Yanni might clear the room.....or Kraftwerk.....or showing John Carpenter's "The Thing" on a big screen tv (anyone who'se seen this can back me up on the grossness of certain scenes).
Also, turning off the power to the house might work
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Yanni might clear the room.....or Kraftwerk.....or showing John Carpenter's "The Thing" on a big screen tv (anyone who'se seen this can back me up on the grossness of certain scenes).
Also, turning off the power to the house might work
Originally posted by Shug Matchstalk Men and Matchstick Cats and Dogs, by two weird looking feckers with horrible jumpers, Brian & Peter me thinks
Shug, for your information they were a one-hit wonder from Stockport (near Manchester) called BRIAN AND MICHAEL who also had the ST WINIFRED'S SCHOOL CHOIR (of later Grandma Vs Satan fame). Look in the Guiness Book of British Hit Singles then ... sorry, I'm showing my age here.... yeah, it WAS wretched,. even then, but I can still think of WORSE songs (Orville? The Chicken Song? Star Trekkin?)
Originally posted by Martin Gray > Originally posted by Shug> Matchstalk Men and Matchstick Cats and Dogs, by two weird looking feckers with horrible jumpers, Brian & Peter me thinks
Shug, for your information they were a one-hit wonder from Stockport (near Manchester) called BRIAN AND MICHAEL who also had the ST WINIFRED'S SCHOOL CHOIR (of later Grandma Vs Satan fame). Look in the Guiness Book of British Hit Singles then ... sorry, I'm showing my age here.... yeah, it WAS wretched,. even then, but I can still think of WORSE songs (Orville? The Chicken Song? Star Trekkin?)
Cheers for that lovely piece of information Mart, do you know what happened to Brian & Michael? my guess is they are both science teachers at some run-down comp
Originally posted by Shug
Yeah, much obliged Shuv: Brian (Awkright) is now a very successful children's books author,and Michael (Cottingley) was last spotted as a hired hand for designing and affixing stage sets at his local community theatre in Glossop. (that's a town in Derbyshire just outside the Manchester sprawl - not far from HADFIELD, where the "LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN" was filmed, comedy fans!)
Originally posted by Martin Gray > Originally posted by ShugMartin, How the fuck do you know all this? or is it sarcasm from all the spliffs
Originally posted by Shug > Originally posted by Martin Gray> > > > Originally posted by Shug> > > > Martin, How the fuck do you know all this? or is it sarcasm from all the spliffs
This is going to sound really mad, but there was a TV programme similar to the "Where Are They Now?" thigies you get all the time. It was on Granada TV here in the North West, and it mentioned St Winifred's SChool Choir - who backed Brian and Michael on that shite Matchstick song, but a new line up of the same choir turned up two years later with Grandma (did you know John Lennon was shot the week this little ditty was top of the treee? ). The feature touched on Brian and Michael and intervied two young mums who used to be in St Winfreds Choir, then showed a brief clip of Michael at work...truly eye-opening, yet at the same time toe-curling stuff. Sadly, yours truly has this frankly unhealthy habit of sucking up such meaningless trivial detritus like some overzealous Dyson with a personality defect. So, please, don't blame the spliffs, it's just my sick memory at work once again!"PROUST!!"
I have some great stuff by Einsturzende Neubauten which would definitely set people's teeth on edge. Failing that, some of Genesis P Orridges' stuff with Throbbing Gristle usually works wonders every time. Mind you - I think Throbbing Gristle are perfect soyder drinking music. Wonderful to unwind to... Others may disagree however...
"Ventolin" by Aphex Twin should drive them out.
"S-S-S-S-S-Star Eyes" by Colin Newman is good too.
Why the fuck hasn't anybody thought of "Metal Machine Music" by Lou Reed? (Yes, I own all of these.)
I used to have a seal-point Siamese kitten who would hide under the bed whenever I put on Eno's "The Shutov Assembly." There must be some nasty high frequencies on that one.
As far as JD/NO, nothin' says lovin' like a cover of "Sister Ray." Except the original. And "European Son." And "Lady Godiva's Operation." That whole record.
Originally posted by Allen Jarvis > Originally posted by Seb Briggs> Hard House Anthems #4, Hard House Nation, Let there be Hard House etc> > Though if you own a cd like this you deserve shooting anyway
Nothing wrong with a bit of Hard House, Sebsy. Though I'm not aware of that particular volume. The Euphoria collections are okay, if a bit MOR. Hands in the air. Lots of bird in fluffy bras and big shoes. Phwoare.
I'ts Happy Hardcore I can't stomach. What pish.
I agree, but I LOVE all hardcore, happy or not!!! Trance is Great Long live Tree
How could I have forgotten "Sex Bomb" by Flipper?
As Henry Rollins observed, after a while, even your appliances will beg you to turn it off.
Sex bomb, baby. Kills bugs dead.
Originally posted by Gnu Odor How could I have forgotten "Sex Bomb" by Flipper?As Henry Rollins observed, after a while, even your appliances will beg you to turn it off.Sex bomb, baby. Kills bugs dead.
Hell, any Flipper'll do in a pinch. Brainwash is brilliant...a bunch of repeating snippets where the singer goes "umm....ok......you see there was this.... and ummm....nevermind......forget it......you wouldn't understand it anyway" over a simple riff. On the last snippet, there is a closed groove, and then the fun kicks in: "Forget it...you wouldn't understand" repeated ad nauseum until the listener gets up and takes the needle off of the 45. Stoopid indeed.
How about that concept album by William Shatner that he did in the late 60s/early 70s featuring some truly unforgettable "performances" from Kirk himself - one of my mates used to have it and believe me, the couple of times he played it, people pissed themselves laughing so much they all had to stagger out of the room looking for the bog in order to clean themselves up! Failing that, try that notorious "cult" album by The Shaggs - "Philosophy Of The World"? Toecurlingly hideous!
One word: "mariahcarey"
(had to amalgamate two words there to make it work, think i pulled it off though.)
Speaking of The aforementioned Tuneless One (Miss Carey), she just got dumped by her record company.....:D
Now that has well and truly made my day!! (second only to getting hold of "Brutal" on "The Beach" soundtrack for less than two quid today...) 
Originally posted by Taboo # 7 Speaking of The aforementioned Tuneless One (Miss Carey), she just got dumped by her record company.....:D
Guess that means she'll be posing for Playboy sooner that she thought in an attempt to revive her career, and here some people were thinking that Britney would beat her to the punch.
"Death threats" - Throbbing Gristle "Mary Bell" on repeat - Monte Cazazza "Kick that habit man" - Monte Cazazza
In order to have New Order for yourself :)
Be yourself! you can walk, you can talk, you don't have to be someone...
stagetites against achetecture v1 - einsturzende neubauten or ter tod is un dany by e.n that works great actually the warsaw bootlegg is great for clearing a room but even better is autobahn 22 minutes of that drives most my friends crazy including my girlfriend but he best ever clear the room album would be ANY LYDIA LUNCH SPOKEN WORD ALBUM
Originally posted by Taboo # 7 Speaking of The aforementioned Tuneless One (Miss Carey), she just got dumped by her record company.....:D
That makes me so happy, tempered somewhat by the fact that they paid her $28 million to leave.
