Magazine - Cut Out Shapes

[maggyvspom]

very smart manson

[huthut91]

best album of the entire punk/post punk period

[feline1973]

the second half of the song is one of the funkiest pieces of music in the entire worrrrrrrrrld!

[chrisnoaro1]

i agree, but it's quite savage and brutal too! uncommon!

[lovesGenet]

Is McGeoch still alive .amazing his taste in which bands he chose to identify himself. Luxuria .I didn't know about .great Devoto is unusual and worthwhile!

[averilleX]

@lovesGenet No, sadly he passed on several years ago. X

[vegbloke]

.." she had all the advantages of magic, no-one could deny" Howard was a genius in his day.

[vegbloke]

Magazine at their absolute best.

[Muddyrich]

what album was this from?

[cinnmcrickson]

"Secondhand Daylight," their second album, released in 1979. The album is criticized for it's production, which on some tracks seems to submerge the work of John McGeoch, Barry Adamson, and John Doyle under Dave Formula's masterful keyboard lines. But it was still much more widely-received than their last album, "Magic, Murder, and the Weather."

[PLR2]

HE SEZ THE LIMEY'S ALL GOOGLY, DAMN!!!

[axellock62]

kick arse band, luv it.

[EtreTocsin]

Whooo....I have to catch my breath after that one!

[juankenon]

secondhand daylight is so good it's beyond description

[labor2]

..ho scoperti da poco i Magazine ma penso siano F A N T A S T I C I

[heavydutydudes]

man so good ,this is grade A fu*#in music ,you cant beat that ..........

[simleybaton]

Disturbingly excellent. This is exactly the sort of music I need for my head right now. Magazine- unappreciated in their day because they were ahead of their time!!

[axellock62]

superb 1

[musicsnobtobe]

Wow! And to think John Lydon had to contract meningitis in his youth in order to acheve a stare of the same intensity as Devoto.

[CRAPCANNONS]

erm... what?

[musicsnobtobe]

Right..Johnny Rotten's famously scary eyes are a result of him contracting meningitis. I'm just saying that it's amazing that Devoto has a stare like that without even trying.

[CRAPCANNONS]

hm. I knew not of the meningitis, but i agree.

misfortune of this kind can become a great strength.

not unlike Toni Iomi's drop-D guitar tuning to adapt for his fingers decapitated by a metal press. "And a new sound was born in Ipswitch..."

[musicsnobtobe]

Haha. Of course. Anyway, back to the song. Superb! The lyrics are so disjointed too (in the best way possible, not unlike the title's subject matter, cut-out shapes in secondhand daylight!)

[CRAPCANNONS]

agreed.

i wish these guys were expending their tour to the US (though i don't know who'd fill in for McGeogh, the unsung genius of 80's guitar rock)

check out my music video playlists. they're diverse but amusing!

[cinnmcrickson]

Noko, Devoto's partner from Luxuria, is filling in for John McGeoch. While no one can replace the man, himself, Noko is quite competent in his own right.

[CRAPCANNONS]

*expanding

[ACroft13]

One of my favourite Magazine songs, from my favourite album of theirs...brilliant stuff

[stakka79]

The two-note solo is just perfect, and how it bdissolves into controlled feedback.....Genius !

[ChargeShot]

It's like Bauhaus and Japan and I don't know what.

[jennvixvids]

This is so good, it should be illegal to listen to it! I love this band so much.

[Micky1964]

Loved this for years. Criminally few shots of the magnificent bass playing of Barry Adamson.

[samueljaros]

My favourite song from my favourite Magazine album. Memories of waking up at dusk from a nightmare-induced headache.

Later I bought the original VHS and couldn't believe it when I saw that it was in it. The lighting was like my nightmare.

[arlykamikaze]

i love the slow ending...

[ningvn]

GREAT song!

[maryshelleysman]

This song is so dense with images and overlapping inferences that it defies comment. Composed like a painting done in a dream. "Such a crazy lover."

[boogerbenson]

Best band in the world!

Big Bazzers bass is amazing!

so glad they're back together!

Pity John ain't still here though :-(

[frippp66]

Deeply cheering! Thanks for posting x

[mindsearrecords]

wow. i don't know this track. what album is this off of?

[sham64andahalf]

Its off their brilliant second album - Secondhand Daylight mate.

[mindsearrecords]

cheers. i will keep a weather eye for that one.

[roolfie11]

@sham64andahalf

i bought the album... when i was 17 tho but seeing this reaffirms how good it actually is

[Takac1979]

We met at a psychiatric unit

she was in for having habits

no one else would try

she didn't know what she was in control of

she had all the advantages of magic

no one could deny

[china027]

my, my, i feel his eyes on me and i like it! great song!

[rreiben]

great, awesome video!

love magazine!

[windmills20]

I love the way this song was put together.

[RickHenry]

Excellent. Thank you for posting this!

