#the psychedelic furs album

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1980s album covers

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The Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now

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the psychedelic furs - house (1989)

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Psychedelic Furs :: On this day, 1980

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THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS-HEARTBREAK BEAT

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Album Reviews: John Hughes compilation / Guns N’ Roses box set

This week I got to review two mammoth box sets and boy are they stacked and loaded:

‘Life Moves Pretty Fast’ The John Hughes Mixtapes various artists

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One of my favorite writer / directors of the 80s was easily Mr. John Hughes. Looking at his filmography from 1983 to 1989 is so impressive. Classics upon classics. He was so prolific with films he either wrote or wrote and directed during that unbelievable run over six years: National Lampoon’s Vacation, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Some Kind of Wonderful, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, She’s Having a Baby, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. People often underestimate how talented Hughes was at marrying the music and film by his use of the perfect song in his iconic scenes. Film geeks don’t talk about him the way that they do, say, Wes Anderson or Martin Scorsese in terms of mastering the needle-drop into a scene. But Hughes was definitely passionate about music and that came off in the soundtracks to his films. It was said that Hughes would often travel to London when he was between projects and just shop at record stores. Sometimes he would showcase a lesser known artist to U.S. audiences, other times he was catching an artist in their prime or he might’ve been digging up some older nuggets. Now the Hughes Estate in collaboration with Hughes’ longtime music supervisor Tarquin Gotch have curated a 4CD 74-track box set compilation ‘Life Moves Pretty Fast’ The John Hughes Mixtapes being released Friday by Demon Music Group.

Hughes on-set directing Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

About a year or two ago, I scored a copy of the limited edition Ferris Bueller soundtrack, which was kind of cool because there wasn’t a soundtrack album for the movie in 1986. I love that it finally did get a soundtrack release filled with loads of songs and music score. Much of those songs are featured on this box set. There is the obvious tracks on this compilation: Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” from Breakfast Club, The Psychedelic Furs’ “Pretty in Pink”, Yello’s “Oh Yeah” from Ferris, Lindsay Buckingham’s “Holiday Road” from the Vacation movies, and The Thompson Twins’ “If You Were Here” from Sixteen Candles. But what really impressed me is what a deep dive they did. I mean they went for some lesser known tracks that just played in the background and were not in the foreground. But more than anything it took me back to his films and reminded me of so many of his awesome moments: Kate Bush’s “This Woman’s Work” playing during the birth sequence in She’s Having a Baby, The Beat’s “March of the Swivelheads” playing as Ferris is racing to get home before his parents, Killing Jokes’ “Eighties” playing during the party scene in Weird Science, Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness” playing as Duckie sings along with it in the record store in Pink, or Ray Charles’ “Mess Around” as John Candy is playing air-piano while driving in Planes just to name a few. Because this is set up as a mixtape modeled on the tapes Hughes was making at the time, you can also tell what music he was into at the time, which was mostly new wave. There’s more than one song from The Dream Academy (including the sublime “Edge of Forever”), Dave Wakeling (both solo and with General Public), Echo and the Bunnymen, Big Audio Dynamite, and well, way too many artists to name here. As both a film geek and music geek, as well as a lifelong Hughes fan, this box set is a treat for fans. You could easily buy all of the soundtracks, but what’s cool about this set is that it feels like Hughes took the time to mix his soundtracks into the perfect mixtape!

For info on Life Moves Pretty Fast: https://www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/catalogue/releases/life-moves-pretty-fast-the-john-hughes-mixtapes-4cd/

4.5 out of 5 stars

Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion I and II Box Set

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To say that Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion I and II were the most highly anticipated album releases of that time period would be a colossal understatement. After the boffo success of their 1987 debut Appetite for Destruction they were the biggest hard rock band on the planet from 1988 onward. To satisfy the fans they released GN’R Lies which was a reissue of Live Like a Suicide with some acoustic songs and they released some songs on soundtracks and compilations but what fans really wanted was a new album. Around 1990 they announced not one but two albums being released at the same time. For a solid year, I kept gathering clues about the album (MTV News, Rolling Stone, rock radio, Circus, etc) as the release date kept getting pushed. Finally they began a tour in the summer of 1991 and they had the biggest song of Summer 1991 with “You Could Be Mine” from Terminator 2. But on September 17, 1991 both albums were finally released. The night before record stores across the country opened at midnight with fans lined up outside to be able to buy it right away. I didn’t go at midnight but after school my step-sister gave me a ride to Newbury Comics to pick up both CDs. $25 total was a lot of money to me at the time, but it was my big purchase for the month. I gleaned over all 30 songs, the lyrics, that album art, and the album as a whole. They were one of my favorite bands and this album enforced that. Now 31 years later both albums are getting the box set treatment with the new UYI Super Deluxe Edition dropping Friday from UMe.

