"New Slang" by the Shins is one of the best songs I've heard all year.
"The Soldiering Life" and "Song for Myla Goldberg" from the next album are just as pop, if not as great, and "The Tain" would be an anomaly in anyone's career. (At least, I hope it is.)
The Decemberists did a song about Myla Goldberg? Cool. Is it good? And does "The Tain" actually have anything to do with Irish mythology? Because if so, I've definitely got to hear it at some point.
Also, I'm standing squarely in joe boucher's corner regarding the "all good music sounds alike" theory.
Oh, and I love Kate Bush (and Tori Amos and Bjork as well), and I own both
The Dreaming
and
Hounds of Love.
But I actually find that I listen to
The Sensual World
most often, probably because she uses the women of Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares as her backup singers, to really beautiful and haunting effect.
Makes note to look for Kate Bush boxed set since just about everything I have is still vinyl.
Does that mean I have to throw out my Justin Timberlake and Robbie Williams CDs?
And these are by whom?
Kate Bush.
I know, I know. I shouldn't blindly make those assumptions. But it's like me trying to wrap my brain around the idea that not everyone owns
Disintigration
by The Cure.
And these are by whom?
Kate Bush.
Ooops. I am familiar with
The Sensual World.
And....that's about it.
The Decemberists did a song about Myla Goldberg? Cool. Is it good?
Catchy. Also featuring the refrain "funiculi funicula," which is a reference to an old song about trains, I think.
