I've heard a couple of tracks from the Streets. I'm with LJ -- I don't get it. Though "Dry Your Eyes" is really starting to grow on me.
I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.
Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'
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.
Fred Pete - Aug 09, 2004 7:00:08 am PDT #4470 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Hayden - Aug 09, 2004 7:27:20 am PDT #4471 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Glad the CDs got there, Jim! I'm with these guys on The Streets, though. It just doesn't work for me.
DavidS - Aug 09, 2004 7:43:06 am PDT #4472 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's a pretty sophisticated mix there - good show on the rearing there Hec. Did he actually do the burning/taping, or did he just make the list?
He basically just cherry picked stuff I have played for him in the car that he particularly liked. I have to say I admire his devotion to Dick Dale. I did the actual playlist, but it's so easy on iMac I'm pretty sure he could've done it himself. He's on the computer a lot so dragging and clicking wouldn't be unfamiliar, and he can type his name (for high scores on games). I'll have to let him try on the second set. He's already wanting some songs that we didn't include (for some reason, he really loves Iggy's "Loco Mosquito").
This morning I got to hear him singing along with his discman on the way to camp, which mostly meant he was doing Mondegreens in all directions, mumbling and shouting the title in the chorus.
Jim - I will boldly dive into The Streets and check them out.
erinaceous - Aug 09, 2004 8:12:45 am PDT #4473 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Emmett is a lethal cute bomb. He's a weapon of cute destruction.
LB was singing "I Want You" (The Beatles one) the other day, and it cracked me up. Especially as he was putting Harry Potter Legos together as he did it.
Jon B. - Aug 09, 2004 8:27:48 am PDT #4474 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Was LB singing the "dum-dum-dum-dum-dums" as well?
Jim - Aug 09, 2004 10:38:55 am PDT #4475 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
You really need the whole album for The Streets to make sense. And you may well need to be British, 20-35, and vaguely urban (not in the euphemistic sense of the word).
Hayden - Aug 09, 2004 11:43:33 am PDT #4476 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm two out of four there. For you, I'll give the guy another chance.
Michele T. - Aug 09, 2004 12:32:02 pm PDT #4477 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
"Fit But You Know It" is a fine song, but Jim is right that it's a concept album -- almost more of a recorded play with music than an album, really. I like some of what I've heard of "Original Pirate Material," and it's a bit more accessible, I think.
And on the Brit rap front, I just heard my first Dizzee track and am understanding a bit of what the fuss there is as well.
Jim - Aug 09, 2004 10:41:56 pm PDT #4478 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
And on the Brit rap front, I just heard my first Dizzee track and am understanding a bit of what the fuss there is as well.
My "friend" downloaded the forthcoming second Dizzee album from suprnova last night. It's just brilliant - "Best british rap album" is a category very close to "best French rockabilly album", but Showtime is going to give Tricky's Maxinquaye a run for its money.
DavidS - Aug 10, 2004 7:56:41 am PDT #4479 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"best French rockabilly album"
Johnny Hallyday Lives!