'The sun comes up another day begins
And I don't even worry 'bout the state I'm in'
The Jesus and Mary Chain have appeared here several time before. I make no apologies for that. They're one of the best bands ever. From the Creation roster you can make claims for Primal Scream (and I'd agree with you about several/many of their records), claims for My Bloody Valentine (and I'd concede some points there too), claims for other minor players (The Loft, The Weather Prophets, The Pastels, The Telescopes, The House Of Love say) and claims for Oasis (if you're an idiot), but Jim and William Reid's feedback drenched pop makes them the original and archetypal Creation band, even if not actually many of their records came out on Creation. And they may only have written one song but it's a great, great song.
This is from an October 1984 Peel Session as played by the original JAMC line up of the Reids, bassist Douglas Hart and 'drummer' Bobby Gillespie. The Peel Session also featured In A Hole, You Trip Me Up and Taste The Floor. Never Understand would become their second single.
Two songs SA, the fast one and the slow , wait a minute I stand corrected you aare right but as you say what a glorious one it is
ReplyDeleteThe slow one is just the fast one slowed down. Just as good. But slower.
ReplyDeleteI've often thought of The Mary Chain as being the UK's Ramones. One song apiece but when your one song is as good as Upside Down or Blitzkrieg Bop why bother changing a winning formula...
ReplyDeletegreat, great band, I'm so happy I got to see them a few years back in Australia, they were fantastic.
ReplyDeleteLike a magic trick, with JAMC you could see all the bits, but when they were put together, you wondered how they did it (and suspected that others taking the same bits would end up with a mess). On a Creation trip, there was a free Creation Tape with Select in early 90's. Played to death, now in a box. Yo Swervedriver!
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