Beautiful Waste

"Beautiful Waste"
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
"Spanish Blue" (1982) "Beautiful Waste" (1984) "You Don't Miss Your Water" (1985)

"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]

1. "Beautiful Waste" – 3:20
2. "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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. "Like A Version". ABC Radio. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
4. "2008 Sydney Festival line-up". Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
5. "The Triffids latest news". Liberation Music. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
6. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.