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Monday, May 11th, 2009

On May 21st Terminator Salvation comes out and I am stoked to a level that is kind of fucking terrifying, especially considering that I never even saw T3 all the way through. Maybe it’s because of the trailer, which features the best usage of NIN in the history of all things ever.

Strangely enough, the soundtracks to both T1 and T2 are out of print and go for huge buckage on Amazon and eBay. That’s insane. I know the rights to the Terminator films are kind of complicated, and I’m sure the soundtrack rights are even more so, but you think whomever owns the rights would figure out that there might be some major cash-in bucks to made with the original soundtracks. Paying $125 for one on Amazon is a little nuts.

Now, I don’t have the definite edition, which features the complete score, but I do have the original version, which features the pop songs (which are NOT on the definite edition) so it’s a trade-off I guess.

So, without further ado…

Brad Fiedel – The Terminator Score
The Terminator Theme
Terminator Arrival
Tunnel Chase
Love Scene
Future Remembered
Factory Chase
The Terminator score is a work of synthesized art, barren and brilliant, perfectly matching the stark and brutal tone of the film. Brad Fiedel was the composer and performer of the piece (save for some electronic violin) and its probably his best-known work. Aside from the first two Terminator films he also did the music for both Fright Night films, Wes Craven’s Serpent and the Rainbow, and the Jodie Foster drama The Accused (one of the best movies you should never see). In the nineties he hooked up with Cameron again for True Lies and quickly after that did the score for the abomination known as Johnny Mnemonic (one of the worst moves you should see). He was passed for fucking Danny Elfman for the new Salvation, which is a damned shame. This is one of the best synthesized scores ever, ranking right up there with the original Halloween and Wendy Carlos’ A Clockwork Orange. It’s not the best Arnold movie score however, which isn’t a knock on it as much as it is unapologetic praise for the score to Conan the Barbarian, which is probably one of the top five scores of all time.

Tahnee Cain And The Tryanglz
You Can’t Do That
Burnin’ In The Third Degree
Photoplay
Tahnee Cain is actually Tane McClure, a singer/actress whose work you have no doubt seen, especially if you like 80s/90s b-movies like Bikini Academy and Illicit Dreams 2. Her biggest roles were probably in Go and the Legally Blonde films as Elle’s mom. She’s 49 years old, damn hot and has a bitchin’ rack, no doubt thanks to Dr. 90210 (according to the IMDB she was on an episode of the show called “Thanks for the Mammaries”). Tane seems to be a relentless self-promoter, and has her own webpage and YouTube channel. She seems fairly tech-savvy, which means she’ll probably find this blog eventually, so if you’re reading this Tane and you’re pissed I put your songs up just email me and I’ll take them down! Don’t go Steve Winwood on me and DMCA my ass please!

Anyways, her songs, oh yeah. I don’t remember “You Can’t do That” from the film that well, but “Burnin’ in the Third Degree” is the song that’s playing when all hell breaks loose in Technoir and it’s a solid example of 80s synthpop/rock that holds up pretty damn well. Tane has some pipes on her. “Photoplay,” which is also in the Technoir scene I believe, is pretty good as well.

Jay Ferguson and 16mm
Pictures Of You
Jay Ferguson was in Spirit, a 60s/70s psychedelic band, but you’d never know it from this synthpop song, which sounds like something Michael Sembello would have record for a never-realized sequel to Flashdance. I don’t remember at which point this track pops up in the soundtrack either.

Linn Van Hek
Imtimacy
This is the song that Sarah Conner’s roomie is rocking out to before Arnold kills her. It’s by far the most experimental of the pop songs on the soundtrack, very post-punk/electronic sounding. I dig it. I can find next to nothing on Linn Van Hek though, other than the fact that this song actually got a 12” single release in Australia. Odd.

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Dreaming Of Tangerines In Space

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Haven’t gone through all the links yet, but I’ve already discovered some pretty sweet ones thanks to you people. There are so many good sites out there but for every quality blog there are 50 that are pure shite, so thanks everyone for acting as my filter. Now here’s some music no one will want as a reward.

