Thursday, July 5, 2007
THE DAMNED - NASTY - THE YOUNG ONES APPEARANCE
"CATCH CATCH..... THE HORROR TAXI -- FREEZE FRAME
GONNA DRIVE YOU INSANE!"
This is a clip from THE YOUNG ONES - one of the most innovated BBC comedy shows of all time. The other innovative comedy shows come from the same comedy troupe that produced this one. The COMIC STRIP and of course FULL BOTTOM is absolutely brilliant. Anything with Adrian Edmonson and Nigel Planner is worth watching. These episodes came out in 1983 and I am still watching them. They are still entertaining.
This series was also responsible for breaking up a few marriages. No doubt - the guys love this stuff. Especially if you grew up during this amazing time in music. THE DAMNED popped up on this episode called.... NASTY... The plot involved the boys in the house renting a sex tape and a VCR. The night is interrupted by a parcel which contains a wise cracking vampire from Johanesburg, South Africa and of course the musical act, THE DAMNED, which automatically appears in the kitchen unannounced.
Lots of bad one liners and great upbeat camera angles makes this clip a winner.
Posted by Cantu 2007
Saturday, June 30, 2007
CARVEL ICE CREAM - COOKIEPUSS 1983
CLASSIC 1983 COMMERCIAL FOR CARVEL ICE CREAM
When Star Wars was all the rage Tom Carvel, owner of Carvel Ice Cream, had to compete for attention. His answer to intergalatic hijinx was COOKIEPUSS. This stellar ice cream wonder was somewhat baffling to figure out. What exactly was he?
He was delicious of course but other than that it was hard to define.
Tom Carvel, ever the inventor, created CUPIDPUSS. This is a terrible name for a cake. This was obviously inspired by the Star Wars influenced Cookiepuss. The total concept was a complete oxymoron. You couldn't cut a Carvel ice cream cake with a fucking light saber. This thing was hulled straight from the deepest hubs of the ice cream vaults. No kidding, it was almost near impossible to cut one of these things without letting it unthaw for about 45 minutes.
Well, after 25 years. Here he is again kids. Cupidpuss.
Enjoy
Cantu posted this on 2007 and on June 30, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
THE CHARLATANS UK - DONT WANT TO SEE THE SIGHTS
IS THIS THE VIDEO THAT KILLED METAL?
MTV took a sharp left handed turn when this band came out. The Charlatans UK signaled the end for a somewhat promising format. Shortly after the Charlatans UK came out Warrants "Cherry Pie" video vanished in thin air. The Inspiral Carpets came out with their Madchester pop sound. Then the big heavy hammer came out with Nirvana and everything changed. Pretty much forever. Soon after Cobain and Co. did their little thing on MTV the entire station swtiched over to a hip hop rap format.
This video here is interesting for a number of reasons. It isn't really that fantastic musically or visually. And Tim Burgess looks really young here... just a kid really. Yet this band was enough to get the ball rolling.
The one thing you can say about a lot of these UK bands despite their age is that they could realy articulate well. They could do that vocally, musically and lyrically. I mean REALLY WELL.
I just came out of a show in Detroit where the 40 year old singer bellowed, "Im Pissed Off Again".... and that pretty much is the ENTIRE SONG. Its just repeated about.....50 times in two and a half minutes.
So this song, and this video DOES have some merit.
Cantu posted this on June 25, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Thursday, June 21, 2007
THE CANDY BUTCHERS - WHAT I WONT GIVE
"articulate slowly -- THE CANDY BUTCHERS"
When I first found Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers it was by accident. We found the EP in a dollar bin and it was recorded in a NYC diner. I figured it would be worth a listen. I was immediately impressed with this disc. This duo rocked out to a crowd of four including the kitchen help in this cramped diner space. But the energy that was delivered was amazing.
It was so memorable that it stuck in my head for the next 8 years. That release is finallly available on Itunes now and I highly suggest giving it a listen. The songs were well constructed and just made some good sense. I really enjoyed it and I found myself going back to it time and time again. Some songs were more memorable than others.
They were featured on David Letterman and by that time their sound was smoothed out quite a bit. The early track, "Bells on a Leper" was a mix of Squeeze meets a bare blazing soul of torment. Still even though some of the lyrics could be bleak the end result was very soulful and powerful. They were interesting.
But the other releases were good too. They never were able to capture that first initial rush I got from that EP. I really discovered gold that hot afternoon in Chicago.
Cantu 2007
THE DANDY WARHOLS - GOOD MORNING AGAIN
ah those were the days.. when GOOD MORNING came out in 98 I used to blast this in the office. Needless to say nobody knew what I was going on and on about. The multi levelled sound and video tracks are nice. It gets the message across.... that is to say... er.. if there is a message to this song.
There is a silent inner beauty to this track. It is hidden in the song itself. The one thing I adored about the Dandy Warhols was that they never paid attention to anything else that was going on around them. So they always sounded like they just came in from another planet. Even though they were from Portland they had no real connection to the "scene" that was mapped out for them on the American airwaves.
In short, they avoided boredomsville, USA.
Good for them.
Cantu 2007
THE DANDY WARHOLS - EVERY DAY SHOULD BE A HOLLIDAY INDEED
"The Original Video.. (OST - "There's Something About Mary")"
There is beauty in being odd.
There is even something even hypnotic about watching this band perform. I can't say the same for, "Something About Mary".... seriously... can you? Its just one of the rare comedys these days that doesn't star screen hog Will Farrell.
The claymation is nice. But even more significant is the intentional blur. This is a real throwback to the color graphics on the 4AD label. The Dandy Warhols are not a 4AD band but I enjoy them immensely as they are not afraid to be something unexpected.
Its interesting to see this guy dance and lip synch off key and still do all of own harmonizing.... with himself! Not sure about how their wardrobe works as a whole. It looks like payday at the Salvation Army but yet I cannot take my eyes off the band thanks to all the cool gel lighting. Its got real stage presence.
The sound is catchy too. What else do you need?
Cantu 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
THE ARCTIC MONKEYS - LOVE MACHINE LIVE
"getting on with the mad sound......."
This is great to see. Its nice to plug into music on your own terms. I haven't listened to my local stations in MONTHS... and I know if I do I can expect to hear the same songs they've been hauling around for the past twenty years......
The Detroit market seems to push... the band LIVE.. I know, its stupid, but I am in Detroit. This is serious. Let me continue.... They also like to push STONE TEMPLE PILOTS for some very weird reason and a lot of Eddie Veddar rip offs. 89.X for the most part does a terrible job and yes I know they are out of Canada but they have a tremendous influence over... what used to be a great metropolis? (lol) Detroit Michigan.
SO when I find a band like the Arctic Monkeys doing a great new sound of course I am going to latch onto it WITH A SERIOUS FEVER. The news is that this song is a remake of Girls Alouds version. Its still good to listen to and a bit unexpected. The pacing of this video is a bit frenetic but its matching the rythym of the song. Yes its hard on the eyes but carrying on quite well by inventing another visual dialect for the eyes to contend with.
Remember that in the early days everyone complained about the "rapid fire machine gun editing of MTV". This takes that energy and offers up a new version of that. The circling camera movements and the choppy editing really sellls this song. AND ITS GREAT.
Cantu posted this on Sunday, June 17, 2007 at 11:21 pm
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