[.ca] Gotham

An Excellent Live Document of the Grandfathers of Goth Rock:
This serves both as a great "Best of.." Collection and a great Live performance from one of the most influential bands of the days of yore. I wouldn't recommend picking this up as an introduction to Bauhaus, but if you're like me, unfortunately too young to have seen them in their hay-day or most likely ever see them again, then this is a great way for you to get the idea of a live Bauhaus show without being able to be there in person. My only complaint is that this Two Disc set, which cost me the same as a FULL two disc set, only has about 19 tracks all together and is basically just a live version of collection 1 and 2. I was hoping for two discs with 15 songs a piece that would serve as a career spanning live document, featuring four or five select songs from each of their albums (See: Death To The Pixies). All I'm asking for is a live version of "Exquisite Corpse", is that really too much to ask? Oh well, such is life. Anyway, this album is definitely worth checking out if you're interested in hearing Bauhaus live...And you have the 23+ bucks to throw away on 19 songs....God that burns me.

You Can Hear the Fog Machine Whir...:
Not many bands can pull off the solid-black thing without eliciting giggles, but this one does. I thought the Bauhaus were great 10-15 years ago, and was leery of getting this disc for fear it would be one of those sad reunion albums that always seem to come out a decade after the "final" tour. But not so! These guys still wallow in existential angst with the best of 'em. If anything, Peter Murphy's delivery is more substantial after a decade of great albums and vocal growth. And the band proves that they can still play rough, even after the pop and polish of Love and Rockets.

Nice comeback concert:
Goes through all the favourites and gives a few bonuses as well but I have to say that the version of Bela Lugosi Is Dead is not half as good as the one on Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape. That one has a more claustrophobic nature to it. As for the cover version of the Dead Can Dance song - it's good but I would prefer to hear the original

Godfathers of Goth Rock:
Okay children...this is a killer album. If I had to own only one Bauhaus recording, it would be this one. Bauhaus are the godfathers of goth ROCK--they initiated a genre. My Dying Bride are METAL, not rock--they are gothic doom metal, and the godfathers of gothic doom are Black Sabbath. Anathema, Paradise Lost, and My Dying Bride are all goth-METAL. ALSO "gothic" is a theme, not a form of music. Movies (styled in the film noir tradition)like Bladerunner, Hellraiser, and the Crow are "gothic." Film noir means "dark film" which alludes to dark cinematic overtones. Many bands are styled goth--The Cure, black metal like Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth, Katatonia, all considered "goth" or goth influenced. Architecture (as in old cathedrals) are styled "gothic." Stop fighting kiddies. You don't even have valid arguments.

A great live album from a killer goth-rock band:
This was my first forray into the world of bauhaus, and I must say that I've come out extremely impressed. I like to think that I know a fair bit about the goth scene, and bauhaus has become one of my favorite bands..

• Double Dare
• In the Flat Field
• God in an Alcove
• In Fear of Fear
• Hollow Hills
• Kick in the Eye
• Terror Couple Kill Colonel
• Silent Hedges
• Severence
• Boys
• She's in Parties
• Passion of Lovers
• Dark Entries
• Telegram Sam
• Ziggy Stardust
• Bela Lugosi's Dead
• All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
• Spirit
• Severence \oStudio Version\c