New Decemberists is out today.
In which they fully embrace their prog-rock bombastic tendencies with a full-on rock opera.
I can't decide yet whether I like it, but I give 'em credit for trying.
How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?
Jayne ,'The Message'
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. - Mar 24, 2009 6:05:52 am PDT #882 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Frankenbuddha - Mar 24, 2009 6:20:21 am PDT #883 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
In which they fully embrace their prog-rock bombastic tendencies with a full-on rock opera.
So the prog stuff on Crane Wife is not just a one-off? That's the only other disc of theirs I have (though I hope to rectify that soon).
I can't decide yet whether I like it
I bet I will, since prog-rock was the music I was really into when I first got into music on my own (as opposed to hearing it from family or friends).
tommyrot - Mar 24, 2009 6:31:14 am PDT #884 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.
In which they fully embrace their prog-rock bombastic tendencies with a full-on rock opera.
I haven't really been able to fully embrace my prog-rock bombastic tendencies since high school. At the most, I shake hands with them.
I bet I will, since prog-rock was the music I was really into when I first got into music on my own (as opposed to hearing it from family or friends).
My older brother was into Pink Floyd, so The Wall was my fave album when I was in high school. The first music I got into on my own was The Velvet Underground, when I was a sophomore in college.
eta: Oh yeah, and David Bowie, when I was a freshman.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 24, 2009 6:39:53 am PDT #885 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Jethro Tull was the first band I was really into (so that mulit-part epic on Crane Wife really struck a note with me), but I dived head-long into the art rock abyss - Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Floyd. I branched of into space-rock.
There still bits of all of them I love, but the only one I could say I'm still really a fan of is Crimson. They were definitely a different breed of prog, even in their early days, though.
This all led to stuff like Roxy Music, Eno, Talking Heads, and onward. Then my older brother lent me a couple of Clash albums which really expanded things.
We will not speak of the fusion phase I went through, however. Oh, wait...
Kathy A - Mar 24, 2009 8:09:51 am PDT #886 of 6436
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My 15-year-old niece's favorite band is Pink Floyd. And, for her birthday, she asked my brother for a turntable and some real-life LP records! He got her one of those portable ones so she could take it over to her friends' houses.
javachik - Mar 24, 2009 8:48:55 am PDT #887 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
"Shine on You Crazy Diamond" saved me in high school. So many horrible, horrible days were offset just by that song being available to me in my Walkman.
Glamcookie - Mar 24, 2009 11:05:35 am PDT #888 of 6436
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Stephin Merritt Coraline musical! [link]
Dana - Mar 24, 2009 7:22:03 pm PDT #889 of 6436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I just heard a Yes song on the radio, and had to look up the lyrics to make sure I wasn't nuts.
Here is my heart,
Waiting for you
Here is my soul,
I eat at chez nous.
Chez nous? Really? I eat at our house?
tommyrot - Mar 25, 2009 4:22:28 am PDT #890 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.
Our house? In the middle of the street?
(Haven't had caffeine yet. Can you tell?)
Frankenbuddha - Mar 25, 2009 4:40:11 am PDT #891 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Welcome to the House of Fun, tommyrot.