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Bailee 2022-01-08 08:03:11

The Venus In Furs and The Wylde Tatttz are two small bands formed for the film.

Let’s take a look at how dreamy the members are:

The Venus In Furs (the name hate obviously comes from the famous song "Venus in fur" by The Velvet Under Ground)
Member:
Paul Kimble (from Grant Lee Buffalo)
Thom Yorke ( from radiohead)
Jon Greenwood (from radiohead)
Bernard Butler (from suede)
Andy Mackay (from Roxy Music)

Notes:
Grant Lee Buffalo: An alternative folk band in Los Angeles that became an army in the early 1990s. Once compared with REM.
Radiohead: There is nothing to say about this, right? Zheng Jun has covered their songs. A famous band during the New wave of the new wave in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. Radiohead's songs are very sad and sour to me, so I am not very fascinated. But the feeling given to me in the venus in furs seems to be gone. Finally realized that Thom's voice turned out to be so good.
Suede: There is nothing to say. I have just been to Beijing to open a live. But Bernard was already out of the team when he came. I love Suede the most when he is there. Once a big bet... Bernard's guitar is too distinctive, right? I listened to the OST twice when I didn’t see the list of members, and I felt that the guitar style was like him. The songs of a few years have not been listened to in vain.
Roxy Music: This is a real veteran. The Glam band in the 70s was rated second only to the Beatles in influence on British music. Andy is probably also an uncle at this time? Come join in the fun with a bunch of boys, ha ha.

Wylde Ratttz (Well... Wylde should have something to do with Wilde... And a very popular metal band in the United States in the 1980s was called Ratt)
Member:
Mark Arm (from Mudhoney)
Ron Asheton (from The Stooges)
Jim Dunbar (from fIREHOSE)
Don Fleming (Alice Cooper Producer)
Thurston Moore (from Sonic Youth)
Steve Shelley (from Sonic Youth)
Mike Watt (from fIREHOSE)

Notes:
Mudhoney: Seattle old grunge band, earlier than Nirvana.
The Stooges: Punk band in the 70s, the ancestor of garage music. The lead singer and guitar are Iggy Pop, and later eloped to the UK to work with David Bowie, the super monster. A large part of the plot of the movie story is based on their "deeds"......-_-|||. But they are quite honest now, and the film is edited without saying a word. It's not like DB...
Firehose: American non-mainstream bands in the 1980s ... I don't know much about American bands, I can only
say so much... Alice Cooper: Goblin~~~ The lead singer of the Los Angeles Metal Band in the 1970s. It seems that you can often see his scary makeup photos on the Internet.
Sonic Youth: The famous New York guitar noise band in the post-Punk era. Its reputation is thundering even for people who don't listen to American rock very much. However, I really haven't heard of their music much...

The members of the two bands can be described as an elite combination, and they are very distinct, representing the typical styles of British and American rock music. One team is dedicated to performing Slade's songs, and the other team is dedicated to creating Curt's music (although Curt's music only includes the song TV eye, this one is very enjoyable). This kind of unparalleled cooperation just thinks about it, and it’s a work that pays tribute to the rock music of the 70s and 80s! The ability to attract so many bands to support at once shows the director's appeal and the super representativeness of the movie content. What's more, there is also Michael Stipe from REM.

There are many other bands, and there are so many things to talk about. We will introduce them one by one later.


First of all, I have changed the background music to manual playback, so as not to disturb the friends who don't like to listen to it.

Apart from Venus in Furs and Wylde Ratttz, there are still a few songs left:

"We Are The Boys" by Pulp
"Needle in the Camel's Eye" by Brian Eno
"Satellite of Love" by Lou Reed
"Make Me Smile (Come Up) and See Me)" by Steve Harley
"Diamond Meadows" by T-Rex

Notes:
Pulp: A typical British band about the same time as Suede and Radiohead. The style is more neurotic and has a proletarian spirit (laughs).
Brain Eno: A master of environmental music! Formerly a member of Roxy Music, he flew solo because of a disagreement with the lead voice. A new form of music, "ambient music", was created by chance. Worked with David Bowie. Later, I worked as the producer of U2 for a long time. If I remember correctly, the name of the author of the boot music of Win98 is filled in. Anyway, he is a very strong uncle...
Lou Reed: This... the lead singer of the American band the velvet underground. It's hard to say a word about what kind of band the velvet underground is. If you are interested, you can find information by yourself. David Bowie was also deeply influenced by them. After disbanding Lou Reed has been insisting on personal development. His songs were also included in the famous "Training" movie in the 90s. Lou Reed, a grandfather-level figure, also had frequent contacts with Uncle DB in the 70s. It can be said that although most of Curt's development experience in the movie is based on Iggy Pop, it is actually the incarnation of the combination of Iggy Pop and Lou Reed.
Steve Harley: The lead singer of the 70-year-old folk rock band Cockney Rebel. Another identity is a part-time host of the BBC. In addition to this song and "Tumbling down", his "Sebastian" actually appeared in the movie. It is the song that Slade wears and DB wears a long skirt similar to the one that sang an acoustic guitar.
T-Rex: Known as the originator of gorgeous rock and roll... Listen carefully to the music, which is really a legacy of the 1960s.

There are two others that are not easy to categorize:

"Personality Crisis" by Teenage Fanclub.
This is the famous New York Dolls song performed by a temporary band led by Donna Mattews of Elastica.

"20th Century Boy" by Flaming Creatures.
This is a temporary band formed by Brian Molko and Steve Hewitt of Placebo and Anthony Langdon of Spacehog. The original song is T-Rex's famous song. This song needs to be said carefully. This song has been sung many times, including Japanese bands. If you read Naoki Urasawa's "20th Century Boys", you will find that the inspiration comes from this song. And David Bowie also sang this song with Brain Molko at the Placebo concert.

The last one left:

"Bitter's End" by Paul Kimble & Andy Mackay
This is an internal recombination... These two uncles are really interested...

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Velvet Goldmine quotes

  • Mandy Slade: I needn't mention how essential dreaming is to the character of the rock star.

  • Cecil: Style always wins out in the end.