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Re: Bauhaus or The Birthday Party
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 11:00 am
by Jimbo
I like Bauhaus just fine, but The Birthday Party is one of my favorite bands and Bauhaus is not one of my favorite bands.
Re: Bauhaus or The Birthday Party
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 1:38 pm
by wot
I really love both but The Birthday Party was taking rock music to terrifying heights.
I do think Bauhaus was operating more as a unit - as any reggae vaudeville theatre band ought to! But the sturm und drang of The Birthday Party has yet to be bested by 40 years of knockoffs.
Re: Bauhaus or The Birthday Party
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:43 pm
by ErikG
Surprised Bauhaus is doing so well here. Intuitively I would respond that Birthday Party were a better band. Player to player? Birthday Party wins. Art rock pretension vs. visceral assault? Birthday Party again.
That was my thinking when I saw this thread. Then St. Vitus Dance shuffled on. What a throwaway song! Peter Murphy’s ridiculous lyrics. Daniel Ash’s rudimentary guitar. Ooh, gimmicky filtered bass etc. and yet....
They didn’t give a single fuck. Second hand dub? Recycled glam rock? Po-faced nonsense? Yes please, make mine a double.
It’s close, but it’s Bauhaus.