That is one weird-ass double-header.
NOT seen on the same day, I must add. It would have been a toss-up if my eyes or my brains melted first if I had.
What's RIP IT OFF? Guess I'll have to imdb it.
eta - Oh, so that's what that is. Huh.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 07, 2004 3:16:57 am PDT #5278 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Jon B. - Oct 07, 2004 4:42:00 am PDT #5279 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Ann Margaret in baked beans. ijs
Bears repeating.
I'm currently listening to Phil Kline's Zippo Songs: Airs of War and Lunacy. I don't know if it's rock, but it's certainly a song cycle ("Donald Rumsfeld is the new Dylan!" - well, maybe not; click the link to see what I'm talking about) and Kline plays a lot o' guitar. It's closer to the art song tradition (in concept, not sound) than to opera. The singer, Theo Bleckmann, is great! Gorgeous voice. The reviews aren't kidding about his range either, but the great thing is that he shows off that range without showing off at all. I don't know how much of that is him and how much is Kline's writing, but whoever deserves credit deserves a lot of it. No Whitney/Celine/Mariah dog-whistle showing off. Every high, low and mid-range note is organic to what he's doing, not jammed in there for cheap effect. I heard about it when Phil Kline was on Soundcheck.
Joe, you ignorant slut! I'm going to have to respectfully disagree here. I've heard the album and thought, while a good concept, it was rather dull. And the singing? Pretentious with a capital P. Still, when I saw that they would be performing the songs at Mass MOCA, I figured I'd give them another chance (I was planning to go to MassMOCA that weekend anyway). While there were some interesting things going on musically with the arrangements, the singer was still boring and pretentious. He reminded me of a vocal version of the stereotypical Berklee Guitarist. Technically brilliant, but without any soul.
tommyrot - Oct 07, 2004 5:09:17 am PDT #5280 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.
Lyra Jane - Oct 07, 2004 6:15:09 am PDT #5281 of 10003
Up with the sun
I've never much cared for the Beach Boys; their music sounds too sweet and, frankly, bland/naive to an ear that came of age during grunge, plus they have the taint of being what my parents listen to. Would Smile have any hope of changing my mind?
(I know, I know, My ongoing dismissal of almost all '60's rock that is not by the Rolling Stones probably makes the Baby Jesus cry.)
Jim - Oct 07, 2004 6:17:40 am PDT #5282 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I doubt it. If you don't like celestial vocal harmonies filled with all the aching beauty and pain of life, SMiLe can't help you.
Jon B. - Oct 07, 2004 6:18:12 am PDT #5283 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The Elephant 6 bands would not sound as they do, were it not for the Beach Boys. Especially, say, Olivia Tremor Control. There's a lot of weirdness on Smile that would surprise folks who only know them from the surfing songs.
Jim - Oct 07, 2004 6:20:06 am PDT #5284 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Yeah, I just got the album. It's astounding. I'm coming from a different place, I suspect, than Hay'n'Hec; I'm not a Beach Boys fanboy, and I've never heard the boots, so this is a completely new listen as far as I'm concerned. And it's just exquisite.
billytea - Oct 07, 2004 6:33:22 am PDT #5285 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I doubt it. If you don't like celestial vocal harmonies filled with all the aching beauty and pain of life, SMiLe can't help you.
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Lyra Jane - Oct 07, 2004 7:02:24 am PDT #5286 of 10003
Up with the sun
If you don't like celestial vocal harmonies filled with all the aching beauty and pain of life, SMiLe can't help you.
Hey now. It was a real question.
There's a lot of weirdness on Smile that would surprise folks who only know them from the surfing songs.
Okay, *that* almost interests me, though I admit I don't know much about Elephant 6.
NO! I am a soulless abomination and an affront to both God and man, who will surely end their days being chased over a cliff by angry pitchfork-wielding villagers. Please do not send me SMiLe, and if you could kick a sad-eyed puppy in the street for me I would be much obliged
Puppy-kickers of the world, unite and take over.
Sue - Oct 07, 2004 7:07:44 am PDT #5287 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Puppy-kickers of the world, unite and take over.
I'm with Lyra on this one...
I can appreciate the influence of the Beach Boys. I like of what could be considered Pure pop stuff. It still doesn't make the urge to kill whenever I hear "Sloop Jon B" subside. At all.