[windmills20]

this isn't spam

nihilnoise (1 week ago)

best song from these guys

[Micky1964]

Brilliant. Thanks for this. Showcases all that's great about Magazine.

[patermtube]

My favourite Magazine's song. That groove, those harmonies...

[Laestadius]

I just cannot stant howards haircut

[windmills20]

howard's haircut is much more punk than a mohawk. mohawks have become rather accepted by society while receding hairlines are shunned upon.

[parsanen]

It's still awful!:D

[nihilnoise]

it suits him

[johnwally]

there was no gel then only sugar and water or soap and I remember if you used too much of either you where thought of as try hard

[neilpendo]

@windmills20 Indeed; I have often thought the ultimate punk coiffure would be a 'comb-over'

[Devito46]

Chills over my back all over again. What a brilliant song from a brilliant band. I always missed Magazine after they've ceased to exist. Always present though...

It's such a crazy lover...

[rollagasper]

Howard must have scared the shit out of random kids turning on the television (if this got any play that is).

A lot of later reviews of Magazine say that Real Life and Correct Use are perfect, while Secondhand Daylight is flawed... I don't know why, because I think this is as good as Real Life, if not better.

[swimminghorseman]

I agree with you. I wish more albums released nowadays were as "flawed" as Secondhand Daylight!

[wow413]

I think Secondhand Daylight is their best... These reviewers are lazy and restless people just like anyone. SD has no hit-songs but works better as an album. Perhaps it's too scary and Devotoish?

[johnwally]

I agree i love the album and it`s 1 you play all the way though then start again

[metyyra]

Maganificent.

I found live version of "Feed The Enemy" but cannot find it anymore. Could someone out there share it and/or send link to it. Please, I beg of you :)

[BurkZerker]

Sublime.

[apocalypsesioux]

Great song and performance! Just realised that there is more than hint of Alex from "A Clockwork Orange" in the stage persona of Mr Devoto......

[fridalasvegas]

I love Dave Formula's baby voice synth! Psycho!

[660908]

so devoto so magazine,one of the greatest bands of our time.........

[SpliffPete]

a friend gave me this, he didnt like it...permafrost..feed the enemy..and this.

What a friend

[SpliffPete]

ifabandcouldever..............­.never

[PLR2]

lemme know when your band sounds like this!!

[winkle62]

One of those songs that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck.

[prillewitz]

Fan-tas-tic !

[madderstill25]

i just get numb when you are hard to find genius x k x

[iris2gamera]

"they don't know how we rehearse our dreams"

not sure what's with the dancer... but Devoto looks like the evil twin of Brian Eno. i can just imagine how much airplay this got. none. could anyone possibly be ready for what magazine was dishing out?

[JohnnySwitchblade]

One of the best song I have ever heard! I wish music were like this nowadays...this is fucking brilliant!

[glomag]

exquisite!

[liddav]

Thanks sham64andahalf for supplying this great stuff..you deserve a medal mate....Real Life.

[PAULLONDEN]

In retrospect this gets only better , my god T H I S  is goooood

[kniphofia]

Such a crazy lover!

[wileydredd]

Good for you. Please go away!

[BigDeanoSyd]

Completely forgotten how good this band and album (Secondhand Daylight) are, it meant so much to me at the time, still wonderful! Youtube is so good for finding this kind of stuff, thanks for posting!

[astraycat]

a ladybird ;)

[sham64andahalf]

Get a real bird you sad lonely pervert. See you tomorrow in a different screename spamming more crap!

[blindoperasinger]

Great rare footage of one of the best bands ever. Although I often still listen to their albums, this video brings back happy memories of actually watching them perform.

[spolpeen]

this has to be one of the best songs ever. Devoto a genius

[chefjono]

Magazine were so far ahead of their time.

Then I read that Radiohead mention them as an influence.

Of Course!

[chticricri]

superbe groupe avec un son tres personnel : souvenir d'un concert à Paris il y a longtemps tres longtemps :

avec un magnifique son de basse

[digsy2]

i'd forgotten how much i loved this album. feed the enemy is just such a great track - seems even stronger now than it did then for some reason.

[badmev]

oh my....10 rocky hot knives gawd takes me back

[benno27]

I JUST GET NUMB WHEN U R HARD, TO FIND.

[censorshiplives]

its pretty much conventional wisdom that magazine's secondhand daylight was a phenomenal album - the first time i heard "cut out shapes" i understood why

[jafaican]

love this album. Howard is scaring the kids.

[asphodeline]

Howard's scaring me! So good to hear this again, though.

[topsypops]

muy buena banda,guitarra yamaha

[azaliasnail]

major saviour.

[sonzabird]

yeah, far and away my favorite magazine album, and i think it was pretty much ignored... not sure.

anyways, this is so cool to find this. thanks sham.

[kommunistas]

good stuff / third or fourth track on secondhand daylight - brilliant album