LEGENDARY PINK DOTS (LPD) — Legacy. 25th Anniversary Single
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Jubiläums-Single zum 25jährigen Bestehen der Band, enthält eine neue, sehr schön experimentell-dronige & witzige Version von LEGACY!
"The Dots celebrate their 25th anniversary this year with a 25th anniversary tour and this single, which features a 1981 recording of the song Legacy and a new version recorded this year. Despite the immense back catalogue of the Dots, the choice for Legacy is a logical one, as Some Fine Legacy (the label who released this record) was named after this song. Legacy 81 is a nice surprise as it is the original version from the Chemical Playschool Volume 1 and 2 cassette and not the one featured on the Brighter Now LP (which most of us will know). Legacy 81 is a charming song with rhythm box, keyboards and Kaspel singing bleak lyrics about the break-up of a relationship and its aftermath ("you always hurt the one you love" he laments). Legacy 06 is an altogether different beast and nothing like it's A-side counterpart. Still, the song surprisingly opens with a fragment of Legacy (the Brighter Now version), after which it goes into an electronic flat soundscape with a spoken word story about the splitting up of goods ("not the television"). The third part of the song has a repeated chorus of "Some fine legacy you left me" that is reminiscent of the original version. The concept of the single is clear and works well; if you're an 80's Dots-fanatic you'll probably hate the 06 version and if you're a fan from say after 1990 you'll probably think the 81 version is crap. Still, all prejudice set aside, you cannot help the feeling that the new version is a weaker brother of its original counterpart." [FK / Vital Weekly]
"The Dots celebrate their 25th anniversary this year with a 25th anniversary tour and this single, which features a 1981 recording of the song Legacy and a new version recorded this year. Despite the immense back catalogue of the Dots, the choice for Legacy is a logical one, as Some Fine Legacy (the label who released this record) was named after this song. Legacy 81 is a nice surprise as it is the original version from the Chemical Playschool Volume 1 and 2 cassette and not the one featured on the Brighter Now LP (which most of us will know). Legacy 81 is a charming song with rhythm box, keyboards and Kaspel singing bleak lyrics about the break-up of a relationship and its aftermath ("you always hurt the one you love" he laments). Legacy 06 is an altogether different beast and nothing like it's A-side counterpart. Still, the song surprisingly opens with a fragment of Legacy (the Brighter Now version), after which it goes into an electronic flat soundscape with a spoken word story about the splitting up of goods ("not the television"). The third part of the song has a repeated chorus of "Some fine legacy you left me" that is reminiscent of the original version. The concept of the single is clear and works well; if you're an 80's Dots-fanatic you'll probably hate the 06 version and if you're a fan from say after 1990 you'll probably think the 81 version is crap. Still, all prejudice set aside, you cannot help the feeling that the new version is a weaker brother of its original counterpart." [FK / Vital Weekly]