Song Of the Day: April 4, 2005
The Carousel-Cerise
Summershine Records 45, 1991
I hated grunge so much... stupid shirtless sweaty GUYS making ugly music with no pop sensibility and bludgeoning power chords in a wall of noise that precluded any interesting rhythmic or harmonic ideas. The whole business had more in common with Uriah Heep than punk rock. When I make a compilation of all my favorite records of the early 90s, I'm going to call it The Opposite of Grunge. Jason Reynolds' Summershine label could contribute some A-list material; this might be the single most cavity-inducing track that he released. The Carousel was the duo of Elizabeth Price and Gregory Webster, the latter of the Razorcuts. Amelia Fletcher of Talulah Gosh and Heavenly helped out. All of the Carousel recordings were eventually rounded up for a CD on Vinyl Japan.
Of course, later I found out that I was totally wrong about grunge. Nevermind is better than any Grand Funk Railroad album, if not nearly as good as The James Gang Rides Again.
3 Comments:
Speaking of early-90s indiepop, I just got the swell Tiny Idols compilation (www.snowgloberecords.com) into rotation at KJ. Little Hits fans who aren't familiar with the material on there should definitely check it out.
I confess that I have been in contact with the proprietor of Snow Globe re: some bands/records from the area. Mark, if you're reading this, it's coming very soon, I promise.
Also dig that the first cut on Tiny Idols is Allan Clapp's BRILLIANT "Change in the Weather."
Jon
Please do not use Grand F**k Railroad and James Gang in the same sentence again or you will be forced to listen to 10 hours of non-stop Throbbing Gristle...
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