Well I just checked out that Carlos Peron website. I liked it! Ha ha. It reminded me of my previous life, back before there was the term "goth" or "banger" or whatever. The local paper called us "P.I.B.s" (People In Black). The last time I went in the local goth bar I just laughed at the little children dress in shiny black with black nail polish and black lipstick, even the boys (especially the boys). Ah those were the days... ;-)>~ -----Original Message----- From: yello-bounces+tourguide=austexecotours.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:yello-bounces+tourguide=austexecotours.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Mark Pulley Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:21 AM To: The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful. Subject: Re: [Yello] carblows pelon On 22/02/2005, at 1:32 PM, organism@hydrophilus.com wrote:
I was just prying down through my recently re-extracted and newly FLAC-ked yello [& related] singles collection, and passed over Carlos
Peron's "A Hit Song". Man, he sucks! What a bitter boy he is. Also, a bit off the deep end, I should say, based on a quick glimpse of his website. I won't bother linking it here - I'll let google do the dirty work for you.
The picture of him on the front page is enough to turn anyone off!
Obviously, there was a split that occurred between The Men and Bitteboy. Anyone have any history / info on what that was all about. Clearly, based on the "lyrics" of "A Hit Song" and the timing of its release, he's especially furious about the popularity of "Oh Yeah".
Carlos was only responsible for the music for A Hit Song, Jaymz Bee provided lyrics and vocals for this song, and three songs on the album Impersonator II. (No idea who Jaymz Bee is.) I remember reading somewhere that Carlos left because he felt he wasn't able to contribute much - after Boris did the music, he was left to add a few effects afterwards. The split can't have been too acrimonious as Dieter did vocals on two tracks after Carlos left.
It alwayas seemed to me that Yello was a fairly dark band back in the +Peron days... they seemed to lighten up a bit as releases came; and after they went -Peron, things got lighter and easier to listen to alone on a foggy night. Sans Chucky P., The Two seem to be producing more jovial, light-hearted material. Not vacuous or without weight, I
just mean that the gloom, anger, and harshness has mostly evaporated.
I always attributed "weighing down and darkening" Yello to ol' Chuck.
Just curious what others' observations might be.
Some of his albums are great - including 'TranceTrueMental' (full of Chico Hablas guitar work), but some are clunkers. 'Terminatrix' contains several abysmal tracks, and my favourite track from that album is ruined by a sample of heavy breathing at the start. (No, the track was *not* about someone running a marathon.) After seeing the cover for 'La Salle Blanche' on an online shop I decided not to buy it, and having heard an extract from that album on a later compilation album, I'm glad I didn't bother.
--gcr
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