Band: Primal Scream
11I like Vanishing Point and Echo Deck -- I'm interested to see votes for XTRMNTR -- I'll have to check that one out.
Band: Primal Scream
12I liked them a lot years back due to Screamadelica, XTRMNTR and Vanishing Point. Then I saw them live twice, which largely ennervated my enjoyment of these records. They were an all-stars cabaret, appearing to enjoy themselves, putting in some apparent passion, but they left me feeling very empty. Everything seemed posed and calculated, which is fine if you are performing deliberately smart-arsed. But if you are meant to be perform straightforward rock and pop, then obvious artifice is wholly off-putting.
The umpteen different instruments mixed into a lumpy soup, and Gillespie's prancing left me cold and irritated.
The Kevin Shields collaboration MBV Arkestra is one of my favourite singles, a masterpiece, I think that Screamadelica is still an ace record, but I have no desire to ever pick up one of their releases again.
What I perceive as successes under their name are due to fancy production and good taste in collaborators. The band themselves seem to picture themselves as a Robocop version of the Rolling Stones, which I find repellent.
The umpteen different instruments mixed into a lumpy soup, and Gillespie's prancing left me cold and irritated.
The Kevin Shields collaboration MBV Arkestra is one of my favourite singles, a masterpiece, I think that Screamadelica is still an ace record, but I have no desire to ever pick up one of their releases again.
What I perceive as successes under their name are due to fancy production and good taste in collaborators. The band themselves seem to picture themselves as a Robocop version of the Rolling Stones, which I find repellent.
Band: Primal Scream
14Bobby got to live out his rock star dreams and did it better than 94% of the other posers out there.
Makes better records than Steve too, with or without Weatherall...
NOT CRAP!
Makes better records than Steve too, with or without Weatherall...
NOT CRAP!
Band: Primal Scream
17Not crap, but 
closing on ten. Screamadelica oscillates between genius and rubbish, ditto Vanishing Point, but XTRMNTR is a flatout tremendous record.
Basically, if someone great is collaborating on any given track (Weatherall, Kevin Shields...) then the odds are good. If not, it's all a bit sub-Stones...
closing on ten. Screamadelica oscillates between genius and rubbish, ditto Vanishing Point, but XTRMNTR is a flatout tremendous record.
Basically, if someone great is collaborating on any given track (Weatherall, Kevin Shields...) then the odds are good. If not, it's all a bit sub-Stones...
Band: Primal Scream
18They make me embarrassed to be British.
Rick Reuben wrote:We're all sensitive people
With so much love to give, understand me sugar
Since we got to be... Lets say, I love you
Band: Primal Scream
19They're crap, for sure.
XTRMNTR is decent so I'll give them a waffle.
XTRMNTR is decent so I'll give them a waffle.
"Why stop now, just when I'm hating it?" - Marvin
Band: Primal Scream
20Ooookay, so I listened to Screamadelica -- phew! There are some really bad lyrics on that record... doesn't really hold up in many places. I'm still a fan of Vanishing Point, though -- I listened to that one recently and I liked most of it.