[kj] OT: Blue Christmas

[Alexander Smith]

Yeah, the LESS THAN ZERO soundtrack is a total keeper. I also want to  
say it included "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy, no? Awesome record.

Yeah, at some point, Danzig suffered an acute humor-ectomy and started  
believing his own claptrap. Shame.

Still, as Oliver says, pretty much everything up through 1994 (Black  
Aria notwithstanding) is pretty unimpeachable.

Alex in NYC


On Dec 20, 2008, at 6:26 AM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> I hate Glenn Danzig's absurdist macho posturing, but Danzig up 'til  

> 1994 was -- I have to admit -- pretty great.

>

> I agree also with the common consensus that Danzig II: Lucifuge is  

> Danzig's best "mature" work.

>

> He wrote songs for Johnny Cash ("Thirteen," "Come to Silver") and  

> Roy Orbison ("Life Fades Away") -- and a lot of people don't realize  

> that. His pre-eminence as a vocalist and songwriter  has usually  

> been obscured by his dumb-ass hairy-chested tough guy shtick.

>

> Also, most people don't know that he wrote (and sang), in the 1980s,  

> the title song to the zeitgeist-y, 80s coming-of-age film "Less Than  

> Zero":

>

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6EieqgGA-8

>

>

> It's a strangely good soundtrack for such a shit 80s film: It has  

> Slayer, Roy Orbison, Danzig (see above), The Bangles' cover of "Hazy  

> Shade of Winter'," and others, on it. But, yeah, there is Danzig,  

> doing the title song to a very big-shouldered, poofy-haired,  

> zeitgeist-y 80s flick, almost forgotten today. Not even many Danzig  

> fans know he sang the title track, above, complete w/ backup chorus  

> of black women singing behind him and all that. Big-time stuff for  

> someone who just left the original Misfits!

>

> Holiday cheers,

>

> -Oliver

>

>

>

>

> Brendan Quinn wrote:

>> Not one of the best Danzig tracks but a solid cover, I've been  

>> listening to

>> my old Danzig CDs a lot lately. Blows the shit out of so much  

>> coming out

>> these days.

>>

>>

>

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