I didn’t even know they had split up
Posted on January 25, 2007, by Conor O'Neill, under Entertainment.
Just spotted on the BBC that The Jesus and Mary Chain are re-forming to do some festival. I bloody loved that band. Psychocandy is in my top ten albums of all time. I remember playing it to my friends in 1985 and they all laughed at me. “But it’s just noise Conor”. “Wait, just wait, you’ll see. This is genius”.
Any movie that uses their music gets an instant thumbs up from me. I think that’s why I have a soft spot for “Lost in Translation” - they played “Just Like Honey” in the closing scene.
One of my favourite lines from a song:”Sometimes I walk sideways to avoid you, when I’ve annoyed you”
Now I’m just going to have to go off and listen to Psychocandy for the 4 billionth time. Gonna be hard to get any work done.
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3 Replies to "I didn’t even know they had split up"
conor on January 25, 2007
Just about to start playing “Some Candy Talking”!
Tom Atkins on January 30, 2007
Thanks for the reminder Connor! Just listened again for the first time in ages - a classic! I love this quote from Pitchfork:
“It’s thin, trebly, and drowned in indistinct reverb, such that this record still sounds like it’s being played in the apartment across the street at staggering volume while someone intermittently runs glass through a table saw.”
Sinéad on January 25, 2007
‘Some Candy Talking’ = genius. I also love that later song they did with Hope Sandoval from Mazzy Star. I think it was called ‘Sometimes Always’. It’s gorgeous.