Chilton looks stoned out of his mind.
Don't worry, we're sure to spot Faith first. She's like this cleavagy slut-bomb walking around 'Ooh, check me out, I'm wicked-cool, I'm five-by-five.'
Willow ,'Get It Done'
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.
Jon B. - May 01, 2011 11:48:10 am PDT #4445 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Amy - May 02, 2011 10:42:43 am PDT #4446 of 6436
Because books.
Paging Sophia: Panic's new video. Ridiculously happy and charming.
Atropa - May 02, 2011 10:55:32 am PDT #4447 of 6436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I swear, Panic are making videos solely to make me giggle.
Sophia Brooks - May 02, 2011 10:58:28 am PDT #4448 of 6436
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thank you! It is so cute! They are so cute!
Amy - May 02, 2011 2:09:10 pm PDT #4449 of 6436
Because books.
DavidS - May 02, 2011 2:34:27 pm PDT #4450 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Awww, Ellen Willis was one of my favorite rock critics. Her piece in Stranded is the best in the book, and really started me into the Velvet Underground.
Liese S. - May 02, 2011 10:17:08 pm PDT #4451 of 6436
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I actually like to do stuff like that. Okay, admittedly, I don't actually play out, but I work up clearly sexist songs like Jet's "Are you gonna be my girl?" to perform with the gender reversed.
We actually had a disagreement about this with Deb on facebook. She wanted to reverse gender for a specific song, that resonated about a specific individual for her. I felt that she should leave it, and perform it with the original gender intact and that people would understand the inference. Out of respect to the original songwriter, you know?
So I would only change the gender on a song that I intended to lambaste the author, in that kind of context, one that illustrated the sexism of the original.
Fred Pete - May 03, 2011 5:15:52 am PDT #4452 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
I have to take issue with some of the comments to that essay. Taylor Swift's "You Belong with Me" works reasonably well with the genders reversed (if you switch the cheerleader-girlfriend to a quarterback-boyfriend). The song makes a case that the girlfriend is not the right fit for the guy -- even though she's a Prize Catch, she's also bringing him down, maybe even verbally abusive. It also makes a case that the singer is the right fit -- similar tastes in music, and he feels comfortable with her.
Compare to Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend." No particular reason that the girlfriend is bad or the singer is good. She wants him, girlfriend is in the way, and that's that.
Although maybe the comments on YBWM say something about what the audience for mainstream pop expects from male vs. female singers. As in, it's more acceptable for a woman to wear her heart on her sleeve.
Hayden - May 03, 2011 7:11:23 pm PDT #4453 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
For me, the Holy Grail is Dan Penn's "Do Right Woman," which is a feminist anthem when Aretha sings it and a plea for masculine understanding when sang by Gram Parsons (in the Flying Burrito Brothers). Same words, similar delivery, all context.
tommyrot - May 05, 2011 5:36:40 am PDT #4454 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.
I've been on a "music I listened to in high school" kick lately. So, Cheap Trick. What are some good albums of theirs from the late '70s and early '80s? I have the album All Shook Up, plus a few other hits of theirs.