The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
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The state of British pop in the first half of the 80 was suitable for a young squad expel vomit sound arrogant. The ridiculous lavishness of these new romantic (bizarre mixture of American rolled up, supposedly deluxe class and attitude and image of the new rich to whom the glamor you several sizes too large) was the perfect breeding ground for reaction was in all corners Island pop. I remember that phrase recalling Bobby Gillespie the time: "We were the fucking Velvet Underground in a world full of Dire Straits" and I find more graphic idea to put aside the ridiculous headband Mark Knopfler and on the other hand, sunglasses William Reid. Spandau Ballet, Eurytmics, the worst in history Pretenders, Duran Duran and in the middle of it jumps the pump: "Upside down" a pop punk 7 "in the yuppie 80's pop. He had discussed the new Sex Pistols But what of the JESUS \u200b\u200bAND MARY CHAIN \u200b\u200bwas certainly much more radical, dangerous and extreme. And destructive. It was 1984 and the Luciferian single (with "Vegetable Man" Syd Barret in the face b) was the twelfth reference seal Creation. In November goes on sale. In May the following year had sold 35,000 copies.
All 80 had crash!. The JESUS \u200b\u200bAND MARY CHAIN \u200b\u200bat that time consisted of brothers William and Jim Reid, bassist Douglas Hart and drummer Bobby Gillespie (the current leader of Primal Scream). Between 1983 and 1984 recorded several demos and offer concerts in his native Scotland and England with his terrorist mellow in tow. In one of these concerts, held at The Living Room attacked during the sound check, the classic "Somebody to Love" Jefferson Airplane and found that there was Alan Mcgee, the boss of Creation that, dazzled, proposes to release a single in seal, the aforementioned "Upside Down." "With every sound I still like I'm going crazy "it said. Not only they were crazy, inflamed public and press. At that time Neil Taylor passed sentence in the pages of the now ailing New Musical Express" Jesus and Mary Chain are the best group world ", the audience turned into a pitched battle each of his incendiary concerts and they, proud, arrogant, authentic noise hooliganism knew: the world was his.
The impact of" Upside Down "was such that the Black & White label, WEA subsidiary recruits on their roster and in 1985 produced three singles: "Never Understand", "You Trip Me Up" and "Just Like Honey", all subsequently included in "Psychocandy", undoubtedly one of the best LP's in the history of contemporary music and key ring chain Velvet white noise, Sonic Youth, Suicide, Spacemen 3-My Bloody Valentine. Rarely
a title so faithfully reflected inside as "Psychocandy" a devastating effect anfetaminizado candy. Blend on the Beach Boys and the Supremes on "White Light / White Heat" The Velvet undergorund, or worse, in "Metal Machine Music" by Lou Reed in a full-band concept, aesthetics, sound and attitude to service of a single idea. Call sound, ethical and aesthetic. Thickets of sharp and loud guitars, sweet melodies performed poisoned voice from beyond the grave. This existential violence unhealthy Joy Division mixed with the sweetness of pop and rock n'roll primitive hedonism. Meat, death, sex, religion dark and flowing for a stupidly provocative texts, narcissistic and banal aphorism became the youth needed a cry and wanting to assert without really knowing why, as has always been and been and will be the rock and roll. Because if we understand the rock n 'roll as a spirit, as music that encourages you to fuck, to shovel out the window or break glass with his fists, "PSICHOCANDY" was and is a thousand times more rock n roll that "Born in the USA "Bruce Springsteen. And a thousand times suggestive.
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