Forget about San Francisco: The American capitol of psychedelic rock was Austin, Texas, ... more
and no band soared higher than Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators. In addition to acid-tinged garage rockers such as the crazed-love anthem, "You're Gonna Miss Me," the Elevators' debut included tracks such as "Reverberation (Doubt)," "Roller Coaster," and "Splash 1," which viscerally evoked the sounds of their titles while offering lyrics that provided a philosophical structure for the psychedelic experience. The lyrics were written by Tommy Hall, who also played amplified jug. Hard as it may be to believe now, that jug created a weird sound that predicted that burbling synthesizers of modern-day techno. --Jim Derogatis
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Forget about San Francisco: The American capitol of psychedelic rock was Austin, Texas, ... more
and no band soared higher than Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators. In addition to acid-tinged garage rockers such as the crazed-love anthem, "You're Gonna Miss Me," the Elevators' debut included tracks such as "Reverberation (Doubt)," "Roller Coaster," and "Splash 1," which viscerally evoked the sounds of their titles while offering lyrics that provided a philosophical structure for the psychedelic experience. The lyrics were written by Tommy Hall, who also played amplified jug. Hard as it may be to believe now, that jug created a weird sound that predicted that burbling synthesizers of modern-day techno. --Jim Derogatis
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Forget about San Francisco: The American capitol of psychedelic rock was Austin, Texas, ... more
and no band soared higher than Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators. In addition to acid-tinged garage rockers such as the crazed-love anthem, "You're Gonna Miss Me," the Elevators' debut included tracks such as "Reverberation (Doubt)," "Roller Coaster," and "Splash 1," which viscerally evoked the sounds of their titles while offering lyrics that provided a philosophical structure for the psychedelic experience. The lyrics were written by Tommy Hall, who also played amplified jug. Hard as it may be to believe now, that jug created a weird sound that predicted that burbling synthesizers of modern-day techno. --Jim Derogatis
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Few psychedelic bands are able to hold a sugar cube to the 13thFloorElevators. Formed by Austin University undergraduate Tommy Hall who despite not being a musician had a clear vision of the route the band should. Tommy took an already successful local Texan band The Lingsmen and recruited Rocky Ericsson from the spades onto vocals to form the 13thFloorElevators. The band were serious about psychedelic mind expansion, and Rocky eventually paid a fairly high price for this, spending years in a Texan asylum for the criminally insane, after pleading guilty to Marijuana possession.
Anyway onto the music Tommy Hall took on the role as lyricist and band guru, he also played the Electric Jug which created a sort of bubbling sound in the background of the music. This album has its feet fairly squarely in the garage rock of the time ...
Advantages: Retro horror fun Disadvantages: Predictable
When I was growing up, all my school friends were talking about this new horror movie. Friday the 13th. I was a wimp when it came to horror films I must admit - I just couldn`t watch them, so I missed out on all the playground chat.
When I grew up, I just suddenly got an urge to watch a few horror flicks and grew into a a bit of an addict. I suppose I was making up for my former wimpiness!
Anyway, the reason I am telling you this is because the first proper horror movie I watched was friday the 13th. And I wasn`t disappointed.
It`s a standard horror movie plot - some teens go out to camp crystal lake and are being picked off one by one by a maniacal murderer.
All the way through you are hoping to catch a glimpse of the killer, but you never do and wonder who it could be. In your mind you are picturing an axe-weilding madman ...
Advantages: Easy plot to follow, interesting in parts, good atmosphere captured Disadvantages: Main character does quite fit the part
The 13th Warrior begins with an introduction to our hero, Ahmed (played by Antonio Banderas)an ambassador that's been exiled from his homeland. Together with his entourage he comes across a band of Vikings (referred to as North men) and they join them in their camp.
It's not too long before after a lot of what appears to be hocus-pocus, that a young Viking enters the camp and tells them of this Viking kingdom that is being attacked by a ferocious beast they call the Grendel. An army of men needs to be chosen to return north and rid the kingdom of the threat, and to chose who is to go, they consult a soothsayer -an old bone-throwing woman who appears to be completely mad. She picks twelve Viking men whilst Ahmed looks on and then says that there has to be a 13th who is non-Viking for them to be successful. This turns out to be Ahmed ...
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Product details
Title
13th Floor Elevators (The Legendary Group At Their Best)
Performer
13th Floor Elevators (The)
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Psychedelic
Release Date
11/07/2005
Original Release Year
2001
Label / Distributor
Collectables / F-Minor; Hot Records
Pieces in Set
4
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
90431008928
Catalogue Number
COL 00892
Additional notes
Album Notes
THE LEGENDARY GROUP AT THEIR BEST contains the 4 original LPs: THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF, EASTER EVERYWHERE, LIVE and BULL OF THE WOODS. Also available as individual CDs on Collectables.
Titles on disc 1
1.
You're Gonna Miss Me
2.
Roller Coaster
3.
Splash 1 (Now I'm Home)
4.
Reverberation
5.
Don't Fall Down
6.
Fire Engine
7.
Thru The Rhythm
8.
You Don't Know
9.
Kingdom Of Heaven
10.
Monkey Island
11.
Tried To Hide
Titles on disc 2
1.
Slip Inside This House
2.
Slide Machine
3.
She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)
4.
Nobody To Love
5.
Baby Blue
6.
Earthquake
7.
Dust
8.
I've Got Levitation
9.
I Had To Tell You
10.
Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)
Titles on disc 3
1.
Before You Accuse Me
2.
She Lives In A Time Of Her Own
3.
Tried To Hide
4.
You Gotta Take Of Her Own
5.
I'm Gonna Take That Girl
6.
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
7.
I've Got Levitation
8.
You Can't Hurt Me Anymore
9.
Roller Coaster
10.
You're Gonna Miss Me
Titles on disc 4
1.
Livin' On
2.
Barnyard Blues
3.
Till Then
4.
Never Another
5.
Rose And The Thorn
6.
Down By The River
7.
Scarlet And Gold
8.
Street Song
9.
Dear Dr Doom
10.
With You
11.
May The Circle Remain Unbroken
Ciao
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13/12/2005
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