Shoegaze

GravitySlips · 06-09-2010, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by james44754

Earlier today I was listening to Heroes by David Bowie and figured it sounded a bit shoegazey. This got me thinking what other examples of early shoegaze tracks can you think of?

I think Wire's 'Map Ref 41°N 93°W' is kinda shoegazey, it certainly has some cool trippy guitar effects. MBV covered it as well.

Sonic Youth's 'Beauty Lies in the Eye' as well, I think that's quite shoegazey. They're not often thought of as shoegaze but they're definitely an influence on the genre. This song below was released in 1987 (i think it was).

YouTube - Sonic Youth - Beauty Lies In The Eye

older bands like The Byrds and the 13th Floor Elevators have some stuff that's quite reminiscent as well.

dankrsta · 06-11-2010, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by GravitySlips

I think Wire's 'Map Ref 41°N 93°W' is kinda shoegazey, it certainly has some cool trippy guitar effects. MBV covered it as well.

Sonic Youth's 'Beauty Lies in the Eye' as well, I think that's quite shoegazey. They're not often thought of as shoegaze but they're definitely an influence on the genre. This song below was released in 1987 (i think it was).

YouTube - Sonic Youth - Beauty Lies In The Eye

older bands like The Byrds and the 13th Floor Elevators have some stuff that's quite reminiscent as well.

You're right about Sonic Youth, they are definitely one of the influences and that is especially evident on songs like Beauty Lies In The Eye (as you mentioned) and also Shadow of a Doubt. But these songs are basically Sonic Youth sound from the mid 80's just with a more abstract noise, trippy, floaty etc. But it's still Sonic Youth 'cause when you compare it to shoegaze SY has a more solid sound with a certain schizophrenic tension towards collapsing at any time.

Good point on the 13th Floor Elevators. Spacemen 3 reminds me of them very often and not just because they covered Rollercoaster.

GravitySlips · 06-11-2010, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dankrsta

You're right about Sonic Youth, they are definitely one of the influences and that is especially evident on songs like Beauty Lies In The Eye (as you mentioned) and also Shadow of a Doubt. But these songs are basically Sonic Youth sound from the mid 80's just with a more abstract noise, trippy, floaty etc. But it's still Sonic Youth 'cause when you compare it to shoegaze SY has a more solid sound with a certain schizophrenic tension towards collapsing at any time.

I fully agree with you, yes those two SY songs posess the dreamy guitar sound that I associate with shoegaze, but ultimately they still have that SY vibe which I think is a very distinct one. I think similarly a few Dinosaur Jr songs could be seen as shoegaze precursors, but I'd definitely not call them shoegaze. These bands are definitely big influences on the genre (I remember reading that a Dino Jr tour of Britain was a big inspiration to lots of shoegaze bands that arose in the early 90s)... obviously though, things like Loop, Spacemen 3, the Cocteau Twins and the Jesus and Mary Chain were also happening in the early/mid 80s. I think these are the most obvious bands with "early shoegaze" songs, further back though it's mostly gonna be psychedelic rock bands like the 'Elevators.

whatever the roots of it, I still love shoegaze!

Laurent Quinn Proper · 06-09-2010, 04:48 PM

This may seem a bit ridiculous but I am one-hundred percent serious: is it pronounced "shoo-gaze" or "show-gaze" or neither?

Zer0 · 06-09-2010, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Laurent Quinn Proper

This may seem a bit ridiculous but I am one-hundred percent serious: is it pronounced "shoo-gaze" or "show-gaze" or neither?

Gaze at your shoes godammit

Mikael · 06-10-2010, 06:56 PM

Cocteau Twins, anyone...?

<3 Heaven or Las Vegas on those warm lazy weekend mornings.

~~Farfisa~~ · 06-14-2010, 02:36 AM

Meet the new shoegazers on the block, they'll kick your fucking ass all the way out of the venue and into next week.

jackhammer · 06-23-2010, 05:57 PM

My latest find:

Shoegaze with dreamy Female vocals? it's win all the way.

duga · 06-23-2010, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

My latest find:

Shoegaze with dreamy Female vocals? it's win all the way.

Shoegaze is made for female vocals. I love it. Could I grab a link?

As for me, I've discovered these guys recently:

Their rough early stuff like this is just awesome.

BastardofYoung · 06-04-2011, 01:46 PM

BUMP. Saw the "shoegaze" thread where somebody was promoting their stuff... and was going to use it to talk about Shoegaze, did a search and saw this one, so bumping it.

Not sure if they have been mentioned, but I love this band... one of my favorite discoveries...

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BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	BUMP. Saw the "shoegaze" thread where somebody was promoting their stuff... and was going to use it to talk about Shoegaze, did a search and saw this one, so bumping it. Not sure if they have been mentioned, but I love this band... one of my favorite discoveries... __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

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