Hail young knaves, your new anthem for pillage and plunder is here! Prince’s extra special fight song for the Minnesota Vikings may be lacking in the musical department, however, considering he probably wrote, recorded and released it all in the span of about 15 minutes, it actually sounds pretty OK.
Equal parts Twin Peaks and Jesus and Mary Chain. Exactly the kind of hissy, sludgy, recorded-from-another-room, shoegaze crap that I’m totally in the mood for right now. “Candy Girl” and two more tracks of the same ilk are up on their Myspace page.
[ thx to T.V. / via Seven Noises ]
Video by Ed Tannenbaum. Music by Mighty Dog (?), a group that has managed to escape being logged by the world wide interwebs. Dancing by Pons Maar, who likely has the coolest name on this, or any, planet. See the same effect in action on this National Geographic special, and this episode of Fame.
As if the baby making anthems “Choosey Lover” and “Between the Sheets” weren’t enough to carry The Isley Brothers’ 1983 LP Between the Sheets, the bros go and throw this house-ish number in towards the end for good measure. Good on you dudes.
The Isley Brothers - Between
the Sheets (1983)
01. Choosey Lover
02. Touch Me
03. I Need Your Body
04. Between the Sheets
05. Let’s Make Love Tonight
06. Ballad for the Fallen Soldier
07. Slow Down Children
08. Way Out Love
09. Gettin’ Over
10. Rock You Good
[via So Good Music]
Check those lucite guitars and Orange amps! Curved Air’s “Back Street Luv,” from their aptly titled second album, Second Album, hit number four on UK charts in August of 1971. The vocals on the album version have a groovy stereo effect going for them, though the rest of the LP is a bit middling. However, definitely scope the punchy, propulsive “Everdance.” I’d bet $10 that Stereolab has jonesed on it pretty hard at some point.
Curved Air - Second Album (1971)
01. Young Mother
02. Back Street Luv
03. Jumbo
04. You Know
05. Puppets
06. Everdance
07. Bright Summer’s Day ‘68
08. Piece of Mind
[album via Rock Revolt]