"adam morosky" <amorosky@hotmail.com> wrote:

i feel that he gets a lot of acclaim for music that is at times tacky sounding and lyrics that are down-right god-awful. Lyrics (that don't inspire head-shaking or pants-wetting, anyway) really aren't his strong suit. Once I stop paying attention to them, Godflesh works in the same way that a lot of non-English rock music does: the vocals become a texture, and if they complement the music, so much the better. (In language-teaching parlance, this is "accomodating weakness" instead of "building strength", and it's generally considered a bad thing.)

can anyone suggest a favorite napalm death record or a broadrick-related record that lives up to his good reputation? I've always much preferred the quieter/more instrumental side of his output: Techno Animal is frequently awesome ("Radio Inferno" has a good assortment of compilation/12" tracks that are well worth hearing), and his releases as Final (particularly "2" and the "Urge/Fail" 7") and Solaris are quite good... the latter two aren't at all thrashy, though.

-me

My fav ND album is "F.E.D", but I'm loving "Enemy of Music Business". but my fav 'old school' ND is "From Enslavement...." as for JK Broadrick I LOVE his playing on "Songs of Love & Hate", 'avant-metal' type of playing.... although his lyrics are not too interesting.... on another note: just wondering if any Sydney-siders saw Fantomas on their first tour. their show @ the metro. does anyone remember the support? it was Robbie Avenaim, Oren Ambarchi & Ray Ahn, they played improvised metal & it was great. does anyone know anything similar to this - ie: improv metal. thanks Andrew -----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of adam morosky Sent: Sunday, 20 July 2003 3:01 PM To: zorn-list@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: Napalm Death i just recently bought "scum". it is my second ND CD, the first being "Fear, Emptiness, Despair". i appreciate the raw quality of "scum" but all you can hear in the mix is drums mostly which for me does not make for a very interesting listening experience. i think i like "F.E.D." more; sadly harris isn't even on that one, nonetheless some very tight blasts on the CD. i think justin broadrick is over rated anyway, aside from a bunch of songs on Godflesh's "street cleaner" and his remix of the ISIS song "celestial", i feel that he gets a lot of acclaim for music that is at times tacky sounding and lyrics that are down-right god-awful. can anyone suggest a favorite napalm death record or a broadrick-related record that lives up to his good reputation? thanks in advance, -A M M np: slint "spiderland" _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _______________________________________________ zorn-list mailing list zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the webpage below http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list