The Church-Electric Lash

[@heathcornbeef]

I saw these dudes in 1983 at the SWEETWATERS music festival they walked off stage after a few songs all weekend the crowd was having can fights 50.000 people three nights and two days of drinking smoking music and throwing cans thousands and thousands of can's flying and NOT ALL OF THEM OPEN AND EMPTY when the Church came on can fight a few songs into their set a stubby bottle of beer goes flying past the singer the band stopped AND THE SINGER SAID ANYTHING ELSE GETS THROWN AT US WERE GONE AND AS SOON AS HE SAID THAT A WINE BOTTLE FLY'S PAST HIM AND THAT WAS THAT NEXT UP SPLIT ENZ. those can fights I'll never forget in front of the main stage to the left and about a hundred feet back was a cabbage tree growing at an angle leaning towards the stage and probably around 25/30 foot tall and people would climb up for a better view and as soon as they got to the top can's thousands of can's flying at the poor numbnut that didn't see or learn from others and not long before split enz came out on stage a guy climbs up the tree in full bike leather's and helmet and he didn't give a shit about the can's two guys who chopped it down while he was up there freaked him and THE CROWD ROARED i was only 13 year's old with my dad and uncle band's that played that weekend that i wanted to and did see Netherworld Dancing Toy's. Psychedelic furs. UB40. Toots and the Maytals who I've been lucky enough to have seen another two times in my lifetime he was and always will be amazing R.I.P TOOT'S HIBBERT Split enz The church Midnight oil Australian Crawl The Screaming me Meemees Dance exponents The Mockers No Tag DD Smash Daggy and the Dickheads

[@LilOtakuAngy]

Some v. interesting comments. For all The Church's wonderful LPs voer the years, they have ALWAYS remained for me an ultimate live band. that wall of sound they get bouncing the rickenbackers off the walls of the room is just sensational...

[@rodon63]

l loved this band...they were as brilliant live as they were in their recordings...gave us an alternative to the mainstream.

[@serene23]

They are still fantastic and going string!

[@shivaillusions]

Champions! Beautiful riff, lifts my heart...

[@mozzycat00]

I was 7 yo. I had saved up and I was of with mum to get my very own music cassette, I and only I would decide on who I chose. This, thinking back, was a bit of a milestone for me. I chose 'The Church' 'Seance'. This song 'Electric Lash' was the first song I listened to on the cassette & first ever Church song, it became my favorite immediately, then Fly. I like to think I had pretty good taste in music as a 7 y/old. My brother & sister weren't to happy cause, He was into The Sex Pistols & the London punk scene and She was into Abba and Bucks Fizz at that moment in time. You can imagine the fights, friggin Brutal ... Why? ... Cause there was only 1 cassette player between 3 very angry kids. Ahhhh, Good Times

[@jorgezi]

Great song from a great band. Thanks!!

[@davidbeckett3313]

what can you say! 30 odd years old ,but still brilliantly time less love you church !

[@cecilthegreat]

This record help put me to sleep in college. Just close your eyes and dream whilst listening to The Church.

[@Moo01100]

I remember walking around on some fairly decent, clean acid, while listening to this, in the 80's. By fuck that was a long time ago, but the memories of those times ping back at me every time I hear this gorgeous song.

[@Brando64]

ooh, yes indeed! I _recorded_ myself on acid while listening to this song. I might've been watching the video clip as well. I recall watching "It's No Reason" that day and was convinced that song contained the answers to heal the world, Back in 1986 things were cleaner and simpler.....

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

+Levin Mulder i tripped hard to the church one night in 1994

[@Brando64]

good trip, I hope, man.

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

its the most i have ever tripped out to music and i am not even a big church fan. it was Priest=Aura. i will never forget it

[@mebeasensei]

Very trippy record..dark and brooding too

[@Daisypetal100]

Hubba hubba! Steve Kilbey looks so handsome!

[@malcolmkerr9781]

According to my wife he still is. And she's right

[@tarheel8494]

@@malcolmkerr9781 yeah, he has hit middle/older age very nicely

[@alonys]

This is nothing. Look for the "Tantalized" video.

