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| From | Miles Goosens <outdoorminer@mindspring.com> |
| Subject | Re: New Order: same old question |
| Date | Mon, 5 Dec 2005 23:09:19 -0600 (GMT-06:00) |
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Steve, then Sam:
>>Any thoughts on where to start? Is a compellation ("Substance" or the
>>new "Singles") good enough? Or would I be better off leaving well
>>enough alone?
>
>I'd start with "Substance," although I also like "Technique" a lot, too.
I'll back the general recommendation of the new singles comp, and if you like stuff on it, explore from there. But if you'd rather get an actual non-comp album, I'll argue for POWER, CORRUPTION, AND LIES or LOW-LIFE.
>And if you're into that general style, have you listened to any Interpol?
I love Interpol - they're my favorite band of the moment, and the three gigs I saw them play in 2004 were all spectacular - but the Joy Division comparison has to be the reigning Critical Groupthink champion. They certainly sound like they haven't bought a record since 1990, and their music seems wholly derived from the U.K. postpunk milieu, of which JD/NO was certainly a part, so I'm not saying the comparison is completely without merit (or that if Sam is making that comparison, he's succumbing to groupthink rather than making the connection all on his own). But to these ears they've always sounded far more like Kitchens of Distinction, or Echo & the Bunnymen, or even the Cure.
Several people on Loud-Fans and Idealcopy have argued for Interpol-as-Chameleons-UK ripoff, but after having done my own thorough investigation of this matter by buying the initial run of Chameleons albums (the Chameleons were one of the few '80s bands I totally missed out on at the time), they're hearing something that I'm sure as heck not hearing. But they're still a better comparison than Joy Division.
later,
Miles
np on iTunes: the Bangles, "Live"
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