Summer of the Nephilim

If you are wondering why I haven't been blogging as much this summer, it is because I have become addicted to staying up late at night watching music videos on youtube instead of discussing my opinions on stuff.  Sometimes I need to take time to absorb things in culture instead of forcing myself to write about the same things I have already discussed.

For about a month straight I have been completely obsessed with Fields of the Nephilim.  They make me feel warm and fuzzy in that "favorite band" way that only Sonic Youth, Skinny Puppy, or Bauhaus does for me.  I've never really had just a single favorite band.

Their music touches me in a way that is difficult to define.  I feel like if the inside of me turned itself into songs, a lot of those songs would be Fields of the Nephilim songs.  Almost every one of their songs is like some kind of intense epic and I feel like I have to go out and do something noteworthy after listening.  It makes me want to dance around and jump on couches and wear black winklepickers and change the world.

Carl McCoy's raspy, deep voice sounds like he eats nails for breakfast. Some people compare his vocals to Andrew Eldritch of Sisters of Mercy, but I find Carl McCoy's voice to be a lot rougher and more distinctive, although they do both have that guttural gothy thing going on.  It kind of made me want to laugh at first, but then I found it incredibly sexy.  Also, Tony Pettitt is one of the best bass players I have ever heard. If you watch their music videos you see that they are also pretty funny guys at times, like when Carl McCoy's head sings "my heeeeeead" inside of a cauldron in the music video for "Blue Water". 

Interview on MTV 120 minutes: 1990



I can't find the Dawnrazor album of theirs that I used to have, and I'm going through withdrawal until I can afford to order it from ebay or amazon (because I know just that album won't be enough and I'll also have to order all of their other albums and probably a DVD). 

I also can't stop watching their music videos or googling and ogling pictures of Carl McCoy circa 1988-1991...all dusted up with flour like some kind of...dusty, dark cowboy of my dreams. 


Found via some broken link on googleimages.


madameguillotine.org.uk

Here is a partial list of their videos/songs for your viewing and/or listening pleasure.  What are some of your favorite Fields of the Nephilim songs?:

Moonchild: http://youtu.be/BYYy862KFyE
Blue Water: http://youtu.be/FS5RPJQVh-Q
Preacher Man: http://youtu.be/hsSFR43Z600
Dust: http://youtu.be/0UbiNKU227Y
Volcane: http://youtu.be/3g9QMveE-oA
Love Under Will: http://youtu.be/VzVIMLf0CfM
For Her Light: http://youtu.be/6OrsxYevlgw
Last Exit for the Lost: http://youtu.be/G8NMayki4Uc
Slow Kill: http://youtu.be/tJ1oRmHsJcc
Power: http://youtu.be/K70OSjPsWAo
Dawnrazor: http://youtu.be/3juNmWr_EbY
At the Gates of Silent Memory: http://youtu.be/UcdotRkKPmY
Secrets: http://youtu.be/PJXRYqHy7Zo
Reanimator: http://youtu.be/Olr5OwldYdE
Sumerland: http://youtu.be/NCMm1mJ3DRs
Wail of Sumer & And There Will Your Heart Be Also: http://youtu.be/GNTH1rhJTLo
The Sequel: http://youtu.be/uLMJLpn_JMY
Burning the Fields: http://youtu.be/gSaPDIwC8UM
Psychonaut: http://youtu.be/-dUyc1wR-h0