OH ALSO. I think it's really interesting that Latino kids are, apparently, really into Morrissey. It makes sense -- he's so dramatic and romantic and angsty, and he sings clearly enough that you can get the words even if you're just learning English.
Yes! Ohmigod! Someone's blondie bear's a twenty-question genius!
Harmony ,'Help'
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.
Rio - Oct 18, 2004 8:19:28 am PDT #5379 of 10003
Are you ready to be strong?
Frankenbuddha - Oct 18, 2004 8:22:43 am PDT #5380 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
OH ALSO. I think it's really interesting that Latino kids are, apparently, really into Morrissey. It makes sense -- he's so dramatic and romantic and angsty, and he sings clearly enough that you can get the words even if you're just learning English.
Yeah, I read an article about that in Spin - so strange, yet it fits.
DavidS - Oct 18, 2004 8:45:03 am PDT #5381 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
sad about Marc Almond
Me too. I know most people don't know him much beyond "Tainted Love" but he did some very beautiful (he's a fine singer), lush, smart, dark albums later. I particularly like Mother Fist.
Steph L. - Oct 18, 2004 8:53:32 am PDT #5382 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I know most people don't know him much beyond "Tainted Love"
I had a friend who was obsessed with his Jacques Brel tribute album. Whenever I went over there, that was the only thing on the stereo, for weeks. So I'm familiar with that album, but none of his others.
DavidS - Oct 18, 2004 9:16:18 am PDT #5383 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I had a friend who was obsessed with his Jacques Brel tribute album. Whenever I went over there, that was the only thing on the stereo, for weeks. So I'm familiar with that album, but none of his others.
Well, his later stuff was very Jacques Brel influenced, so you've got a sense of it.
Gandalfe - Oct 18, 2004 9:19:47 am PDT #5384 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I had a friend who was obsessed with his Jacques Brel tribute album. Whenever I went over there, that was the only thing on the stereo, for weeks. So I'm familiar with that album, but none of his others.
Jacques Brel's widow said that, if she had her way, Marc Almond would be the only person allowed to do her husband's songs.
Jim - Oct 18, 2004 10:00:52 am PDT #5385 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Jacques Brel's widow said that, if she had her way, Marc Almond would be the only person allowed to do her husband's songs.
Although she withdrew that after his (brilliant) hi-nrg version of Jackie. I'm very sad about this - I was a colossal Marc fan in the early '90s, and without him I'd never have discovers Walker, Azhnavour, Brel et al.
And as hec says, Mother Fist is one of the great albums of the '90s, and the title song is one of the top ten songs about masturbation.
"Sweetness, I was only joking when I said / that by rights you should be bludgeoned in the head..."
Bludgeoned in your bed - to rhyme with smash every tooth in your head.
RIO - if you have time, I dunno if you do, track down Simon Reynolds' book Blissed Out - it's where I stole the nostalgia for a place you hate line, and has about the smartest dissection of Morrissey circa 1991 I've ever read.
DavidS - Oct 18, 2004 10:03:41 am PDT #5386 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bludgeoned in your bed - to rhyme with smash every tooth in your head.
I knew I'd muffed that, but trusted I'd be corrected in no time. I think tooth-smashing is the more violent imagery actually.
erinaceous - Oct 18, 2004 10:06:43 am PDT #5387 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
OMG Marc Almond did a Jacques Brel tribute album?
WANT.
Gandalfe - Oct 18, 2004 10:08:03 am PDT #5388 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Although she withdrew that after his (brilliant) hi-nrg version of Jackie. I'm very sad about this - I was a colossal Marc fan in the early '90s, and without him I'd never have discovers Walker, Azhnavour, Brel et al.
I love his version of Jackie. Marc Almond is in no small way responsible for my marriage - my now wife came by my place on our first "date" and found that I had a copy of "The Stars We Are", and decided I was worth her time, I guess.
Azhnavour? I am unfamiliar. However, have you heard Jack Lukeman's "Wax" album? That young man has a voice that was MADE for Brel. Too bad most of the stuff he's written himself is shite.