Mazzy Star "She's My Babe"

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If Bristol were Bakersfield. If Pigpen's brain was transplanted into Jerry Garcia. If Scotland were Mexico. If all the crystalline snot Stevie Nicks ever produced were shaped into a humanoid. If shoegazers had chickenwire scratches on their boots to count while staring down there. If indie chicks could sing.

― dave q, Monday, 3 February 2003 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

If Bristol were Bakersfield.

In four words, Dave Q reminds me why he's a genius.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 February 2003 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

(Alt MS thought - re "FIY", don't you hate it when one song that sounds the exact same as all their others gets mysteriously picked as a 'breakthrough', 'standout' etc. - why? Cuz it was a single? Esp. mystifying, ppl who say "I liked 'Fade' but not their other stuff", I don't see any difference! Whatever...)

― dave q, Monday, 3 February 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

("indie chix" inc. P Smith, D Harry, PJ Harvey, K Shields)

― dave q, Tuesday, 4 February 2003 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)

No!! FYI is special, it has that mysterious emotional star-quality about it, for some reason its gently fading wash of melody can be endlessly repeated without one getting sick of it. Other tracks = lack repeat value

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 11:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I liked their other stuff, but not 'Fade'.

Their most overrated song. It's no "Disappear" or "Halah", that's for damn sure.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

That whole 1990 album is overrated. Halah. Blah

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 11:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm. I'd be curious to hear someone explain exactly what they think the difference is between the three records.

Other than the songs, obviously.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Well ask Rolling Stone, I think they gave 4 stars to the '90 one and 2 to the one FYI is on. Not that their reviews mean that much, but at least back then i think the stars counted for something

Isn't one more "bluesy" or perhaps "psychedelic" than the other ?

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

"Mover furtivamente a través de la frontera durante un llevar de la tempestad de polvo a bebés muertos llenaron con cocaína"

― dave q, Wednesday, 9 July 2003 08:53 (twenty-two years ago)

(re 'Finnegans Wake', what was more audacious, attempting to demonstrate the existence of 'subjectivity' in an 'objective' format, or going ahead and imposing a schematic structure on same that incidentally contained its own 'antithesis'?)

― dave q, Wednesday, 9 July 2003 09:01 (twenty-two years ago)

My abiding memory of Hope Sandoval is Mazzy Star touring with the JAMC and her getting in a strop and storming offstage because there was FEEDBACK when she was trying to sing her silly duet, and Jim Reid sniggering like mad...

― kate (kate), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 09:11 (twenty-two years ago)

MS/JAMC = "White Rabbit"/"We Built This City"

― dave q, Wednesday, 9 July 2003 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Listen to the latest Death In Vegas album for some proper gorgeous Hope S contributions.

That is all.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

the b-sides on her latest single are better than everything on her album

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 23:04 (twenty-two years ago)

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