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more musical mega-faves... The Only Ones
Sep. 14th, 2009 06:20 pmi'm having similar conversations with a few people just now, so;
A couple more songs that changed my life, made me start a band and why i still like guitars!
The Only Ones are best known for 'Another Girl Another Planet' which is a fab enough blast of space pop but there was a lot more to them than that - just as although they are often linked to bands like The New York Dolls, or other glam-punk bands, that don't actually sound anything like them.
They DO sound like Television (whom i love a lot) as well as the various bands they've influenced in turn such as The Violent Femmes and even Spiritualized, whilst Pete's half-arsed sneery vocals are everything The Psychedelic Furs tried for...
...and i can't help wondering, is part of their appeal for me just that they were a local(ish) band when i was young and sleepwalking around with my knees nailed together... yet another band with Saaaf London accents in my collection. Hmm. They certainly articulated a world that was very familiar to me.
Anyhow, they glittered and exploded like few others and had darkness and guitars to die for. It's a minor miracle in fact that they didn't. But they are still around today having reformed not long ago and Pete's kids are in bands now etc etc and time moves on.
When i first heard The Beast i literally fell on my face.
This can happen... i think i've described before how when i first heard The Cocteau Twins i collided with a rack of tapes in a record store and had a pleasure fit. With The Only Ones I got the eerie sensation of listening to a band seemingly created from the sounds and visions in my own head; The riff, the voice and the unexpected guitarmageddon at the half-way mark.
Oh yes, the stuff of my daydreams right enough. After that I snapped up everything else by them as soon as possible - and i have to say, i still consider them one of the greats.
The second song here is The In Betweens - which although less immediate than The Beast is nonetheless an epic that pulverizes me to this day. The first track is from their self-titled debut album and the second from Even Serpents Shine, the follow-up.
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A couple more songs that changed my life, made me start a band and why i still like guitars!
The Only Ones are best known for 'Another Girl Another Planet' which is a fab enough blast of space pop but there was a lot more to them than that - just as although they are often linked to bands like The New York Dolls, or other glam-punk bands, that don't actually sound anything like them.
They DO sound like Television (whom i love a lot) as well as the various bands they've influenced in turn such as The Violent Femmes and even Spiritualized, whilst Pete's half-arsed sneery vocals are everything The Psychedelic Furs tried for...
...and i can't help wondering, is part of their appeal for me just that they were a local(ish) band when i was young and sleepwalking around with my knees nailed together... yet another band with Saaaf London accents in my collection. Hmm. They certainly articulated a world that was very familiar to me.
Anyhow, they glittered and exploded like few others and had darkness and guitars to die for. It's a minor miracle in fact that they didn't. But they are still around today having reformed not long ago and Pete's kids are in bands now etc etc and time moves on.
When i first heard The Beast i literally fell on my face.
This can happen... i think i've described before how when i first heard The Cocteau Twins i collided with a rack of tapes in a record store and had a pleasure fit. With The Only Ones I got the eerie sensation of listening to a band seemingly created from the sounds and visions in my own head; The riff, the voice and the unexpected guitarmageddon at the half-way mark.
Oh yes, the stuff of my daydreams right enough. After that I snapped up everything else by them as soon as possible - and i have to say, i still consider them one of the greats.
The second song here is The In Betweens - which although less immediate than The Beast is nonetheless an epic that pulverizes me to this day. The first track is from their self-titled debut album and the second from Even Serpents Shine, the follow-up.
( Read more... )
