"Express" is the second Love & Rockets record and probably my second favorite as well. It's right under "Sweet F.A." on my list of favorite Love & Rocket records. The song that I heard first and was the one that really got me hooked on this record was "Kundalini Express". It's got killer guitar sounds, train sound effects and David J and Daniel Ash trading off vocals about getting "spiritually higher"! That's a fuckin' winner in my book. BUT... do you think David, Daniel and Kevin are into Kundalini Yoga? They do sing "Alcohol is your yoga baby" on the song "Yin And Yang The Flowerpot Man"... Check out the video for that jam here:
"Holiday On the Moon" is my other favorite song from this album, sign me up for that trip. I also like the uber-happy "All In My Mind" and their rad cover of The Temptation's song "Ball Of Confusion". I guess Tina Turner, Anthrax, Duran Duran and a few other people have also covered that song too... Has anyone reading this heard that shit? Here's the video for the Love & Rockets version:
(Download - "Kundalini Express")
(Download - "Holiday On The Moon")
On a totally unrelated note... we just got The Cassette's "Neath The Pale Moon" Cd's today in the mail from the pressing plant and they look/sound killer. I'm really excited about this band and the record they've made which will be Buddyhead #23. It comes out on itunes any day/week now and hits stores November 14th. Click here for a banner, post it around the internet if you feel so inclined. I'll post a song from the album on this page soon for you to all check out, but in the meantime hit their myspace page to stream some songs and check out the Buddyhead label media page for some solo live videos of Shelby doin' his thing. On another totally unrelated note... I just posted a few new photos from on my extremely neglected and disorganized photography page. It's nothing mind blowing, but if you're bored check it out. I have tons more photos to upload and I'm going to get to that as soon as I finish with up my first photography book which is set to be Buddyhead #25. I'm also going to have some limited edition prints for sale really soon (each print will be limited to 50 and hand numbered) so if you're interested in sort of thing email me at traviskeller @ gmail dot com.
Oh and if you need more mp3 downloadage, go check out one of my favorite bloggers, Aquarium Drunkard. That dude has not been fuckin' around lately and has been posting some really dope shit including some Dylan outtakes from "Blonde On Blonde" (part 1 & part 2) and "Freewheelin".
ball of confusion was the first single i bought from love and rockets way back when. they do a pretty good cover. it came with this rad b side called inside the outside. ball of confusion is rad one of my favorites next to the dog-end of a day gone by...
Posted by: jeff | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 03:39 AM
Dude, the Cassettes new record is totally amazing. It's certainly a progression from the last one they put out. Stoked on it.
Posted by: celeste | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 03:42 PM
Love and Rockets were pretty solid straight through. You cats should check out my shitty post on Tones on Tail at pythongator.blogspot.com. It's sextastic.
Posted by: J | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 05:38 PM
life is fucking beautiful and so is this album. "Love Me" does it for me every time.
Posted by: Gina | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 11:42 PM
Alright, who has the great ass in the photos?
Posted by: Peter | Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 08:33 PM
yeah dude, who's the babe?
Posted by: exileonmainst | Friday, September 22, 2006 at 10:26 AM