FM – Black Noise
A great Canadian rock trio that specializes in space-themed prog. Rush? Fuck no! I’m talking about FM! FM is awesome, well at least this album is, I haven’t been able to find anything else by the group. How awesome is FM you ask? Well, for starters they don’t have a guitar player! That’s right motherfuckers, they rock it with glockenspiels, mandolins and electric violins! Need more proof? One of their early members was a guy called Nash the Slash, and look at him! Black Noise is all sci-fi insanity, with amazing song titles like “Slaughter In Robot Village,” “Dialing For Dhrama” and “Phasors On Stun.” If Rush is too low key and subtle for you then FM is your band. Much better lead singer too – although that’s not saying much when your comparison point is Geddy Lee. According to Wikipedia (which is always right) Black Noise is in print, but I can’t find a copy new anywhere – only overpriced and used. So its hard enough to find for me to justify putting the whole thing up.

Flashpoint – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Treat Williams and Kris Kristofferson find a wrecked Jeep in the desert that had a dead body, a rifle and a shitload of money. The dead dude is the guy who killed Kennedy and the money was his reward. So of course Kirstofferson and Williams try to keep the money. Sounds like the best movie ever made doesn’t it? But wait, Rip Torn is in it! It IS the best movie ever made. Need further proof? Tangerine Dream provided the soundtrack, well most of the soundtrack, the title track is by a band called The Gems and it has to be one of the worst pieces of shit ever put to vinyl. This is another one of Tangerine Dream’s out-of-print and overlooked 80s soundtracks to a movie no one ever heard of, and is worth a listen if you like them. The opening track is especially good.

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If I Ever Get Out Of This Remix

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

I have a cat now. And because of the little furry bastard I’m pretty tired, so let’s just get right to it.

Twin Freaks
My respect for Paul McCartney has grown tremendously in the past few months. First I discovered Fireman, the electronic/alternative rock collaborative project between Youth from Killing Joke and McCartney, and now this. Twin Freaks is a remix collection by McCartney and Freelance Hellraiser, who you may know from his legendary 2002 bootleg mash-up “A Stroke Of Genius.” Apparently he went on tour with McCartney in 2004, and that led to this collection of McCartney remixes and mash-ups. How does that even happen? An online remixer gets contacted by a Beatle and the next thing you know they’re collaborating together? That would be like Conan O’Brien reading my semi-misogynist rant against Fergie and getting me a job at The Tonight Show.

Anyways, The Twin Freaks album appears to have been a one-off, and in more ways that one. EMI released the album as a 2-LP vinyl release only, and it only got one printing. Needless to say it’s pretty hard to find and out-of-print, so of course I found it in a record store in Toledo. The world is weird man.

But back to the record, all of these songs are either Paul McCartney tunes or tracks that appeared on Wings albums (with one exception) so if you’re expecting a remix of “Hard Day’s Night” or “Helter Skelter” you’re going to be let down. Still, this is a very interesting record that deserves a wider release. Some of these tracks are pretty obscure though, so here’s a track-by-track rundown of where these songs are from. If you want more information about what other tracks are mashed into this then go to this site.

Really Love You
Originally on Flaming Pie.

Long Haired Lady (Reprise)
“Long Haired Lady” (without the reprise) was on Ram.

Rinse The Raindrops
Originally on Driving Rain

Darkroom
The first of many songs on this record that was originally on McCartney II, not a surprise since that record itself is pretty heavy on the electronics.

Live And Let Die
You know this one.

Temporary Secretary
Another track from McCartney II.

What’s That You’re Doing
From Tug Of War, thank God they chose this and not Ebony and Ivory.

Oh Woman, Oh Why
A 1971 non-album b-side that is also on the deluxe version of Ram.

Mumbo
From Wild Life, the first Wings album.

Lalula
I think this is an original creation made from several other songs.

Coming Up
Another from McCartney II. You might not recognize the name of this tune but trust me you’ve heard it.

Maybe I’m Amazed
Okay, if you don’t know this song then there’s no helping you. This is truly saving the best for last, an amazing remix of a legendary song.

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Hardcore Moog

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

I’ve always been of two, okay three, minds about what kind of music this blog should be about. Most of my more dedicated readers/listeners seem to enjoy the remixes the most, specifically the stuff from the 80s. That would probably explain why I’m listed as an “80s blog” on most other sites. That’s fine, and I enjoy putting up remixes and other B-sides, but to me that can get old after a while – the amount of Depeche Mode I post far outweighs my desire to talk about Depeche Mode. Don’t worry though, I’m not going to stop posting 80s music anytime soon. I love the stuff, it’s just not the easiest shit to write about.

A smaller (but very vocal) segment of my audience seems to enjoy the soundtracks and compilations I put up. I really love putting up these as well, and for a couple reasons. Firstly, I’m a huge movie fan, I was even a film major and my dream job is still to be a film critic. Movies are my life. Secondly, I fucking hate it when I see rare and hard-to-find soundtracks on eBay for an insane price. That shit pisses me off, and if I can do anything to hurt the lively-hood of dickfaced gougers then I’m happy.

