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icarus... but I had no idea how tough.
This is brutal. I'm looking for musical that cynical yet quirky. I thought I was on the right track with The Smiths, but while their lyrics are great, the music is just too... airy, detatched, happy in a miserable way.
I thought maybe The Ramones. But they're just too... bratty. And simple and direct. And violent.
So I checked out R.E.M. I have Losing My Religion and Orange Crush, but I'm not entirely satisfied.
Circle Jerks were action-clumsy. I tried X. Too modern. Pearl Jam. The lead singer's vibrato just doesn't work for this.
I tried Talking Heads. Swamp and Once In A Lifetime were sort of... but they weren't. Too much pep. Velvet Revolver, appropriate for SNAFU, not Beg Me For It.
The Smiths and R.E.M. come the closest I think. Any ideas?
ETA:
The Dandy Warhols!
There's a new R.E.M. option So Fast, So Numb.
I'm going to check out some early Clash.
There was a group that came out right around Soundgarden (mid-late 90's), but they were darker, with a heavier baseline. I recall a video of theirs had a macabre series of images of torture and dismemberment in claymation. There was a sort of resigned observant hopelessness to their lyrics. They're a major band... damn, what was the name?
ETA2: Tool! Thank you,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aquatryst.
Now to check out Tool, Placebo, I'm definitely adding The Clash's Career Opportunities ("they offered me the office / offered me the
shop / they said I'd better take anything they'd got" -- ha!), and maybe Red Angel Dragnet, Complete Control, and What's My Name?, possibly Overpowered By Funk (these are hard to tell from 30-second clips, but the only Clash CD I own is London Calling). *back to scoping out music*
This is brutal. I'm looking for musical that cynical yet quirky. I thought I was on the right track with The Smiths, but while their lyrics are great, the music is just too... airy, detatched, happy in a miserable way.
I thought maybe The Ramones. But they're just too... bratty. And simple and direct. And violent.
So I checked out R.E.M. I have Losing My Religion and Orange Crush, but I'm not entirely satisfied.
Circle Jerks were action-clumsy. I tried X. Too modern. Pearl Jam. The lead singer's vibrato just doesn't work for this.
I tried Talking Heads. Swamp and Once In A Lifetime were sort of... but they weren't. Too much pep. Velvet Revolver, appropriate for SNAFU, not Beg Me For It.
The Smiths and R.E.M. come the closest I think. Any ideas?
ETA:
The Dandy Warhols!
There's a new R.E.M. option So Fast, So Numb.
I'm going to check out some early Clash.
There was a group that came out right around Soundgarden (mid-late 90's), but they were darker, with a heavier baseline. I recall a video of theirs had a macabre series of images of torture and dismemberment in claymation. There was a sort of resigned observant hopelessness to their lyrics. They're a major band... damn, what was the name?
ETA2: Tool! Thank you,
aquatryst.Now to check out Tool, Placebo, I'm definitely adding The Clash's Career Opportunities ("they offered me the office / offered me the
shop / they said I'd better take anything they'd got" -- ha!), and maybe Red Angel Dragnet, Complete Control, and What's My Name?, possibly Overpowered By Funk (these are hard to tell from 30-second clips, but the only Clash CD I own is London Calling). *back to scoping out music*
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Re: Beg me for it vs Sex Drugs and DE Rock
Date: 2005-08-22 01:47 am (UTC)Yeah, strange mood to find. I have Tool for the hellish external environment at the Ministry, but Ron's songs have been tough.
"The Violent Femmes"
The Femmes! How could I have forgotten them? I guess I usually think of "Raisin in the the Sun."
Here's what I have so far on the playlist (for just BMFI):
Sober - Tool
Career Opportunities - The Clash (it's a little too peppy by itself, but if I follow it with...)
Pinhead - The Ramones (...it might work)
Orange Crush - REM
Intolerance - Tool
The Grudge - Tool
Beat On The Brat - The Ramones (or maybe...)
The Crusher - The Ramones
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - The Smiths (this song is utterly perfect for the arena)
Plan A - The Dandy Warhols
Thank you!
Icarus