Rap rap rappity rap
Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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.
bon bon - Jul 07, 2004 12:07:06 pm PDT #3850 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 07, 2004 12:13:42 pm PDT #3851 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I love Roxy in all its incarnations. I think the first album has higher highs, but For Your Pleasure is the more consistently good of the two Eno albums. I don't think Roxy hit its peak, though, until Country Life/Siren.
Hayden, I wouldn't say Japan is for everybody - very delicate and precise, but they don't sound dated in any way. Give Quiet Life a listen, because it's much less precious than the other two (and has some kick-ass guitar that later got phased out of the band's sound). I will admit that Sylvian's vocals are like a more mannered Bryan Ferry's, but he's got a different edge - as a reviewer said shy rather than dissipated or jaded.
I'd also HIGHLY recommend the Fripp/Sylvian collaboration The First Day, but I'm a total Crim head, so take that with whatever grains of salt you will.
Totally with you on the early Eno, though. The man had something going on. Whether how it changed was for the better or for the worse, I don't want to get into (because I like a lot of his ambient stuff), but those four "conventional" albums are SUBLIME.
Hayden - Jul 07, 2004 12:27:17 pm PDT #3852 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I should probably check it out again. Hey, I listened to King Crimson's Red the other day for the first time in about 12 years. Gotta say, it was pretty damn good.
Jen - Jul 07, 2004 12:35:11 pm PDT #3853 of 10003
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
hayden, I'm listening to Calexico's Feast of Wire on your recommendation. It's freaking amazing, and I love it.
Next up, Lambchop.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 07, 2004 12:55:07 pm PDT #3854 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hey, I listened to King Crimson's Red the other day for the first time in about 12 years. Gotta say, it was pretty damn good.
Oh HELL YES!!!! If you haven't heard any of their recent releases (THRAK, The Power to Believe), I recommend them highly. Also, if they play anywhere near you, go see them. I've seen them four times, and outside of Tom Waits, I can't think of anyone who's been a more transformative experience live.
Hayden - Jul 07, 2004 1:12:06 pm PDT #3855 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
hayden, I'm listening to Calexico's Feast of Wire on your recommendation. It's freaking amazing, and I love it.
Next up, Lambchop.
Sweet! Yeah, Calexico's absolutely fantastic and almost a necessity if you ever find yourself driving through the West. Which Lambchop? I'm partial to Nixon, but I haven't heard everything they've done, including either of their recent double releases.
Oh HELL YES!!!! If you haven't heard any of their recent releases (THRAK, The Power to Believe), I recommend them highly. Also, if they play anywhere near you, go see them. I've seen them four times, and outside of Tom Waits, I can't think of anyone who's been a more transformative experience live.
Roger that. I was a big fan as a teenager, but rejected them at some point. Red is fucking great, though. I have Discipline, Lark's Tongue in Aspic, and Starless & Bible Black on vinyl, too, so I've been thinking I should pop those on the turntable sometime soon.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 07, 2004 3:56:52 pm PDT #3856 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Roger that. I was a big fan as a teenager, but rejected them at some point.
I started grooving on them as a teen as well (this would be the Beat/Three of a Perfect Pair era), but never lost the love. First, they kept stopping when they didn't have anything to say, which I respect in bucket loads. Second, everytime they came back, they sounded different, and yet still identifiably Crimson-ish. Anyway, I think Fripp is one of the most underrated great guitarists, and funny-ass guys in the business. It's a bone-dry humor, granted (although I've known him to pass on the odd bodily function joke), but that's my style of humor generally.
Red is probably the single best thing they've ever done, though. It fucking kicks ass, takes names, and leaves no witnesses.
DavidS - Jul 07, 2004 4:15:02 pm PDT #3857 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
We covered Crimson's Lizard in the book.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 07, 2004 4:23:14 pm PDT #3858 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
We covered Crimson's Lizard in the book.
Oh, wicked cool. A totally underrated record of theirs, even by hardcore Crim heads. Who did the essay? In a lot of odd ways, it was Fripp's Beatles' tribute album.
DavidS - Jul 07, 2004 4:45:22 pm PDT #3859 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A totally underrated record of theirs, even by hardcore Crim heads.
Pretty much exactly the point of the whole book. Though not limited to Crim heads.
Crim heads, crim heads. I just like saying that.
Who did the essay?
Bruce Duff. Alphabetically the King Crimson is preceded by Andy Kim (bubblegum pop), and Junior Kimbrough (blues) and followed by the Kinks (Muswell), Klaatu (faux space Beatles) and Klymaxx (80s electro funk).
I love our alphabetical format. Another good stretch:
Housemartins
Howlin' Wolf
Idle Race (Jeff Lynn of ELO's 60s band)
Individuals (80s indie arty rock)
Jacksons (Triumph)
James Gang (Yer Album)