 2015
“Marc Almond: 'I hate the LGBT thing. There's no **** community anymore'” Brian Beacom, Scotland Herald, Oct 2017
“The Age of Consent - Review” Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, Nov 2017
“Back in bloom: how **** male pop reclaimed its star status” Brian O'Flynn, The Guardian, Oct 2018
“When Disco Entered Politics” Steve Erickson, Gay City News, Oct 2018
“The Godfathers of Pop: Steve Bronski interview” David Burke, Classic Pop, Mar 2019
“How '80s LGBTQ band Bronski Beat’s haunting ‘Smalltown Boy’ made a difference: ‘It was very bold’” Lyndsey Parker, Yahoo! Music, Jun 2019
“Smalltown Boy — Bronski Beat’s 1984 hit was a heartfelt cry for liberation” Paul David Gould, Financial Times, Sep 2019
“‘Run away, turn away’: The story of Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy” Kevin E G Perry, The Independent, Dec 2021
“Finding Our Way: Kate Wildblood on the powerful influence of Bronski Beat” Kate Wildblood, M Magazine, Feb 2022
“Interview: Jimmy Somerville, 'Even Cheesy Disco Songs Have Great Messages'” Fiona Shepherd, The List, Mar 2022
“‘I was decadent, I was stupid, I was a fool’: the dark days of Donna Summer” Daniel Dylan Wray, The Guardian, Apr 2023
“The Year Pop Came Out” Mark Lindores, Classic Pop, 2023
“Classic Album: The Age of Consent” Mark Lindores, Classic Pop, 2023

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Daydream Nation & How Sonic Youth Brought Noise Rock Overground Hotney 5 Streams • 2 years ago

Sonic Youth are a band perhaps known more for their influence than their music. Formed in New York in 1981, they made their name on swirling avalanches of noise and guitars with odd tuning, breathing in a mix of no wave, hardcore, 60s pop, pulp sci-fi and b-movies. Their love of all kinds of popular culture was second only to their willingness to deconstruct the tropes of classic rock. By the end of the 80s they had made that most-pretentious of progressive rock ego-trips, a double-album, and with it launched the next decade of alternative music. Noise and pop in equal measure, this is the story of Daydream Nation and how Sonic Youth reinvented rock’n’roll.

#SonicYouth #alternative #MusicDocumentary

Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.

00:00 Introduction
00:56 The Early Years of Sonic Youth
10:05 SST, EVOL & The Material Girl
20:07 Sister: "My Future is Static"
27:33 Daydreaming in a Daydream Nation
38:11 After Daydream Nation & Enduring Influence

Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

Sources
I Dreamed of Noise by Ignacio Julià and Jaime Gonzalo, 1994, Ruta 66
Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad, 2001, Back Bay Books
Goodbye 20th Century by David Browne, 2008, Piatkus
Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation 33 1/3 by Matthew Stearns, 2008, Bloomsbury Academic
Daydream Nation Deluxe Liner Notes by Byron Coley, 2008
Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon, 2015, Faber & Faber
Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurson Moore, 2023, Faber & Faber
“Put Blood In The Music” (1989) dir. Charles Atlas
“Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation (in 5 Minutes) | Liner Notes” Pitchfork, 2017
“Sonic Youth Interview” Bryon Coley, Spin Magazine, Aug 1985
“Sonic Youth: Super Sonic Sisterhood” Mark Sinker, NME, Jun 1987
“Sonic Youth And The Great Cosmic Blender” Mark Dery, RIP Magazine, Aug 1987
“Boys Are Smelly: Sonic Youth Tour Diary, ’87” Kim Gordon, Village Voice, Sep 1988
“Hot Band: Sonic Youth” Robert Palmer, Rolling Stone, May 1989
“Sonic Youth: A Tzar is Born” Keith Cameron, Sounds, May 1989
“Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy” Kim Gordon, Spin Magazine, Sep 1989
“Sonic Youth: A Load Of Tony Baloney” Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, Sep 1990
“They Tried With Their Boots On: Sonic Youth” Gavin Martin, NME, May 1991
“Sonic Youth: Young At Art” John Robb, Melody Maker, Aug 1991
“The Importance of being Sonic Youth” Mac Randall, Musician, Dec 1995
“Thurston Moore Interview” Michael Azerrad, Spin Magazine, Sep 2007
“Youth movement” David Peschek, The Guardian, Jun 2009
“Dusting ‘Em Off: Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation” Zach Schonfeld, Consequence, Oct 2013
“1985: A Noise Revolution” Thurston Moore; Stevie Chick, Mojo Magazine, Oct 2015
“Sonic Youth’s January 1989 Daydream Nation Feature: Bring The White Noise” Erik Davis, Spin Magazine, Oct 2017
“Thurston Moore on Madonna: ‘She had credibility, she was really ahead of the game’” Kate Hutchinson, The Guardian, Jul 2018
Classic Album Review: Sonic Youth’s “Daydream Nation Became a Guiding Light for Fearless Artists” Robert Ham, Consequence, Oct 2018
“Sister - Review” Rebecca Bengal, Pitchfork, May 2019
“Sonic Youth: where to start in their back catalogue” Grayson Haver Currin, The Guardian, May 2020
“Don’t Give Me Your Soul: The Oral History of Sonic Youth’s Goo” Ron Hart, Spin Magazine, Jun 2020
“The Cover Uncovered: The story behind “Sonic Youth’s landmark album ‘Daydream Nation’” Arun Starkey, Far Out Magazine, Aug 2021
“Exceptional Sibling” R.W. Watkins, Rock Solid, Jun 2022
“Burning the Candle at Both Ends” R.W. Watkins, Rock Solid, Oct 2023
“Teen Age Riot: Sonic Youth’s Landmark Daydream Nation Turns 35” Fred Barrett, Slant Magazine, Oct 2023
“Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore Discusses His ‘Sonic Life’” Sandra Ebejer, Shondaland, Oct 2023
“The Legacy of Sonic Youth” Michael Azerrad, The Yale Review, Nov 2023

