#Zen Arcade

[napunk-history]

Hüsker Dü (1984)

[batteredshoes]

Forty Years Old, These Two

We learned punk rock in Hollywood Drove up from Pedro We were fucking corn dogs We'd go drink and pogo

-Mike Watt, History Lesson Part II

[jt1674]

[archivist-crow]

“Pink Turns Blue” live at Camden Palace, 1985

Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (1984)

Forty years ago today, on July 1, 1984, Zen Arcade, the second studio (double) album by Saint Paul, Minnesota trio Hüsker Dü was released. A concept album, Zen Arcade over its 25 tracks tells the story of a young man leaving an unsatisfying home life, only to discover the world outside has horrors of its own. Of the album’s 25 tracks, all but two were first takes, and the entire album was recorded in one 40-hour session. Recording and production combined took a total of 85 hours and a cost $3,200. Integral to the 80s indie rock scene, Hüsker Dü’s Zen Arcade has been hailed by some as not only one of the best concept albums of all time, but also one of the best albums of all time, period.

[daedric-gengar]

POKÉMON [ ポケモン ]

• Anime Halloween Special / 1997 Artwork

[rastronomicals]

3:19 PM EST January 5, 2024:

Hüsker Dü - "Hare Krsna" From the album Zen Arcade (July 1984)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

[spilladabalia]

Hüsker Dü - Something I Learned Today

[ohgodmusic]

Mom and Dad, I'm sorry Mom and Dad, don't worry I'm not the son you wanted, but what could you expect? I've made my world of happiness to combat your neglect

- “Whatever”, Zen Arcade (1984), Hüsker Dü

[100discos2024]

#21 - 13/10/2024: Hüsker Dü - "Zen Arcade" (1984)

Álbum conceitual (ópera rock?) que conta a história de um garoto que foge de casa e suas desventuras. Destaques: "Something I Learned Today", "Never Talking to You Again", "Standing by the Sea", "Pink Turns to Blue" e "Turn On the News". Discaço!

[napunk-history]

Hüsker Dü

Zen Arcade (1984)

[jt1674]

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

ON THIS DAY IN WEST MASS HARDCORE PUNK -- FORTY YEARS AGO TO THE DAY.

PIC INFO: On This Day in '80s U.S. punk history -- Spotlight on a show/gig flyer for HÜSKER DÜ (headlining), with OUTPATIENTS, ARTICLES OF FAITH, and PERSONALITY CRISIS (supporting), performing live at Pulaski Club, East Hampton, MA, on June 21, 1984.

"Before my dad passed away in the early eighties he always said put the year on it so you know when it happened when u get older… At the time it seemed weird… not anymore. Didn’t have to do research on this one! . . . . ."

-- @outpatientshardcore (OUTPATIENTS band official Instagram page)

WSource: www.picuki.com/media/3130225158731059465.

[pisquareseven]

I've made my world of happiness to combat your neglect

[rastronomicals]

5:27 AM EDT May 28, 2023:

Hüsker Dü - "Hare Krsna" From the album Zen Arcade (July 1984)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

LHdlMR Top Six Umlaut Bands

  1. Motörhead   2. Einstürzende Neubauten   3. Hüsker Dü   4. Blöödhag   5. Blue Öyster Cult   6. Amon Düül II

[razorsadness]

Questions like a candle that's burning at both ends Never find an answer that fits in your plans

Back and forth between the good and the bad, it's indecision time You're so natural, you're so free So don't decide what's best for me

[reckonslepoisson]

Zen Arcade, Hüsker Dü (1984)

An hour is a long time in the world of hardcore punk. And an hour and fifteen? Practically eternity. There’s a reason most punks stop at half an hour or well short. Fortunately Hüsker Dü’s second LP and opus Zen Arcade is far from straight punk, a record grandly conceptual and vastly diverse, a work driven by rapturous pace and unreasonably high calibres of performance, one that displays tonnes of musical innovation and equal amounts of solid songwriting. A bit like Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime, only not quite as good.

Pick: ‘Something I Learned Today’