I haven't heard any Placebo beyond "Pure Morning," but I've been told they kick ass.
"Plasticine" (off of their latest CD, Sleeping with Ghosts) is in my personal top 10 greatest songs of all time.
I get insanely fan-girly about Placebo. They write great songs, they sound like the lovechild of Bowie and The Smiths, and the lead vocalist is a very very pretty boy in eyeliner.
Who was it wanted to know about The Killers? I have heard two songs and they're both keepers: Jenny and Indie Rock and Roll.
My favorite part of "Indie Rock and Roll" is when the guy sings "She plays the drums/I'm on tambourine" and then there's a completely cheesy & ostentatious tambourine wiggle. Cracks me up every time.
And I love "Of Montreal" because 1) really cool name, how many bands are prepositional phrases? and 2)Disconnect the Dots is a very cool song.
I am with Lyra on the Beatles. Nice, I can see the genius, I don't turn it off but I never reach for it. Someone once said to me that the Beatles are Love and the Rolling Stones are Sex, and I have to say I agree. I reach for "Sticky Fingers" fairly often.
I went to google the Kylie/Fischerspooner thing (before I saw that it was on a buffistamix that might someday come my way) and I don't know what this means but it looks really, really funny:
"Kylie Minogue sous la lame de Fischerspooner"
The Kylie/Fischerspooner mix was also on Angus' World Without Shrimp mix.
le sigh, the mix that has disappeared.
Can anyone help me with the iTunes store? I already *have* iTunes on my computer, now I want to open an account at the store and buy music (and possibly win a 20gig iPod). All the links on the Apple site make it seem like they want me to download iTunes again. Is this right?
If you have iTunes already, there's a store link in the left-hand menu.
You cannot access the iTunes store outside of the iTunes app.
That was me asking about The Killers. I think I'll have to pick that one up. I bet my local music shoppe has it on sale.
While I love the song "Special K," I have not liked any other Placebo songs I have heard. I find the singer's voice nearly intolerable.
If you have iTunes already, there's a store link in the left-hand menu.
Ah-ha! I knew there was something basic I was missing.
While I love the song "Special K," I have not liked any other Placebo songs I have heard. I find the singer's voice nearly intolerable.
But but but ... nah, I've heard that from other people, too. I still think they're wonderful.
Wait! So all this time (okay, about forty minutes) that I've been thinking "ooh, I like that song, can't wait to get the remix" I ALREADY HAVE IT?
One of the nice things about being dumb and oblivious is that you can be pleased by the same things over and over again.