i stumbled across a pretty good blog
post
about the mekons. it's a nice rundown of the mekons recordings and
some random youtube clips, including a great lu edmonds 'heaven and
back'. i'll disagree a little bit with some of this opinions, though. i
got into the mekons with
mekons rock 'n roll; i think i bought
the cd after the first time i heard 'memphis egypt' on the radio, so i
jumped pretty quickly into the back catalog available at the time.
so good it hurts is a very strong album, right behind
fear and whiskey and
curse; to me, it holds up better than
honky tonkin'.
so good it hurts,
rock 'n roll and
curse might be the best three albums in a row in the history of the known universe. i'll also stand up for
retreat from memphis and
natural.
retreat is
a fantastic rock album. plenty of hooks and rocking songs; i know jon
langford has said over the years that he's disappointed with it, but
what would he know! i got
natural at the show, so i saw the
songs live before i heard the record; over the years i've listened to it
over and over. great songs there; nice job, lu. lastly, in a better
universe, 'only you and your ghost will know' would have been the
biggest country single of all time.
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