Beautiful Waste
"Beautiful Waste" | ||||
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Single by The Triffids | ||||
A-side | "Beautiful Waste" | |||
B-side | "Property Is Condemned" | |||
Released | February 1984 | |||
Recorded | December 1983 Emerald City Studios, Sydney | |||
Genre | Indie rock, folk rock | |||
Length | 6:14 | |||
Label | White Hot / Mushroom | |||
Songwriter(s) | David McComb | |||
Producer(s) | The Triffids | |||
The Triffids singles chronology | ||||
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"Beautiful Waste" is a single released by Australian rock group, The Triffids in February 1984.[1][2] Not included on any of the band's studio albums nor extended plays, it was first compiled on Australian Melodrama (1994). Its B-side, "Property Is Condemned", was included on the 1984 EP Raining Pleasure. A film clip was made for "Beautiful Waste". Its name was adapted for a 2008 posthumous compilation of mid-1980s non-album tracks, Beautiful Waste and Other Songs.
In May 2008, Youth Group performed a cover version of "Beautiful Waste" on national radio station Triple J's "Like a Version" segment.[3] Youth Group's Toby Martin had previously filled in as one of the guest vocalists for a reformed The Triffids, at the Sydney Festival[4] performances earlier in that year.[5]
Track listing
All tracks written by David McComb.[6]
- "Beautiful Waste" – 3:20
- "Property Is Condemned" – 2:54
Personnel
The Triffids
- David McComb – lead vocals, guitar, piano, miscellaneous
- Alsy MacDonald – drums, vocals, percussion
- Robert McComb – violin, guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Martyn P. Casey – bass, vocals
- Jill Birt – organ
Additional musicians
- Ian Macourt – cello
- David Angell – viola
References
- ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Triffids'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 17 April 2004. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Skjefte, Morten; Warnqvist, Stefan; Simonetti, Vince. "The Triffids". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 28 July 2002. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ "Like A Version". ABC Radio. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "2008 Sydney Festival line-up". Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "The Triffids latest news". Liberation Music. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
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- David McComb
- Robert McComb
- Jill Birt
- Allan MacDonald
- Martyn P. Casey
- 'Evil' Graham Lee
- Treeless Plain
- Born Sandy Devotional
- In the Pines
- Calenture
- The Black Swan
- Reverie
- Bad Timing and Other Stories
- Raining Pleasure
- Lawson Square Infirmary
- Field of Glass
- Peel Sessions
- Triffids Compact Cassettes
- Dungeon Tape
- Son of Dungeon Tape
- Jack Brabham
- Stockholm
- Love in Bright Landscapes
- Australian Melodrama
- Beautiful Waste and Other Songs
- "Stand Up"
- "Spanish Blue"
- "Beautiful Waste"
- "You Don't Miss Your Water"
- "Wide Open Road"
- "Bury Me Deep in Love"
- "Trick of the Light"
- "Holy Water"
- "Goodbye Little Boy"
- "Falling Over You"