Something different for a change :)

[tvordlj]

Seeing as quite a few people on my flist are looking forward to a gig by the Bauhaus (forgive me if that should just be Bauhaus ... what do i know? LOL) Anyway, i decided to download a few tunes to see what they were like. Hard to know what to pick so i just went by titles that i liked. Of the ones i tried, i liked about half and one of my favourites is an industrial mix of Passion of Lovers. naturalbornkaos it reminds me a little of some of the industrial mix stuff you did a few years ago, or reminiscent of it anyway. Anyway i liked that one. Also kind of liked the cover of Ziggy Stardust but really hated a cover of Spirit in the Sky and also disliked Of Lilies and Remains, Dancing. Also liked Sanity Assassin, Theme from the Lost Boys (soundtrack) and All In My Mind. Another song that was tagged as Bauhaus appears to actually be Love and Rockets "Holy Fool" but i like it. The ones i didn't like i found a bit too punk. That's the only way i can describe it.

So the question is... what other Bauhaus tracks can i try that i might like given the list of the ones i like? Anything else to suggest? (i do this about once a year and usually manage to get a handful of new tracks and artists that i quite like!

Comments

[whyaduck.livejournal.com]

"Bela Lugosi's Dead" is THE classic Bauhaus song and the song that launched a thousand goths.

And two guys from Bauhaus went on to form Tones on Tail who then became Love and Rockets - so the mistagging is understandable.

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

The theme from the Lost Boys isn't Bauhaus, but that's often mistagged. It's called "Cry Little Sister". Lyrics here.

You might like Dark Entries, Lagartija Nick, Kick in the Eye and In the Flatfield. Their cover of Telegram Sam is quite fun too. Much more different from the original than their cover of Ziggy Stardust.

"All In My Mind" appears to be Love and Rockets too, I just looked it up because I hadn't heard of that one.

[girfan.livejournal.com]

As said, Love and Rockets are the 3 members of Bauhaus minus Peter Murphy.

I have all their albums and can recommend songs like So Alive and Motorcycle.

Peter Murphy has been fairly successful as a solo artist.
Cut's You Up is a good song.

And, Tones on Tail-Go! is my favourite.

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

Argh, one of the many things I hate about music downloading. Too many idiots mistagging things. ;) As people have already pointed out, some of those aren't Bauhaus tunes. On top of those, "Spirit in the Sky" to the best of my knowledge was those chancers Dr & The Medics and was never covered by Bauhaus.

Not sure, based on the selection you've posted, which ones you'd like but I personally love "Stigmata Martyr", "In The Flat Field", "Hollow Hills", "The Spy In The Cab", "Spirit".... to name the first few that come into my head. I like most Bauhaus material though. ;)

I'd be curious to hear this 'industrial' version of "The Passion of Lovers" - any idea who it's by? Would you maybe be able to email it to me?

If you're going to do something old-fashioned and buy a CD, btw, I'd heartily recommend the live album "Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape"... it's got many of the best tracks and they're almost all better than the original versions...

[silverfiligree.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone's mentioned "She's in Parties" - that did well in the charts so it's possibly more accessible for a novice listener. Not saying you can't cope with the hard stuff ;o) Love and Rockets were also damn good, in fact if pushed I'd say I preferred them to Bauhaus.

I've been watching the videos again - mmmmm, eye candy!