Willow ,'Showtime'
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.
Did you get 'em in that nifty rolltop box?
I wish. No, I downloaded them (on the grounds that I have vinyl copies of them all, so you can't touch me, Allan Klein!). I will buy the box - it's like Shakespeare, you gotta have it - but I can't afford it right now.
Anyway, The White Album is where I am right now. Yesterday was Revolver on continual repeat.
White Album = bestest Beatles album evah.
I would agree except for the thing where they spend ten minutes saying "Number 9" over and over.
Speaking of the Beatles, Of Montreal's latest CD, Satanic Panic in the Attic, is good stuff. More electronic than their older stuff (a download of "Disconnect the Dots" or "Sad Love" (which ends up remixed, re-recorded, and retitled on the CD) will show you what I mean), but Kevin Barnes still comes up with interesting, entertaining melodies and wacky lyrics. I haven't listened to them closely yet, but a perusal tells me some are even more bizarre than usual, complete with pop-culture references like "You hit me so hard like a Wong Kar Wai beginning."
I would agree except for the thing where they spend ten minutes saying "Number 9" over and over.
That song was never on that album. It was... a pressing mistake. Yeah, that's it.
I like #9. It's so unexpected in context.
But Revolver is still the best Beatles album. Actually, it's just the best album.
Crap. I don't have Revolver on my iBook. Pretty sure I have the CD, unless I lost it in a move.
I can't keep track of CDs in my head. Just last week I bought a CD that I already owned... I think the third time I've done that in the last five years.
I like #9. It's so unexpected in context.
Well yeah, that would work... if it wasn't 8:13 long....
I like Revolver, but I prefer Rubber Soul.
Rubber Soul is ace, but doesn't have the scope of Revolver - with revolver you can just hear them transforming what rock music meant right there on the fly.
Then again, Rubber Soul has Norwegian Wood, their bestest song of all...
Pulp's Different Class is a completely fantastic album ("Something Changed, "Sorted for E's and Whizz," "I Spy," "Disco 2000," and "Common People" are all on one album -- and the other eight songs are far from shabby), so I think they win the battle of the Britpop Bands in my head. But Blur have written some very good songs I especially like "Tender," which I know is atypical but it's perfect. It's one of those songs that creates a stillness whenever you hear it.
The Beatles have never done much for me. I get that they're technically good, I get that they're important, but I rarely hear the passion I like in rock from them. They are excellent music to read the paper to on Sunday mornings, though.