While I'm fishing for opinions, who's got one on the Arctic Monkeys?
With a name like that, I think they could sell to a Buffista demographic.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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.
DavidS - Feb 02, 2006 11:23:12 am PST #2118 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Feb 02, 2006 11:25:36 am PST #2119 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
With a name like that, I think they could sell to a Buffista demographic.
Especially when you consider Arctic Monkeys would have a good chance of encountering penguins....
Hayden - Feb 02, 2006 11:28:28 am PST #2120 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I really like Broken Social Scene, but I have no idea why they need 5 guitarists.
tommyrot - Feb 02, 2006 11:29:14 am PST #2121 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have no idea why they need 5 guitarists.
One or two are spares?
Hayden - Feb 02, 2006 11:30:13 am PST #2122 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It would make sense if they unplugged at least 2 of them.
Fred Pete - Feb 02, 2006 11:33:23 am PST #2123 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
While I'm fishing for opinions, who's got one on the Arctic Monkeys?
The New Big Thing in England. Guitar-based rock, by U.S. standards.
Not my thing, but many her would appreciate them.
tina f. - Feb 02, 2006 12:04:49 pm PST #2124 of 10003
Jack White. Brendan Benson. New Band. Annoying Website: [link]
If you want to avoid throwing your computer at a wall after that site angers you to the point of violence against inanimate but expensive objects, you can read about it here: [link] ______
In other news:
I love the new Pollard disc.
shrift - Feb 02, 2006 1:18:07 pm PST #2125 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
So I've been trying to expand my musical horizons lately, and I've always taken a dim view of country. If I like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and Neko Case, who else should I be listening to?
DavidS - Feb 02, 2006 1:42:00 pm PST #2126 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If I like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and Neko Case, who else should I be listening to?
Johnny Cash is sui generis, so it's hard to really compare him to anyone else. Though you could probably break it out into country baritones, dark themed country, folk-country and country/rockabilly.
Steve Earle might be his nearest contemporary in spirit. Steve has gone to some pretty fucking dark places himself. I think "CCKMP" (that's Cocaine Cannot Kill My Pain) is one of the more harrowing songs recorded in the last 20 years.
I made a honkytonk mix for Rio, and also an early country mix with lots of songs about smoking and drinking and fucking around and cutting up. Early country has stuff that swings hard and celebrates the rowdy life.
You'd probably like Kelly Hogan - Neko's labelmate, but a stronger singer.
I'm a big fan of Townes Van Zandt, which is part of the 70s insurgent country stuff. He wrote some gorgeous, very dark songs. My favorite is one of his least country/most produced records Our Mother the Mountain. It's really pretty goth in a lot of ways. Particularly the title song and "Kathleen" and "St. John the Gambler." Very deathy.
Right now you're cherry picking the country musicians that are most palatable to rock and roll ears. Whether you want to go full on Hank Williams / Lefty Frizzell /Bob Wills / Tammy Wynette / George Jones would require another big adjustment in mindset.
I could email you some songs by various musicians as a sampler if you like.
DavidS - Feb 02, 2006 3:01:33 pm PST #2127 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Here are some of the other 80s epics Mojo cited, most of them unfamiliar to me.
Associates - Sulk (anybody know this?)
Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure (or this?)
Scott Walker - Climate of the Hunter (I've read about this at least)
David Sylvain - Brilliant Trees (I'm familiar with his Japan work only)
Blue Nile - Hats (this one I know, though I don't own it. I own their first one)