I am not scared!
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Track:Death at the Chapel
You know, I'm not 100% punk and I'm not 100& goth, but I have certain elements from both (yes, Dale, especially from the goth side! hehe). I was wondering what my reaction would be to a garage-punk rock band that is dipped in goth. Guess what...I heart them...What do I like about The Horrors:1. Their goth side ;)2. That combo organ that gets me every time.3. The fact that their songs get stuck in my head like gum on hair.4. The insane vocals.5. "All of singles released by The Horrors prior to "Gloves" have been chart ineligible because they have been packaged with inserts and stickers, breaking chart rules". hahahahha6. That they don't seem to be focusing on taking themselves seriously, but much more on having fun (even if their version of fun is singing songs about a 60's girl group dying a gruesome death, altering their belief in true love, see Death At The Chapel).7. That their songs feel like a spooky-punky movie that you want to see more than once.What do they sound like to me? Like Art Brut, in Halloween costumes, on hallucinating substances, performing in a dingy basement with Sid Vicious posters on the walls.I'm sure that they are pretty overhyped at the UK, but, as always, I'm hype- free. I'm also sure that they're not 100& original, but if I actually cared about that, I wouldn't be listening to half of the bands I fancy.Some random song info from wiki:*"The music video for Sheena is a Parasite":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZMrwZItOGE* was directed by Chris Cunningham (Aphex Twin, anyone?), starred Samantha Morton and was banned by MTV for its use of strobe lighting (pansies!).Count In Fives is about Faris Badwan's (the singer) childhood obsession with arranging things in groups of 5.Gloves is about Badwan's obsessive collection of lost gloves. For the music video fans of the band were asked along to be part of it.The B-side Sister Leonella (from the CD single She Is The New Thing) featured backing vocals by members of The Horrors' families and friends.She Is The New Thing's extra yummy video:And my personal favourite so far:
On a different note, I would like to let you know/ remind you that *"Chris":http://mog.com/I_am* (a.k.a. I_am) created an account for us to post our feelings about the passing of Chris Pryor (aka Crashpryor). *"Here is the relevant post":http://mog.com/I_am/blog_post/119811#write-comment*.The account is *"Remembering Crashpryor":http://mog.com/Remembering_Crashpryor*, the login e-mail is crash@withoutguile.net and the password is chrisp. So you can just log in and share your feelings, stories and anything else you see fit.
On a different note, I would like to let you know/ remind you that *"Chris":http://mog.com/I_am* (a.k.a. I_am) created an account for us to post our feelings about the passing of Chris Pryor (aka Crashpryor). *"Here is the relevant post":http://mog.com/I_am/blog_post/119811#write-comment*.The account is *"Remembering Crashpryor":http://mog.com/Remembering_Crashpryor*, the login e-mail is crash@withoutguile.net and the password is chrisp. So you can just log in and share your feelings, stories and anything else you see fit.
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