My reactions to various commercial co-options:
"Do You Realize" - Flaming Lips for some car or another, "Do you realize that everybody you know dies in the next line?"
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
DXMachina - Jun 01, 2004 3:41:55 am PDT #2869 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Lilty Cash - Jun 01, 2004 4:28:34 am PDT #2870 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
There's also a second volume which I haven't heard: Verve Remixed 2
I think I iTunes'd a track off this- a remix of 'Whatever Lola Wants'. It's fantabulous.
erinaceous - Jun 01, 2004 5:45:58 am PDT #2871 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Where's Tina? I found a song I think she'd REALLY like -- "Star, Star" by the Frames. I like both the studio version (which is on Emusic) and the live version (which I found on some mp3 blog or another, which led me to go look for the studio version, and which picks up a bit of "Pure Imagination" in the middle, to tremendous crowd approval). Anyway, I think she'd like it. I do. It's kinda Sufjan-y, kinda Wilco-y.
In other random new music news, I am really enjoying the new Magnetic Fields.
Hayden - Jun 01, 2004 6:45:27 am PDT #2872 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hey, Erinaceous:
I am so in love with a country-western cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice" by a band called The Gourds. Has anyone else heard it?
The Gourds are an Austin band including Max Johnston, the former go-to guy in Wilco & Michelle Shocked's brother. Their website: [link]
Jesse - Jun 01, 2004 6:46:32 am PDT #2873 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Over the weekend, I heard a folk-y cover of "Little Red Corvette" that ROCKED MY WORLD. FYI.
Michele T. - Jun 01, 2004 7:07:10 am PDT #2874 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
The Gourds are good!
Max Johnston's "Harlan," which he recorded during his brief stint with Freakwater, is one of my favorite songs.
Lilty Cash - Jun 01, 2004 7:16:23 am PDT #2875 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Over the weekend, I heard a folk-y cover of "Little Red Corvette" that ROCKED MY WORLD. FYI.
I need to hear this.
Jesse - Jun 01, 2004 7:21:05 am PDT #2876 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It was live, Lilty, but I will be keeping my eye out for a recorded version, oh yes I will.
erinaceous - Jun 01, 2004 7:28:05 am PDT #2877 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Jesse! You went to the Prince Loser's Lounge! How was it? Please, please, make them extend it another weekend ...
I realized that I have ANOTHER Gourds song on my iPod, "El Paso," from the Oxford American CD which I also love. I think more Gourds are in my future.
Jesse - Jun 01, 2004 7:31:05 am PDT #2878 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse! You went to the Prince Loser's Lounge! How was it?
The "Little Red Corvette" was definitely a highlight. Also fun was when one of the singers started with "When I say LOSERS, you say LOUNGE!" I shit you not. (Note: This is not really that kind of crowd. When you look around the room, most people look happy, but no one is moving, and hardly anyone is even singing along.)