I am going to see them tomorrow. I don’t get excited for reunions because they suck and they’re usually cash grabs. Considering the first thing Amebix did upon reuniting was digitally re-release Monolith for free, I’m hoping it’s not the latter. I want this to rule. I’m going to shit my pants.
Go read any comments on any semi-modern Scott Walker video on YouTube. I understand, YouTube comments are always dumb. But Walker videos are even crazier.
Most experimental musicians don’t get this kind of flak. I guess there’s no one to compare Walker to — most pop musicians don’t make this kind of insane transition. But it seems to have created a crazy rift in his fan base.
But… go fucking go, Joe Satriani!
Ever since I walked into Ikea (I think it was) and thought I heard a muzak version of Kraftwerk’s “Computer World” that turned out to be some fucking Coldplay song, I’ve been waiting for someone to come out of the woodwork and take them down. It probably won’t happen because the accuser always looks like a bitter-ass has-been scraping for coin that he can’t manage to get otherwise. And Joe Satriani… doubly so.
The worst part for the Satch is probably what’s stopped any other potential Coldplay attackers: you have to admit that whatever you wrote was boring enough for Coldplay to rip off in the first place.
I have the second printing on gray vinyl, not the 99-copy Prescription version. It’s mis-labeled, and as I don’t really listen to the record that often, I always forget that and put on side B first. This causes it to peak really early with “I Don’t Want To Be The One.” To me most of the tracks on here sound like Elph outtakes. Not that spectacular. I do like the idea of an ode to Kate Bush, though.
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