There's some reasonable songs on Magic and Loss. But Drella (I admit I haven't listened to it this decade) is wonderful.
Just call me the computer whisperer.
Willow ,'Lessons'
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.
Jim - Jul 05, 2004 7:20:56 am PDT #3764 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Michele T. - Jul 05, 2004 8:27:26 am PDT #3765 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
I was very pleased recently to read on Neil Gaiman's blog that he finally had The Talk with his daughter Holli -- that is, the talk in which he explained to her that she was named for the character in "Walk on the Wild Side." She thought it was cool, mercifully.
tommyrot - Jul 05, 2004 9:27:33 am PDT #3766 of 10003
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 haven't listened to Drella in about five years. I just bought it on iTunes and am listening to it now. Some songs sound kinda dumb (lyrically) but overall I'm really liking it.
I used to love New York, but I just haven't been able to get into it for a while.
One of my favorite Reed songs of the last 20 years is "My Friend George." (Edit: off of New Sensations.) I just love that song to death.
Hayden - Jul 05, 2004 9:59:00 am PDT #3767 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yeah, I haven't listened to Drella for a bunch of years. I should go back and review it, but I just shudder at the memory of how Not Good I though it was at the time.
Jesse - Jul 05, 2004 12:30:23 pm PDT #3768 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just skipped some, because I feel the need to comment on a couple of things from days ago:
1) Fergie from Black Eyed Peas was apparently on some kids' show back in the day, but I forget which.
2) I was a senior in college (1994/5) before I learned that the Beastie Boys's "Crafty" opens with a sample. Which is, IIRC, Led Zepplin's "Whole Lotta Love." I had literally never heard the song before.
3) I think there was a third thing, but now I forget. Ah well.
DavidS - Jul 05, 2004 1:24:23 pm PDT #3769 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think there was a third thing, but now I forget. Ah well.
Did it have to do with the Gap Band and the Mary Jane Girls?
Jesse - Jul 05, 2004 2:04:24 pm PDT #3770 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No it did not! Is that what I skipped?
Kristen - Jul 05, 2004 2:05:32 pm PDT #3771 of 10003
1) Fergie from Black Eyed Peas was apparently on some kids' show back in the day, but I forget which.
Kids Incorporated.
DavidS - Jul 05, 2004 4:37:58 pm PDT #3772 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
No it did not! Is that what I skipped?
I was talking about watching VH-1 Classic the other day and wishing you and Kat Perez were around with me. Consecutive videos by: Expose - Point of No Return; The Jets - Rocket 2U; The Gap Band - Party Train (great song, great yet ubercheezy video); Mary Jane Girls - Boys.
Jon B. - Jul 05, 2004 4:59:38 pm PDT #3773 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I remember seeing "Songs for Drella" as a work-in-progress at St. Anne's in Brooklyn. Although it was cool seeing Lou & John play together, I wasn't too impressed save for one rockin' song that John played viola on -- I think it was "Work". Even that one sounded lame on the CD.