Other Mixes By kwan_dk
CD
|
Single Artist
Tomorrow's Sound Today!!! - Rediscovering Spector's Wall of Sound volume 2
| Artist | Song | |
| Johnny Boy |
You Are the Generation that Bought More Shoes and You Get what You Deserve 
|
|
| Saturday Looks Good to Me | Can't Ever Sleep | |
| Morrissey | Every Day is Like Sunday | |
| The Concretes | Chico | |
| The Jesus & Mary Chain |
Just Like Honey
|
|
| Spiritualized | Do It All Over Again | |
| Peter, Bjorn & John | Start to Melt | |
| Prefab Sprout | A Prisoner of the Past | |
| McAlmont & Butler | Yes | |
| The Microphones | Boss Drum Dream | |
| The Legends | Your Song | |
| Magnetic Fields | Candy | |
| Guillemots | Trains to Brazil | |
| Richard Hawley | Some Candy Talking | |
| Garbage | Can't Cry these Tears | |
| The Aislers Set | The Walk | |
| Talulah Gosh | Just a Dream | |
| Adrian Whitehead |
Spector's Dead
|
|
Comment:
Some more modern Spector-inspired songs by various artists - this is a companion volume to a similar compilation I submitted some months ago.First off, I'd like to thank tubesock for notifying me of Johhny Boy. Their demented take on the Wall of Sound is so good, that it pushed my original choice of the Jesus & Mary Chain off the lead track position. Check out Johnny Boy's MySpace profile for a no-holds-barred Spector extravaganza.
Naturally, some of these songs are more overtly Spectorized than others, right down to actually sampling the work of the mono madman. (The Microphones track begins with a snippet of the Spector-produced 'I Love You for Sentimental Reasons' by the Righteous Brothers') Others have a lesser detectable influence but I think it's fair to say that any listener with a Spector fetish will be able to point out a wall of sound trademark or two when listening to these songs, be it tinkling glockenspiels, abyss-like echo, swirling strings or just a general tendency to stir up a highly symphonic, but nevertheless melodic maelstrom.
And that 'Be my Baby' beat!.. If Spector received a dollar for every song it resurfaces on, he would be even more filthy rich than he already is. It's remarkable that whenever anyone sets out to make a blatant attempt at the wall of sound they invariably always use that catchy drum beat.
I'm always on the look-out for new, modern stuff in this genre so if any of you guys happen to know of any examples that I haven't featured on the first volume or this one, please let me know.
Back to Mono and over and out....
Feedback:
Long live the Wall of Sound!
While the resulting loss (that would have occurred) would have crippled the music industry in ways that could never be recovered, don't you wish that somewhere in the decades that it took to finish that Brian Wilson took Phil Spector in to finish SMILE?
Another great installment. Good to see you back.
great lookin' mix.
This wall keeps getting bigger, soon it will consume us all. First class collection. I'm romanticizing about April 20 observation too.
Excellent sequel. Yes, that opener is a corker. And 4, 6 & 9 are sooo Spector! Love your closing three also..
Awesome! I'd kill to hear this. Great to see Aislers Set,Talulah Gosh and SLGTM.
Where Walls are typically loathed, (see: Hadrian's & the Berlin), this is one we can all get behind! Bravo kwan_dk!
Nice!
Outstanding mix! I would love to hear this as well...
Terrific!
Cool!
I always love this stuff. I have a tip for you, too: Big Audio Dynamite's "In The Nighttime Ride." Most get it confused with the real thing.
Thanks for the feedback everyone. Big Audio Dynamite? I'll have to check that one out. Thanks. I already have a few songs that I hope could turn into a volume 3 at some point.