A different live version of a song posted elsewhere
I Am The Walrus - Foetus (Knitting Factory NYC 1995)
Anyone who has noticed my music posts would've picked up on who my #1 artist is, the mighty JG Thirlwell, particularly his solo Foetus project work. I've held off posting any live footage as it is - in stark contrast to his studio work - as rough as guts. But herein lies distinct aspects of the industrial era music as a whole and about Jim's singular approach to his music. Industrial grew directly out of the disillusionment of punk's (overall) failings in being a sociopolitical force and in its musicality. The advent of digital production, midi, sequencing and sampling were eagerly embraced along with a sophistication and complexity of composition from the prog rock they loved, but with the sonic brutality and energy they loved about punk. They created music in the studio that was in large impossible to reproduce live as had happened to much of prog music (eg Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield), so they just stripped it back and went for it. For Jim the live gig wasn't even on his radar in any sense, the studio was his instrument. He did play all instruments on his earlier albums but couldn't play any instrument to the level needed, so it was through the studio that he could put it all together. He couldn't do that on stage and at the time couldn't afford to pay others to fill in the gaps, so just didn't let it worry him.
Lecture over, sorry about that. Sort of lol.
Anyone who has noticed my music posts would've picked up on who my #1 artist is, the mighty JG Thirlwell, particularly his solo Foetus project work. I've held off posting any live footage as it is - in stark contrast to his studio work - as rough as guts. But herein lies distinct aspects of the industrial era music as a whole and about Jim's singular approach to his music. Industrial grew directly out of the disillusionment of punk's (overall) failings in being a sociopolitical force and in its musicality. The advent of digital production, midi, sequencing and sampling were eagerly embraced along with a sophistication and complexity of composition from the prog rock they loved, but with the sonic brutality and energy they loved about punk. They created music in the studio that was in large impossible to reproduce live as had happened to much of prog music (eg Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield), so they just stripped it back and went for it. For Jim the live gig wasn't even on his radar in any sense, the studio was his instrument. He did play all instruments on his earlier albums but couldn't play any instrument to the level needed, so it was through the studio that he could put it all together. He couldn't do that on stage and at the time couldn't afford to pay others to fill in the gaps, so just didn't let it worry him.
Lecture over, sorry about that. Sort of lol.
Mortgage - JG Thirlwell + Ensemble
From then to now. Jim neither stands still nor totally reinvents himself to suit current trends or fashion, he truly evolves as a musician like few others.
From then to now. Jim neither stands still nor totally reinvents himself to suit current trends or fashion, he truly evolves as a musician like few others.
RIP Ozzy
Ozzy Osbourne
Moscow music peace festival 1989
Moscow music peace festival 1989
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bryan Ferry
From 1977, the studio version is in the 'keep one word' thread.
From 1977, the studio version is in the 'keep one word' thread.
When You Dance I Can Really Love - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
they were so good live
they were so good live
It’s great that you have these as more than just memories
The Great Deceiver - King Crimson
studio version in the 'alphabetic' thread
studio version in the 'alphabetic' thread