I saw the Mountains Goats in concert a couple of nights ago, and it was one of the best concerts I've seen in ages. John Darnielle and the other dudes were clearly having a fantastic time; they looked like there was nothing else on earth they'd rather be doing than getting to stand up there and play their music for us. They played a bunch of songs from the new album, which worked much better for me live than they had on the album, and a good mix of older songs too. I highly recommend catching them on this tour if you can!
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Kate P. - Mar 16, 2008 10:07:28 am PDT #7425 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Sean K - Mar 16, 2008 10:35:31 am PDT #7426 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So, thanks to an NPR story, I've picked up a bunch of Shirley Bassey, and am just reveling in it. I highly recommend "The Living Tree (shaken & stirred remix)" It's given a very Bond theme feel, which in turn gives it a very Buffista feel (to me).
Jon B. - Mar 16, 2008 2:10:32 pm PDT #7427 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I saw the Mountains Goats in concert a couple of nights ago
I saw them last night and second Kate's recommendation!
Sue - Mar 17, 2008 3:33:14 am PDT #7428 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Dana - Mar 17, 2008 4:56:24 pm PDT #7429 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"New Amsterdam" is 2 episodes for 4 on the use of The Decembrists in montages. Too bad the show isn't better.
Shir - Mar 17, 2008 9:58:48 pm PDT #7430 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Megan, just in case you want more rain songs:
Violent Femmes - I Hear the Rain
Mark Lanegan Band/Soulsavers - Kingdom of Rain
Scout Niblett - Wet Road
(Edit: still learning how to post)
DavidS - Mar 18, 2008 5:44:36 pm PDT #7431 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Matilda has a new favorite song!
To recap, here are her previous favorite songs:
"Sex Machine" - James Brown
"Opening Theme from Flight of the Conchords" - Flight of the Conchords
"Way Down in the Hole" - Steve Earle (still probably her #1)
and her new favorite.....
"Human Behavior" - Bjork!
erikaj - Mar 18, 2008 9:26:05 pm PDT #7432 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
So tickled that "Down In The Hole" is on there. I get earwormed of it frequently. Either I'm a Wirefiend or I'm having a very sanctified brain tumor.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 19, 2008 2:48:28 am PDT #7433 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Those sure as shit beat "The wheels on the bus go round and round" or "Old MacDonald" for songs I'd need to hear over and over again.
Of course, she may end up listening to the latter-day equivalent of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" when she's a teenager just to piss off daddy.
JZ - Mar 19, 2008 5:45:25 am PDT #7434 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Hec has, alas, forgotten Matilda's very first favorite song, the Turtles' "Happy Together," which she heard on the soundtrack of some middle-of-the-lineup cable channel Saturday afternoon movie when she was five months old (I think it featured a robot John Malkovich, maybe?). She started, then she goggled at the TV set, and then she started grooving and bouncing and loving on it. For weeks we could sing it to her a capella and she'd bounce and sway and grin.
She also loved the Flight of the Conchords' LOTR song, but since she insisted on it being played something like 25 times in one night, we promptly deleted the episode as soon as she fell asleep and she's never heard it since.