'Conviction (1)'
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.
What's with the bees, man?
Hey! I addressed that with the bugs/transgender question!
What would a Raymond Chandler afternoon be like?
What's the fare on the trams of old London? Do they accept buttons?
What's more fun to sing in concert, "The Bones in the Ground" or "Uncorrected Personality Traits"?
Do you miss having Kimberly Rew around to beat at Whist?
Hey! I addressed that with the bugs/transgender question!
Sorry, that you did.
Now we're getting somewhere! Thanks, guys.
Do you miss having Kimberly Rew around to beat at Whist?
See, I'd have asked if he ever sees him these days and does he give him shit about "Walking on Sunshine".
Ha! The Melvins hit the Billboard Top 200 Pop Album chart: [link]
That's sweet!
Andrew Sullivan has been discussing the Carpenters on his blog. In case you haven't seen it, check out this video of Sonic Youth's awesome cover of "Superstar": [link]
Also, this fun Shonen Knife cover of "Top of the World": [link]
Both these tracks are on the Carpenters tribute album If I Were a Carpenter
eta - from wikipedia:
Sonic Youth, who always found unlikely inspiration from the Carpenters,[3] on the 1994 tribute album If I Were a Carpenter, and later on the soundtrack for the 2007 film Juno. It was also featured in the film The Frighteners and in the theatrical trailer for High Tension. It also appeared in professional skateboarder Jerry Hsu's part in "Bag of Suck", the critically acclaimed skateboarding video by Enjoi which won Transworld awards for both best video and best video part (Hsu's). In an interview on NPR that aired in November 2009, Richard Carpenter expressed his distaste for this version.[4]
Huh. Well, the Sonic Youth version has a very eerie feel to it that I love, but I can see it not being Richard's cup of tea....
I have no problems expressing my deep and abiding love for the Carpenters. The further we get away from both the cheesy "goody-two-shoes" image they had in the Disco '70s and the tragedy of Karen's illness and death, the more the quality of their songs shines.
The original version of "Superstar" is still my favorite, but I love Bette Midler's take as well. She has a voice that comes the closest to matching Karen's in power and intensity.
If I Were a Carpenter
Heh. I have that as a 7" box set.
I have that as a 7" box set.
What extras does that have?