The Big Pink – “A Brief History of Love “
The Big Pink
“A Brief History of Love ”
4AD
It doesn’t sound like these dudes spent music time “writing these songs” and making this record, so I don’t feel that I should have to spend much time reviewing it. And that’s just in fairness, man. You get back only what you put in, kids. The Big Pink kinda sound like that second to last New Order record (the one with Bobby from Primal Scream and Billy “Fuck I Went Bald Way Earlier Than I Planned” Corgan on it) called “Get Ready”. There are also hints of The Jesus & Mary Chain and Depeche Mode in these songs too I suppose, but The Big Pink are nowhere near as exciting as either of those bands. And because of that The Big Pink really shouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence as those two rock n’ roll greats, my bad! The first single, “Domino’s”, totally blows and I’m sure dudes in neon tank tops dance to it while Steve Aoki DJs it. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth, like when you puke and that gnarley taste lingers all day. I hate that.
And to be honest that’s half the reason I’m reluctant to really give in and like this junk food music, their crowd is a TOTAL BUMMER MAN! Dorks who know nothing about rock n’ roll! I can’t relate! But I do think their song “Velvet” is pretty good. I even DJ it sometimes, but I always make sure to follow it with something cleansing like The Butthole Surfers, The Damned, The Gun Club, Roky Erickson, Gino Washington or The Rolling Stones themselves. You can never fucking go wrong with The Stones when DJing, EVER! FACT! Write that one down on your fucking blog or twitter page dude, cuz it’s TRUE!
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fyi, the last new order record, which sucked massive schlong (other than track 2), was called Waiting for the Sirens Call and, yes bobby-the-acid-casualty was involved, but chrome-dome-corgan didn’t blag his way in like he did during the Get Ready sessions. just trying to keep it real for ya, brah.