Heh, I've been thinking I need to make an Amoeba run some time to broaden the styles of music I have available.
You did this to me, Drew.
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Sean K - Apr 20, 2008 1:19:07 pm PDT #7882 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
P.M. Marc - Apr 20, 2008 5:20:20 pm PDT #7883 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I blame goddamn NPR for making me want to buy the new Gnarls Barkley
MCR is responsible for me discovering/liking Gnarls Barkley. True facts.
(They played the same music fest when I went as Jilli's designated adult.)
Steph L. - Apr 20, 2008 5:21:52 pm PDT #7884 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I blame goddamn NPR for making me want to buy the new Gnarls Barkley
MCR is responsible for me discovering/liking Gnarls Barkley. True facts.
Oooooh -- interesting synchronicity.
Trudy Booth - Apr 20, 2008 6:12:42 pm PDT #7885 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Am I crazy for seeing the similarity to the lead singer of MCR?
No... but you might be crazy and RISKING HIS LIFE by pointing this out.
Um, I mean, "no, that is a perfectly reasonable observation, Stephanie"
There's the ever-growing mild embarrassment at the antics of the younger fans. Screaming "Marry me!" (or other things), stampeding and mobbing the band? Not Cool. The band members are human, and don't want to be swarmed.
Heh. At the Ivy League show I was teasing of the guys about that when we were talking about Cobra's upcoming toure, "Looking forward to the shrieking, aren't you?"
There's the knee-jerk defensiveness you might develop when you mention you're a fan of one of these bands. People will mock you for listening to teeny music. People who have probably never listened to anything by the bands will make insulting and derisive comments about how they know the bands suck. Whatever. The energy and enthusiasm I have experienced at MCR shows is amazing.
I generally say "I listen to music I'm way too old for." Which is bullshit, but then they laugh and we change the subject.
Atropa - Apr 20, 2008 6:23:30 pm PDT #7886 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I generally say "I listen to music I'm way too old for." Which is bullshit, but then they laugh and we change the subject.
Yeah, I usually say something like "My inner 16 year old music fan isn't very inner."
Tom Scola - Apr 21, 2008 5:37:17 am PDT #7887 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
shrift - Apr 21, 2008 6:14:52 am PDT #7888 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
The energy and enthusiasm I have experienced at MCR shows is amazing.
Seriously, it's almost unreal how amazing it is to see them in concert.
I blame goddamn NPR for making me want to buy the new Gnarls Barkley
I actually like the new Gnarls Barkley a lot better than the previous album, fwiw.
Any Chicagoistas want to see Iron & Wine tomorrow night? My friend had to cancel, so I'll probably have to go by myself.
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2008 6:23:41 am PDT #7889 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
There's the knee-jerk defensiveness you might develop when you mention you're a fan of one of these bands. People will mock you for listening to teeny music.
I generally say "I listen to music I'm way too old for." Which is bullshit, but then they laugh and we change the subject.
I totally wouldn't have thought that MCR was teen-y music. Of course, that's due largely to the fact that I'm suck back about a decade ago, when teen-y music was Backstreet Boys et al. Or 2 decades ago, in the heyday of Tiffany and Debbie Gibson.
MCR seems so different from those bands that they just don't seem "teen-y" to me.
tommyrot - Apr 21, 2008 6:30:04 am PDT #7890 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.
Anyone like Sia? I'm totally obsessed with her recent album, Some People Have Real Problems. She's probably most famous for "Breath Me", which I guess was played at the end of the Six Feet Under series finale? Anyway, that's on Colour the Small One, which I just downloaded yesterday, and like OK so far. Also, her cover of "Paranoid Android" (from the Radiohead tribute album) is awesome.
Polter-Cow - Apr 21, 2008 6:35:43 am PDT #7891 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Those are the two songs I know of hers, tommyrot. Heh. I also have a Zero 7 song she did the vocals for.