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Nickelback, "How You Remind Me" & The Slow Death of Grunge Hotney 9 Streams • 2 years ago

What to say about Nickelback? To say that they are terrible is played out, so very predictable. To say that they are secret geniuses of post-grunge balladry isn’t quite right either. But whatever you may think, their first single off Silver Side Up will always endure. It is the definitive sound of radio for the early 2000s. A nuevo classic rock standard shot through the lens of grunge. 220 seconds of candied hooks, unshakeable melody, and surprisingly crunchy guitars. However forces beyond their control coalesced to make sure that Nickelback became inescapable. This is how “How You Remind Me” happened.

#nickelback #postgrunge #MusicDocumentary

Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.

00:00 Introduction
00:41 But First: What is Post-Grunge?
03:41 The Early Days of Nickelback
09:35 Creating "How You Remind Me"
15:41 The Massive Success of "How You Remind Me"

Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

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The Pitchfork 500 by Scott Plagenhoef and Ryan Schrieber, 2008, Fireside
“Nickelback's Crossover Hit Changes Everything” Corey Moss, MTV News, Sep 2001
“Nickelback: Mint Condition” Jeff Cornell, MTV News, Sep 2001
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YFN Lucci - Documentary [Official Music Video] Hotney 6 Streams • 2 years ago

Watch the official music video for Documentary by YFN Lucci from the album Wish Me Well 2.
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YFN Lucci is a rapper renowned for his hits “Everyday We Lit,” “Key To The Streets,” “Heartless,” “Missing You,” “7.62,” “Wet (She Got That...),” and “Documentary.” He worked with artists like Migos, Jackboy, Rick Ross, and Trey Songz — amassing billions of global streams and garnering critical acclaim.

Lyrics:
(SpeakerBangerz)

Ayy, first off, I don't respect no rats
I ain't never dropped a dime, not even when I got those racks
Look, I was raisin' hell before the Hellcat
Yeah, I can put you on, run and tell that
Look, I'll pop a nigga like a wheelie, huh
I crack me a seal, pour out my feelings, uh
Starin' at the stars in the ceiling, uh
How I'm starin' at my heart while it's healin'? Look
It's hard for me to find some inspiration
I pray for this generation, I need me a vacation
I'm tryna clear my thoughts, no one to call on late night
Wanna know my whereabouts? I'm with the stars now, late night
Lord, pray for me, we just a product of our environment
We just some young niggas strugglin' who got tired of it
From where them crackers quick to hang you like an ornament
I'm just thankful that we made it out
Chauncey goin' up the only way we ball
Can't complain at all, bitch, we made it far, huh
Just bought my nigga a phone, I hate when he can't make that call, huh
Come to you with my hand out? See, that ain't me at all
I don't give no damn 'bout what you did
We came up from hustlin', kickin' doors, I don't know what you did
I'm a real hustler, I was rich when I got two kids
Then I had two more kids, bring that shit to your crib
Look, racked in '19, 2020 I'm goin' too big
Thug life like Pac, but I got hoes like I'm Big
Look, R.I.P. B-I-G, my new AP a B-I-G
Wrecked the Benz tryna check the time, too many VV's (Look)
Put some ice on her if she mine, let's go skiing (Yeah)
Put a dime on him, he won't make it 'til this weekend
Playin' all defense, some shit I can't prevent
In a game full of weirdos, it be hard for me to fit in
I kicked the door down, they act like I ain't leave it open
I'm 'bout to cop that new 'Bach and I still got the old one
Don't get your ass whacked, we clap shit, Magnolia
They was talkin' 'bout my flow, so I went back to the old one (Yeah)
Look, diamonds in my teeth, shit frozen (Yeah)
I like my bitches dark, Kelly Rowland, yeah (Uh, uh, uh)
I would give you my heart, but it's broken, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
I can't even show no emotions (Yeah, yeah), look
Starin' from afar at the ocean, before I got some motion
Before we ever bust a check, man, we was on some more shit
Before I ever touched the pen, they told me I was chosen
Before the fame, these bitches called me daddy, I know, look
I know Just and Liberty gon' be there, huh (Yeah)
I know Boonk and Bop and Zelly, they gon' be there, huh
I can't speak on none of them niggas, I can't ID them, yeah
Make me tweak on all these niggas like I'm senile
I can't trust a soul, so I won't be 'round
Held the street down while Shell gone, so I know he proud
He took over the penal, he send it to me now
Don't make me send them youngins to your spot and let 'em freestyle

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