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Hairway to Steven
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曲目リスト
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2 | Untitled |
3 | Untitled |
4 | Untitled |
5 | Untitled |
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As you descend into Hairway to Steven, Butthole Surfers' last studio recording before their ascent to major-label... status, there are few handles to orient you. You get dropped, headlong, into Paul Leary's moaning, shrieking guitar, Gibby Haynes's megaphone-grown growl, and the thundering two-drummer rhythms that throb and contort this classic 1988 mind-bender. There are no song titles, and as for the songs themselves, they're layered so thick that teasing even a thick strand from any of them is a task. In the late 1980s, when they recorded Hairway (and Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac, Rembrandt Pussyhorse, and Locust Abortion Technician), the Buttholes were in the midst of an endless road show full of freakish displays--Gibby with clothespins on his nipples, Gibby shredding feather pillows on stage amidst pounding strobes, the ever-present mix of sex-change films and naked women dancers gyrating as the band screamed through their set. Hairway catches the sensory overload of it, the fire walk over structure and total chaos, the incipient humor of what was a fantastic, outrageous, vitally important stage in the career of one of punk's most whacked bands. And dig the fifth cut, the single the Buttholes could never have gotten any credit for in the S&L drenched 1980s, with Gibby doing some bouncy "Nah nah nah's" and "Hey, hey, hey's" and believably opining, "Well all of our friends, baby / They're going insane, now." --Andrew Bartlett
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The final album for the Surfers' legendary run on Touch and Go got a reception probably not even the band figured on -- lead reviews in major music magazines, increasingly higher profiles, and more. As it is, though, Hairway is actually a touch lazy in comparison to the previous releases, sometimes sounding almost all too normal. When it connects, though, Steven works wonders, whether continuing in the punk/psychedelic fusion vein of the past or exploring a gentler, tuneful side. The lengthy opener "Jimi" is the album's high note, and as one might guess from the title it's something of a tribute to Hendrix -- at least, if "Third Stone From the Sun" sounded like it was recorded in a sewer tunnel and was even more gone than it already was. Haynes' alternately deep and hyper-high-pitched vocals work perfectly against Leary's searing, crazed guitar noises, while the Pinkus/Coffey rhythm section lays down a massive beat. Everything concludes with deceptive peacefulness: acoustic guitar, tweeting birds, sounds of bowling, and the like. Other highlights include "I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas," a relatively straightforward, mostly acoustic-plus-rhythm section number sung clearly (!) by Haynes, and the mock live recording "John E. Smokes," with Haynes often sounding like a rural preacher gone mad. The humming guitar buzz of "Backass" and the quick blast of "Fart Song" concludes Steven with vim. As a final note, the song titles themselves can't be found anywhere on the release -- instead, and quite notoriously, a series of cartoon drawings stand in for them. Some are fairly calm, but most show things like nude women displaying their butts and rabbits taking dumps on deer. Juvenile? Of course, but the Butthole Surfers never pretended to be nice and sweet. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide
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- 製品サイズ : 12.5 x 14 x 0.51 cm; 53.86 g
- メーカー : Latino Bugger Veil
- EAN : 0697410000623
- 商品モデル番号 : LBV06
- オリジナル盤発売日 : 1999
- レーベル : Latino Bugger Veil
- ASIN : B00000IL1Y
- 原産国 : アメリカ合衆国
- ディスク枚数 : 1
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For me, track one seems by far the most powerful and creative. In part we listen in on a child-abusing father and his victim daughter whose innocence is completely destroyed. Part II seems just as powerful and haunting as we hear soothing guitar and farm sounds in the background. It gives the listener a chance to reflect on the sad lives of the characters, and how, although on the surface life seems tranquil and "normal", there is a very disturbing vibe carried over from part I (in part brought on by the father's mostly incoherent ramblings in the background) that undermines the otherwise peaceful sounds. A less daring and creative band would have told this painful story from the third-person narrative, but BHS takes the listener upfront into the psyches of both the attacker and victim. This makes the experience all the more powerful. Regarding the subject matter of this track, I want to emphasize that the essence of BHS lies in creating art through music. And much of art involves creating unique views of human experience and the human condition. And for this listener track one evokes much sadness and pain, because it in general speaks of human brutality towards other humans. I believe this is the effect the band wanted to achieve. For example, the father is provided one of the most demonic sounding voices one will ever hear on a music recording; but very appropriate when heard from the perspective of a child.
The other bookend to this cd are the last two tracks which seem very experimental but alluring due to the driving rhythmns and heaviness brought on by layers of electro-industrial sludge, screeches, screams, and distorted/fuzzed guitar.
Sandwiched in between these bookends are very creative yet catchy pop-rock tunes; each one having its own interesting BHS twist.
Obtaining this cd along with Locust Abortion Technician, and Rembrandt Pussyhorse will IMO capture the very essence and best of BHS.
The sound of `Locust Abortion Technician' is most definitely continued with epic opener `Jimi', twelve minutes of primal drumming, distorted vocals, Sabbath riffs, and related oddness. Gibby's vocals hear definitely sound in the same ballpark as Prince's Camille-distortions on `The Black Album', notably the superfine `Bob George' - compare and contrast pop kids, compare and contrast...
`Jimi' seems to continue and conclude the previous album, much of the record that follows is a lot more listenable, c'mon be honest, there are songs here, whereas the previous album only really had one conventional song (the mighty `Human Cannonball'). `Ricky' sounds like a much tighter 13th Floor Elevators, with a hint of hardcore, Morricone, and Sabbath , while the charming `I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas' demonstrates the vast debt Flaming Lips & Mercury Rev owe the band - Gibby's vocals almost like Buddy Holly at one point. This is catchy psychedelia with some lovely acoustic guitars and a great "Hey! Hey!" line...it sounds like pop in my demented world!
`John E. Smokes' opens with a crowd noise, a bit Santana and a bit Tenacious D with some Ry Cooder style guitar before the drums come in - supreme stuff. `Rocky' is more jangly acoustic driven psychedelic pop, Butthole Surfers being key behind the new wave of psychedelia that followed (see also The Teardrop Explodes, Julian Cope, Bongwater, the Paisley Underground, Spacemen 3, PTV) - in the years that followed acts like the Lips, the Rev, The Kingsbury Manx, Royal Trux (I think `Twin Infinitives' is very Buttholes influenced), Neutral Milk Hotel, Silver Jews, Comets on Fire, Espers, Screaming Trees etc have followed these paths. `Julio Iglesias' sounds like the Cramps on a Beefheart tip, which can only be a great thing, this is way less noisy and TG-Sabbath colliding than the previous two Buttholes albums. `Backass' is closer to the earlier stuff, but there's still a song there, the final track `Fart Song' sounds like American hardcore, but delivered in Gibby's manipulated vocal style...all great stuff then.
`Hairway to Steven' (what a great title! What a great cover!) is a truly great album, certainly a more listenable Butthole Surfers than their earlier stuff - personally I drive round to `Locust Abortion Technician' often and think it's quite normal to sing along to '22 Going on 23', `Kuntz', or `Sweat Loaf.' But if you want a poppier take on their sound, this is a fine place to begin, and if you dig Beefheart, Dr John, or the Lips, this feels like a relative! Good to see Gibby is back on the upcoming PTV3 album and that Butthole Surfers have new material in the pipeline. How could we live without them?