the box set’s bells and whistles

During the recording of UYI, drummer Steven Adler was replaced by Matt Sorum of The Cult. The band also added keyboardist Dizzy Reed. If Appetite for Destruction was raw hard rock, this album as a whole was a little more glossier and it was also the band swinging for the fences: orchestras, guest singers like Alice Cooper, and covers (Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” and Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”).  But it is very much a GN’R go-big-or-go-home rocker of an album. I listened to it quite often as a teen. Disc 1 is UYI I remastered. “November Rain” is a 2022 new version with a 50-piece orchestra. Disc 2 is UYI II remastered. Disc 3 and 4 is their live concert from May 16, 1991 at the Ritz Theatre in New York City. This was one of the band’s pre-tour warm-up surprise shows as they prepared for their big Summer tour. They covered Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” and then go into “Civil War”. There are also snippets of covers of Rod Stewart’s “I Was Only Joking” and Alice Cooper’s “Only Women Bleed” before going into GN’R songs. For two songs, the band is joined by the late Shannon Hoon who appeared on backing vocals on “Don’t Cry” before Blind Melon’s first album was out. Discs 5, 6 and 7 are the band’s concert from January 25, 1992 at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. By this point rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin had left and was replaced by Gilby Clarke. This one features even more covers including The Godfather theme song, The Eagles’ “Hotel California”, and Pink Floyd’s “Mother”. More so than the NYC concert, this was the band putting on a big arena rock show with back-up singers, a horn section and various members getting to do their solos. Various versions of this reissue are being released including ones that include a blu-ray of the NYC show, a 100-page book, and various collectibles. For this review I did not get to see the blu-ray or read the book.

GN’R in 1991

This is a very robust reissue that will have GN’R fans salivating. I enjoyed both concerts. They serve as a reminder of what a great live band they were. I was lucky enough to see them in Sept. 1992 when they co-headlined Foxborough Stadium with Metallica. What a show that was! This lineup was incredible: Axl was a bigger-than-life rock star, Slash and Izzy and Gilby were guitar heroes, Duff McKagan was a solid bassist, Dizzy brought keyboards into the band in a way that it hadn’t been on Appetite, and Matt Sorum was keeping the beat the whole time. I kind of wished this reissue included some outtakes. I know, I know - UYI I and II had 30 songs and here I am wishing there was more. But it would’ve been cool to hear some rarities that didn’t make the cut. Oh well, maybe for the 40th anniversary edition!

For info on UYI: https://gnr.lnk.to/UYI2022PR

4 out of 5 stars

[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round 8 of The Hottest 80s Band Tournament

Guns N’Roses 

Defeated opponents: ZZ Top, Pantera, A-Ha, The Go Go’s, Fleetwood Mac, Mötley Crüe, Hanoi Rocks

Formed in: 1985

Genres: Hard rock 

Lineup: Axl Rose- vocals 

Slash- lead guitar

Izzy Stradlin- rhythmic guitar

Duff McKagan- bass

Steven Adler- drums 

Albums from the 80s: 

Appetite for destruction (1987)

G N’ R Lies (1988)

Propaganda: “The sluttiest a man can do is be in the Guns’N Roses’s original lineup” 

“Watch this video and tell me slash doesn't have pretty boy babygirl swag”

“Whoo! Time for more Guns N’ Roses propaganda (and by that I mean an excuse to gush about Steven Adler, one of my favorite drummers/people ever)

First off, look at him. This is, and so cannot stress this enough, one of the cutest people I’ve ever seen. Ever. Look at him! (And also, he’s a drummer so he’s fun-size - he is 5’7 at most and at least some of you reading could pick him up)

And he’s one of the greatest and most fun drummers to ever live. I’ve heard maybe 3 other drummers who are as fun to listen to and who have as good of a feel for matching the actual emotion of a song (harder to explain with drumming, but even though they’re both love songs, wouldn’t do the same solos for Patience and Sweet Child o Mine - it’s the same deal here). The demo for Back Off Bitch runs laps around the full version and half of that is because of him.

