Flowerpot Children??
Laura Treekiller Lemay - IWTFM
I'm looking for information about a band called the Flowerpot Children,
in particular a song that has a lot of "Joe"s in the lyrics. :-)
I managed to have a short conversation with the DJ who was playing it,
and got the name of the band and the fact that they're from England before
I had to leave.
Not sure they're altogether industrial, but the one song is quite good...
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Lazlo Nibble
> I'm looking for information about a band called the Flowerpot Children,
> in particular a song that has a lot of "Joe"s in the lyrics. :-)
You're almost certainly talking about "Jo's So Mean" by The Flowerpot Men
(Ben Watkins and Adam Peters). It's on their self-titled EP which as far
as I know is only on 12" vinyl here in the US: Link Records LINK 008 (1986).
Watkins and Peters are responsible for one of the "lost tracks" from the
Ferris Bueller's Day Off soundtrack. I could act like I know more about them
but I haven't picked up the new edition of the Trouser Press Record Guide
yet. :-) (Which, by the way, has *really* improved its listings on dance/
industrial and hard techno since the '89 edition.)
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>le...@lorelei.Eng.Sun.COM (Laura "Treekiller" Lemay - IWTFM) writes:
>> I'm looking for information about a band called the Flowerpot Children,
>> in particular a song that has a lot of "Joe"s in the lyrics. :-)
>
>You're almost certainly talking about "Jo's So Mean" by The Flowerpot Men
>(Ben Watkins and Adam Peters). It's on their self-titled EP which as far
>as I know is only on 12" vinyl here in the US: Link Records LINK 008 (1986).
Lazlo's right, this is The Flowerpot Men. There were at least 2 or 3 Flowerpot
Men 12" EPs released, but I plead "Not at home!" to giving the names (I have
them all, as far as I know ... they're back in the corner of the Vaults (-: )
>I could act like I know more about them but I haven't picked up the new
>edition of the Trouser Press Record Guide yet. :-) (Which, by the way, has
>*really* improved its listings on dance/Industrial and Hard Techno since the
>'89 edition.)
I picked it up, but I haven't had a chance to look at it yet beyond a quick
lookover at the store. I looked at it long enough to know that the A Certain
Ratio listing knew all about FAC 5 and FAC 16 ("The Graveyard and The Ballroom"
cassette), so I figured "High integrity factor" and knabbed it.
Speaking of Hard Techno, doesn't anyone listen to it? Every once in a while
there's a track which bears repeated listening (sometimes even - gosh - BUYING)
as opposed to the normal dissipates-into-background-noise throb that melts
together in the clubs. My four strongest recommendations:
(1) A Homeboy, A Hippy and a Funky Dread - "Total Confusion"
The slamminest track I heard in 1990. Meat Beat Manifesto beats coupled
with Skinny Puppy keyboard washes, now-since-oft-immitated "Whoop!"'s and
the occasional effective Rap (coupled with "covers" of sampled phrases,
such as them singing the couplet from PE's "Bring the Noise" - "Radio
stations I question their blackness they call themselves black but let's
see if they'll play this"). It's Hard Techno in construction but it's
sonically varied, which is Rule #1 in the Greg book of "This is worth
listening" as opposed to "This is only good for mindless dancing".
(2) Messiah - "There Is No Law"
Same statement as for (1) but for 1991. Best/slamminest Techno song I
heard last year, by far. Ultra-high BPM mixed with Ultra-loud low end bass
with occasional dropouts for an effective vocordered "There is no law" and
there's also an occasional smoothly-delivered black female vocalist
intoning Hendrix' koan "'Scuse me, while I kiss the sky" (VERY effective)
along with the repeated "Ladies and Gentlemen! You're all part of history".
An amazing record. There's a Rap mix on the B side which is great, too.
(3) Lords of Acid - "I Sit on Acid"
Slower than average Techno but still interesting nonetheless. I'm sure
most of you have heard this by now, so I won't belabor it.
(4) Any of the "James Brown" series (L.A. Style's "James Brown Is Dead", then
the followup/retorts "James Brown Is Still Alive" and "Who The Fuck Is
James Brown"). More "straight" Techno than the previous 3, but still a
cut above the usual dancefloor fodder. The "James Brown Is Dead" is
especially effective.
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Pete Ashdown
>Speaking of Hard Techno, doesn't anyone listen to it? Every once in a while
I'm getting in several CD's of this stuff this weekend. I'll post reviews next
week.
>(3) Lords of Acid - "I Sit on Acid"
> Slower than average Techno but still interesting nonetheless. I'm sure
> most of you have heard this by now, so I won't belabor it.
Listen to "Let's Get High" on the "Take Control" CD5 or the "Lust" album. Sort
of like "Sit" speeded up. Very frantic.
Is Leaether Strip classified as techno?
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Laura Treekiller Lemay - IWTFM
> >You're almost certainly talking about "Jo's So Mean" by The Flowerpot Men
> >(Ben Watkins and Adam Peters). It's on their self-titled EP which as far
> >as I know is only on 12" vinyl here in the US: Link Records LINK 008 (1986).
>
> Lazlo's right, this is The Flowerpot Men. There were at least 2 or 3 Flowerpot
> Men 12" EPs released, but I plead "Not at home!" to giving the names (I have
> them all, as far as I know ... they're back in the corner of the Vaults (-: )
Thats funny. I got a look at the album cover the DJ handed me, and it was
definitely the Flowerpot *children* -- and the album was dated 1983.
Perhaps there was a precursor to the Flowerpot men???
hmmmmm.....
Brian
>ea...@poseur.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Sun JPL on-site Software Support) writes:
>>Speaking of Hard Techno, doesn't anyone listen to it? Every once in a while
>I'm getting in several CD's of this stuff this weekend. I'll post reviews next
>week.
>Is Leaether Strip classified as techno?
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I think Muzic Research classifies Leaether Strip as
"aggro-techno". If anyone has Technopolis 3, the Zoth Ommog bands on
there have *really* improved. Check out the song by Klute.
Does anyone have Zoth Ommog's Body Rapture 2 yet?
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Ferenc Szabo
>
>I'm looking for information about a band called the Flowerpot Children,
>in particular a song that has a lot of "Joe"s in the lyrics. :-)
>
are they??????
"Victim of collision on the open sea
Nobody ever said that life was free"
Imagine that sung by 8 year olds?!?!?!?!?!?!
ferenc
"Lies can often give you power like a coffin filled with flowers
gives life to the living, not the dead" .... THE RESIDENTS ....
Tone
>>
>>I'm looking for information about a band called the Flowerpot Children,
>>in particular a song that has a lot of "Joe"s in the lyrics. :-)
>>
I think you could be talking about the Flowerpot Men, around circa 1988
(There's also a sixties band with the same name). They did a song called
'Joes so mean (to josephine)' with lots of Joes in it, kinda like :
"Joe Joe d'Joe... Joe Joe d'Joe..."
It's difficult to get across unless you you know the song. Anyway I've got
a couple of their 12" singles, so I could get you catalogue no.s and stuff.
The band had only two members a singer/guitarist and a cello player. I've
seen them play live twice and they were pretty good both times. The band
used to have some links with Siouxie and the Banshees, I think Steve Severin
produced them or somethin. Anyway I'm probably totally wrong about the song
so I won't go on.
Unhelpfully
Tone.
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