Baptised by Fire

bannister · 08-11-2010, 01:37 PM

I'm gonna have to check out Essential Logic. Chick's got a nice voice.

WRITE MOAR! You've got amazing taste.

Gavin B. · 08-13-2010, 05:39 AM

Essential Logic is my favorite early punk band. The female singer & saxophonist, Lora Logic, was the co-founder of X-Ray Spex along with Polly Styrene. Essential Logic's recent compilation Fanfare in the Garden should be in every early punk music fan's collection. I don't think I've ever heard a mention of Essential Logic in MB, so she gets a thumbs up from me for selecting such a great band.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 05-15-2011, 09:52 PM

So there's been a bit of ruckus over this "I'm not too fond of female vocalists", and frankly it bothers me.

This is a journal that's supposed to inform you of what I listen to, so I think it's time to come out of the dark and show you, dear readers, the light. Most people know that I grew up listen to punk, and I consider it one of the most female friendly genres.

In the past few years I have been delving more into female-fronted and all female bands, after coming upon the bands I mentioned in my first entry. I have found a wealth that makes me wonder why I'd never touched the vast lands that my fellow women have created. It smashes all preconcieved notions of women in music. The "women in rock" of our times have nothing on the ones I have discovered. But this has been a long time coming, I have now only realised the profound influence of estrogen flavoured punk on my life.

Here is where my journey begins:

I would count this as my first female oriented band:

The Distillers. Just imagine my thirteen year old self, with my Johnny Rotten hair cut,"Oh my god, my mom will hate this!" (She did). Obviously I didn't know much, but I stumbled on a little taste of greatness. Coral Fang, their final album, will always be my go-to break up album. And yeah, she doesn't need to be sweet sounding, so **** you.

The Distillers may have been my first, but the Slits will always be my best loved. I remember hearing it for the first time on my copy of No Thanks! The Punk Rebellion collection, sitting on my yellow shag carpet with the stereo cranked up so I could feel the bass bounce off my skin. "What the **** is this weird ****?" I remember thinking when the choppy guitar starts and then, some girl (A GIRL) comes in with "Don't create, don't rebel" in her wonderful sarcastic way. The Slits were my type of women, and Typical Girls was my sneering "I've got all my sisters and me" anthem.

X may only have one lady in the band,but who the **** cares. Exene Cervenka is a powerhouse; a brilliant songwriter/poet & babymama to Viggo Mortensen (srsly). Exene is who I aspire to be in life, she is just so cool.

Vi Subversa is another one of my heroes. A former housewife, at 40something she basically said "fuck this" and formed what would become Crass's sister band, Poison Girls to voice her disgust with how women are treated. How cool is she?

Dominique Levillain has one of the sexiest voices I've ever heard, not to mention I love her sarcasm and self deprecation.

but you probably already know these already, but if you don't, you suck.

Anyway!
Recently, I've discovered some real gems.

Like the Long Blondes, for example. So resonant of all the things I loved as a young girl, but a little bit more tailored to well read broads.

Ipso Facto. I love their creepiness, and the singer's voice is beautiful.

KASMs!

So hopefully, if you have read this, you've come out of it with a little bit more knowledge of both what I listen to, and how diverse the output of women in music is.

Until next time one of you assholes pisses me off:
Bye bye!

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 05-20-2013, 02:16 PM

So I haven't posted in a while, but a recent catalyst in my life has almost forced me to have an outlet for expressing myself better, and being more honest so here I am. Since I've finally begun listening to music again instead of the same thing over and over, I guess it's time to share what I was listen to in those periods:

Today's lesson: Britpop & Happiness

I have a majour hard on for British things in general, their culture has always fascinated me for some reason, especially in finding something to relate to growing up. I live in a small town and have hardly any connection with locals, so music, books, writing have always been my escape. This week I'm really feeling these.

I'm sure everyone is familiar with this one, but it's always been of my favourite Stone Roses songs in general. It's so beautiful and creepy and enigmatic. The Stone Roses are a band I often forget about though, when my life gets all flip turned upside down (

) I have to listen to things that complement my mood, much like a crazy person takes pills. I Wanna Be Adored is perfectly mirroring me lately, I've grown up thinking that I didn't have to be "normal" like everyone else, I was already born a weirdo. And that was totally okay, I mean, I didn't have to "sell my soul" to become something I wasn't and if someone else was writing and playing it in a popular song, I must not be so alone in the world.

Bye Bye Badman has been stuck with me for years, I've always considered it a break up song (it isn't) but again I interpret things as personal because that truly is the purpose of any artistic endeavour. To me it reflects my struggles with fuckboys that I constantly go through and again, the aformentioned weirdness that I always think scares them away. So I throw stones at them, hoping to make them bleed, all I want is my revenge, my pound of flesh so to speak. But I'm getting better.

