Comments on: Bauhaus: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" live, 1982 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 20:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Joly MacFie http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1572213 Joly MacFie Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1572213 I remember watching Bauhaus, maybe a little earlier than this, at the Hammersmith Palais and marveling at how comparatively quiet they were on stage. It added great clarity to their sound. I remember watching Bauhaus, maybe a little earlier than this, at the Hammersmith Palais and marveling at how comparatively quiet they were on stage. It added great clarity to their sound.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1571294 wysinwyg Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1571294 You're in good company.  Most people don't like shouty music.  The trick is to acknowledge that the vocals are being used as a percussion instrument instead of being used to carry the melody. Not much of a death metal fan myself but I like a lot of other shouty music. Yeah, "modern" may have been a weird choice but there was no deeper meaning in it. If you have a problem with it mentally replace it with "current". You’re in good company.  Most people don’t like shouty music.  The trick is to acknowledge that the vocals are being used as a percussion instrument instead of being used to carry the melody.

Not much of a death metal fan myself but I like a lot of other shouty music.

Yeah, “modern” may have been a weird choice but there was no deeper meaning in it. If you have a problem with it mentally replace it with “current”.

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1571275 Gyrofrog Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1571275 "<a href="http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bauhaus" rel="nofollow">gloom's own 'Stairway to Heaven'</a>" - Trouser Press “gloom’s own ‘Stairway to Heaven’” – Trouser Press

]]> By: TWX http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1571240 TWX Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1571240  The record player didn't last long enough to really let me finalize.  It was always amusing at 78 though... I was sad when it broke.  Damn you Yorx and your all-in-one tuner/cassette/LP/8-track bookshelf system!  *shakes tiny fist*  The record player didn’t last long enough to really let me finalize.  It was always amusing at 78 though…

I was sad when it broke.  Damn you Yorx and your all-in-one tuner/cassette/LP/8-track bookshelf system!  *shakes tiny fist*

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1571173 Beanolini Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1571173 <blockquote>I always had trouble figuring out what speed to set my record player to when playing the 12" single</blockquote>So what speed did you settle on in the end? I like it better at 33, even though I know it should be 45.

I always had trouble figuring out what speed to set my record player to when playing the 12″ single

So what speed did you settle on in the end? I like it better at 33, even though I know it should be 45.

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1571130 chris coreline Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1571130 hang on, Goth inspired Death Metal? crikey. the bat-bothering cat-fanciers were more influential then i previously thought. hang on, Goth inspired Death Metal?
crikey.
the bat-bothering cat-fanciers were more influential then i previously thought.

]]> By: Mitchell Glaser http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570741 Mitchell Glaser Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570741 I love your use of the term "modern". But of course I cop to the over-generalization. I was just kind of amazed at how I could understand every (clever!) word in the Bauhaus video, where you have all this growling stuff going on now (by people dressed as Klingons or something) where I can't understand a single syllable. I know, I know, I'm an old man, please don't hit me. I love your use of the term “modern”. But of course I cop to the over-generalization. I was just kind of amazed at how I could understand every (clever!) word in the Bauhaus video, where you have all this growling stuff going on now (by people dressed as Klingons or something) where I can’t understand a single syllable. I know, I know, I’m an old man, please don’t hit me.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570713 wysinwyg Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570713 I like Bauhaus a lot but comparing individual, groundbreaking, unique bands to whole genres is not a fair comparison (largely due to the 90% rule).  If you insist then you should probably compare Bauhaus to modern goth/industrial Bauhaus wannabes and compare "today's death metal shriekers" to death metal bands from the 80's. Apples to apples. I like Bauhaus a lot but comparing individual, groundbreaking, unique bands to whole genres is not a fair comparison (largely due to the 90% rule).  If you insist then you should probably compare Bauhaus to modern goth/industrial Bauhaus wannabes and compare “today’s death metal shriekers” to death metal bands from the 80′s. Apples to apples.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570629 franko Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570629 well, i first heard this story in... must've been 1990. so i'm guessing it had to have happened in the mid 1980s? well, i first heard this story in… must’ve been 1990. so i’m guessing it had to have happened in the mid 1980s?

