{"id":90749,"date":"2012-06-13T12:46:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T16:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/90749\/bauhaus-house\/"},"modified":"2012-06-13T12:46:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T16:46:34","slug":"bauhaus-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/90749\/bauhaus-house\/","title":{"rendered":"BAUHAUS &amp; HOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Bernard Sumner&#8217;s last project, Bad Lieutenant, released Never Cry Another Tear in 2009.\u00a0 Fans of New Order&#8217;s last album (Waiting For The Sirens&#8217; Call) may like it.\u00a0 It is very melodic but mainly acoustic.\u00a0 This seems a shame, because Bernard Sumner really excels when he is working with synthesizers &#8211; as evidenced on most of New Order&#8217;s output and Bernard&#8217;s side-project (Electronic).\u00a0 The production on Never Cry Another Tear is top-notch, but the actual songs are unremarkable (apart from Summer Days, which is my personal favourite).\u00a0 They lack the excitement and innovation normally associated with New Order&#8217;s singer\/songwriter (now in his mid-fifties).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bad Lieutenant - Sink Or Swim (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQxdkvkPSuY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Bernard Sumner worked with Karl Bartos (ex-Kraftwerk) in 1996.\u00a0 The collaboration should&#8217;ve yielded amazing results.\u00a0 Sadly, Raise The Pressure was Electronic&#8217;s weakest album.\u00a0 For those who like it, Karl Bartos&#8217; solo album (Communication) is worth finding.\u00a0 There are no surprises here.\u00a0 Kraftwerk may have invented synth-pop and inspired countless musicians, but the German band was a spent force by 1986.\u00a0 There has only been one Kraftwerk album since then (and it wasn&#8217;t particularly impressive).\u00a0 Even the most innovative bands eventually run out of ideas (or just become complacent).\u00a0 Very few of them improve with age (see also Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys).<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xV0X6zJaL4M<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The first Basement Jaxx album (Remedy) was great fun.\u00a0 With the spirit of Prince, the London-based duo partied like it was 1999.\u00a0 Well, it was 1999.\u00a0 The follow-up (Rooty) was just as good.\u00a0 Basement Jaxx gave Jamiroquai and Moloko a kick up the backside, with funky house music guaranteed to have crowds of people dancing (at clubs, concerts and festivals).\u00a0 Kish Kash, the third album, was a bit over the top.\u00a0 It was starting to get a bit much (more of the same but less enjoyable).\u00a0 Since the singles collection, there have been two more &#8216;proper&#8217; albums.\u00a0 I bought Crazy Itch Radio and instantly regretted it.\u00a0 It is awful.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t heard Scars.\u00a0 Raindrops (the lead single) is excellent but I have doubts about rest of the album.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Basement Jaxx - Rendez Vu\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wuagoUK17Cg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">I owned all of the Bauhaus albums, when I was a teenager.\u00a0 However, there is now only one Bauhaus CD in my collection.\u00a0 Crackle (the definitive singles collection) is all you really need.\u00a0 It contains the UK gothic band&#8217;s best songs (eg. She&#8217;s In Parties, Double Dare, In The Flat Field, Bela Lugosi&#8217;s Dead and much more).\u00a0 Prior to Crackle, the singles collection was split over two separate CDs.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll struggle to find those volumes now though.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1e8TGVMYfxk&#038;feature=related<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The Beastie Boys&#8217; Anthology is another rarity.\u00a0 If you just want the &#8216;best of&#8217; collection, go for Solid Gold Hits.\u00a0 I personally prefer Anthology: The Sounds Of Science.\u00a0 It is a double-disc set which includes over forty songs (singles and album tracks).\u00a0 Apart from The Mix-up, Beastie Boys only released one album since Anthology (To The 5 Boroughs; one of the best).\u00a0 The long-awaited Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 was finally released last year (part one has been delayed indefinitely).\u00a0 Sadly, Adam Yauch died from cancer last month.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New York 2006 \/ Beastie Boys - Open Letter to New York City\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vkhuye2jWfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The Beloved showed promise in 1989.\u00a0 The debut album (Happiness) sounded fresh and exciting.\u00a0 Inspired by New Order and the acid-house scene, Jon Marsh and his wife made accessible and euphoric dance music.\u00a0 There was an adequate remix album, the following year.\u00a0 The cracks were already beginning to appear by 1993 though (Conscience was mediocre).\u00a0 The third and last album (X) was released in 1996.\u00a0 Nobody noticed.\u00a0 Single File marked the end of The Beloved, with an industry standard remix of The Sun Rising.\u00a0 Jon Marsh made a few remixes and continues trying to make music.\u00a0 Judging by the crap he has posted on his Myspace page, I&#8217;ll be very surprised if he makes a comeback.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xEMWhDU5F7E<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Finally, Joey Beltram was one of the first heavyweights of underground techno.\u00a0 He produced enough material to have a &#8216;best of&#8217; collection.\u00a0 It is the only Joey Beltram CD I own &#8211; and the only one I&#8217;ll ever need.\u00a0 When I&#8217;m in the mood for some pounding rhythms and interesting (but dated) techno sounds, I may occasionally reach for Classics.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t listen to techno very often though.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JOEY BELTRAM energy flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PQfKFwa-jEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Further listening<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Depeche Mode - World in my Eyes (Mode to Joy Mix)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bxBNJ5DS6ZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mj6hMQ8WfZk<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IkHFQEGD6Lo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Sumner&#8217;s last project, Bad Lieutenant, released Never Cry Another Tear in 2009.\u00a0 Fans of New Order&#8217;s last album (Waiting For The Sirens&#8217; Call) may like it.\u00a0 It is very melodic but mainly acoustic.\u00a0 This seems a shame, because Bernard Sumner really excels when he is working with synthesizers &#8211; as evidenced on most of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5447,5451,5450,5449,5453,5448,108,5452],"class_list":["post-90749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-bad-lieutenant","tag-basement-jaxx","tag-bauhaus","tag-beastie-boys","tag-joey-beltram","tag-karl-bartos","tag-music-2","tag-the-beloved"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}