On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 09:36:37AM -0400, Alan Evil wrote:
Dub and reggae and ting :
"The needlessly reverential crusty/digi scene will yield little real reward. These days the shelves are crammed with reissues from the essential time capsule '70- '76 period. No excuse then for Orb albums or ignorance."
Don't you just hate purists? "It can't be any good because it's not the 'original' stuff." Rubbish.
Even more silly when The Orb aren't trying to make "original" dub. OK, there are plenty of dub-influences in there, but it's like saying that the Stones made crap Blues, because they don't sound like Robert Johnson, or Hendrix made crap rock'n'roll because it doesn't sound like Chuck Berry!
Read the following out loud to someone who doesn't know anything about the on-line Orb stuff: I got AA2 with the cd od Bob 12. from what i've read, it seems that the Togs are sent separate from the BOBs. is this true? this is the first i've ordered a Tog on-line. I think that's hilarious.
It'd make quite a good sample in the background of an Orb track. It makes even less sense than the excellent linguaphone/furniture (?) one on Cydonia :-) -- Bullshit makes the flowers grow & that's beautiful