Flying Nun Heavenly Pop Hits Documentary - Part 6

Roger seems a nice guy.

Stop being foolish, petty and passive. The world needs to be exposed to the classic FN sound once and for all. Someone needs to pick up the classic catalog and keep it in print like what Ryko did with the Bowie catalog.

try re-releasing on vinyl, heavy vinyl, that sort of thing. I mean come on. There would be such a huge market for this stuff if involved, respectful, creative, thoughful and responsible parties could see to it to make it happen. No more best ofs, anthologies and what not. Re-release the original issue recordings. The 90's bands for the best part will be as forgettable as 90's bands anywhere else in the world.

I'm sorry everything was handled so crappily but the music remains some of the best pop music made anywhere at any time. Please please please do what happened with Go-Betweens and re-release the seminal FN recordings with extra, bonus and live tracks, make them affordable and available.

The 90's DIY 4 track indie bedroom recording phenom that made huge stars of pavement and GBV had ALREADY been done in nz but nz did it best because instead of lo-fi being a posture or assumed stance on how music should sound, the ACTUAL limitations in recording at that time created a REAL lofi asthetic that could not be duplicated if you had a gun to your head.

Re: All your comments on FN - Well said!

the knox sound is the dunedin sound is the kiwi sound is the nz 80's sound. period. wimpy? hardly. THAT sound is transfixing, raw, organic, sublime.

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interesting, sometimes a bit grim. I do wonder if Chris Knox's (misplaced) reverence to 'purity' had an overall stunting effect on NZ music. I think it could have matured and grown more than it did, and yes, be more commercial. Why not? It's still good music.

I'm sure Chris Knox didn't always have the most positive influence on NZ music, but I doubt if all the musicians in the Flying Nun roster/loop let him affect their music so much.  Also the Headless Chickens became quite commercially successful/sounding in their later days.