'Lessons'
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.
Which reminds me: I want to download something by them from EMusic. Where should I start?
FWIW my fave is Ghost of Fashion - but I've only heard one other.
I just got copies of the new Stereolab and the Cold Mountain soundtrack at the same time. I dunno which to listen to first. I can't tell what I'm in the mood for....dilemmas, dilemmas.
I hear that the new Stereolab is a return to form, Emperor Tomato Ketchup-style.
FWIW my fave is Ghost of Fashion - but I've only heard one other.
Mine too, and I've heard 'em all.
I like the new Stereolab. There's some Old School Rockin' Stuff that makes the album more varied than their last few.
Heh. X-post, sorta.
I hear that the new Stereolab is a return to form, Emperor Tomato Ketchup-style.
I wouldn't go that far, but there's one or two tunes that fit that description.
I hear that the new Stereolab is a return to form, Emperor Tomato Ketchup-style.
That's what all the reviews say as well. I didn't buy it - just copied it. But I will buy it eventually I'm sure.
OK - I don't care how trendy it is - Jack White doing the faux bluegrass thing is MELTING me - guh. Uh, so I picked Cold Mountain. Really great first track - I promise not to give a track-by-track report - IJS it's a good first track.
Well, as long as the new Stereolab is better than the last two, I'll probably pick it up.
Is that the one that JZ kept playing in the car when I was out there? I would never have guessed it was by the Dixie Chicks.
That's the one.
I'd love to hear Glenn Campbell tell stories. Before his solo career, he was the first call guitarist on The Wrecking Crew - the LA studio musicians who played on literally thousands of hit records. As Fred Pete notes, he played on numerous Beach Boys records (and even went on tour with them). Would also love to talk to Jimmy Webb, a very interesting songwriter and producer.
Now thinking about Stereolab doing a Jimmy Webb album...
T Bone Burnett is like unto a music producing god.
Damn! The Cold Mountain soundtrack is stunning. I haven't seen the movie but listening to this just about made me cry (OK, so I cry VERY easily...but still).
Just fantastic. Oddly, the only song I didn't love was the Alison Kruass and Sting duet that is nominated for the Oscar. Everything else is reach through your headphones and shake you fantastic.
Especially the two songs by the Sacred Heart Singers and the acapella track by Cassie Franklin. Jack White's songs are really fantastic as well. Mmmm. The original orchestrated score tracks (there are four composed by Gabriel Yared) are beautiful but they take you right out of the ethereal bluegrassy civil war mood set by the vocal and fiddle tracks. That's the only reason I would say this isn't as good as the O Brother Soundtrack. Still really beautiful and worth buying if you like the bluegrass though.
Hey if you live in Canada and you wanted to see the Pixies - you are in luck. Their dates have been announced:
4/14 Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB CANADA
4/15 Doris Knight Ballroom, Regina, SK CANADA
4/17 Prairieland, Saskatoon, SK CANADA
4/18 Red's, Edmonton, AB CANADA
4/19 MacEwan Hall, Calgary, AB CANADA
4/21 Victoria Curling Club, Victoria, BC CANADA
4/22-23 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC CANADA
4/24 Big Easy, Spokane, WA
4/25 The Big Easy, Boise, ID
4/27 MacDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR
4/29 Freeborn Hall, Davis, CA
5/1 Coachella Festival, Indio, CA
No plans for additional dates.
Well, that sucks.