Entertainment For Lively Minds
Make it stop...
Posted by Mark Gould on 30 March 2009 - 7:51pm.
Back in the 70s, I was very fond of the eponymous Suicide album. I played it frequently (and probably as loud as the old Hitachi music centre would allow). Over the years it was lost. Thanks to the magic of Spotify I have found it again.
What was I thinking? No wonder I moved on to Joy Division -- they must have been light relief. I now suspect my mother disposed of the record when I wasn't looking.
I thought it was a sign of age when I started shaking my head and muttering about my children's taste in music. Nothing they listen to compares to Frankie Teardrop: 10'26" of concentrated angst. (I just listened to it again...)
Anyone else have any old faves that now make their skin crawl?
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Agreed
Just got back from the pub (therfore l blog). Agree with you in a stalker kind of way, listening to the album as l type. Prefer Ghost Rider myself but it is a great Lp (Christ, l am showing my age now).
Oh yeah
I've got loads - Ned's Atomic Dustbin, The Levellers, Therapy, James, Johnny Hates Jazz, Soup Dragons
Frankie Teardrop
... is one of Bruce Springsteen's favourite songs - FACT! He was often namechecking Suicide in the early 80s, and though I'm not a fan of his, that's always given his some cred in my eyes - I think he may even have covered FT once (he's certainly covered at least one song by Suicide in his time...)
And yes, great album, still sounds timeless 30 years later.