heartbreakinghttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/24/you-were-my-heathcliff-isobel-campbell-pays-tribute-to-collaborator-mark-lanegan
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 25 February 2022 06:08 (two years ago) link
Apologies if somebody else has posted this already. I think this is the way I want to sit with his music, and his spirit, for a while. For whatever reason, here he seems calm and bemused while being asked the usual interview questions, live on the air, and then completely focused on singing the most lovely/loving songs — especially the closer which is essentially Lanegan doing a lullaby of the standard Reaching for the Moon. This is the rare event where Lanegan has his eyes open (sometimes, just a bit) while singing. I swear he is close to tears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKzkAYZtCE
― jaywbabcock, Friday, 25 February 2022 15:21 (two years ago) link
Reaching for the Moon, only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPf8B2FBWmc
― jaywbabcock, Friday, 25 February 2022 15:48 (two years ago) link
One Mr. Cave
Lovely tribute to Mark Lanegan from Nick Cave on his Red Hand Files email today (definitely worth subscribing to). pic.twitter.com/ulv6Vl8Da3— Ted Kessler (@TedKessler1) February 25, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 February 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
<3that Brompton Oratory cover he mentions is really something . The original is one of my favorite alltime Cave tracks, Lanegan sings it so beautifully
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 25 February 2022 18:28 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obrG7t2kgM0
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 26 February 2022 09:38 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtRyyhvOtQ
Lovely words from the other week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNfiYwbhFyw
Meantime, I took my piece on seven interpretations of others' songs he did from behind the Patreon paywall. They're all amazing.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/seven-by-mark-63087735
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 20:06 (two years ago) link
hey, I don't know if there are any screaming trees megafanz here, but I found this press photo earlier when I was digging through my stacks - yell if you want it! think it was in a review copy of 'Even If...' which I don't have anymore
https://i.ibb.co/LJCJRmn/PXL-20220302-210055371-2.jpg
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 21:08 (two years ago) link
aw that is so sweetthank you for posting!!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 21:17 (two years ago) link
yeah, they're pretty young there - van conner must be about 20 or something like that? btw my ilx-mail doesn't work, so if anyone does want it just shout at me here
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 21:34 (two years ago) link
A few days ago I downloaded a sample of ML's memoir because unfortunately I had snoozed on his excellent writing. I am reading about the early days of the band and it's fun to put a face to a name.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 21:36 (two years ago) link
i think that's mark pickerel on the left then van conner at the front and gary lee behind him
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 21:39 (two years ago) link
The baby has to be Pickerel
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
i went back & re-listened to the early Trees albums, they are really great. I think my favorite is Clairvoyance. First three or four albums definitely have a heavy throwback psychedelia/garage vibe. First album is that in its purest form imo, very Sonics, at times reminds me of Electric Prunes, just a bunch of 20 year olds making music & having fun. It’s cool & they are fucking great. Intersting the different quality to Lanegan’s voice, he’s in a Jim Morrison lane here & hasn’t yet plumbed down into the baritonal depths of later Trees & solo career. More energetic YAYUH stuff, he sounds so good but its exciting in that unformed, “doesn’t know what he is yet” kinda way. Youthful, obviously, too which is also fun to hear from a guy who has sounded older than his years for a long time.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link
Intersting the different quality to Lanegan’s voice, he’s in a Jim Morrison lane here & hasn’t yet plumbed down into the baritonal depths of later Trees & solo career.
He told me that during this era he'd walk offstage every night with a headache from trying to sing songs written in a register other than his. He was really sour on the early Trees stuff, and didn't sweeten on it when he wrote his memoir. But I love those records; they aren't the equal of Sweet Oblivion or Dust, but they are fantastic garage rock - In The Forest and Back Together have this excellent proto-punk energy, End Of The Universe has that thundercrack second riff towards the end that Jack White later half-inched, Cold Rain is just a fantastic pop song. And Grey Diamond Desert is just this majestic, slow, shimmering thing. That's the song where whatever Lanegan was going to become first surfaces.
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link
For those with an interest in young Screaming Trees, The Fertilichrome Cheerleader Massacre has been released on youtube since last I checked!
