Mr. Jane has the ability to rip from vinyl, but you'd have to come up here. And, I'd have to take the dogs for a very long walk. (USB turntable + pier & beam hardwoods + dogs excited by company=very messy recording)
Hauser: You really think you can solve the problem? Come into Wolfram & Hart and make everything right? Turn night into glorious day? You pathetic little fairy. Angel: I'm not little.
'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
Daisy Jane - May 14, 2008 6:06:01 pm PDT #8310 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Jon B. - May 15, 2008 2:22:47 am PDT #8311 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm liking it probably *almost* as much as I've liked the other two Portishead albums, percentage-wise
These psych-rock-loving friends are people who aren't normally fans of Portishead's oeuvre, so it doesn't surprise me that people who like the previous stuff would be disappointed.
Frankenbuddha - May 15, 2008 3:51:35 am PDT #8312 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Now I feel stoopid. So, it's on the 2-disc Glory Times CD? ::checks::
Hmm, I'm not sure I have the 2-disc version, so I may not have it after all. I do have an alternate version that I like better than the original, I know that much.
Steph L. - May 15, 2008 5:46:21 am PDT #8313 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Okay, bandom peoples:
I'm listening to The Black Parade (the album, not just the song), and I have to wonder -- it's so melodramatic and bombastic, surely they're taking the piss to some degree, yes? I mean, you can't be *that* melodramatic and take yourself seriously. (Well, you *can,* but it leads to mockery, and I don't really detect any mockery aimed at MCR for the melodrama of that album.)
So -- taking the piss, even a little? Yes/no?
Amy - May 15, 2008 5:49:51 am PDT #8314 of 10003
Because books.
I ... don't think they are, actually. Gerard is pretty serious about Saving Your Life. But Jilli could tell you better.
Ailleann - May 15, 2008 5:55:32 am PDT #8315 of 10003
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
So -- taking the piss, even a little? Yes/no?
It's important to remember that TBP is intended as a concept album. I've always thought that a little bit of the melodrama, at least musically, was intentional. It's about the journey of a guy who is dead, who gets picked up by a parade to go to the afterlife. You've recruited Liza Minelli as a background singer. I mean, come on.
Still, Gerard is pretty serious about his message, so I don't think that you can write all of it off as a joke.
Sophia Brooks - May 15, 2008 5:56:24 am PDT #8316 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think the MCR people are genuinely that bombastic and melodramatic, but fairly well-adjusted. I mean I think they are serious to the same amount of serious that Queen was...
Steph L. - May 15, 2008 5:57:36 am PDT #8317 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I ... don't think they are, actually.
Really? Even Baz Luhrmann couldn't pull off that level of bombast in Moulin Rouge without a wink and a nod, creatively speaking.
Hmmm. It's hard to take that level of melodrama and bombast seriously, even if they do.
tommyrot - May 15, 2008 5:59:34 am PDT #8318 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.
Somewhat relatedly, Nick Cave has said he's surprised more people don't find his lyrics funny, because he intends them to be....
Steph L. - May 15, 2008 6:01:09 am PDT #8319 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
You've recruited Liza Minelli as a background singer. I mean, come on.
This is what I'm saying.
Still, Gerard is pretty serious about his message, so I don't think that you can write all of it off as a joke.
Oh, please don't misunderstand me -- I don't think it's a joke; I just think that the degree of melodrama *must* be accompanied by a wink and a nod, like, "Yes, we know we're being melodramatic and over-the-top, but isn't it fun?"
Here's a contrast -- Andrew Goddamn Lloyd Weber is all melodramatic and bombastic, and quite obviously takes it All So Seriously. And that makes him mock-worthy. (Apologies to his fans, but give me a break.)