The fucked-up ending of Spacemen Jam
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:02 am
Was listening to this with the wifey the other night. I've got the Sympathy version of the Dreamweapon CD and have never felt the need to upgrade to the Space Age release (how many versions of "Xtacy Live Intro Theme" can even a completist possibly need?). It had been a few years since last I played the album all the way through - maybe five or six, now that I think about it. So suddenly we're fourteen minutes into "Spacemen Jam", and I'm reminded of one thing I've always wondered about this track: this uppity tsk-tsk-tsk noise that starts coming out of both speakers, mostly the right, while both players' strumming becomes really irregular, as if the disc were skipping. It occured to me that it suddenly sounded as if things were going backwards. There's a snippet of dialogue at the end, not intelligible to me, that sounded like it could be backwards as well. But probably not. I guess it's just a bunch of skips. Can anyone illuminate this? Last I checked this is one of the most mysterious Spacemen tracks in all of Christendom, and not even the name of the other guitarist (besides Peter, I mean) is widely known. The Space Age version is supposedly slightly longer - does it have the tsk-tsk-tsking and skipping? Or is it just my copy that's fucked up, and I've never had the sense to wonder why?
I figure Runcible can help me out. Don't worry, Runcie, all's well here, and I'll be writing you soon enough. I should note though (since you're sure to read this and I'm in a bit of a hurry - forgive me!) that I'm quite certain I don't have any of the moderating powers (beyond editing/deleting posts) that you boys have been discussing in your messages.
I figure Runcible can help me out. Don't worry, Runcie, all's well here, and I'll be writing you soon enough. I should note though (since you're sure to read this and I'm in a bit of a hurry - forgive me!) that I'm quite certain I don't have any of the moderating powers (beyond editing/deleting posts) that you boys have been discussing in your messages.