Sure. Pile the pressure on...
More like a wishy washy inability to just settle on one.
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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.
DavidS - May 10, 2005 5:37:20 pm PDT #8592 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
DXMachina - May 10, 2005 6:35:13 pm PDT #8593 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It'll be tomorrow for me. The mp3 I have of my song isn't great, and I need to figure out where the CD is to re-rip it.
joe boucher - May 10, 2005 6:44:19 pm PDT #8594 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Hec's liner notes for one of his alternates:
"My Lady Story" - Antony & the Johnsons. Reminds me here of both Van Morrison & Nina Simone and...I don't know. A castrati Jeff Buckley? But beautiful. Yes, that.
I'd say the love child of Aaron Neville and Bryan Ferry. With a touch of Prince. And the more I listen I think of Donovan and Nick Drake. Where's he from? I get Van more from the music, esp. the flute or recorder or whatever that is. Had to look up the lyrics to follow what he was singing, and yep, it's pretty weird.
tina f. - May 10, 2005 7:21:55 pm PDT #8595 of 10003
Do you know about his blog? [link]
Yup: tina f. "Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan" Apr 14, 2005 3:07:12 pm PDT
::weeps because Jon apparently doesn't absorb every word she posts::
Jim - May 10, 2005 10:28:13 pm PDT #8596 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
No water breakage yet, I'm afraid. and My Lady Story is great, but slightly to catchy; more than one friend has found himself singing "My lady's story is one of breast amputation..." on the bus...
DavidS - May 11, 2005 2:37:42 am PDT #8597 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'd say the love child of Aaron Neville and Bryan Ferry.
Yeah, I can see that. It's the vibrato. The tremble in the voice.
With a touch of Prince.
When Prince sings falsetto?
And the more I listen I think of Donovan and Nick Drake.
That's a little more folky than I'd peg him, but Donovan does have that warble.
Where's he from?
NYC. Though I don't think he grew up there.
I get Van more from the music, esp. the flute or recorder or whatever that is.
That's actually what I was referring to, which is specific to this cut.
and My Lady Story is great, but slightly to catchy; more than one friend has found himself singing "My lady's story is one of breast amputation..." on the bus...
Yeah, me too. The more I listen to this record the more I'm drawn into it. I actually find the famous guest musicians an unnecessary distraction.
Jim - May 11, 2005 3:13:30 am PDT #8598 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
actually find the famous guest musicians an unnecessary distraction
Oh, I dunno - the Rufus Wainwright track is bad, but Lou's guitar makes Fistful of Love and the moment when you realise who the second voice on You are My Sister actually is makes my hair stand on end every time.
NYC. Though I don't think he grew up there.
He's from England - the dormitory resort of Eastbourne, IIRC - but grew up in the US.
lisah - May 11, 2005 4:39:37 am PDT #8599 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Okay, my unusual love songs are loading up now. They should be in the Sent folder.
um...shouldn't the songs all go to the inbox? So they're all listed there together? I'm confuzzled.
The more I listen to this record the more I'm drawn into it.
I heard a story about him on NPR and when they started to play one of his songs I thought I would have to turn off the radio--his voice was so offputting to me. But I didn't turn it off and by the middle of the song I was loving him and was singing along.
DavidS - May 11, 2005 4:59:58 am PDT #8600 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
um...shouldn't the songs all go to the inbox? So they're all listed there together? I'm confuzzled.
Most people seem to be sending from Buffistarawk, so it winds up in the outbox. I just did it the same way, though it seems to make more sense to send it to Buffistarawk. Or possibly I'm just messing it all up with my backwards ways.
I heard a story about him on NPR and when they started to play one of his songs I thought I would have to turn off the radio--his voice was so offputting to me. But I didn't turn it off and by the middle of the song I was loving him and was singing along.
Some of my favorite musicians made me adjust to their distinctive sound. It was striking but not immediately pleasurable. And then you find the doorway into their interior logic (or, less rationally, their "vibe") and the whole thing opens up to you. Tom Waits was like that for me. Neutral Milk Hotel.
Though I didn't find Antony's voice offputting, as you did. But it has opened up to me even more with repeated listens.
Oh, I dunno - the Rufus Wainwright track is bad, but Lou's guitar makes Fistful of Love and the moment when you realise who the second voice on You are My Sister actually is makes my hair stand on end every time.
"Unnecessary" may have been unnecessary. More accurately, Rufus' voice on the record jerked me out of it. But I do love "You Are My Sister" and the guest voice there.
Jim - May 11, 2005 5:19:04 am PDT #8601 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I am a Bird Now (does the pun register in the States, BTW?) is one of those albums I binged on for about a week and haven't really picked up since - which seems to be my current MO with records.