Artist Lounge: The Jesus & Mary Chain
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The Jesus & Mary Chain The Power of Negative Thinking Blanco y Negro / Rhino 2008 "Do you remember the JAMC?"
Who could forget those immortal lyrics sung so eloquently by Death Cab's Ben Gibbard on their song "We Looked like Giants?" Ben, like many of us who grew up JAMC fans, knew the importance of this band born from Glasgow, Scotland, whose feedback fury and three minute love pop symphonies s... MORE
I'm in full blown JAMC mode. I just picked up their boxset The Power of Negative Thinking, it's...wait for it...legendary. If y're a fan make the investment, so worth it. I remember watching 120 Minutes religiously during high school and being blown away when I first saw this video. One of my favorite JAMC songs with some of their best lyrics that still resonate within me today. "I don't mind about the state of my mind
But you know it's good for nothing
And I left you behi... MORE
But you know it's good for nothing
And I left you behi... MORE
Oh yeah, that's right, the band who made noise part of music, who first treated the vocals as another instrument in the mix, who drowned their simple melodies in waves of feedback, thereby preparing the way for the adventurous music fan to find the beauty in My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless" ...
In the words of Black Francis, while introducing their cover version ...
"THIS IS A JESUS & MARY CHAIN SONG!!!"







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