I don't think Bowie or Coltrane qualify as shitty music.
Thus the use of "tend".
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
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.
Hayden - Jul 14, 2010 1:13:08 pm PDT #3240 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Jon B. - Jul 15, 2010 7:33:03 am PDT #3241 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
GBV are doing a proper tour after the Matador Vegas thing: [link]
tommyrot - Jul 16, 2010 11:35:41 am PDT #3242 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Top 10: Ranking the best cars songs
8. "Bitchin' Camaro," Dead Milkmen
How did a song that includes a two-minute dialog about going to the shore and seeing a Doors cover band make it on our list? We're not entirely sure, but we dare you to listen to it and not want to do doughnuts on your neighbor's lawn.
...
And of course:
1. "Little Red Corvette," Prince
"Little Red Corvette" isn't the only song to equate a woman with a car, but it is probably one of the most blatantly sexual of those songs. Fortunately, Prince was smart enough to disguise the references just enough to get the song past the censors. Despite the innuendo, "Little Red Corvette" is still considered one of Prince's biggest hits and was often the first song that came to mind when we asked people to name their favorite car song.
Too bad they didn't include Robert Johnson's "Terraplane Blues"....
eta: I think I read somewhere that "Terraplane Blues" was the first song to us a car as a sexual metaphor. Does that make sense?
tommyrot - Jul 19, 2010 1:22:22 pm PDT #3243 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So I downloaded a compilation album that has the song "Sunspots" by Julian Cope that I totally love. Apparently this was released as a single (but not on an album) in 1985.
So what's a good album by Julian Cope? Also, I know he was in Teardrops Explode but I'm not very familiar with that band - what's a good album by them?
DavidS - Jul 19, 2010 1:40:10 pm PDT #3244 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
World Shut Your Mouth is Julian's first and (I think) best solo album.
I like Kilimanjaro of the Teardrop albums.
But also checkout Julian's website which has tons of amazing reviews and writing. He's personally responsible for the popular rediscovery of Krautrock, among other tastemaker achievements.
I love his Glamrocksampler.
Jon B. - Jul 19, 2010 1:59:04 pm PDT #3245 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I've got that Sunspots 7" (actually, I have a double 7" version that's got another good song called Mik Mak Mok), but I agree with David in recommending World Shut Your Mouth and Kilimanjaro. In terms of songs, the title track of the former and "When I Dream" from the latter are both great tunes.
Looking through my collection, I've got a five song "World Shut Your Mouth" 12" EP that has a great cover version of Pere Ubu's Non Alignment Pact.
Sue - Jul 19, 2010 4:21:52 pm PDT #3246 of 6436
hip deep in pie
Andy Hummel has died: [link]
Fiona - Jul 19, 2010 8:11:09 pm PDT #3247 of 6436
Kilimanjaro has been reiussed and was reviewed just last week:
I really like Reward but it's not a typical song of theirs/his, I think.
Tom Scola - Jul 20, 2010 6:32:22 am PDT #3248 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Just four months after the death of lead singer Alex Chilton, original Big Star bassist Andy Hummel has died at the age of 59.
sumi - Jul 20, 2010 6:49:16 am PDT #3249 of 6436
Art Crawl!!!
So sad.