Which brings me to:

My personal favourite, Waterfall. Whenever I've been down and needed to be bring myself back up, I listen to Waterfall. It reminds me of how many awful things I've been through I have the strength within me to figure them out, no matter what. "She'll carry on through it all, she's a waterfall". Plus it's just a pretty song. It just reflects to me that I don't need to do stupid **** to pick myself up, but the next song teaches me to forgive myself for the things I've done and makes me better understand myself:

After all my hard work, I've finally found what I've been waiting for in life and finished the puzzle, for now. This is everything I've been waiting for, and I'm finally ready to move on to bigger and better things, what with my big move to San Fran coming up and everything.

Until next time

slappyjenkins · 05-20-2013, 02:35 PM

I have yet to listen to every song there. But I wanted to comment on something. I was also born a 'weirdo'. I know we criticize ourselves with these labels. But seriously I was always alienated from everyone else just for being who I am. I could do nothing to change the person I was. And it depressed me over the long run because I started to believe what everyone else believed. That something was wrong with me (just for the sake of being me and no other reason). I started to hate myself and feel like life was not worth living. Or that if life was worth living I'd never have anything to offer it and I'd never be accepted.

I won't patronize you and say 'hang in there champ'.

But I will say to you that while I may not understand everything going on in your life (because it's your life and not mine)...there are many of us out here that feel similar or the same.

So.....thanks for the music weirdo.

I mean buddy...pal......weirdo....(damn I said it again)....

Now I'll listen to the songs!

And oh I also distract myself with writing and other things that people would consider 'weird'. I love RPGs and games. I like making up my own games. I've been revisiting the idea of M.U.D.s or text based only games.

You know...pick your name, race, gender, profession...

So I escape too when I can, just like you

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 05-20-2013, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slappyjenkins

I have yet to listen to every song there. But I wanted to comment on something. I was also born a 'weirdo'. I know we criticize ourselves with these labels. But seriously I was always alienated from everyone else just for being who I am. I could do nothing to change the person I was. And it depressed me over the long run because I started to believe what everyone else believed. That something was wrong with me (just for the sake of being me and no other reason). I started to hate myself and feel like life was not worth living. Or that if life was worth living I'd never have anything to offer it and I'd never be accepted.

I won't patronize you and say 'hang in there champ'.

But I will say to you that while I may not understand everything going on in your life (because it's your life and not mine)...there are many of us out here that feel similar or the same.

So.....thanks for the music weirdo.

I mean buddy...pal......weirdo....(damn I said it again)....

Now I'll listen to the songs!

And oh I also distract myself with writing and other things that people would consider 'weird'. I love RPGs and games. I like making up my own games. I've been revisiting the idea of M.U.D.s or text based only games.

You know...pick your name, race, gender, profession...

So I escape too when I can, just like you

that's really sweet of you to say, slappy

I appreciate your input! It's nice to be heard once in a while, isn't it!

**Goofle** · 05-20-2013, 04:28 PM

Bye Bye Badman used to be my favourite. I always connected with the concept/theme of the song ('68 student riots in Paris) and the way the song develops.

The demo is awesome.

slappyjenkins · 05-20-2013, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hermione

that's really sweet of you to say, slappy

I appreciate your input! It's nice to be heard once in a while, isn't it!

Hermione....it's awesome being heard once in a while!

:

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 05-20-2013, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goofle11

Bye Bye Badman used to be my favourite. I always connected with the concept/theme of the song ('68 student riots in Paris) and the way the song develops.

The demo is awesome.

The demo version is better than the final IMO

Quote:

Originally Posted by slappyjenkins

Hermione....it's awesome being heard once in a while!

:

I know right? Especially in a place like this.

08-11-2010, 01:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
bannister Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: East Bay, CA Posts: 127	I'm gonna have to check out Essential Logic. Chick's got a nice voice. WRITE MOAR! You've got amazing taste. __________________ You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone. ____ last.fm ____ "Give a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. But, set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett

05-20-2013, 02:35 PM	#15 (permalink)
slappyjenkins Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 214	I have yet to listen to every song there. But I wanted to comment on something. I was also born a 'weirdo'. I know we criticize ourselves with these labels. But seriously I was always alienated from everyone else just for being who I am. I could do nothing to change the person I was. And it depressed me over the long run because I started to believe what everyone else believed. That something was wrong with me (just for the sake of being me and no other reason). I started to hate myself and feel like life was not worth living. Or that if life was worth living I'd never have anything to offer it and I'd never be accepted. I won't patronize you and say 'hang in there champ'. But I will say to you that while I may not understand everything going on in your life (because it's your life and not mine)...there are many of us out here that feel similar or the same. So.....thanks for the music weirdo. I mean buddy...pal......weirdo....(damn I said it again).... Now I'll listen to the songs! And oh I also distract myself with writing and other things that people would consider 'weird'. I love RPGs and games. I like making up my own games. I've been revisiting the idea of M.U.D.s or text based only games. You know...pick your name, race, gender, profession... So I escape too when I can, just like you __________________ I was once told...True intimacy is finding out what the other person wants and needs and if it's within your power giving it to them.

