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| From | Mark London <mrl@psfc.mit.edu> |
| Subject | Re: audities-digest V2 #222 (12 msgs) |
| Date | Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:05:02 -0500 |
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>From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
>At 11:04 PM 3/10/2004 -0500, Mark London wrote:
>>Brains - s/t (1980), Electronic Eden (1981)
>> (ok, maybe not all the songs, but perhaps a Best Of the Brains CD?)
>
>Any Brains CD has to include the title track from their final release, an
>indie EP called DANCING UNDER STREETLIGHTS. That song is the best thing
>they ever did.
You know, I saw that mentioned elsewhere, so I went out and bought
the EP, and I was unimpressed with it. Then again, I only like their
edgier rocking songs, especially when they make really good use of
the keyboard/synths, like One in a MIllion Years, or Asphalt
Wonderland, from Electronic Eden.
Which leads me to my next question, whatever happened to that sound?
When you have a rocking tune balanced with lighter sounding synths
and keyboards, the results can be devastingly good. I.e., like on
Stiv Bator's Wanderers album. While, IMHO, that sound was overdone
by a lot of bands (too much keyboards and not enough guitar to
balance it out), when it's done good, it's great.
Or at least have added keyboards to help fill out the sound. How
many power pop bands are doing that today?
Mark
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