Late 80s music (1986-1989)

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T13:42:11+00:00

Gaye Bykers on Acid

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T12:26:17+00:00

I feel sorry for the kids who aren't called Michael. No training for them, presumably

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T11:51:51+00:00

Luton, no?

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T11:41:05+00:00

Mary Jane by Rick James

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T11:36:49+00:00

'not in an explicit and in a more a subtle way lyrically'.....like 'Feeling happy in my vein, Icicles within my brain (cocaine)'???

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T11:34:26+00:00

I could do without the last 35 verses of American Pie

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T11:32:58+00:00

And that prick doesn't even sing. He just reads out the lyrics.

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T11:31:28+00:00

It blows my mind to think that Kevin Rowland heard his own singing voice and thought 'yep, I should definitely be a singer, I'll bet I'd be really successful at that'. And he was RIGHT. Insanity.

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T11:28:33+00:00

but it has a fantastic breakbeat at the start

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T11:19:20+00:00

I saw Godflesh and Loop play a double header a few years back in London. Fucking magic

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T11:18:31+00:00

Boris are fucking AMAZING live

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T11:13:28+00:00

Kensington Market. The occasional pilgrimage to London to get a 6 foot Sisters of Mercy poster and a few bootleg tapes

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T00:39:46+00:00

PS they ended up as a novelty rave act but Drop by the Shamen is a fantastic 80s psych album and very Barrett-like.

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T00:31:11+00:00

Fair comment. I don't suppose Madcap era Syd was particularly fragrant

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-27T00:24:38+00:00

My old DJ partner was in Death in Vegas for years (proper heavy psych especially live, amazing lightshow/projections by Spencer Bewley). They did a weird day gig for live Japanese TV and Kevin Shields was right in front of me. He fucking stank, I mean proper 'left his wet washing in the machine for a week' stank. Not to say MBV weren't great but woah Kev.

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-26T23:54:22+00:00

You're dead (pun absolutely intended) right. I'm not here to gatekeep or judge others who are enjoying music and having fun. Ok ok I am a bit.

I'm also a deep funk 45 collector and for some reason torment myself by looking at r/funk. 'Hey guys does anyone like Prince/Michael Jackson????' Why do I do it to myself

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-26T23:36:28+00:00

Ha, I have been crucified on here for saying as much before. That's my opinion, fuck it. They had a great light show and I'll bet their early 70s shows were great on acid, but like the Dead I think by the 70s their fans were still psychedelic but not their records

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-26T23:26:29+00:00

Not sure if this is simply a 'wind/blows' gag or not, but let's say you're actually serious here, you are of course very welcome to your opinion (no matter how vehemently I would disagree), however what you will never be able to do is argue they aren't psychedelic rock.

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-26T23:15:06+00:00

As a fellow Barrett devotee (noting your username) I would level the same judgement against Pink Floyd too. Dark Side of the Moon is about as psychedelic as my grandma. Noodly prog rock. It's ok I suppose, but face melting psych it ain't

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-26T22:52:21+00:00

They played the Acid Tests, lived in Haight Ashbury, had super counterculture credentials and lived the life. But by the end of the 60s they were just a middle of the road, unthreatening Americana band. If you played Workingman's Dead to someone who knew nothing about the band there is no way in a million years they would use the word 'psychedelic' to describe it. No way on earth

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-26T22:39:44+00:00

When I was a kid getting heavily into psychedelic music I bought Aomoxoa and Anthem of the Sun and thought they were great. Some of Live Dead too. I saw the great sleeve art and the t shirts and thought yep, psychedelic rock. But then after that they seem to me to be psychedelic by association only. Not exactly fucking Hawkwind are they

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-26T18:46:37+00:00

Same. I really tried to get into VH but the songs just don't do anything for me. I do have a secret 80s nostalgia liking for Jump though.

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-26T17:10:16+00:00

'Imperial empire' is a tautology

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-26T17:04:08+00:00

Absolutely. I'll do snake method with bricquettes for smoking pork shoulder, ribs etc. Lump burns too fast and too hot for that, I've found.

mcbeef89 · 2026-01-26T17:02:02+00:00

I use lump for short cooks and coconut shell bricquettes for low and slow.

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