Something I'm noticing: the cool song for everyone and his brother to cover these days is "Psycho Killer." I've found at least four instances of this recently, including a really good one by Bishop Allen just today. Anyone else noticing this, or am I just synchronicitizing?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Mr. Broom - Nov 05, 2005 8:33:21 am PST #1041 of 10003
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
DavidS - Nov 05, 2005 10:00:36 am PST #1042 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Anyone else noticing this, or am I just synchronicitizing?
Well, Talking Heads are kind of the referent band of the moment, just recently supplanting Gang of 4 in that regard. So that makes sense, I guess.
Of course, nothing's going to top "Psycho Chicken" - buk buk buk buk buk buk...
erinaceous - Nov 06, 2005 4:54:40 am PST #1043 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Mr. Broom, would you mind sharing that Bishop Allen cover? I love them. "Little Black Ache" is one of my favorite songs ever.
Mr. Broom - Nov 06, 2005 6:39:34 am PST #1044 of 10003
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
I got the track from You Ain't No Picasso, one of the better music blogs out there, I think. He's obsesssed with them (point of fact, the blog's named after an unreleased song of theirs.) Article's here: [link]
erinaceous - Nov 06, 2005 8:32:58 am PST #1045 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Thank you!
I highly recommend the rest of you visit that link and grab at least "Little Black Ache." Seriously. It's such a "happy to be miserable" song.
tina f. - Nov 06, 2005 3:14:33 pm PST #1046 of 10003
I want to play.
All weekend I have been shuffling through a smartlist that only contains songs that have a playcount of 10 or higher and no other criteria. (I wanted a long mix that I knew I could sing along to while I was unpacking.) I started playing it Friday night and at 7 p.m. on Sunday night I have gotten through... 374 of 848 songs!
The last ten:
"Tainted Obligation" - REM
"3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters" - Modest Mouse
"O Death" - Camper Van Beethoven
"Dancing with the Women at the Bar" - Whiskeytown
"Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away" - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
"The Bones of an Idol" - New Pornographers
"Oceanographer's Choice" - The Mountain Goats
"Whitewater" - Bela Fleck
"Silver Plate Complaints" - Centro-Matic
"Twist the Knife" - Neko Case
tina f. - Nov 06, 2005 4:14:53 pm PST #1047 of 10003
This is addictive:
let that show - pernice brothers
mississippi - bob dylan
pot kettle black - wilco
jezebel - iron & wine
billy liar - the decemberists
sunshine - split lip
true love will find you in the end - beck
I wanna be your dog - uncle tupelo
you've got to hide your love away - eddie vedder (that was three covers in a row. craxy.)
love hungry man - mark kozelek (four! that's officially spooky)
OK. I'll stop. For tonight anway.
DavidS - Nov 06, 2005 5:10:58 pm PST #1048 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I want to play.
Me too! But I'm at work. On a Sunday night. I'm not happy about this.
tina, I want to tell you that you've dragged me back into the indie music scene again after I'd wandered off for several years. My entire recent buying spree was all tina-driven.
dw - Nov 06, 2005 8:03:56 pm PST #1049 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
"Tainted Obligation" - REM
I can't believe I'd ever say this about an REM song, but I've never heard it. Which album/bootleg is this on?
tina f. - Nov 06, 2005 8:21:22 pm PST #1050 of 10003
But I'm at work. On a Sunday night. I'm not happy about this.
Boo! I kick your job.
tina, I want to tell you that you've dragged me back into the indie music scene again after I'd wandered off for several years. My entire recent buying spree was all tina-driven.
Aww, shucks. (on edit: that looks sarcastic written out but that isn't how I mean it) Well the past few years of my music buying has been very influenced by the posters of this thread, so it's a big musicista circle of love and tune-junkieness.
I can't believe I'd ever say this about an REM song, but I've never heard it. Which album/bootleg is this on?
It's from a German bootleg I picked up eons ago called Funtime, Live Rarities, R.E.M. through the U.S. Years 84-91. That track is a poorly recorded demo from 1984 but it is amazingly gorgeous and I put it on lots of mixes. That and a CD-quality version of "Academy Fight Song" were totally worth the price of the CD (which I remember being kind of steep).
OK. I got through 453 of 848 songs on my playlist this weekend. Here are the last dozen:
division day - elliott smith
most of the time - bob dylan
2:45 am (live) - elliott smith
a cautionary song - the decemberists
all mixed up - red house painters
the golden age - beck
stove by a whale - ted leo
such great heights - iron & wine
around and around - mark kozelek
I am a scientist - guided by voices (clearly, a music thread ipod fave)
per second second - the wrens
do you realize - the flaming lips
I think my iPod might be a little depressed.