[@GemmiiBear]

I think someone played this to me once when I was 19 to try to tell me something and I missed it. Now I get what he was saying. Still love the song. Get well Steve K. The Church - best Aussie band ever. Shirley

[@brucelee-wo5ge]

What an insanely good song!!

[@Loui3535]

I fell in love to this music.

[@crimsonwhite1]

I remember when this came out. Wow, great song.

[@GoodMrDawes]

Awesome Song

[@MacAggy]

Love the drums...simple yes...but the roll (with the effect and all) leading into the last verse is just about the coolest I've ever heard.

[@CoolCoraline]

i adore this song

[@craigjones21]

Interesting... my main complaint about Marty's albums has been that they've been over-produced...the only one I listen to is the live one (and I happened to be at the concert where it was recorded which is really cool :). Marty's live, raw, acoustic performance fills the room with a resonance and rich sound that just can't be reproduced on an album.

[@spassy13]

this is the album i went to sleep to . after way to many cones . still affects me .they are the only ONES

[@Mr69906990]

LOVE.

[@digmacdiggydoo]

Great song. One of my fav's. That drum sound, still after all these years, gets me. Not Richard's fault. From what I have read, it was the producer. Best song from #3 (not counting sing songs and TFFY.)

[@Daisypetal100]

Richard Ploog looks incredibly young!

[@digoxin]

@MegaPashaw sk is steve kilbey (singer/bassist) - ironically just yesterday he started what appears to be the bowie series in his blog - had to cut it short because he's not well - the blog's name is Time Being you can check it out it's some pretty amazing stuff... sk is one of the most intelligent rockers ever and it shows... and of course not all music by the choich sounds like bowie cos they're not a cover band - but bowie is definitely a major influence... cheers!

[@energymagic8]

My favourite acid music too! This album coincided with the arrival of the infamous "iron curtain" trips that arrived in Adelaide, South Australia, at the time. Truly SUBLIME!....You're right, Levin Mulder, "It's No Reason" was great on acid. BLISS.

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

+Ryan Grimm the most intense acid trip music i have heard was the church once back in the 90s Priest=Aura

[@Kohntarkosz]

Are you sure it's a real forest? I've always thought it looked like it was filmed on a soundstage. I always thought the video for A Different Man looked similiar as well.

[@franko6677]

Call me crazy but I think the drum sound actually adds to the song. It's very 80s but I don't think that's a bad thing. Either way, brilliant tune.

[@Foldisfitch]

@digoxin Maybe a touch of Bowie(who is also one of my favs) because of Kilbey's early very distinctive Australian/English accent(like Bowie on his very early stuff) but take the accent away and Kilbey to me has his own one of a kind voice.

[@Kohntarkosz]

Yeah, I know what you mean. When I saw Marty Willson-Piper earlier this year, he was talking producers about producers who "tamper" with an artist's sound. I think he was refering to a record by Lucinda Williams, I think, from the 80's. He said something to the effect that some producers just don't understand how to handle an artist or a band who have an unique sound, they just try to make the record "radio friendly" or in keeping with the current fashion. I think that applies to Seance, as well

[@aus80srockradio94]

This song is about Jennifer Keyte.

[@Chapps1941]

Where is she now?

[@Kohntarkosz]

How so? To me, that looks like it was shot on a soundstage. It doesn't look like a real forest.

[@MegaPashaw]

@digoxin what's sk? and some songs you don't hear any bowie..

[@drummerboyrocks]

although the guitar sound at the beginning is distorted on here,when its normal and clear...those who are familiar with it should listen to 'whiteboy' off the new James album,great track but blatantly lifted the guitar intro from this....

[@MegaPashaw]

@digoxin oh, haha :) Well...yeah cheers to that! ps. who doesn't love bowie anyway?

[@CoolCoraline]

r u stevekilbey???????

[@Detroit1967]

Houston, we've got a problem here...

[@MegaPashaw]

anyone else hear a hint of bowie?