The Birthday Party - Hee-Haw
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Artist: The Birthday PartyEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-05-16
Music Label: Buddha
Soundtracks:
- Mr. Clarinet
- Happy Birthday
- Hats on Wrong
- Guilt Parade
- Friend Catcher
- Waving My Arms
- Catman
- Riddle House
- Catholic Skin
- Red Clock
- Faint Heart
- Death by Drowning
- Hair Shirt
Free Music Notes for Hee-Haw
Free Music Review: Black Candles
Hit: 4 Stars
The prolific reviewer of unfashionable 'lost' gems has his work cut out yet again.
Its not a huge challenge I suppose, sitting at a laptop listening to cracking music over and over again (that's when I'm not out hellraising you understand), trying to convey in mere words, what this stuff has meant over the years and trying to impart a suggestion to any pop people out there in cyber land, what a certain group or sound is all about. Mere words.
Any-one coming to the Birthday Party now, is in for a surprise. It'll come as no surprise to learn that I think (therefore its true!) this compilation of their early singles, bits and bobs and whatever, contains their best work.
Vitally, it kicks off with a stormer: 'Mr. Clarinet' - and I dear reader, trusted friend - am struggling to illustrate just how good this song is. Screeching guitar and wild sax lead us into singer Nick Caves' wailing, haunting performance.
He sounds as if he's in genuine pain, not just suffering for his 'art'. First time I heard it, I thought the rest of the band were proper torturing him, you don't make noises like that, unless your bits are in a mediaeval device!
Anyway, that out of the way, we are then treated to another 12 stand-out songs, each very different, but each defined by the obviously insane Caves' eerie vocals. Tellingly, and blatantly, he's coming from the Pere Ubu/ Cramps camp (former brilliant, latter tedious), and this is one of those numerous occasions when the pupil turns out cleverer than the mentor - 'Guilt Parade' indeed!
Later on, he has a nervous breakdown during, 'the Hair Shirt', but that fabulous group (I was gonna say behind him, but I think they're more to the side) just keep him this side of the abyss with some extraordinarily tight thrash and percussion.
This is invigoratingly original and thoroughly modern rock music.
Whether Cave is genuinely crackers is another matter entirely, but you certainly wouldn't invite him round for dinner on this form.(imagine if it was spaghetti!)
Somebody told me the Birthday Party popped a bit when they came to England (I always do), perhaps they should've stayed put in Oz. Clearly you shouldn't deprive a genius/mental of his inspiration.
Anyway, the Birthday Party's early stuff - nice and simple on a cd. Endearing and enduring.
And not a donkey joke in sight.
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