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sjones
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response 67 of 87:
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Feb 6 20:00 UTC 1999 |
yesyesyes - not forgetting
shoplifters of the world unite
and
heaven knows i'm miserable now...:)
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flem
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response 68 of 87:
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Feb 7 06:41 UTC 1999 |
I realized as I was thinking about what to put that I don't really have
any particular "favorites" right now. Which is extremely bizarre for
me. And somewhat disturbing.
These are a couple of things I thought of, without which my life would
have been immeasurably poorer.
Beethoven's 9th, with Solti.
Beethoven's moonlight sonata, the first movement of which I used to
be able to attempt to play. That was therapeutic.
Verdi's Requiem.
Billy Joel, "New York State of Mind"
Tom Lehrer. No song in particular, just his existence.
Van Morrisson (sp?) "Moondance", preferably the long version, which I
can't seem to find a recording of.
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russ
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response 69 of 87:
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Feb 7 14:13 UTC 1999 |
Oh, how did I forget Lehrer?! I can still belt out a reasonable
facsimile of "The Irish Ballad" and I haven't listened to it in years.
(No, I'm certain that the neighbor's dog's howling was pure coincidence.)
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jerome
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response 70 of 87:
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Feb 7 15:21 UTC 1999 |
And how could I forget "Barbarik" by William Orbit??!! That has to be in
my top 10 somewhere.
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omni
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response 71 of 87:
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Feb 7 19:00 UTC 1999 |
Remember the Tinman by Tracy Chapman. What a beautifully worded song.
The melody and guitar are great as well.
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gypsi
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response 72 of 87:
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Feb 7 19:42 UTC 1999 |
I love singing along when the Smiths sing, "Hang the DJ, hang the
DJ, hang the DJ...*hang* the DJ, etc, etc"
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beeswing
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response 73 of 87:
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Feb 7 21:58 UTC 1999 |
reminds me of Dead Kennedy's "Let's Lynch the Landlord"
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cloud
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response 74 of 87:
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Feb 8 00:05 UTC 1999 |
Oh, yeah! Lehrer
"Poisening Pigeons in the Park" --A favorite for San Marco square,
"In Old Mexico," with the best desription of a bull fight _I've_ ever heard,
"Oedepus Rex," I know by heart,
"Smut!" 'nuff said.
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beeswing
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response 75 of 87:
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Feb 8 01:57 UTC 1999 |
"Satan is my Master"-- Ben Folds Five.
"Satan is my master
He has always been...
he buys my Metallica records for me..."
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sjones
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response 76 of 87:
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Feb 9 13:49 UTC 1999 |
'burn down the disco' la la tra la etc...
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hhsrat
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response 77 of 87:
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Feb 10 02:47 UTC 1999 |
Burn down the disco? Is that the same as Disco Inferno?
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sjones
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response 78 of 87:
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Feb 10 10:38 UTC 1999 |
no, it's back to that smiths' song...
'burn down the disco, hang the blessed dj...'
merrily merrily...:)
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sjones
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response 79 of 87:
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Feb 10 10:39 UTC 1999 |
mind you, a trammps version of a morrissey song... now there's a
thought!
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drewmike
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response 80 of 87:
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Feb 22 01:09 UTC 1999 |
Right now I'm really liking "Crediting Men's Hayride"; Frank Allison and the
Odd Sox. The Soviet recording. One thing I'll say for the Melodiya label, they
knew a thing or two about producing a pop song.
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krj
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response 81 of 87:
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Feb 22 21:16 UTC 1999 |
Wow. An old friend & coworker of mine, Dave Katz, was bass player
for the Odd Sox when they made their trip to Russia in the waning
days of the Soviet Union. As I recall the story, they traded a
couple of modern microphones for the studio time. Then the tapes
disappeared in Russia for a few years, or something like that.
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drewmike
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response 82 of 87:
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Feb 23 01:19 UTC 1999 |
When Frank finally took posession of the tapes, circa 1995, they were some
format that hardly anyone around here could handle.
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otaking
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response 83 of 87:
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Mar 9 19:47 UTC 1999 |
Here's a random listing of favorite songs:
Sarah MacLachlan - "Posession"
Sarah (again) - "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy"
Kate Bush - "Oh England, My Lionheart"
Tori Amos - "Little Earthquakes"
P.J. Harvey - "Rid of Me"
They Might Be Giants - "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
Throwing Muses - "Counting Backwards"
Daft Punk - "Around the World"
Talking Heads - "Road to Nowhere"
Holst - The Planets (especially Mars and Jupiter)
The closing song on Please Save My Earth
Delerium - "Flowers Become Screens"
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lumen
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response 84 of 87:
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Mar 10 22:30 UTC 1999 |
good choice with the Daft Punk tune :)
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goose
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response 85 of 87:
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Jul 16 16:11 UTC 1999 |
My one favorite song of all time: "I can't Explain" -- The Who.
I never tire of that 1:52 burst of energy. If it can't be said in less than
two minutes, it's not worth saying!
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cyklone
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response 86 of 87:
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Jul 17 14:50 UTC 1999 |
Right on brother!
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gnat
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response 87 of 87:
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Jul 19 18:14 UTC 1999 |
Oh, uh... let's see:
"Heavenly Pop Hit" - the Chills (never was a hit, but should have been)
"Northern Lights" - Peter Blegvad
"Yacht Dance" - XTC (kind of a stupid title, but a great song)
"Glass Hotel" - Robyn Hitchcock (I got to see him perform this live on
Saturday night! For the first time! Total thrill...)
"Rain" - The Beatles
"Lay My Love" - Brian Eno and John Cale
"Northern Sky" - Nick Drake
"Ghost" - Neutral Milk Hotel
"Ruby" - The Apples in Stereo (I dare anyone to listen to this without
dancing around foolishly)
"Beestung" or "Your Ghost" - Kristin Hersh
I can't pick just one Elvis Costello song. Anything off "Armed Forces,"
I guess - or "Imperial Bedroom."
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