However the shit I really enjoy talking and posting about is the stuff that most people couldn’t give two shits about, and that’s the ultra-weird, super-obscure random bullshit that I occasionally find while digging through record crates. Whenever I post really out there shit my readership dips into the negative zone and while it doesn’t piss me off it does kind of irk me. The Happy Moog is one of my favorite albums ever dammit, download it! And Music From Mathematics!! Sure, I’m the first to admit that it’s not something I listen to on a regular basis, but it’s one a historical landmark! And Stardrive motherfucker – listen to the funkatude!

What I’m saying is that you should give the weird shit a chance, you never know what you’ll discover. If could be the best record you’ve never heard. Or it could be some of the most epically stupid shit you’ll ever going to be exposed to, like the album I’m featuring tonight.

The Sounds Of Love…A To Zzz – Sensously SINThesized
Okay, this is no Music From Mathematics, but it what it lacks in historical interest, importance and any sort of musical quality it more than makes up for in all out fucked up stupidity and weirdness. This is an early electronic record, but not like The Happy Moog or Dick Hyman’s Eclectic Electrics. No, this is a “heavy breathing” record that, in addition to poorly arranged Moog music, features a woman orgasmically moaning nearly non-stop.

Why?

I have no idea.

Who did this?

I have no idea?

Is it good?

NO! But is it fun to listen to? Oh hell yeah. If I lived in a dorm still I would crank this, put it on repeat and leave my room for four hours. Everyone would think I was a super-stud with awful taste in music. Anyways, if you have even the most remote interest in the odd, out there or just plain stupid you owe it to yourself to download these tracks.

Now a track-by-track breakdown.

Scented Wind
First off, what the fuck is with that title? Is that supposed to be romantic or sensual? I don’t know about you but when I hear the words “scented wind” I’m not thinking about sweet lovemaking. This is nothing but tonal synthesizer notes and a lady moaning. Calling it a song would be an overstatement, it’s just some dude pounding on a synthesizer while some woman gets pounded. Strangely, like every other track on the album, the only voice you hear is the woman’s. Which means this woman is either pleasuring herself while listening to early experimental electronica, or the musical equipment itself is fucking her (it seems to pick up the pace when she really gets going). I can’t decide which is more disturbing. There’s always the possibility that there’s someone else there pleasuring her orally while pounding on the keyboards, that would at least explain why the song is so damn simple.

Black & Blues
Not bluesy at all, but at least this one somewhat resembles a song. More of the same with the unnamed female, she’s moaning and purring with pleasure, but the synthesizer this time around is a little more interesting. Still extremely simple, but at least there’s a melody and even a beat (which is strangely reminiscent of Space Invaders). If you only download one track from this record make sure it’s this one.

Midnight Waterfalls
No sounds of pleasure on this one, no real music either. This is just an experimental “noise” track and nothing else. If you’ve ever heard any really early Moog albums then you’ve heard stuff like this, very atonal, music concrete type stuff. This is what synthesizer music was before people like Wendy Carlos and Dick Hyman showed that it could be used to make real music. This shit goes on for nearly 10 minutes, have courage.

Pavanne
Well, the woman is all rested up and back for more synthetic (or should I say SINthetic…no probably not) loving. This time she’s – ahem – enjoying the soothing sounds of Ravel’s Pavane (misspelled on the LP as “Pavanne”). Most early electronic albums fell back on classical compositions when they ran out of original material, and this sleazefest is no different. From this point it’s all classical.

Bolero
The love for Ravel continues, this time with his most famous piece. The woman really enjoys this one, so much so that for the last bit of the song she’s breathing so hard that her voice becomes a little distorted (they obviously put the mic right up to her mouth, you can even hear her lick her lips sometimes). Musically it’s extremely straightforward and traditional, making the moaning babe even more of a distraction.

Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21
We come to a conclusion with one of Mozart’s most famous pieces. The fact that this is the only performance of a Mozart composition that I currently have on my hard drive makes me feel like a fucking retard. Anyways, this one shifts back and forth between traditional and experimental. While most of the notes sound like they are being played on a piano, occasionally things get wacky and the notes are occasionally put through the modulator (again another common element of early synthesizer recordings). The broad moans pretty ecstatically through this one, but not as much as she does as other ones. Shit, she was probably exhausted by this point.

