The first ever DVD to feature Britains queen of Psychedelia Danielle Dax. She made her musical debut in 1979 as the keyboardist in the seven-piece Amy Turtle and the Crossroads; and then went on to front the Lemon Kittens.... more » Upon the Lemon Kittens's 1982 split Dax mounted a solo career. She debuted a year later with Pop-Eyes a true solo effort for which she wrote and performed every song alone distributing the record through her own Awesome label. Bad Miss M captures a full show Danielle played in London at the height of her mid-1980s solo success. Amongst the tracks featured are UK Independent Chart Top Ten hit Yummer Yummer Man.System Requirements:Track Listing 1. Ostrich 2. Bedcaves 3. Pariah 4. Fortune Cheats 5. Evil Honky Stomp 6. Bad Miss 'M' 7. Up In Arms 8. Numb Companions 9. The Shamemen 10. Here Come The Harvest Buns 11. Yummer Yummer Man 12. Sleep Has No Property 13. Hammerheads 14. Fizzing Human Bomb 15. Tower Of Lies 16. Bad Miss M Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 5013929931152 Manufacturer No: CRDVD111« less
Genres:Music Video & Concerts Sub-Genres:Pop, Rock & Roll Studio:Cherry Red UK Format:DVD - Color - Closed-captioned DVD Release Date: 03/14/2006 Original Release Date: 01/01/1979 Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979 Release Year: 2006 Run Time: 0hr 58min Screens: Color Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Edition: Import MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English
Movie Reviews
One Of My Favorites...
A.N. Matalon | Las Vegas, Nevada | 05/21/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I bought this on cassette back in 1990 or so, after I saw the video for "Tomorrow Never Knows" on MTV of all places. I liked what she did with it, and I thought she was sexy... Sooooo, I bought the cassette. Best impulse buy ever. I must have listened to it over and over and over. Seriously, I know now this is supposed to have been her big 'commercial' album, but its one Ill always have. Then I lost the cassette a couple years later. Not happy. I immediately went out and found it on CD, as CD's were now the modus operandi of the music listener. (I believe its out of print now) I did a little research on her, and I have to say she is smart, funny, extremely creative and individualistic...And yes, sexy. I think she would probably raise an eyebrow at me saying I bought the album because she looked hot in the video... But I think shes also cool enough and would take it more as a compliment, especially since I went below the surface, so to speak. Back to the album. The cover is OK, but I prefer the one inside the lyric pages of her covered in muck, holding a gun. I refolded that pic out to be the 'new' cover'. I do this frequently with my CDs. ALL the songs are strong. No filler, no crap. All great. 'Daisy', 'Jehovah's Precious Stone', and especially the last track, '16 Candles'. '16 Candles' is my absolute favorite song on the disk. "...and still the girl he had left behind, keeps his memory strong. For she hopes in vain for her love's return, now 16 candles gone." Really beautiful. Thank you for that album, Danielle. I heard she was doing landscape architecture, or garden design, or something. I wish her all my best, and should you happen to come across 'Blast The Human Flower', get it."
One of the best albums you've never heard.
kevin m antonio | rumford, ri United States | 03/31/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Back in the day, the local college radio station played "The Id Parade" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" a few times. Found out who did them, and took a chance buying the cd. It paid off.
A lot of hardcore Danielle Dax fans hate this; allegedly she sold out (How dare she work with Stephen Street?!?). Well, I've heard some of her other stuff, and I love this disc best of all. I'm a pop head, what can I say?
'Blast the Human Flower' (what does that MEAN?) opens with the hard charging "Id Parade", followed by "Tomorrow Never Knows", the Beatles song with a sly sample of the Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" thrown in at the end. Next up is "Big Blue '82" which would not have been out of place on a Cyndi Lauper album. And then... things get dark, darker with each song. But, they're all still catchy. "Bayou" is still baffling to me after all these years (heck, I'm still trying to fathom all these songs!). "King Crack" is the most menacing 2 1/2 minutes you'll ever hear. "Daisy" is a twisted love song... and from there it's all hopeless: "Dead Man Chill" (with the doomed lyric "As I sit in my gilded cage/you've thrown away the key), "The Living and Their Stillborn" (which reminds me of Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale'), "Jehovah's Precious Stone", and the dirge like "16 Candles" are relentless... and after it's all over, you'll want to hear the cd again and again.
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Best Music You've Never Heard
R. J. Lowe | AZ Mountains | 08/06/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"What can I say? Danielle Dax is simply the best alternative music available. I bought Dark Adapted Eye when it first came out and Blast when it came out. DAE is "better" in many ways, but Blast is also great. Buy this album and DAE and you'll have many many replayable hours of aural stimulation & enjoyment! If you like early Kate Bush, very early Eurythmics (In The Garden or The Tourists albums), Act, or Propaganda, you'll probably like Dax."
Better than expected...
Rodolfo | Insane Diego | 03/14/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"From before the "Blast The Human Flower" days, this concert has some crazy-headhurtin' editing (pre-videoeffects 80's) but the sound quality is better than I expected. I was a little put off by the fact that almost every song has a backing track, (essentially the records being played minus the main vocal track), so the band gets second status, but it's a small club, Dani is in fine form, and this is the only place to hear some of these tunes since the CD singles-collection is out of print and therefore very $. Definitely worth the ten-spot it took for me."
Danielle Dax Was Amazing... This Album Was Merely Good
SandmanVI | Glen Allen, VA United States | 12/04/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"It fun to read A.N. Matalon's review because it nice to hear about when anyone discovers a great band - glad you and other enjoyed it! However A.N., this WAS considered by we Dax fans at the time to be her big mainstream sellout album. It is of course a good record with a handful of nice songs. "The Id Parade" was the lead single and it is the most metal that Dax ever got. It featured a jolting riff and a very direct, un-Dax-like drive. "Tomorrow Never Knows" was another single and in case you don't know it's a Beatles' cover that been done by many bands including the Mission UK; she does a great job with it. "big Blue '82" was the dance track and it's OK but lacks the creativity you expect from her. "King Crack" is very good but a bit to obvious for the normally obscure Dax. "Daisy" is one of my favorites here, a stripped down acoustic marvel that lets her voice stand out.
Toward the end comes the most definitive Dax-type song on the album, "The Living and Their Stillborn". It's mysterious and intentionally disjointed. The last 2 tracks "Jehovah's Precious Stone" and '16 Candles" are both very good. Ok so I like most of the songs, but the reason it only gets 4 stars is that this is clearly more mainstream and somehwat dumbed down for a wider audience that wouldn't really get the old Danielle from 'Inky Bloaters' and 'Dark Adapted Eye'. DAE is one of my picks for Top 20 in 80's alternative... and that was THE decade for real postpunk/alternative. Oddly though, for those of you who've never heard Dax, this may be the best starting point and if you like it work backward chronologically with DAE coming next."