OPO/POO! -- The Jesus And Mary Chain

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"Upside Down" -- Perhaps the birth of the shoegazer sound. Glorious feedback. Hugely influential. Without this song and others like it from JAMC, there'd be no "Christine" (House of Love), and MBV would have kept on sucking as they did on their debut.

― Tim DiGravina, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Just Like Honey". For those drums. I love you Bobby G

― electric sound of jim, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Taste the Floor!

― Keith McD, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Taste of Cindy"--great title, great lyrics, great melody, plus it's so cute and short, perfect for the end of mixtapes.

― Arthur, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"My Little Underground" -- because nobody ever talks about it and I love it so.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck" as performed by J Reid lying on floor bashing microphone against head at Night Moves, Glasgow, May '84, shortly before forcible removal by bouncers to make way for appalling Talking Heads rip-offers Rhythm System.

― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"I Hate Rock And Roll." Not their best but a funny, overlooked single.

― Justyn Dillingham, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Blimey, I go away for 3 days and ILM is full of POO. Literally in this case.

Without this song and others like it from JAMC, there'd be no...
Er, hang on - you're not suggesting an element of *influence* here, are you? Tut tut. Still, it's a fun game innit? So: no Telescopes, no Catherine Wheel, no Neds bleedin' Atomic Dustbin... hmmm I think a referral to the Crown Prosecution Service is in order.

― Jeff W, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

what Ned said

― Paul, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"The Hardest Walk"

― Alex in NYC, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Crackin' Up" - because in one exhausted song it captures the ghastly fucked-up knackeredness of the whole McGee/Marychain/Primals aesthetic as it is now, AND sort-of explains why they keep on doggedly doing it.

― Tom, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

April Skies. I remember hearing it on the radio and then camping out and waiting for the store to open so I could get my 12". Just Like Honey is a very close second.

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Reverence", because it's swirly, gorgeous mayhem with a serious groove.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"upside down" - barbed wire kisses (I know it's on vinyl but too pricy for me)

i've never heard it on 45, I wonder what it would sound like.

― gygax! (i forgot my blog password), Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Head On" for the Pixes cover.

― Sterling Clover, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

While "April Skies" and "Happy When it Rains" are sentimental faves for me, I think the one I'll pick is "You Trip Me Up": absolutely glorious din.

― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Probably Never Understand, because I remember the impact of hearing it for the first time. It still sounds fantastic.

― Martin Skidmore, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

Sidewalkin'

― Aaron A., Monday, 5 January 2004 06:47 (twenty-two years ago)

An unpopular choice, I think, but I love "Sometimes Always"

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 5 January 2004 07:01 (twenty-two years ago)

It's either Something I Can't Have from the German version of Sound of Speed or On the Wall from Barbed Wire Kisses.

― Teen Challenge Drug Addict Choir (mjt), Monday, 5 January 2004 07:07 (twenty-two years ago)

cherry came too

― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 5 January 2004 07:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"Happy when it rains"

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 5 January 2004 10:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Darklands

― Pinche Pendejo (Pinche Pendejo), Monday, 5 January 2004 10:38 (twenty-two years ago)

You Trip Me Up

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Monday, 5 January 2004 10:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Kill Surf City!

or perhaps Never Understand.

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 5 January 2004 22:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll pick "Sundown" off Honey's Dead just for that glorious feedback eruption at the end.

― turkey (turkey), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 08:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I already posted this to the Mary Chain mania thread, but here goes again:

CD80 'portable' Mary Chain go!

Upside Down
Never Understand
You Trip Me Up
Just Like Honey
The Living End
Taste of Cindy
Some Candy Talking
Psychocandy
The Hardest Walk (Some Kind of Wonderful OST vers.)
April Skies
Kill Surf City
Happy When It Rains
Everything is Alright When You're Down
Darklands
Deep One Perfect Morning
Nine Million Rainy Days
Cherry Came Too
On the Wall
Sidewalking
Don't Ever Change
Blues From a Gun
My Girl
Head On
Sometimes Always

ok, this one is very personal and ignores their later stuff. they're one of my three favorite bands and this collection represents some of my most treasured music, but the last 3 albums just didn't do it for me. "Reverence" is the glaring omission here because I like the idea and lyrics, but the song itself is kind of a tuneless dud. I'd also like to have had "Far Gone and Out" or "Almost Gold" but they're just not as good as the tracks that fit 80 minutes on this one.

I'd love to have someone recommend a CD80 for the last three albums/b-sides.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 08:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"April Skies" is probably my favorite track.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 08:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Sowing Seeds please. (But Just Like Honey when in its in Lost in Translation)

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 09:37 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

I cannot explain the rush that "Happy When It Rains" provides when driving home on a Saturday night with a bellyful of wine and good eats.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 16 April 2006 03:14 (twenty years ago)

"my little underground"
i can never get enough of this song. sometimes i play it amazingly loud on the highway, and i feel free. oh the illusions of being 18...

― jonathan - stl (jonathan - stl), Sunday, 16 April 2006 03:37 (twenty years ago)

'something's wrong'

― keyth (keyth), Sunday, 16 April 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

"Darkland". Beautiful song.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 16 April 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

You Trip Me Up

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 16 April 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

On record: 'Sidewalking'
Live: 'Reverence'

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 16 April 2006 18:34 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...

I'd love to have someone recommend a CD80 for the last three albums/b-sides.

-- Spencer Chow (spencercho...), January 6th, 2004.

CD80 'portable' Mary Chain go!

Reverence
Teenage Lust
Far Gone and Out
Almost Gold
Sugar Ray
Rollercoaster
Sundown
Snakedriver
Dirty Water
Sometimes Always
Come On
Never Saw It Coming
Save Me
Girlfriend
Feeling Lucky
I Hate Rock n Roll
Stardust Remedy
Fizzy
Degenerate
Cracking Up
Never Understood
I Love Rock n Roll

― Stephen Bush (Stephen B.), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 10:17 (nineteen years ago)

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