Comments on: Lost in the ’90s: Elastica http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:16:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JohnHugheshttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/comment-page-1/#comment-52759 JohnHughes Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:52:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=24761#comment-52759 Check above - I said it's "not half as bad as its reputation," so it looks like we all pretty much agree with you. :) Check above – I said it's “not half as bad as its reputation,” so it looks like we all pretty much agree with you. :)

]]> By: jezcoxhttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/comment-page-1/#comment-52758 jezcox Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:11:58 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=24761#comment-52758 The Menace is a top album. It is just far more experimental than the debut, just open your ears for God's sake. You are always going to be disappointed when you expect the debut album 'mark 2'. How He Wrote Elastica Man is a classic, which stands up against anything on their debut, and is better than The Fall song of similar title. The sheer versatility of The Menace is awesome. Hats off to them I say. They went away for sex, drugs and all that, came back (eventually) with a superb second album, and then buggered off to do their own thing, by studying and becoming religious. This is the stuff of legend. They should never reform, just remember them as they were. The Menace is a top album. It is just far more experimental than the debut, just open your ears for God's sake. You are always going to be disappointed when you expect the debut album 'mark 2'. How He Wrote Elastica Man is a classic, which stands up against anything on their debut, and is better than The Fall song of similar title. The sheer versatility of The Menace is awesome. Hats off to them I say. They went away for sex, drugs and all that, came back (eventually) with a superb second album, and then buggered off to do their own thing, by studying and becoming religious. This is the stuff of legend. They should never reform, just remember them as they were.

]]> By: JohnHugheshttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/comment-page-1/#comment-40778 JohnHughes Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:52:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=24761#comment-40778 Check above - I said it's "not half as bad as its reputation," so it looks like we all pretty much agree with you. :) Check above – I said it's “not half as bad as its reputation,” so it looks like we all pretty much agree with you. :)

]]> By: jezcoxhttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/comment-page-1/#comment-40777 jezcox Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:11:58 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=24761#comment-40777 The Menace is a top album. It is just far more experimental than the debut, just open your ears for God's sake. You are always going to be disappointed when you expect the debut album 'mark 2'. How He Wrote Elastica Man is a classic, which stands up against anything on their debut, and is better than The Fall song of similar title. The sheer versatility of The Menace is awesome. Hats off to them I say. They went away for sex, drugs and all that, came back (eventually) with a superb second album, and then buggered off to do their own thing, by studying and becoming religious. This is the stuff of legend. They should never reform, just remember them as they were. The Menace is a top album. It is just far more experimental than the debut, just open your ears for God's sake. You are always going to be disappointed when you expect the debut album 'mark 2'. How He Wrote Elastica Man is a classic, which stands up against anything on their debut, and is better than The Fall song of similar title. The sheer versatility of The Menace is awesome. Hats off to them I say. They went away for sex, drugs and all that, came back (eventually) with a superb second album, and then buggered off to do their own thing, by studying and becoming religious. This is the stuff of legend. They should never reform, just remember them as they were.

]]> By: JohnHugheshttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/comment-page-1/#comment-36107 JohnHughes Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:52:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=24761#comment-36107 Check above - I said it's "not half as bad as its reputation," so it looks like we all pretty much agree with you. :) Check above – I said it's “not half as bad as its reputation,” so it looks like we all pretty much agree with you. :)

]]> By: jezcoxhttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/comment-page-1/#comment-36106 jezcox Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:11:58 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=24761#comment-36106 The Menace is a top album. It is just far more experimental than the debut, just open your ears for God's sake. You are always going to be disappointed when you expect the debut album 'mark 2'. How He Wrote Elastica Man is a classic, which stands up against anything on their debut, and is better than The Fall song of similar title. The sheer versatility of The Menace is awesome. Hats off to them I say. They went away for sex, drugs and all that, came back (eventually) with a superb second album, and then buggered off to do their own thing, by studying and becoming religious. This is the stuff of legend. They should never reform, just remember them as they were. The Menace is a top album. It is just far more experimental than the debut, just open your ears for God's sake. You are always going to be disappointed when you expect the debut album 'mark 2'. How He Wrote Elastica Man is a classic, which stands up against anything on their debut, and is better than The Fall song of similar title. The sheer versatility of The Menace is awesome. Hats off to them I say. They went away for sex, drugs and all that, came back (eventually) with a superb second album, and then buggered off to do their own thing, by studying and becoming religious. This is the stuff of legend. They should never reform, just remember them as they were.

]]> By: DavidMedskerhttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/comment-page-1/#comment-34379 DavidMedsker Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:53:33 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=24761#comment-34379 Love Elastica, and am shocked that most people dogged The Menace. I thought Mad Dog and How He Wrote Elastica Man held up to their best stuff. Love Elastica, and am shocked that most people dogged The Menace. I thought Mad Dog and How He Wrote Elastica Man held up to their best stuff.

]]> By: Samhttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/comment-page-1/#comment-34266 Sam Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:46:09 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=24761#comment-34266 Loved Stutter. It was a cool track, and also so short that i would usually use it as the last song on a mix tape to fill in those little gaps at the end of the tape.<br>Good times. Loved Stutter. It was a cool track, and also so short that i would usually use it as the last song on a mix tape to fill in those little gaps at the end of the tape.
Good times.

]]> By: kingofgriefhttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/comment-page-1/#comment-34244 kingofgrief Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:48:56 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=24761#comment-34244 I remember picking up the Elastica CD at Target and being surprised it was there in the first place. Back in '95, Target didn't have the expanded inventory for up and coming acts as they do today, so the label must have been doing some heavy pushing to break them out of common cult status for most Britpop acts here. They were supposed to play Houston that year (either Thanksgiving night or roundabouts) but the gig was canceled and never rescheduled. Pity, really; I was going to ask Ms. Frischmann about her accommodations that night.<br><br>My intro to the band was the airing of the original "Stutter" video on <i>120 Minutes</i> months before the album was issued Stateside. After the success of "Connection", MTV began showing the clip embedded above, which I always considered a patronizing move. Gotta change the action every few seconds or the Yanks will get bored! A slightly off-sync upload of the original can be found <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc8hEWkQ0io" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I remember picking up the Elastica CD at Target and being surprised it was there in the first place. Back in '95, Target didn't have the expanded inventory for up and coming acts as they do today, so the label must have been doing some heavy pushing to break them out of common cult status for most Britpop acts here. They were supposed to play Houston that year (either Thanksgiving night or roundabouts) but the gig was canceled and never rescheduled. Pity, really; I was going to ask Ms. Frischmann about her accommodations that night.

My intro to the band was the airing of the original “Stutter” video on 120 Minutes months before the album was issued Stateside. After the success of “Connection”, MTV began showing the clip embedded above, which I always considered a patronizing move. Gotta change the action every few seconds or the Yanks will get bored! A slightly off-sync upload of the original can be found here.

]]> By: Michaelhttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-elastica/comment-page-1/#comment-34238 Michael Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:19:50 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=24761#comment-34238 Thanks..<br>Love the Elastica..<br>It didn't hurt that Justine was easy on the eyes..<br>The accent got me too..<br><br>My Elastica Confession is now over.. ;)<br>. Thanks..
Love the Elastica..
It didn't hurt that Justine was easy on the eyes..
The accent got me too..

My Elastica Confession is now over.. ;)
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