Izzy Stradlin himself has said that he gave early Guns N’ Roses their feel and that things got weird and “nothing worked” without him (I swear to god that’s a direct quote). You know how hard it is to get a guitarist or singer to recognize and actually admit that? And he’s never made a bad song or sounded boring, and that’s really rare for 80s-era hard rock drummers. Even Tommy Lee’s had his weird songs and I can’t say the same here.

And some bonus propaganda before I write another five paragraphs”

Queen

Defeated opponents: Green Day, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Psychedelic Furs, R.E.M., Duran Duran, INXS, Depeche Mode

Formed in: 1970

Genres: rock, glam-rock, hard rock, pop-rock, pop, disco

Lineup: Freddie Mercury- vocals 

Brian May- guitar 

John Deacon- bass 

Roger Taylor- drums 

Albums from the 80s: 

The Game (1980)

Hot Space (1982)

Flash Gordon (1982)

The Works (1984)

A Kind Of Magic (1986)

The Miracle (1989)

Propaganda: “HAVE YOU SEEEEN THEMMMM???? these men never lost their looks as they aged. smoking hot 20 somethings to smoking hot 40 somethings. in their own words, "we was glam" and "we were all stunning". all four had impeccable style choices 99% of the time, from leather jackets and wraps to monochrome to undone blazers and ties to brightly coloured /everything/. Deacon changed his hair style every few years and even in just tshirts and booty shorts, never missed. Roger had a sleazy mullet and sunglasses for what felt like forever, hot Persian dad, did not miss. Brian forgot how to fully button shirts. bell bottoms. same hair for 50 years. no misses. even after Freddie got sick and started wearing makeup and had to grow a beard to cover up, MAN NEVER FUCKIN MISSED. he was beautiful to the day he died. and thats not even touching on the leather daddy look from the early 80s.king shit. we love wrinkles and laugh lines in this gd house. if they don't sweep I’m blowing this whole website up we was glam”

“a few years back i was obsessed with these guys and i would find it hard to not have a crush on all of them. in the 80s especially Brian was GORGEOUS.. BEAUTIFUL”

Visual propaganda for Guns N’Roses:

Additional propaganda here and here

Visual propaganda for Queen:

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Tim and Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs as captured by Chester Simpson in 1981 in Wasington DC.

tampabay.com/: "With 1981's Talk Talk Talk, The Psychedelic Furs began the transition from vaguely sinister art-rockers to the shiny new-wavers who would crack the Top 40 with 1987's Heartbreak Beat. As such, it might be the album that brings together fans of the band's disparate phases. It retained the jagged edges of the eponymous 1980 debut album, but with a greater emphasis on melody and song structure. Plus, it contained Pretty in Pink."

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6:56 PM EDT July 28, 2024:

Psychedelic Furs - "Pretty In Pink" From the album Talk Talk Talk (June 6, 1981)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Postpunk

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44 years ago today

The Psychedelic Furs is the debut studio album by English postpunk band the Psychedelic Furs, released on this day in 1980.

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★☆THE ESSENTIAL ROCK N ROLL STYLE GUIDE (PART 1)★☆

