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A slightly rough and ready (all the better for it) look at Athens at a time in the mid 80s when REM were just starting to ‘happen’ (and Mr Stipe still had a full head of hair ... and reveals Mike Mills’ ant detection skills!).
It’s a nice candid snapshot of a few bands you will know (REM, B52s) and a lot that you probably won’t but will feel the need to check out!
Very artistic in delivery as well as content, the bands play in unusual locations (REM in some sort of deserted building) and is delightfully candid in the informal interview clips (B52s without beehives in a coffee shop).
There is no ‘Athens sound’. Some bands are decidedly ‘angular’ and punky (B-B-Que Killers: “we’re not Zeppelin”) and others wild unhinged and r’n’r in a White Stripes/Jon Spencer sense (Flat Duo Jets) and in most cases it seems a travesty that they weren’t bigger. As one band says “it doesn’t matter what you sound like, people will come to see you if they can dance to you”.
The impression you get is that the whole town is/was one big artistic community. Poets, painters, preachers (the ‘black Kojak’) and mildly bonkers ‘spiritual visionaries’ pop up too. There are even delightful interviews with older residents (a Frank Sinatra fan!) about what they think of “this new music scene”.
Watch out too for Peter Buck (in his pyjamas!) giving us a tour of his Elvis tribute bathroom or Michael Stipe tap dancing like Popeye the sailor!
A friendly and slightly grainy snapshot back to a time when young ‘arty’ guitar bands were in the ascendency - “you can get away with it here” (The Kilkenny Cats).
Lovely stuff.
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