Welcome to another edition of #SYNTHursday! Today’s train of thought concerns trains and thoughts about other modes of transportation. Tis the season of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, so lets examine some synth gems, both songs and videos, celebrating vehicles. Here’s wishing you the safest of travels during your holidays! The Chemical Brothers – Star Guitar. Music for when you’re watching scenery pass from your seat on a locative. https://youtube/watch?v=0S43IwBF0uM Simple Minds – Blindfolded. Q: How can we make the video for “Star Guitar” even artier? A: Here’s how: https://youtube/watch?v=LdWv1ZXnP5Q New Order – Jetstream (Jacque Lu Cont Remix). As a New Order completist, it pains me to say I can’t stand the original version of this song. Jetstream and the tune that directly followed it on “Waiting for the Siren’s Call” (“Guilt is a Useless Emotion”) just didn’t work for me. When I hear them, I think amusement park commercials. You know, the ones for Six Flags Great America? The ones starring that weird dancing bald octogenarian who apparently took too much E? Fortunately, Jacque Lu Cont (aka Stuart Price) gifted us with a better version. https://youtube/watch?v=WiTlYBMnULU By the way, if you want a good alternative to “Guilt is a Useless Emotion with more guitars and less teenybopper bluster, listen to Bill Hamel’s vocal edit: https://youtube/watch?v=3K251kh6yQU Some trivia: Stuart Price later used New Order’s Jetstream to remix Depeche Mode’s “A Pain That I’m Used To”… https://youtube/watch?v=P1t_DiC8AwQ Underworld – Dark and Long (Halls Edit). Famously used to spot trains (thank you, Danny Boyle), this video features a car for some reason. And some really intense manikin love. https://youtube/watch?v=7lT7lu0VUgo EXTRAS: The Rapture – Sail Away. A boat slipped into this post somehow. https://youtube/watch?v=JDQMJZwbw9w Flesh for Lulu – I Go Crazy. “What have I done today? Just sat and watched the jets fly over. A car goes by and the sun goes down…” Thats 2/3rds of the equation right there! Check out the record player in the car engine in the original 80s vid. Beware: the sound is horrid. https://youtube/watch?v=cJFCA-Po6bc So here’s better audio, but, whoa, did these guys age. https://youtube/watch?v=Dm35ZUMzDWk Whats your favorite travel song?
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:20:37 +0000