a) that there are people in the world whose favorite BOC songs are "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" and "Joan Crawford" makes 'rock criticism' either indefensible or nonexistent
b) 'Unmasked' >>>>> 'Music from "The Elder"'
― dave q (listerine), Saturday, 13 May 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)
boc by a light year. fire of unknown origin is a great album. kiss will always be kiss.
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 13 May 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)
joan crawford is great! i'm happy to prove your point though.
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 13 May 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)
what bothers me about 'joan crawford' is that it rhymes 'trucks' with 'trucks'
― dave q (listerine), Saturday, 13 May 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)
i like when allen rocks out at the bottom of the stairwell with a cymbal in the "jc" video.
― ant@work.com, Saturday, 13 May 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)
genius much?:
Junkies down in Brooklyn are going crazy
They're laughing just like hungry dogs in the street
Policemen are hiding behind the skirts of little girls
Their eyes have turned the color of frozen meat
No, no no no, no no no no no no no no,
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Catholic schoolgirls have thrown away their mascara
They chain themselves to the axles of big Mack trucks
The sky is filled with hurt and shivering angels
The fat lady lives! Children, start your trucks!
No, no no no, no no no no no no no no,
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
(Christina... Mother's home!
No, no...
Christina...
No, no - no, no...
Come to Mother...
No, no - no, no, no no no no no no
Christina...)
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 13 May 2006 18:38 (nineteen years ago)
marlene on the wall -vs- joan crawford -vs- jean simmons in the movie great expectations
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 13 May 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)
a) that there are people in the world whose favorite BOC songs are "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" and "Joan Crawford" makes 'rock criticism' either indefensible or nonexistentBoth excellent songs, the latter easily being the best thing they've ever done (yes, better than "Don't Fear..", although the video should be avoided at all costs.
b) 'Unmasked' >>>>> 'Music from "The Elder"'
This is akin to saying: "Eating yogurt that's three years passed its sell-by date" >>>>>>>>> "Eating the contents of your dead Uncle Ralph's colostomy bag".
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 May 2006 11:48 (nineteen years ago)
(I should note that in a sign of insanity I was able to find and download a disc's worth of
Music from the Elder *demos.* I have yet to actually hear them.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 May 2006 11:57 (nineteen years ago)
BOC wins obviously, and yeah this album is great start to finish; way better than Mirrors or Cultosaurus. And probably better than Spectres too. I never listen to Spectres but I pull FOUO out fairly often.
The two Buck songs are my favorite; "Don't Turn Your Back" is awesome. Also gotta give props to "Heavy Metal (The Black and Silver)".
Far as I can tell, the only two good BOC songs after this alb were Buck's too ("Shooting Shark" and "Perfect Water")..
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 14 May 2006 22:46 (nineteen years ago)