Favourite Obscure Alternatives track

by **kinki** on Tue May 30, 2006 4:49 am

what about Obscure Alternatives?

by **krausy** on Tue May 30, 2006 8:14 am

Love is Infectious just because when I heard it first and listened to the lyrics I was like, wow, crazy woman!!!! :lol:

runner up is Rhodesia, I like the sort of reggae feel to it!!!!

by **kinki** on Tue May 30, 2006 8:43 am

Yup, I've always loved 'Rhodesia', there's just something haunting about it...

Runner up would be 'Sometimes I feel so low' - there's something very strutty and funky and almost Bowie-esque about it.....

Website · by **heartofdavid** on Tue May 30, 2006 9:37 pm

I voted for Obscure Alternatives; the sound of David moaning and screaming does something to me...

by **kinki** on Wed May 31, 2006 5:54 am

Oh really? :wink:

And what's that then eh? Mwahahahahaha!

by **traiskin** on Wed May 31, 2006 10:50 am

Yep, I thought this would win... its the funky track thats almost listenable!

by **lastgoldstar** on Wed May 31, 2006 3:31 pm

heartofdavid wrote:I voted for Obscure Alternatives; the sound of David moaning and screaming does something to me...

Heehee, same here. :-D

by **krausy** on Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:47 pm

lastgoldstar wrote:
heartofdavid wrote:I voted for Obscure Alternatives; the sound of David moaning and screaming does something to me...

Heehee, same here.

Oh Heck, how could I leave out that one? :twisted:

by **sylvian girl** on Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:58 pm

Rhodesia hands down. everything about that song is just too perfect and beautiful for words. love it.

by **Silver Moon** on Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:26 pm

I voted ...Rhodesia, too! I love the song!

by **kinki** on Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:01 am

As Assemblage was the first album I bought, Rhodesia is probably the first Japan song that really captured me and got me hooked. For that reason it always means so much to me....I find it quite sad in a reflective sort of way - still havent a clue what it's about though! I just love the feel of the song...

by **arieleleven** on Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:30 am

Love Is Infectious...always been most partial to that one for whatever reason. :-)

by **tallulahtaurus** on Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:42 pm

Hmm interesting the main love of my life from that album is overwhelmingly Surburban Berlin. Can't beat a shouty chorus and descending geetar - well I say so anyway.

I remember being slightly fond of the title track too.

Website · by **BeehiveSecrets** on Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:53 am

The Tenant, becus it's sad to death. plus i adore the join-in's of new instruments. followed by Rhodesia and Suburban Berlin i guess.

by **Lord Brett** on Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:42 am

Aplolgies for ressurecting an old thread, but I really like Suburban Berlin from this album, right from when I first heard it on a cassette of Assemblange I bought from a market stall. I have a thing for Weimar-era Berlin, which helps, but also the chorus is great.

Not mad keen on Rhodesia - Japan didn't seem to have a handle on Reggae in the same way that other bands of roughly the same era such as The Clash and Bauhaus did. I don't think Bauhaus went completely reggae at any point, but they certainly co-opted the basslines to great effect.