Garbage Days Revisited #8: The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Stoned And Dethroned" (1994)
"Fuck with me and I'll fuck with you, isn't that what we're supposed to do? Cut me down and I will kill you too, isn't that what we're supposed to do?" - The Jesus & Mary Chain , Dirty Water I've written several times in both SFTJ and GDR about my evenings as a teenager sitting around with various friends of a weekend listening to albums in various peoples' bedrooms and drinking alcohol and smoking, erm, "magic parsley", when the funds and availability through mates' older brothers allowed. As I've said, a lot of the lads who I used to partake in these sessions with were either shoegazing or grunge fans so although we all got on well, I still felt like a bit of a square peg in a round hole with the group from time to time. I'd happily tolerate listening to Ride or Lush or whoever was on the stereo this week but it still wouldn't stop me asking if we could cue up some Senseless Things or Wonder Stuff or Carter on a...