Second-hand, thrift and vintage stores are your best friend - especially the aisle that no one can find and the corners that no one is bothered to rummage. First priority is to choose a rock muse style icon. Pattie Boyd’s cut-crease makeup, perfect pout and psychedelic mini skirts, Marianne Faithfull’s thick bangs and love for velvet and snake-skin, Pamela Des Barres’ wild locks and clown makeup, Anita Pallenberg’s chunky belts, hot pants and huge sun hats, Bebe Buell’s 70s cover girl waves and backless halters, Linda Keith’s fur hats, Ginger Gilmour’s golden ringlets and lace bell-bottom sleeve tops, Mary Austin’s skinny scarves and bohemian prints, May Pang’s octagonal sunglasses and straight jet black hair, Linda McCartney’s classy midi skirts, Lori Maddox and Sable Starr’s spandex shorts, wedgie platforms and crazy hair, Charlotte Martin’s baggier effortless Parisian style, Alice Ormsby Gore’s bohemian layering and flowy midi skirts, Jenny Boyd’s medieval-esque dresses and peasant-style, Iggy Rose’s eye crystals and makeup, and of course Miss Priscilla Presley’s perfect feline Egyptian cat-eye, black hair and ivory complexion. Groupie rock muse style ranges from where you’re going to who you’re seeing. If you’re offering your boyfriend arm candy at his Album Launch, you’re not going to be wearing the same pair of hot pants and lace-up boots that you did at his last concert. And if you’re lounging around in the studio at 12am, you’re not going to be wearing that glam paisley dress you wore backstage on tour. Groupie style is all about knowing what to wear and where to wear it. Gigs and concerts will call for a more flamboyant, and ‘out-there’ look. Style staples for concerts and gigs include hot pants, knee-high boots, snake-skin, fur coats and of course afghan coats, chunky jewelry, face gems and body glitter, halter tops and mini skirts and dresses. This is very similar to festival style if your rockstar boyfriend is playing there - however, more flowy and bohemian styles are more welcome and especially face gems and body glitter. Sun hats, lace-up gladiator boots and sandals, and peasant maxi dresses and blouses. 

Stay tuned for part 2 where I will be discussing style staples for album launches and recording sessions.

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New Wave Album Covers (Base Game Compatible)

Hi hi hi there!

37 swatches here, including Adam Ant, (2 swatches), A Flock of Seagulls, Blancmange, Blondie (2 swatches), Depeche Mode (2 swatches), Devo (2 swatches), Duran Duran (3 swatches), Eurythmics, Grace Jones, INXS, Japan (3 swatches), Kim Wilde, New Order, Gary Numan (3 swatches), Pet Shop Boys, Soft Cell (2 swatches), Strawberry Switchblade, Talk Talk (2 swatches), Talking Heads (2 swatches), The Fixx, The Go-Gos (2 swatches), The Human League, and The Psychedelic Furs.

It is a little big, but it looks nice resized. I attached a photo showing how it looks sized down 3 times its normal size. The smallest I'd day looks nice if you're going for a CD vibe and the second smallest is nice for vinyl. (To make the object bigger, hold Shift and then press ]. Each time you press ] the object will get larger. To make the object smaller, hold Shift and then press [. Each time you press [ the object will get smaller. (I got the instructions directly from EA's website since I'm not the best with directions.)

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This comes totally out of the blue (and i hope it doesnt bother you), but I was wondering if you could give some new wave artists or albums recommendations for someone who is not familiar with the genre? I'd like to explore it, but I just don't know where to start!

oooo yes you came to the right place.

my favorite new wave artists are:

Depeche Mode

Two favorite albums: Songs of Faith & Devotion and Violator

The Psychedelic Furs

Two favorite albums: Talk Talk Talk + Self-Titled

The Pet Shop Boys

Two favorite albums: Please + Actually

The Cars

Two favorite albums: Candy-O + Heartbeat City (but the self-titled and Panorama are great too)

Wang Chung

Two favorite albums: To Live & Die in LA + Points on the Curve (the latter album has one of my favorite songs... ever... on it lmao)

Roxy Music

Album: definitely their self-titled

A Flock of Seagulls

Album: debut self-titled

Falco

Two favorite albums: Einzelhalft + self-titled

Tears for Fears

Two favorite albums: Seeds of Love + Elemental

Culture Club

Two favorite albums: Colour by Numbers + Kissing to be Clever

Talking Heads

Two favorite albums: Remain in Light + More Songs about Buildings & Food

and tbh just these artists in general: The Clash, Duran Duran, New Order, Billy Idol, When in Rome, The Vapors, The Dream Academy, Soft Cell, Blondie, and Simple Minds

[regalityandcoffee]

My Massive List of Goth Bands and Song Recs (with youtube links)

cause I'm sick of people being gatekeeping assholes to newer goths

First of all, goth is not a genre of music. It's a subculture. A music based subculture. You can dress like you work at Justice as long as you still listen to some bands.

There's no such thing as goth music. Again, it's not a genre. There are several popular genres in the goth scene including post-punk, new wave, synthpop, industrial, SEVERAL different genres of metal, etc.