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570611 David Pescovitz Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570611 That's fantastic! I love how Peter Murphy hangs upside-down for the duration!  That’s fantastic! I love how Peter Murphy hangs upside-down for the duration! 

]]> By: Mitchell Glaser http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570612 Mitchell Glaser Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570612 Oh man those were the days. There was such cool stuff going on during the 80's. Compare this song to today's death metal shriekers. Oh man those were the days. There was such cool stuff going on during the 80′s. Compare this song to today’s death metal shriekers.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570604 David Pescovitz Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570604 He seemed very pleased to perform it when I last saw them in 1998. He seemed very pleased to perform it when I last saw them in 1998.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570597 franko Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570597 someone, anyone, please either confirm or debunk this story that i've long heard was true: during the end of their career as a band, peter murphy was so sick of this song that at one concert, they started playing this song and when it came time for him to sing, he picked up to the microphone and said, "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!", put the mic down, and walked offstage. someone, anyone, please either confirm or debunk this story that i’ve long heard was true: during the end of their career as a band, peter murphy was so sick of this song that at one concert, they started playing this song and when it came time for him to sing, he picked up to the microphone and said, “BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!”, put the mic down, and walked offstage.

]]> By: TWX http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570572 TWX Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570572 I think that the version that I have on CD is from this performance. I always had trouble figuring out what speed to set my record player to when playing the 12" single, starting out with so much percussion and so little else at the beginning. This is on my playlist for this weekend's Halloween party, along with Tones on Tail's live cover of Heartbreak Hotel and a few other tunes from both projects. I think that the version that I have on CD is from this performance.

I always had trouble figuring out what speed to set my record player to when playing the 12″ single, starting out with so much percussion and so little else at the beginning.

This is on my playlist for this weekend’s Halloween party, along with Tones on Tail’s live cover of Heartbreak Hotel and a few other tunes from both projects.

]]> By: huskerdont http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570568 huskerdont Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570568 David J looking cool as usual. David J looking cool as usual.

]]> By: Lísias Paiva http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570563 Lísias Paiva Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570563 please, check this bela lugosi's version at coachella. it's amazing!  http://youtu.be/Q5v2bP1okBs please, check this bela lugosi’s version at coachella. it’s amazing! 
http://youtu.be/Q5v2bP1okBs

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570532 David Pescovitz Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570532 Ha! Mine is in storage. I remember paying like $50 for that back in the day. Crazy.  Ha! Mine is in storage. I remember paying like $50 for that back in the day. Crazy. 

]]> By: Thomas Valley http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570530 Thomas Valley Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570530 I put "Haunted Bela" up on Soundcloud recently, as it seems the original has been lost to the sands of time.  I heard it first here, on BB. http://soundcloud.com/thomas-valley/haunted-bela I put “Haunted Bela” up on Soundcloud recently, as it seems the original has been lost to the sands of time.  I heard it first here, on BB.

http://soundcloud.com/thomas-valley/haunted-bela

]]> By: roblord http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570521 roblord Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570521 From the incomparable Shadow of Light video. My VHS copy is somewhere in the attic. :) http://www.amazon.com/Bauhaus-Shadow-Light-Archive/dp/B000BRP0UW  Thanks David. :)  From the incomparable Shadow of Light video. My VHS copy is somewhere in the attic. :) http://www.amazon.com/Bauhaus-Shadow-Light-Archive/dp/B000BRP0UW 

Thanks David. :) 

]]> By: Ratdog http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/bauhaus-bela-lugosis-dead.html#comment-1570516 Ratdog Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191376#comment-1570516 Nouvelle Vague has a great cover of this. Nouvelle Vague has a great cover of this.

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