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Super Ultra Rare Bizarre Soundtrack Day 1

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Hearts Of Fire was the third movie to feature Bob Dylan in an acting role. The first was the well-known Sam Peckinpah western Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid and the second was a rarely seen four-hour film directed by Dylan called Renaldo And Clara which came out in 1978. Hearts Of Fire came out in 1987 and was not well liked by just about anyone. Critics hated it, audiences avoided it, and Bob Dylan was so upset with it that he didn’t act again until 2003’s Masked And Anonymous (it must have taken him that long to find another movie that would be as hated as Hearts Of Fire). Some people claim that the movie was so bad that it killed the director Richard Marquad – who previously directed Return Of The Jedi and the thriller Jagged Edge. Still wondering how bad the movie is? It was written by Joe “Showgirls” Eszterhas, I think that says it all.

Anyways, in addition to old Bobby D the movie also stars a chick by the name of Fiona (not Apple) and Rupert Everett (yes…that Rupert Everett). I’ve never seen the flick so I can’t say that much about it, but from what I’ve read it’s your typical two guys-one girl story, with the two guys being Bob Dylan and Rupert Everett. With choices like that the girl is better off alone.

The soundtrack to Hearts Of Fire was just as panned as the movie, but in retrospect is worth mentioning because it features three exclusive tracks by Bob Dylan. It also features Rupert Everett “singing” but more on that later.

Fiona
Hearts Of Fire
I’m In It For Love
Hair Of The Dog (That Bit You)
The Nights We Spent On Earth
Let The Good Times Roll
So the producers of Hearts Of Fire somehow con one of the greatest signer/songwriters of all-time to star in their film and when the time came to release the soundtrack they throw him to the side and give this unknown babe center stage. Don’t get me wrong, Fiona has an alright voice and all, but she’s not Dylan. Of course, considering how bad Dylan was throughout most of the 80s that might not be true after all. These are good 80s pop-rock songs, completely harmless and disposable.

Bob Dylan
The Usual
Night After Night
Had A Dream About You, Baby
These are the real gems of the album, not in terms of quality mind you, but in terms of rarity. While an alternate version of “Had A Dream About You, Baby” appeared on Dylan’s 1988 suckstorm of a record Down In The Groove. “The Usual” is a John Hiatt cover and “Night After Night” is a Dylan original that’s never seen the light of day since its inclusion on this soundtrack. Because of these rare Dylan songs this soundtrack goes for quite a bit online, but anyone paying over 20 bucks for these so-so Dylan tracks is crazier than he ever was.

Rupert Everett
Tainted Love
In My Heart
However, sixty bucks is a small price to pay to hear Rupert “Everyone’s favorite gay best friend” Everett try to sing 80s pop songs. “In My Heart” is forgettable crap, what’s really worth listening here is his insanely-awful cover of “Tainted Love.” Everett can’t sing at all. Seriously, it’s really really bad. It would probably be the worst cover of “Tainted Love” if it wasn’t for the fact that everyone from Marylin Manson to The Pussycat Dolls have taken turns butchering it. I’d love to see the context in which this song is presented in the movie. I’m sure it involves Everett trying to woo Fiona away from Dylan in some dark smokey dive bar outside of London or some shit like that.

Anyways, um enjoy? These tracks aren’t the best in the world, but they are interesting so check them out.

I’ll have more rare soundtracks (including one with more rare Dylan – and some that are actually good!!) later this week.

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Death To False Metal

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

I know I said that I wouldn’t be posting again this week, but I say a lot of things.

I’ve been waiting two years for an excuse to use that as a headline and I finally found an excuse. On a related note, I’ve been waiting two weeks for an excuse to use that awesome picture. It’s not mine and I’d attribute it but I don’t know where it’s from. If you do let me know.

The Decline Of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years
Decline II is one of the greatest movies ever made about rock music, and also one of the most (unintentionally) funny movies you’ll ever see. Originally released in 1988, the film follows the fans and bands that make up the ridiculously stupid Hollywood glam metal scene. Glam rock luminaries such as Poison show up for interviews and other bands contribute some very memorable performances (if you like metal, and if you don’t like metal you can fuck off).

The movie was directed by Penelope Spheeris, who also directed the previously mentioned Dudes, Wayne’s World, and a bunch of very shitty movies. She also did Decline I, which is about the LA punk rock scene of the early 80s -but that’s a whole other topic and since I don’t have the soundtrack for that I’m going to move on.