Here's two picks I'm going to warn you are controversial in advance because of the... nazi shit the leads were on

Joy Division ◇ Damn good band, BUT ITS LITERALLY NAMED AFTER THE PROSTITUTION WING OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP. After the death of the lead Ian Curtis, the remaining members made the band New Order!

Type O Negative◇ insanely good, but fuck Peter Steele all my homies hate Peter Steele

My Favorite Bands That aren't typically considered goth BUT THEY'RE HONORARY TO ME OKAY

Duran Duran! They just got back together this year after decades! Here's one of their newer songs, "Black Moonlight"

Love and Rockets

Public Image LTD

The Smiths (tons of goths love the Smiths too, plus it would piss off Morrissey to be called goth so dkwkwlqlw)

My Chemical Romance. I have never met a goth who didn't like mcr.

Concrete Blonde

Nine Inch Nails. Duh. Also Trent's cover of "Dead Souls" by Joy Division fucks HARD.

Tears For Fears. Those are my boys fr.

The Psychedelic Furs

Interpol

Pixies

Kate Bush

Now let's get to the CLASSICS

Bauhaus

Sisters of Mercy

Strawberry Switchblade

Depeche Mode

The Cure

Concrete Blonde

Ministry

New Order

The Damned (also front leaders of the punk movement in the UK. In Dave Vanian we trust)

Killing Joke (funfact: they had beef with Nirvana and it's very silly)

Skeletal Family

Coctau Twins

Echo and The Bunnymen

Clan of Xymox

The Cramps

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (they did the theme to Peaky Blinders! That song is called "Red Right Hand"!)

New-ish Acts to be on the look out for

Vision Video (the lead, Dusty Gannon, is the goth dad of tiktok!!)

Molchat Doma (the vibe is "Joy Division, but what if Ian sung in Russian?")

Evanescence (one of the most famous and best Nu-metal acts of all time)

Editors

London After Midnight

I, Monster

She Wants Revenge

Classic Goth Singles

A Forest ☆The Cure

Black N0. 1 ☆ Type O Negative

Effigy (I'm Not An) ☆ Ministry

Bizarre Love Triangle ☆ New Order

Cuts You Up ☆ Peter Murphy

Desperate But Not Serious ☆ Adam Ant

The Passion of Lovers ☆ Bauhaus

Some Of My favorite Singles:

Total ☆ Killing Joke

Wolf Moon ☆ Type O Negative

Blue Dress ☆ Depeche Mode

Shadowplay ☆ Joy Divison

The Calling (MK II) ☆ Death In June

Incubus Succubus II ☆ Xmal Destchland

Lust For A Vampyr ☆ I, Monster

Public Pervert ☆ Interpol

Cybersex _Trevor Something

Street of Dreams ☆ The Damned

Dress ☆ Buck Tick (aka the theme to Trinity Blood)

Favorite albums:

Songs of Faith and Devotion ◇ Depeche Mode

Pornography ◇ The Cure

October Rust ◇ Type O Negative

Power, Corruption, and Lies ◇ New Order

Bloodletting ◇ Concrete Blonde

OKAY I'M DONE! NOW GO FORWARD AND BE GOTH! AND REMEMBER...

And remember... it's goth if you say it's goth. Ily.

[dirty-bosmer]

Tag game from @wispstalk: post your 9 favorite album covers. Aesthetics, not necessarily favorite albums.

Ween — Chocolate and Cheese (for the tasteful underboob obvio. I remember finding this CD in my dads collection as a kid and being so 🤯)

Neil Young — Harvest Moon

Tool — Schism (I actually met the artist, Alex Grey, and his wife while at some vaguely spiritual/psychedelic retreat that may or may not have taken place at his house. idk it was something my weed dealer invited me to, and I was just a college freshmen trying to have an experience. I wish I knew what was going on, but despite being sober the whole time, I remember very little except for sitting criss-cross applesauce in a room of 30+ adults while some guy from Yale lectured me on his clinical psyilocybin research. Apparently, he was recruiting volunteers who had never taken mushrooms before, and I was like buddy look around you... you're not here for your research.)

Aphex Twin — ...I care because you do

Yes — Relayer (As a kid my dad would have the whole family lay on the living room floor with the lights off and listen to this, and he told me to imagine the album was about the hero's journey of the three dudes on the cover)

Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city

Massive Attack — Mezzanine

deftones — around the fur

Miles Davis — Bitches Brew

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