JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: DANG (VIDEO)
January 23rd 2007 13:00
WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS THE WORD ‘MOTHERFUCKER’ AS DOES THIS WARNING, BUT IT’S A BIT LATE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW ISN’T IT?
Thankyaverymuch ladies 'n' gentlemen right now I gotta tell ya 'bout, the fabulous, most grooovey, Blues Explosion (Ugh!), Blues Explosion (Ugh!), Yayah! (Ugh!).
Sorry ‘bout that intro ladies ‘n’ gentlemen, but the Blues Explosion were one of my favourite bands right up until they recorded the genre-defying, cut ‘n’ paste extravaganza Acme (1998), after which things began to go downhill like an unattended baby carriage. Back then, all their songs were about their favourite thing in the world. And do ya know what that thing was ladies ‘n’ gentlemen? That’s right: THE BLUES EXPLOSION. Once they stopped believing in themselves and tried to write tunes about stuff other than themselves, they lost a tiny bit of their souls.
But, after dissin’ on the JSBX in my Yeah Yeah Yeahs review I thought it right and proper for me to share with you one of my favourite videos of there’s, cuz I still hold a special ‘n’ dear place in my heart for their gritty, organic gumbo of blooze punk mixed with flourishes of hip hop, soul, rockabilly, white noise, funk, and a whole heap of other cool-ass shit. They fit somewhere alongside Beck and the Beastie Boys, but with more of a down ‘n’ dirty, primal vibe that I personally love. Also, they have the greatest frontman since Elvis, James Brown, and Mick Jagger combined. But enough hyperbole. Here’s the video:
”Dang” video from the album Orange (1994)
The song itself is one of the weirder, noisier cuts from their excellent album Orange, and doesn’t actually seem to be about the Blues Explosion as such, but it's not like it's really about anything at all, so it doesn’t matter. It’s got a repetitive li’l southern-fried guitar line, crazy distorted harmonica, wailin’ theremin, and Jon Spencer’s 1950s whoopin' 'n' hollerin' that gives way to tinny screaming. This kind of thing is what the Earache Hotel is all about.
I love low budget videos that look like the band have just spent a weekend with a handycam, got real liquored up, and had a whole lotta fun. This is one of those, with Spencer in a silver suit, flying saucers that look like they’re straight outta Plan 9 From Outer Space, the most evil alfoil-clad alien attacker with pointy boobs since Madonna, one of the greatest teleportation effects in the history of cinema, and Vishnu. You’ve gotta have Vishnu.
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IMAGES
Orange*
(album cover used under fair dealing)
*images on this page were taken from the following Wikipedia page
Orange
Thankyaverymuch ladies 'n' gentlemen right now I gotta tell ya 'bout, the fabulous, most grooovey, Blues Explosion (Ugh!), Blues Explosion (Ugh!), Yayah! (Ugh!).
Sorry ‘bout that intro ladies ‘n’ gentlemen, but the Blues Explosion were one of my favourite bands right up until they recorded the genre-defying, cut ‘n’ paste extravaganza Acme (1998), after which things began to go downhill like an unattended baby carriage. Back then, all their songs were about their favourite thing in the world. And do ya know what that thing was ladies ‘n’ gentlemen? That’s right: THE BLUES EXPLOSION. Once they stopped believing in themselves and tried to write tunes about stuff other than themselves, they lost a tiny bit of their souls.
But, after dissin’ on the JSBX in my Yeah Yeah Yeahs review I thought it right and proper for me to share with you one of my favourite videos of there’s, cuz I still hold a special ‘n’ dear place in my heart for their gritty, organic gumbo of blooze punk mixed with flourishes of hip hop, soul, rockabilly, white noise, funk, and a whole heap of other cool-ass shit. They fit somewhere alongside Beck and the Beastie Boys, but with more of a down ‘n’ dirty, primal vibe that I personally love. Also, they have the greatest frontman since Elvis, James Brown, and Mick Jagger combined. But enough hyperbole. Here’s the video:
Orange (1994)
I love low budget videos that look like the band have just spent a weekend with a handycam, got real liquored up, and had a whole lotta fun. This is one of those, with Spencer in a silver suit, flying saucers that look like they’re straight outta Plan 9 From Outer Space, the most evil alfoil-clad alien attacker with pointy boobs since Madonna, one of the greatest teleportation effects in the history of cinema, and Vishnu. You’ve gotta have Vishnu.
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IMAGES
Orange*
(album cover used under fair dealing)
*images on this page were taken from the following Wikipedia page
Orange
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