At the Shop is a crude document of ramshackle performance by Wreckless Eric and his Beat Groupe Electrique for a small crowd at the New Rose store in Paris in 1990. For much of the set Eric is teetering on the brink of chaos, and clearly loving every fucking minute of it. Then, on "If It Makes You Happy", Eric enters a staring contest with Nietzsche's abyss and half through the psychotic harmonica break, the abyss blinks.
Following that, Eric pulls back, slightly, for un version Français of "Depression", followed by two oldies; Larry Williams' rockabilly stomper "Bony Maronie" and Eric's own '77 shout-along, "Semaphore Signals". Then, it's once more back into the depths for a harrowing, almost Dylan '66 style, take on The Captains of Industry's, "Our Neck of the Woods." Finally, without a flinch, Eric caps this gutsy performance with another of his tender love songs, "You're the Girl for Me." Those customers, who watched the whole brilliant mess while crammed in-between the racks of vinyl, must've left the store at once baffled and yet exhilarated.
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* I'm loathe to post anything on MRML that is represented by another blog, unless I have something else to add. Hopefully that's the case here.
Following that, Eric pulls back, slightly, for un version Français of "Depression", followed by two oldies; Larry Williams' rockabilly stomper "Bony Maronie" and Eric's own '77 shout-along, "Semaphore Signals". Then, it's once more back into the depths for a harrowing, almost Dylan '66 style, take on The Captains of Industry's, "Our Neck of the Woods." Finally, without a flinch, Eric caps this gutsy performance with another of his tender love songs, "You're the Girl for Me." Those customers, who watched the whole brilliant mess while crammed in-between the racks of vinyl, must've left the store at once baffled and yet exhilarated.
{MRML Readers: please leave us a comment on "At the Shop" and just what kind of mess - good, bad or WTF - you think it is.}Download At The Shop CD E.P.
* I'm loathe to post anything on MRML that is represented by another blog, unless I have something else to add. Hopefully that's the case here.
Hiya Jeffen. Feel free to add that China Street on here mate. I don't mind at all.
ReplyDeleteI'll get round to downloading some of this Eric stuff soon too! Cheers.
It's pretty hard to keep up with these great posts, but be sure they are much appreciated! Looking forward to hear this version of Semaphore Signals..
ReplyDeleteI just noticed that at iskp 2 versions have been posted. Do you happen to know whether this is the UK version or the other one?
ReplyDeleteLongy.
ReplyDeleteThanks - hope you enjoy the Wreckless when you get 'round to it.
Alphish
Yeah that's the bane of music blogs: "How to actually listen to all this great shit"?
Not sure which version of "At the Shop" this is but I think of it as 'the longer one'