Trailers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwDD8f-LiCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIWDbWjuVu0
Full movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqghby05ImU
― peace, man, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 22:28 (two years ago) link
This whole session is great, they also cover The End and Tales Of Great Ulysseshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjzmOquIP8g
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 22:50 (two years ago) link
So glad to see all these posts, photos, videos, links. ILM can be so wonderful.
Meanwhile, fwiw, I've written a very simple thing about discovering a deeper pattern in my mourning process involving musicians. Lanegan, Prince, Bowie, etc.
https://jaybabcock.substack.com/p/landline-in-love-with-the-love-that
― jaywbabcock, Thursday, 3 March 2022 14:54 (two years ago) link
Yes! I have that too - thank you :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 3 March 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
Nice. I have already listened to that Bowie thing a few times just now.
― Gary Gets His Tonsure Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 March 2022 17:36 (two years ago) link
The first memoir is pretty good, very scathing though. Really didn't like himself much. Hope he wasa lot more comfortable with himself later on.I'm like 2/3s of the way through it.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 3 March 2022 18:16 (two years ago) link
Gary - The Bowie is just the best, isn't it? His joy in figuring out the puzzle of each vocalist's approach is a delight I never tire of.
― jaywbabcock, Friday, 4 March 2022 19:11 (two years ago) link
Thanks, Jay. Truth be told I couldn't totally figure out who each singer was until I looked at the comments. Think Lou was my favorite, Marc Bolan a close second. To me it was disingenous of him to say Iggy was "hard to do" since there is a lot of obvious overlap in their singing styles.Also, say hello to your brother for me. Finally, you may call me James.
― Gary Gets His Tonsure Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 March 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
Just gonna put this here. Watch to the very end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9BPh6fBsEw
― jaywbabcock, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 21:45 (two years ago) link
Thanks. Will watch later. Also meant to come back and say I ended up listening to The Gutter Twins over the weekend and finally paid a little attention
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link
Another gorgeous cover/interpretation I'd missed. I saw him joke/not-joke in a 2019 interview that it had become his signature song and now I hear why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaGE_MsUmPA
― jaywbabcock, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
xp That KXLU session is awesome
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 02:09 (two years ago) link
Missed this at the time -- Barrett Martin's response to the news (there are various further posts)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaTD40dvh4g/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 17:44 (two years ago) link
It was a real treat to do something long overdue here: an introductory guide to Lanegan’s work across all the decades and in numerous contexts.https://theshfl.com/guide/mark-laneganThe focus is on albums for Shfl so it’s not the true range given all the EPs, singles and one-offs, but I really think this gives him his real due.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 April 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
excellent!
― StanM, Sunday, 24 April 2022 18:48 (two years ago) link
Thanks!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 April 2022 01:13 (two years ago) link
Enjoyed this write-up! Working my way through a few things I hadn't heard. The gravel/grain of his voice well recorded is such a force.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Monday, 25 April 2022 06:49 (two years ago) link
There's some really great live stuff from the Bubblegum tour in 2004. I remember the Milan date and the video from Other Voices in Dingle, County Kerry both being brilliant. May have said that on here before but not managing to look back on thread cos on my phone and video and other images are messing up scrolling.
― Stevolende, Monday, 25 April 2022 07:06 (two years ago) link
Great stuff Ned!
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Monday, 25 April 2022 07:43 (two years ago) link
Thanks very kindly.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 April 2022 14:43 (two years ago) link
A new piece talking with many who knew/worked with him
https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/mark-lanegan-tribute-remembrance-screaming-trees.html
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 16:44 (two years ago) link
beautiful
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 17:37 (two years ago) link
Among other things, I hadn't realized the mid-90s MTV taxi guy in those spots was Donal Logue!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 17:38 (two years ago) link
Interesting. This appears to be something of a general memoir?
https://moochinaboutltd.bandcamp.com/merch/confessions-of-the-night-porter-mark-lanegan-moochin666
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 14:40 (two years ago) link
Or rather some kind of interpretive work of his lyrics and words but with his participation? Whatever it is, potentially of interest.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 14:42 (two years ago) link
One year. Miss him.
― Mule, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 12:52 (one year ago) link