Just hit 60 days (23548 songs).
I feel the need to get a' rippin'.
Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!
Oz ,'Bring On The Night'
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 - Sep 22, 2005 5:35:15 pm PDT #638 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Mr. Broom - Sep 22, 2005 9:30:50 pm PDT #639 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
Why has no one told me this was in the offing?
This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul
The artist listing is very, very sexy, though it should be noted that the artists listed don't match their songs in every case; read the editorial review to see who really does what. I came across this after I downloaded Ted Leo's "I'm Looking Through You" and Sufjan's "What Goes On" and suspected something was up. Something very, very good. October 25th needs to happen fast.
Michele T. - Sep 23, 2005 7:23:31 am PDT #640 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Rhett informed the audience last night that Blender magazine had deemed the Old 97's "Murder or a Heart Attack" the 167th-best song since 1980. And that, for some reason, they didn't believe that it was *really* about missing a lost cat.
ETA: You can only see 1-250 in the magazine, apparently, but 251-500 are up at the site: [link]
Apparently, 251 is "Don't Believe the Hype," which should be higher-rate than that, and 500 is Coldplay's "Yellow," which seems about right.
msbelle - Sep 23, 2005 7:24:32 am PDT #641 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
AH, Rhett. Wish that I was up for catching the show.
DavidS - Sep 23, 2005 7:53:49 am PDT #642 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ETA: You can only see 1-250 in the magazine,
I looked at the magazine. "Billie Jean" is their #1. "B.O.B." by Outkast is #2. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is #5.
It's an odd yet predictable list.
joe boucher - Sep 23, 2005 8:32:20 am PDT #643 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
It's an odd yet predictable list.
Oh, c'mon -- you did NOT predict this:
271. Don't Stop Believin'
Journey [1981]
Fist-pumping underdog fight song + lots of beer = karaoke bliss.
Available on: Escape (Columbia)
272. Rock the Casbah
The Clash [1982]
London punks spread Mideast peace the old-fashioned way: with disco records.
Available on: Combat Rock (Epic)
DavidS - Sep 23, 2005 8:39:18 am PDT #644 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, c'mon -- you did NOT predict this:
That's the odd part. I mean, they had a lot of odd choices in their 500, but the top tier was predictable. Well, except "B.O.B" at #2. I would not have guessed that. There just didn't seem to be any guiding logic to it. At least it wasn't a Rolling Stone list. Those are the worst.
Hayden - Sep 23, 2005 8:46:11 am PDT #645 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
You say that like you don't think that every single moment of Mick Jagger's life has produced sheer brilliance.
BTW, Hec, did you see my link to the faux-Ignatius Reilly love letter to Bush in Natter?
DavidS - Sep 23, 2005 9:32:45 am PDT #646 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
BTW, Hec, did you see my link to the faux-Ignatius Reilly love letter to Bush in Natter?
Yeah, that was brilliant.
My casting for Ignatius: Oliver Platt. Or Vincent D'onofrio.
DavidS - Sep 23, 2005 9:48:04 am PDT #647 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I pitched the Dolls' Too Much Too Soon and Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones for the 33 1/3 series.
I heard from the editor and he's leaning a bit torwards the Waits, but I'll get a chance to make a formal proposal in November. I've asked Kim to pimp hard for me.
Send me some book-ma. It'd be a dream to write about either record.