P.M. Dawn - s/d

Kind of wondering about their post "Christian" releases. I didn't realize how much of their output was out of print and not on streaming (both Spotify and Tidal, so this isn't a dig at anyone). Also curious about b-sides or non-album tracks, as they seemed like the sort of band that might have stashed interesting stuff.

Their most famous song was "Television (drug of the nation)"

They were previously The Beatnigs, and *Their* most famous song was ...

Xpost

It had never occurred to me before that PM Dawn debuted (album) in the same year that Nirvana released Nevermind. Kind of kindred spirits in some ways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj7fiMVTbZw

good non-album track, made a lot of sense of the band at the time

There's a whole variety of other/alternate tracks out there -- at least a CDs worth, with tracks like "May You Always Drink Bizarre" and whichever one it is that had a (great) Lynyrd Skynyrd sample use, but I keep forgetting the title -- not to mention a one (maybe two) disc project as such around 2000 called Fucked Music that was put out online for the most part. I suspect there's a lot of things that just never surfaced.

I'd completely forgotten about this one, which I went to some trouble to get ahold of before youtube. Maybe a little close to Downtown Venus to be a b-side, but on its own it's really nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aikxDCm2G9E

Couple of nice short tributes:

https://twitter.com/garyjkemp/status/744059884698742784

https://twitter.com/boygeorge/status/744199426621640705

Plus this really enjoyable Anil Dash overview:

https://medium.com/@anildash/set-adrift-beneath-the-surface-of-p-m-dawn-f1e17520eba4

that Anil Dash piece has crashed one browser once, and another one five times. Anyone want to copy the text here?

bliss album is fucking stellar. revival necessary.

I mean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aznqNWBn5c

help me, joni. i think i'm fallin

He sampled her on "Ways of the Wind", too!

it really does defy logic:

-boy george feature
-beatles cover
-clunky dis track

-and it still manages to smash.

and once again: xpost to "everybody digs joni"

He sampled her on "Ways of the Wind", too!

― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, September 8, 2022 10:47 AM

sade sample on another track, as well. just brilliantly good taste all around.

4th album : dreadful album title.

https://www.discogs.com/master/121081-PM-Dawn-Dearest-Christian-Im-So-Very-Sorry-For-Bringing-You-Here-Love-Dad

however, samples t.rex, so no complaints from me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piKFUi1xKdA

rest of the album is a lot more mellow of course.

i do love the bliss album. a bit better than the first

Same.

it really does defy logic:

-boy george feature
-beatles cover
-clunky dis track

-and it still manages to smash.

and once again: xpost to "everybody digs joni"

― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Thursday, September 8, 2022 10:48 AM

a year later and this is still hella true.