[Subhuman]

From Shirl's Facebook:
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Good Golly Grammy's

Monday, February 1, 2010 at 4:16am


AAAAAAAAgggghhh
Butch won his first GRAMMY tonight!!!
So happy for him.
Told you it was going to be a good year.
Didn't I tell you that?!?!?!?!
Love love love that the Kings of Leon had a field day at the awards too because they are just delicious through and through.
And didn't you love Lady Ga Ga's dress of spun sugar?!? So dreamlike and fantastical. I want it.
Felt sad the Silversun Pickups didn't win in their category but lord.....look how long it took for poor Neil Young to win one.
But let me commend my darling Beyonce who absolutely raped and pillaged throughout the night like the beast she is.........
When she told Jay Z.........only the hottest man in the universe....... that she loved him.....
well it kind of made my heart pop.
She is the ONLY true POP star I have ever loved.
Usually I gravitate towards the more rebellious girls.....as you know.
But there's something about her that makes me believe in her.
She's authentic and honest and true.
Let's face it.
She's yummy through and through.

Talking of rebellious girls .....I went to hear Patti Smith read from her new book at Skyline Books in Los Feliz over the weekend. She was as inspiring as ever. Mesmerizing even.
And funny too which I didn't expect.

I am such a nerd fan that I had gotten out of my bed early a few sundays ago to pick up my tickets for the upcoming reading and being that I am such an uncool and eager nerd, I was the very first person to arrive so I snagged the tickets numbered 1 and 2!!!! So when it came to the part of the evening when Patti signed our books, my girlfriend and I were first in line.

As we walked towards the desk behind which Patti was sitting I thought about what I would say to her. I thought how I would try to be as cool as I could ever hope to be.

"Hey Patti. How's it going?" I could have said, nonchalantly.
Or perhaps I could have just nodded at her the way men who play sport or make records for a living nod at each other in greeting.
You know....that sort of tiny upward jut of the chin.......barely perceptible.........
Maybe she would just recognize me immediately and I wouldn't have to say anything.
I fantasized that maybe she would just rise up wordlessly to give me a hug.
I felt a little flutter of nervousness as I walked up to the desk.
Here we go. Here we go.
And then...........
She didn't look up.
I held out my book so be signed.
She took it from my slightly trembling hands.
I could feel I was making myself as small as possible.
I didn't say a word.
She signed her name and handed me the book back without looking up.
I shuffled off.
Full of the same awe I had the first time I listened to Horses.
And full of the same wonder at WHAT A FUCKING NERD I AM!!!
I didn't say ANYTHING.
Not a word.
Not a hi.
Not a thankyou.
What a loser.

Anyway.......
on a final note
Guess who I just spent a week in the studio with?
Would you be pleased if I said one of them was called Steve and one of them was called Duke and another was a grammy winning producer?

Who loves ya?
x

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HOW AMAZING!?!

First off, love her.

I (and everyone else) have been waiting impatiently for her solo effort, but at this point it looks like it's not gonna happen any time soon. I need my Shirley fix and I don't care how I get it.


LET THE SWOONING COMMENCE

[Drowned Bedtime]

Wooooooo.

The first band that really got me into ROCK. Loves it.

[MaddysMuff]

That last album is a glorious mess. I truly enjoy a good portion of it.

[West Lake Prayer]

Awesome! Lookin' foward to this

[Subhuman]

MaddysMuff, on 06 February 2010 - 09:35 PM, said:

That last album is a glorious mess. I truly enjoy a good portion of it.

I fucking love it as time has gone on. Bad Boyfriend, Run Baby Run and Happy Home are particularly spectacular.

[12:51]

All of their albums are great in my opinion. So glad they're making music again.

[Subhuman]

I did a complete G top 40 countdown a few ages ago on here, but time for a top 10?? I think so


I Think I'm Paranoid
Deadwood
Cherry Lips
Run Baby Run
Tell Me Where It Hurts
Honeybee
Breaking Up The Girl
As Heaven Is Wide
So Like A Rose
All The Good In This Life

Lately I've really been loving the slow-y's. The first 4 pretty much never change, after that it depends.