Both the soundtrack and the film are out of print. I don’t know if the soundtrack ever got a proper CD release, but I know the movie never came out on DVD. I’ve worked in video distribution for most of my life so I know this, don’t message me and tell me I’m wrong (Howard The Duck has never been on DVD in America either, no matter what you see offered on eBay). The webpage for the movies hasn’t been updated in eons, and despite their promise that the DVDs are coming soon I doubt it. I found the soundtrack at my local exchange for seven bucks last week and I nearly shat, it’s been on my holy grail wishlist for a very long time. This one is worthy of track-by-track breakdown.

Alice Cooper with Axl Rose, Slash and Izzy
Under My Wheels
This is an Alice Cooper track that originally appeared on his 1971 album Killer, this version with the dudes from GnR was made specially for this soundtrack. It was later released on Alice Cooper’s four-disc box set as well. Excellent tune.

Faster Pussycat
The Bathroom Wall
Faster Pussycat’s best song, in my opinion (and as you all know, my opinion is right) and not that shit ballad “House Of Pain”. Great riff, great dirty sexy lyrics, just great all around. This is the live version that was in the movie (recorded at The Cathouse…the rock bar, not the whorehouse).

Motorhead
Cradle To The Grave
Lemmy and company don’t perform in the movie, but Lemmy gives a pretty good interview on the hills of LA. Dude totally rocks a Canadian tuxedo too. This track was exclusive to this soundtrack, but has since appeared on a couple Motorhead compilations. Good stuff, typical awesome Motorhead music to get drunk to. Contains the classic line, “Ain’t so bad/coulda been a monkey.” I don’t want to know what Lemmy’s talking about there.

Armored Saint
You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
I don’t remember seeing Armored Saint in Decline, but one of the band’s later members was in Odin – the band who sadly believes they will one day be bigger than Led Zeppelin. Whatever happened to those dudes? This track is also on the band’s compilation “Nod To The Old School”.

Lizzy Borden
Born To Be Wild (Live)
Okay, this cover is pretty damn stupid. It’s featured prominently in the movie though.

Megadeth
In My Darkest Hour
This link is intentionally left blank since this track is easily commercially available on many Megadeth albums and compilations.

Queensryche
The Prophecy
This link is intentionally left blank for the same reasons listed above…and I really fucking hate Queensryche.

Metal Church
The Brave
Don’t know much about these guys, and I don’t think they were prominently featured in the film. I do know that this song is totally fucking metal.

Rigor Mortis
Foaming At The Mouth
This track is on their 1988 debut, and that album is still in-print so this track is easily available. However, I’m still putting it up here because it’s not like you can walk into Best Buy and pick it up. Hypocritical? Probably, but ask me if I give a fuck. If you like thrash I suggest picking up their albums, it’s some heavy shit. They also have the best bio on Allmusic.com.

Brutal thrash played with cruelty; one day they could become the kings of their own world.

That’s the entire bio, I think someone at All Music is a fan.

Seduce
Colleen (Live)
Another one of the lost bands from Decline. Anyone know what happened to these dudes? They were the Detroit refugees who hoped to make it big in LA. Great guitar player, shame about the singer. This is the performance from the movie.

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Quack

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Just reposted albums and one really long track tonight. I might cancel the “my reposts are better than your reposts” item because I’m getting sick of typing the word “repost.”

Howard The Duck Original Soundtrack & Singles
Fuck yeah Howard The Duck! I just found out that this flick was released on DVD in the UK. We still can’t get it here in the states, once again proving that the English are far cooler than us in America. It also proves that me picking up an all-region NTSC/PAL DVD player was a very wise investment. The above zip file includes the complete soundtrack and score, as well as the remixes to the theme song that appeared on the 12” single. Many of these songs are surprisingly good and are actually some of Thomas Dolby’s highlights as a songwriter in my opinion.

On a sadder note, Steve Gerber, the creator of Howard The Duck (the comic, not the movie) passed away earlier this year. I’d like to remind everyone that the Howard The Duck comic book is one of the greatest pieces of subversive counterculture from the 70s and is a must-buy no matter what you thought of the movie.

Top Secret Original Soundtrack
To the dude that requested this, you made the most random request – congratulations you win an internet.

Berlin – Information
Someone requested this via email…a total violation of my reposting rules. Luckily for him I was planning on reposting it anyways. Synthpop fans should check this one out – it’s pre-Terri Nunn Berlin.

Soft Cell
Hendrix Medley
To the dude that requested this…you’re really going to be sorry. Easily one of the most retarded things I’ve ever put on this blog and that’s really saying something.

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