08-13-2010, 05:39 AM	#12 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Essential Logic is my favorite early punk band. The female singer & saxophonist, Lora Logic, was the co-founder of X-Ray Spex along with Polly Styrene. Essential Logic's recent compilation Fanfare in the Garden should be in every early punk music fan's collection. I don't think I've ever heard a mention of Essential Logic in MB, so she gets a thumbs up from me for selecting such a great band.

05-15-2011, 09:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	So there's been a bit of ruckus over this "I'm not too fond of female vocalists", and frankly it bothers me. This is a journal that's supposed to inform you of what I listen to, so I think it's time to come out of the dark and show you, dear readers, the light. Most people know that I grew up listen to punk, and I consider it one of the most female friendly genres. In the past few years I have been delving more into female-fronted and all female bands, after coming upon the bands I mentioned in my first entry. I have found a wealth that makes me wonder why I'd never touched the vast lands that my fellow women have created. It smashes all preconcieved notions of women in music. The "women in rock" of our times have nothing on the ones I have discovered. But this has been a long time coming, I have now only realised the profound influence of estrogen flavoured punk on my life. Here is where my journey begins: I would count this as my first female oriented band: The Distillers. Just imagine my thirteen year old self, with my Johnny Rotten hair cut,"Oh my god, my mom will hate this!" (She did). Obviously I didn't know much, but I stumbled on a little taste of greatness. Coral Fang, their final album, will always be my go-to break up album. And yeah, she doesn't need to be sweet sounding, so ** you. The Distillers may have been my first, but the Slits will always be my best loved. I remember hearing it for the first time on my copy of No Thanks! The Punk Rebellion collection, sitting on my yellow shag carpet with the stereo cranked up so I could feel the bass bounce off my skin. "What the is this weird ?" I remember thinking when the choppy guitar starts and then, some girl (A GIRL) comes in with "Don't create, don't rebel" in her wonderful sarcastic way. The Slits were my type of women, and Typical Girls was my sneering "I've got all my sisters and me" anthem. X may only have one lady in the band,but who the cares. Exene Cervenka is a powerhouse; a brilliant songwriter/poet & babymama to Viggo Mortensen (srsly). Exene is who I aspire to be in life, she is just so cool. Vi Subversa is another one of my heroes. A former housewife, at 40something she basically said "fuck this" and formed what would become Crass's sister band, Poison Girls to voice her disgust with how women are treated. How cool is she? Dominique Levillain has one of the sexiest voices I've ever heard, not to mention I love her sarcasm and self deprecation. but you probably already know these already, but if you don't, you suck. Anyway! Recently, I've discovered some real gems. Like the Long Blondes, for example. So resonant of all the things I loved as a young girl, but a little bit more tailored to well read broads. Ipso Facto. I love their creepiness, and the singer's voice is beautiful. KASMs!** So hopefully, if you have read this, you've come out of it with a little bit more knowledge of both what I listen to, and how diverse the output of women in music is. Until next time one of you assholes pisses me off: Bye bye!

05-20-2013, 02:16 PM	#14 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	So I haven't posted in a while, but a recent catalyst in my life has almost forced me to have an outlet for expressing myself better, and being more honest so here I am. Since I've finally begun listening to music again instead of the same thing over and over, I guess it's time to share what I was listen to in those periods: Today's lesson: Britpop & Happiness I have a majour hard on for British things in general, their culture has always fascinated me for some reason, especially in finding something to relate to growing up. I live in a small town and have hardly any connection with locals, so music, books, writing have always been my escape. This week I'm really feeling these. I'm sure everyone is familiar with this one, but it's always been of my favourite Stone Roses songs in general. It's so beautiful and creepy and enigmatic. The Stone Roses are a band I often forget about though, when my life gets all flip turned upside down ( ) I have to listen to things that complement my mood, much like a crazy person takes pills. I Wanna Be Adored is perfectly mirroring me lately, I've grown up thinking that I didn't have to be "normal" like everyone else, I was already born a weirdo. And that was totally okay, I mean, I didn't have to "sell my soul" to become something I wasn't and if someone else was writing and playing it in a popular song, I must not be so alone in the world. Bye Bye Badman has been stuck with me for years, I've always considered it a break up song (it isn't) but again I interpret things as personal because that truly is the purpose of any artistic endeavour. To me it reflects my struggles with fuckboys that I constantly go through and again, the aformentioned weirdness that I always think scares them away. So I throw stones at them, hoping to make them bleed, all I want is my revenge, my pound of flesh so to speak. But I'm getting better. Which brings me to: My personal favourite, Waterfall. Whenever I've been down and needed to be bring myself back up, I listen to Waterfall. It reminds me of how many awful things I've been through I have the strength within me to figure them out, no matter what. "She'll carry on through it all, she's a waterfall". Plus it's just a pretty song. It just reflects to me that I don't need to do stupid **** to pick myself up, but the next song teaches me to forgive myself for the things I've done and makes me better understand myself: After all my hard work, I've finally found what I've been waiting for in life and finished the puzzle, for now. This is everything I've been waiting for, and I'm finally ready to move on to bigger and better things, what with my big move to San Fran coming up and everything. Until next time