One part I really liked was when Petra sang a song that my coworker (who was also there) has identified as "Tam Lin"--possibly the Fairport Convention version?
Don't you have that song? I thought I sent you the Brit Folk rock mix?
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'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 - Oct 10, 2005 6:23:15 am PDT #789 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kate P. - Oct 10, 2005 6:54:55 am PDT #790 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
You did, and in fact I also own the CD it's from, Liege and Lief. But it was too difficult to make out Petra's lyrics to tell for sure. I'll have to listen to it when I get home tonight to see if the tune matches.
Hayden - Oct 10, 2005 6:55:37 am PDT #791 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm going to see the Gang of Four on Wednesday.
Currently, I don't want to rank them, but I think Picaresque, Oceans Apart, In The Reins, Gimme Fiction, Six Organ of Admittance's School of the Flower, Animal Collective's Feels (or, possibly, the Prospect Hummer EP), Eric Matthews's Six Kinds of Passion Looking For An Exit, and The Fiery Furnaces's EP (although I'm leaning towards Rehearsing My Choir if it's actually slated to be released this year) would be on my list. Oh, and at the top: The Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall 1957, because DAMN.
Welcome re-releases: Cardinal's s/t album and Can's Future Days. I'll have more for this topic, too, when I figure out which other albums were actually re-released this year.
Hayden - Oct 10, 2005 6:56:14 am PDT #792 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Liege and Lief
Great, great album.
Gandalfe - Oct 10, 2005 8:13:12 am PDT #793 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I'm going to see the Gang of Four on Wednesday.
Fucker. They cancelled their show here in Salt Lake. Because they were working with a SHITTY promoter who is notorious for not actually doing their job and, you know, promoting.
Mr. Broom - Oct 10, 2005 8:26:43 am PDT #794 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
One part I really liked was when Petra sang a song that my coworker (who was also there) has identified as "Tam Lin"--possibly the Fairport Convention version? I couldn't make out the lyrics very well, so I can't tell for sure. Anyway, it was appropriately spooky and passionate and wild. A definite highlight of the evening.
On the first leg of the tour, she sang Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights," which was all manner of fantastic. It was also the first show I'd been to that featured a hurdy-gurdy. They like their instruments obscure.
dw - Oct 10, 2005 8:32:15 am PDT #795 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
It was also the first show I'd been to that featured a hurdy-gurdy. They like their instruments obscure.
That was the big problem for them when they had their equipment stolen last spring -- it wasn't a bunch of $300 guitars but things like accordians. I think they've only recovered a handful of the items.
Hayden - Oct 10, 2005 8:34:53 am PDT #796 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Fucker. They cancelled their show here in Salt Lake.
All we had to do was sacrifice a few chickens.
Kate P. - Oct 10, 2005 8:58:40 am PDT #797 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
On the first leg of the tour, she sang Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights," which was all manner of fantastic.
Oooooh. I'd have loved to hear that.
Mr. Broom - Oct 10, 2005 9:40:22 am PDT #798 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
As well you should. She's got the perfect voice to work with Kate's style. There are sites out there that host entire shows by the Decembereists; if you can find a show from this spring, you'll hear it.
That was the big problem for them when they had their equipment stolen last spring -- it wasn't a bunch of $300 guitars but things like accordians. I think they've only recovered a handful of the items.
It's really sad, but awesome to see how the band rallied post-theft. The show I saw was played on mostly borrowed/donated equipment, and Colin talked about how his faith in humanity, recently shattered, came back twofold after the outpouring of support from friends and neighbors.