My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless is 30 years old this year, but it sounds timeless. A record cemented in a legendary story that defined the sound of shoegaze, My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields took 18 months to finally complete it. Is it the Pet Sounds of the 90s? The best indie record of all time? All of this and more? Let’s find out.
Just as legendary DJ and radio host John Peel has once said that someone was going to make a 12-part documentary on My Bloody Valentine. Well, I would like to make the meme come into reality. This is the first episode of a three-part deep dive into each and every one of MBV’s full-length releases. Today, we explore the hurdles of difficulties that characterized the chaotic recording of loveless and the elements that made the sound unforgettable.
In part two, we’ll go back in time and explore the origins of the band that solidified the seductive sound of shoegaze through Kevin Shields’ beguiling guitar. And in part three, we’ll finally piece the present back together and celebrate the band’s epic return in 2012 with m b v.
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
02:07 - London, 1989
02:52 - Kevin is Crazy, But Not Mentally Ill
05:00 - Too Untogether To Function
07:08 - The Guitar Is A Wild Animal, And You Have To Ride The Mad Beast
11:09 - The Danger of Floating Off Into Some Kind of Sugary Never-Never Land
13: 25 - Creation’s Token Arty Band
16:06 - It’s Just The Music, And Only The Music, That People Have Taken To
19:50 - Conclusion
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STORY DISCLAIMER:
This video essay was constructed using a series of interviews and quotes, courtesy of Kevin Shields, Bilinda Butcher, Debbie Googe, Colm O’Ciosoig, and others. All claims made in this video have been supported by evidence, which you can access using the research link to the public database below. There is also a good degree of personal interpretation of the musical output, which we are happy to open up to discussion down below! There is obviously a lot more of information on Loveless and My Bloody Valentine available on the internet, and we hope to be able to make feature length video with input from the band one day (could you imagine?), but in the mean time, this will do.
Research Links (for the whole series): bit.ly/3hq3lru
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MUSIC DISCLAIMER:
Due to copyright protection, the use of My Bloody Valentine’s studio recordings has been limited in this video. We thought we’d take the opportunity to spotlight some interesting worthwhile covers and mood music that would convey the atmosphere of the story. Links to the featured music are down below.
Music In This Video: pastebin.com/7Xra8Jgv
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