The Bangles - The Bangles (EP)

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:37 pm

I saw this at Half Price Books over the weekend and regretted not being able to pull the trigger. (My turntable isn't set up, and they were asking $25. On top of the fact that I just can't spend that on an EP right now.)

Anyone have this? Share your thoughts and whatnot?

AllMusic Wrote:

Miles away from the L.A. soft rock paranoia of Everything or the over-produced pop gems of their second album, Different Light, the Bangles' self-titled debut EP is a rough and ready, heavily '60s-sounding record. Produced by David Leon, the five tracks have a raw, live feel and are very similar to their first single, "Getting out of Hand." The EP only took a few days to record but half a year to release and the early Bangles lineup included Annette Zilinkas on bass instead of Michael Steele. "Want You" opens up with the familiar Bangles layered vocal harmonies, but is a rather punky affair reminiscent of the Seeds; Vicki Peterson, who always came up with the rockier tunes in the band's subsequent albums, unsurprisingly wrote it. "How Is the Air up There" is a cover of a punk classic originally penned by New Zealand 's the La De Das and the poppy and perky "Mary Street" offers glimpses of the Bangles' future sound and displays their more-than-capable songwriting abilities. Drummer Debbi Peterson said that they wanted the record to have a garage-sounding quality, so it is quite ironical to think that only four years later the girls were about to become one of the most successful chart groups of the '80s with their slickly produced synth pop. Immature sounding in places, The Bangles EP is very much an introduction to their fine first album, All Over the Place. Not as widely available as their other recordings, this EP is still well worth checking out by fans eager to discover the roots of the female quartet.
4.5 Stars

Stone · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:27 am **Posts:** 1562

Best thing they ever did if you ask me, but it's been a while since I've heard it.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:48 pm

Why would anyone want to listen to the Bangles in 2010?

Stone · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:27 am **Posts:** 1562

I don't know, why would anyone want to listen to the Stones or Bob Marley or David Bowie in 2010? What kind of question is that?

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:20 pm

Did you just compare the Bangles to the Stones?

south pacific · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:48 am

jesus Todd we need an intervention about this

http://www.obner.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1612&p=22814&hilit=the+bangles#p22814

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:41 am

south pacific Wrote:

jesus Todd we need an intervention about this

http://www.obner.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1612&p=22814&hilit=the+bangles#p22814

Um...

Oh, and, since this is long out-of-print, if anyone can hook a brother up, it would be appreciated.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

http://digivinyltal.blogspot.com/2007/1 ... -over.html

leads to link here

http://rapidshare.com/files/61332777/PVAc0223.rar

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:54 am

Thanks, Phil!
Have you heard this thing? How do you dig it?

With your hands?
With a plastic sand pail shovel?
With a garden spade?
With a big shovel?
With a back hoe?

EDIT:
Damn! It didn't download correctly!

bort · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:59 am

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

Did you just compare the Bangles to the Stones?

seemed like a valid question.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

Todd I haven't checked it out yet, but I will.

try this

http://www.mediafire.com/?tjzxj5utknm

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:09 am

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

Todd I haven't checked it out yet, but I will.

try this

http://www.mediafire.com/?tjzxj5utknm

It's a .rar file. How do I play that sucker on my iTunes?

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:17 am

you need to dl winrar, which is sorta kinda like winzip. Unpack it, and enjoy.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:20 am

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

you need to dl winrar, which is sorta kinda like winzip. Unpack it, and enjoy.

Can't install a new program on this computer. Does anyone have an mp3 version? Bob? Phil?

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

try right clicking on the rar, some pcs will decompress it. If you still don't have any luck, i'll set it up for you at work

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:40 am

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

try right clicking on the rar, some pcs will decompress it. If you still don't have any luck, i'll set it up for you at work

I'm on a Mac. Doesn't seem to do anything.
Thanks, Bob!

Stone · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:27 am **Posts:** 1562

Yep, I did, in that their best days are long gone, but they made some music that people like. The quality of the music is a topic of debate, but if someone likes the Bangles of the early 80s, even today, how is that different from liking the Stones of the late 1960s?

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

this was in a record collection i bought a few years ago and i thought it was pretty good, definitely not what i was expecting.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:09 pm

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

Why would anyone want to listen to the Bangles in 2010?

Question posed by someone who owns the Cult boxset.

d · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:09 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

Why would anyone want to listen to the Bangles in 2010?

Question posed by someone who owns the Cult boxset.

ha, maybe Timmy should ask Cherie Currie. She's a BIG fan.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:37 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

Why would anyone want to listen to the Bangles in 2010?

Question posed by someone who owns the Cult boxset.

Oh no you di'int.

robotboy · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:44 pm

wait a tick, 25 goddamn dollars for a bangles record?

robotboy · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:45 pm

FOR 5 GODDAMNED SONGS!?

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:52 pm

Poor sound quality but, a YouTube stream of a couple of the songs from the EP:

Nice "Taxman" bassline on that second tune.
There are some more there, too.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:00 pm

And their first single:

The Bangles - The Bangles (EP)

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