ashke
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response 25 of 33:
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Jan 9 17:30 UTC 2001 |
Ooo... Well, I got the best of Styx and Supertramp, and was amazed to learn
on the Styx that "Show Me the Way" was their song. I knew it, by heart, but
didn't know who had done it. I also got the 1995 album by the Corrs. Loved
it too. I liked some of the vocal songs, but my favorites are the
instrumentals.
Significant Other by Limp Bizkut was good. Songs like "Break Stuff", "Nookie"
and "No Sex" made it better than 3 dollar bill y'all, because amazingly
enough, Fred Durst can sing. and you wouldn't think it by looking at him.
Korn "Life is Peachy" has "Twist", "A.D.I.D.A.S.", and a great version of "Low
Rider" with Jonothan Davis playing the bag pipes.
"No. 4" by Stone Temple Pilots. Very good. I still like Core better, the
first album, but this one just had something to it...And I think it s because
they were finally acting like a band, and not like Scott Weiland's backups,
and not like his drug fantasy. He's sober and he sings beautifully, and the
DeLeo brothers wrote some nice songs. "Sour Girl" is a good example.
<if these descriptions aren't that thorough, I'm at work, and this is off the
top of my head>
"Name of Record" by Filter! OH! I can't say enough about it. The lead
singer is the brother of the T-1000 from Terminator 2, Robert Patrick, and
he can SING! I thought they could sing with the first hit "Hey Man, Nice
Shot", but in this, there is more singing, acoustic guitars, and less
screaming and pounding. It's one of those albums that you can listen through
all the way.
"When the Pawn...." by Fiona Apple. The girl needs some food. She needs some
prozac. and she needs to learn when to shut up, which is evident by the 98
word run on sentance that she calls a poem that is the title of her second
album. "Tidal", her first album, had "Criminal", "Sleep to Dream", and some
other songs along the same vein. This one has "Never is a Promise", and the
addicting, "Fast as you Can". Fiona can write. Don't get me wrong. She can
sing too. She evokes this kind of shiver on your back when she sings. And
she can even word her songs in such a way you get caught up in them. But when
she's not singing, she's a twit. Plain and simple. lets hope her mouth
doesn't ruin her singing career.
Downloads of note?
"Nothing for Nothing" by Billy Preston
"Teenage Wasteland" by the Who
"Classical Gas" by Mason Williams
"Gabriel's Message" by Sting
"Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco, the long version
"Wash your face in my sink" by Dream Warriors
"O Fortuna" the techno version
a BEAUTIFUL version of "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails...the "Super Mario Mix"
and another mix called "Closer to Hogs" (thanks to a night of gaming)
"Ooh Aah Just A Little Bit" by Gina G (cute little dance number)
a collection of songs by Colorfinger, Art Alexis's band before Everclear
<I'll have to finish this when I can look at my list at home>
Another album? "horray for boobies" by the Bloodhound Gang.
Normally they annoy the shit out of me. Completely! The last album they had,
I would listen to it and I would get angry until I turned off. However, I
do like this one. Go figure. "Dear Chasy Lane" is a sweet song about a guys
love for a porn star (note sarcasm here) but it's funny. There is another
song that uses the hook from Pac-Man, Falco's Rock me Amadeus, and other 80s
songs. (can't remember the name off the top of my head), and then of course
"The Bad Touch" just makes me laugh. "Turn me on, I'm mister coffee, with
an automatic drip" and other lines are such a creative way to comeo n to
someone.
Is that enough for now? gimmie time to think, and I should come up with more.
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orinoco
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response 26 of 33:
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Jan 9 19:31 UTC 2001 |
I think the only albums that came out this year that've managed to
percolate their way into my consciousness and creep down my to-buy list
and actually make their way into my CD player have been Shelby Lynne's _I
Am Shelby Lynne_ and Paul Simon's _You're The One._ (Oddly enough, both of
these are up for Grammys. Will someone please tell me when I started
having mainstream taste in music? This is getting frightening :)
The Paul Simon was a real disappointment to me. It's sort of a
worst-of-both-worlds album: it combines his recent interest in world-music
with some of his thoughtful songwriting from the 70s and early 80s, but
there's not much energy, no outstanding melodies, and few good lyrics.
There are a few good tunes, and it's a New Album <gasp> By Paul Simon <oh
wow>, but without the famous name on the cover I doubt that anyone would
care, much less nominate it for a Grammy.
The Shelby Lynne is pretty fantastic, though. As I understand the story,
she was an aspiring country singer who gave up on Nashville and decided to
make a soul album instead. However it happened, it really _works._ I find
myself wishing for a little more country on some of the songs, but even
the ordinary soul tracks on the album are _good_ ordinary soul tracks,
classy and tastefully done. It surprised me how well some country cliches
translate into soul or vice versa: she uses high synth lines where a pure
country singer might use a fiddle, and slide guitar where a soul song
might have an organ glissando, and it ends up making sense.
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brighn
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response 29 of 33:
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Jan 11 04:40 UTC 2001 |
Also, terms get generated which mean basically the same thing, but somehow
embed some feel of the genre, too. New Wave hits are "golden oldies," they're
"retro"; CCR and BTO aren't "oldies," they're "classic rock."
(er, New Wave hits AREN'T "golden oldies")
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mooncat
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response 31 of 33:
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Jan 11 19:41 UTC 2001 |
Ah yes, Fiona Apple's "When the Pawn" I agree with Ashke about her
singing and writing abilities... I try to ignore everything else, but I
do like that album, I'd list my favorites, but all the song names are
eluding me- I pretty much only know things like 'well, I like the 4th
song on the cd' and so on. ;)
Hmm... any other purchases this year... None that come to mind. Must
think more.
Oh... one I do recall, Rasputina's 'Thanks for the Ether.' Rasputina
being a trio of women cello players with songs like Transylvanian
Concubine and My Little Shirt Waist Fire, and one of my favorites that
likens the earliest American settlers to the Donnor party. It's not
the 'harmonious' music I tend to like, but they're an offbeat group
that I just find interesting and amusing.
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brighn
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response 33 of 33:
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Jan 12 19:11 UTC 2001 |
In Detroit, at least, Classic Rock is easy to define: Anything the WCSX (94.7)
plays. That includes not just stuff from the 70s, but most of the oeuvre of
bands whose major hits classify as "classic rock" -- 90s stuff from Elton
John, for instance [except the ballads, I s'ppose].
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