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Sonic Youth, Various, Bloc Party, Death From Above 1979: Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2004
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Having cemented their position as THE UK's premier record store, Rough Trade have decided to release their third 'Best Of The Year' collection. Which is all good and proper as long you remember that their personal best may not necessarily be yours.
Which probably explains why the likes of Holly Golightly's garage-by-numbers standard 'On The Fire' and Cornershop's brave but unlistenable wedding eulogy 'Topknot' sit on here.
Not that there isn't a lot to really enjoy on here either.
Amongst the 40 tracks on 'Counter Culture 2004' are Do Me Bad Things' exhilerating 'The Song Rides', Le Tigre's 'This Island' and Death From Above 1979's breakthrough anthem 'Romantic Rights', all records which have the stamp 'MUST OWN' imprinted on them in large black letters.
Add them to the electro-soul-spaced-out-groove of Whitey's 'Twoface' and The Go! Team's double dutch inducing 'Ladyflash' and you have an album that doesn't stop at any one genre or era, as the inclusion of 1950s rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson and mid 80s psychedelic grunge warhorses Sonic Youth can testify to.
And what's more, those of you still mystified at Bloc Party's decision not to include 'Little Thoughts' on their album can find it here instead!
Now can anyone find a better incentive to invest in this awesome compilation?
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Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2004
Um, think i ought to point out a small clich in the intro blurb link thing- Bloc Party being described as 'Great White Hopes'? did no-one else spot that their leadsinger is in fact black? - 'the great 'multi- skin-toned hopes' anyone? -
Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2004
Um, think i ought to point out a small clich in the intro blurb link thing- Bloc Party being described as 'Great White Hopes'? did no-one else spot that their leadsinger is in fact black? - 'the great 'multi- skin-toned hopes' anyone? -
Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2004
"Cornershop's brave but unlistenable wedding eulogy 'Topknot'"? How dare you!
one of the best tracks of the year i'd say...
these compilations are usually ace anyways.-
Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2004
The intro blurb also says "where else would you find Sonic Youth sitting happily aside... 80s psychedelic grungers Sonic Youth...".
Which is quite funny! But probably not what you intended :p-
Re: Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2
like DUH
hes saying that sonic youth are schizophrenic, and induce out of body experiences. or that there is more than one of them in the band.
(insert wink thing)-
Re: Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2
Well...maybe. Still think they just forgot to edit the article though
;) (which is much quicker than writing insert wink thing)-
Re: Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2
but writing "insert wink thing" doesnt make me want to kill myself.-
Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2004
do me bad things and 'exhilarating' in the same sentence?
Now *that* really does make me want to kill myself.-
Re: Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2004
Oops!
Typological error!
Sorted now though... -
Re: Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2004
Although the DMBT reference to exhilerating wasn't a mistake!
Cheers
Dom G.
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Re: Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2004
Oh I dunno mate.
When compared to 'Sleep On The Left Side' or 'England's Dreaming' it really is quite piss poor.-
Re: Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2004
well granted, compared to them it's not their best
but i'd say that still makes it better than a lot of stuff not on this compilation.
And nice for a band to still have considerable variety in their work...you couldn't really say that Topknot was like, say, Lessons Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III...
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Re: Various - Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 2
Seconded!
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