[West Lake Prayer]

Run Baby Run is orgasmatic

[Subhuman]

I love the video too Its not quite what you'd expect when hearing that Sophie Muller would be filming throughout Moscow, Istanbul etc. but she looks so fucking gorgeous in it. Overall their vids are strong, I remember desperately wanting to fly to LA in 2005 to be an extra in the WDYLM video when the band announced the details...ah memories.

[svperstar]

Everyone talks about how much of a "mess" the last album is... but in all honesty, as time has gone on, it's aged a lot better than a couple of the others.

[12:51]

Subhuman, on 06 February 2010 - 11:33 PM, said:

I love the video too Its not quite what you'd expect when hearing that Sophie Muller would be filming throughout Moscow, Istanbul etc. but she looks so fucking gorgeous in it. Overall their vids are strong, I remember desperately wanting to fly to LA in 2005 to be an extra in the WDYLM video when the band announced the details...ah memories.

Run Baby Run is one of their best videos and a favorite music video of mine.

[Drowned Bedtime]

Bleed Like Me is definitely better than BeautifulGarbage, the production on the latter just doesn't hold up anymore. Sounds horribly dated, and there's some great song lurking under the production, in the case of things like Androgyny.

[cosmic_system]

Great news.

[Xanthie]

YAY! Very excited!

[Suedehead]

1. What happened to Shirley's solo album then?

2. Not all their albums are great. The first two are good/very good. The third one was patchy. The fourth was just meh.

Hit it

[MaddysMuff]

svperstar, on 07 February 2010 - 12:30 AM, said:

Everyone talks about how much of a "mess" the last album is... but in all honesty, as time has gone on, it's aged a lot better than a couple of the others.

Yeah. It certainly stands up better than something like "Version 2.0" which, while great at the time, is barely listenable now. I like 'dated', but this isn't the good kind of dated. The first and the last are their best.

[Salman]

why is their name garbage?

[nothingfails0603]

I'm glad to see them back together with word of a new album, I thought they were dunzo after Bleed Like Me and the Greatest Hits.

[chayman]

Subhuman, on 03 February 2010 - 08:12 PM, said:

I did a complete G top 40 countdown a few ages ago on here, but time for a top 10?? I think so


I Think I'm Paranoid
Deadwood
Cherry Lips
Run Baby Run
Tell Me Where It Hurts
Honeybee
Breaking Up The Girl
As Heaven Is Wide
So Like A Rose
All The Good In This Life

Lately I've really been loving the slow-y's. The first 4 pretty much never change, after that it depends.

Adding No1 Crush

[West Lake Prayer]

I adore Adrogyny , am I the only one?

[Subhuman]

West Lake Prayer, on 09 February 2010 - 01:59 AM, said:

I adore Adrogyny , am I the only one?

NO! I friggin love it I wasn't head over heels for it from the start, but the production is just so...slick. In fact I adore beautifulgarbage as a whole. Criminally underrated.

You know what track I love? Can't Cry These Tears...everyone seems to hate that one (except 1251 ). The sleigh bells It's so over-the-top Phil Spector-wall of sound-girl group, but it works. Plus it gets bonus points for the fact that Shirley sang in such a high register that she got nosebleeds in the studio.

[MaddysMuff]

Always loved "Can't Cry These Tears." And "Cup of Coffee" was my jam back when I was 20 and stupidly sad about everything in life. I gotta d/l BG again. There are some real jems on there.

[12:51]

I love Can't Cry These Tears, what a great singalong!

[Pud Whacker]

one thing ill give garbage - theyve always lived up to their name.

[MaddysMuff]

Thought of you, pud, when Shirley was brought up.

[Pud Whacker]

oh, that shirley manson - what a snobby piece of shyt. she gives music a bad name. dropping patti smiths name at the skylight book store reading on her 'facebook'. oh, shirley, youre soooooooooo punk - you fucking cunt. please revoke that visa. she needs to stay in like Manchester for the rest of her life.

[Crystal Coffin]

Pud I can't believe this

[MaddysMuff]

Stupid opinions or not, they made a lot of great music.

[Subhuman]

Pud Whacker, on 09 February 2010 - 09:45 PM, said:

she needs to stay in like Manchester for the rest of her life.

You mean Edinburgh

[MaddysMuff]

Shirley is super-talented. Never saw the ho in person, but I bliped this shit on facebook, and thought it was worthwhile to put on here: