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[Sally, la reina]

Sarah Pi, it was streaming at npr.org the other day.

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RA wrote, You know, I've tried to listen to Spoon, can't get into them, and feel like I'm missing something. What am I missing?

I couldn't agree with you more. I don't dislike Spoon; I just don't get what all the lavished praise is all about.

[RandomAnthony]

Sarah Pi likes Spoon. Sarah, explain them to us!

I'm listening to a mix of comparatively upbeat music the librarian put together. Thanks!

I think my office colleagues would thank her as well. Usually they enter the hallway to the dulcet tones of whatever depressing music I'm playing that morning:)

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Self-proclaimed "smart guys who like dumb stuff," the Dictators were like those dudes you hung around with in high school who did nothing much more on the weekend than drink beer, smoke weed, watch TV, talk about girls, and argue about music. Their monolithic debut of moronic innocence satirized everything from professional wrestling to fast food, unwittingly spawning the suburban anthem "Two Tub Man," which skewers Lou Reed and Jackie Onassis and declares:

"Edjumacation ain't for me
I'm so drunk I can barely see"

After switching labels for their second album, they lent a meaning to Asylum that David Geffen never intended.



Jesus truly does love the Stooges, his Pops creating them on the Eighth Day with ingredients gathered from the ashes of Altamont and the 1967 Detroit riots instead of the bright muck of Woodstock. Arguments about whether they were the first punk band is hair splitting best left for hopeless, melodramatic, depressed emo kids who write bad, whiny poetry, wear girl pants, act glum, and cry in the dark.

[RandomAnthony]

I agree, the Dictators were way underrated and a hell of a lot of fun....

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RandomAnthony wrote: "I agree, the Dictators were way underrated and a hell of a lot of fun...."


Once saw them wipe the stage with Kiss's sorry asses at the Michigan Palace. They even got an encore.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

"Godwhacker" - Steely Dan. Love the Dan!
"Time Has Told Me" - Nick Drake
"Hook" - Blues Traveler
"Spoonful" - Cream
"60 Miles an Hour" - New Order
"Marrakesh Express" - CSN
"Swingtown" - The Steve Miller Band

[[deleted user]]

OMG! The Dictators! YES!!!

[Vanessa]

Chris Knight. A lot more "Texas Country" than is usually my taste, but I've got free tickets to see him soon. In spite of his voice, his lyrics suck me in.

[Sarah]

RandomAnthony wrote: "Sarah Pi likes Spoon. Sarah, explain them to us!"

I'm not good at explaining music...it's so personal, and there's that whole dancing about architecture thing.

I personally dig Spoon because unlike a lot of modern indie music, the songs are really, really hooky. They have a beat. They have structure. The last album had horns, for a kind of post-punk-soul feel. The arrangements are smart and complex.

Arguments for the defense:
"The Underdog": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1hZVD...

"I Turn My Camera On":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro95Ns...

[Sally, la reina]

I really dig Spoon as well. They just rev my engine.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I like "I Turn My Camera On."

I hate when a song starts out so quietly on my iPod I can't tell if my iPod is playing or not, and I keep pushing the button to make it GO.

[RandomAnthony]

I am listening to Lucero's Tennessee, courtesy of Gretchen, right now...man, this is a great disc. Thanks, Gretchen! I wish I was drunk. This is good drinking music.

[Heidi]

RandomAnthony wrote: "I am listening to Lucero's Tennessee, courtesy of Gretchen, right now...man, this is a great disc. Thanks, Gretchen! I wish I was drunk. This is good drinking music."

My roommate went to Fayetteville, AR this past weekend to see them perform. I think he could unofficially qualify as a groupie...

[smetchie]

RandomAnthony wrote: "I am listening to Lucero's Tennessee, courtesy of Gretchen, right now...man, this is a great disc. Thanks, Gretchen! I wish I was drunk. This is good drinking music."

You're welcome! I'm giddy that you like it. Tennessee is my favorite.

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King Dinösaur wrote: "Hey, Clark - I got to interview Ross the Boss, former Dictators (and ManOwar) guitarist a while back. Cool guy.

Check it out:

http://clodsofsodom.com/?p=73"

Nice work, KD! You know, I'm still trying to figure out how and why he jumped the shark and joined Manowar. Probably paid better than the Dictators, huh?

[janine]

my latest repeat-obsession:

beach house - teen dream

[Sarah]

Beach House is from Baltimore! Having said that, I still haven't gotten around to listening to them, and I never ran into them when they were playing locally.

[janine]

today's albums:

first aid kit - the big black and the blue
get well soon - vexations
the magnetic fields - realism
scout niblett - the calcination of scout niblett
the clientele - bonfires on the heath

i also listened to edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros

[janine]

[RandomAnthony]

Janine listens to some music I have not heard but looks very cool.

[janine]

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[[deleted user]]

Hi All.

I'm going through this highly talented Lady's work right now. She does piano versions of Metal/Rock songs and they're fucking brilliant. so if you wanna hear Ace of Spades, The Four Horsemen, Seasons in the Abyss et al. on a piano...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxmi9R...

[janine]

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

"Somebody to Love" - Jefferson Airplane
"Time of the Season" - The Zombies
"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" - Beach Boys
"The House is Rockin'" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Ray Ray Rain" - Bettie Serveert
"On the Corner of Bourbon & Division" - Firewater
"New Sensation" - INXS

[[deleted user]]

"I Was a Kamikaze Pilot" - Hoodoo Gurus
"How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live" - Del-Lords
"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" - Chequered Past
"2-4-6-8 Motorway" - Tom Robinson Band
"Caught in a Dream" - Alice Cooper
"Avenging Annie" - Roger Daltrey
"This Town" - Michael Stanley Band
"Just Another Night" - Ian Hunter
"Moustache" - Sparks
"Birth School Work Death" - The Godfathers
"The Game of Love" - Katrina & The Waves
"Gone Dead Train" - Nazareth
"Drinking Problem" - Dream Syndicate
"Ms. 714" - The Joneses
"I'm Not Your Man" - Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers
"Brand New Cadillac" - Vince Taylor
"Holidays in the Sun" - Sex Pistols
"Making Believe" - Social Distortion
"Up Around the Bend" - Hanoi Rocks
"Rosalie" - Bob Seger
"Baba O'Riley" - Those Darn Accordions
"Fighting" - Thin Lizzy
"She's My Girl" - The Babys
"Tumbling Dice" - Rolling Stones
"Suffragette City" - David Bowie
"Live It Up" - Mental As Anything
"Slave Girl" - Lime Spiders
"Frenchette" - David Johansen
"Corinna, Corinna" - Ted Hawkins
"Strutter" - Kiss
"I Walked With a Zombie" - Roky Erickson
"A Public Execution" - Mouse & The Traps
"Sweet Jane" - Velvet Underground
"English Wipeout" - 999
"Rock 'n' Roll Star" - Oasis
"Breathless" - X
"Ruby Soho" - Rancid
"One Step Beyond" - Madness

[[deleted user]]

glad you liked it King D., especially since you seem to have a frighteningly diverse and exquisite taste in music that puts mine to shame.

Is it OK for you if I bug you with asking for recommendations in the near future??

anyway, I'm listening to "Something's gotten hold of my Heart" in the Marc Almond/Gene Pitney version and I take great pride in the fact that "Baptism by Fire" by Marduk is the next song in my playlist

[janine]

deerhunter - microcastle

[janine]

[janine]

loney, dear is a swede with a lovely falsetto.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Cool, KD! Very cool. :)

[janine]

the flaming lips/stardeath and white dwarfs/henry rollins/peaches - the dark side of the moon


because it's the flaming lips, and because it's dark side of the moon.

that picture was not supposed to disappear.

[janine]

i read about it in a magazine and of course couldn't resist the premise. if i had to make a list of bands that i would like to see cover pink floyd the flaming lips would probably make it to #1. i think the album is only available through itunes.

[RandomAnthony]

I'm on a classical roll in the mornings lately...Glass's version of Bowie's Low right now....

[[deleted user]]

"Broken Doll" - Wreckless Eric
"Doll Hospital" - John Hiatt
"The Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari" - John Hiatt
"Girls Are Always Right" - Any Trouble
"Valley of the Dolls" - Generation X
"Little Boys Play with Dolls" - Lords of the New Church
"Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus" - Be Bop Deluxe
"Who Are the Mystery Girls" - New York Dolls
"Some Girls" - Rolling Stones
"Girls" - Dwight Twilley
"Girl's Got Rhythm" - AC/DC
"Cover Girl" - Phantom, Rocker & Slick
"Beautiful Girls" - Van Halen
"Girls Talk" - Dave Edmunds
"Kung Fu Girls" - Blondie
"Catholic Girls" - Frank Zappa
"Local Girls" - Graham Parker & The Rumour

[[deleted user]]

First off, a caveat: I've never had much use for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young or the solo works of any of its individual members. Neil Young's alright if he's cooking up a fuzzfest ala "Ragged Glory" or "Rust Never Sleeps," but when he whips out the acoustic and wheezy harmonica, it brings to mind missed dental appointments and baby seal torture.

"Love the One You're With" exemplifies the smug stupidity that defines West Coast rock in general and the CSN&Y axis of it in particular.

Recorded during one of Still's periodic solo spells, usually caused by his frustration that he's not being given enough room to embarrass himself in a group setting and always followed by a cash-infusion reunion of one group or another, basically advises that if you're a young rock musician on the road and your current "old lady" doesn't happen to be in the same room as you as this very moment, feel free to jump on the first G.T.O. you see.

God, how I hate hippies...





The Limeys love nothing more than a good six-month fad but with the Wildhearts, they finally got it right. In my own little world - which you probably wouldn't want to visit, but I'm OK with it, they know me there - this is about as close as the 90's ever got to being tolerable music-wise, at least to those of us not buying into the third-rate Sabbath riffs being peddled by the grungemeisters. It comes roaring out of the chute like a top-fuel dragster running on melted-down Cheap Trick, Mott The Hoople, and New York Dolls albums - with a Sex Pistols power boost - all trashy bombast, choppy guitars, and fuzz stomp, serving up one hook-filled queasy thrill after another.

Get it before hair starts to grow on your palms.

[janine]

clark, i always love your descriptions!

[[deleted user]]

janine wrote: "clark, i always love your descriptions!"

Hell, someone's actually listening?

Thanks...

[[deleted user]]

King Dinösaur wrote: "Yeah, I like your descriptions, too, until you start hacking on Neil Young. >:("

Nothing personal, KD. I guess I like my Neil Young with a shot of Crazy Horse, not a shot of Dylan.

[RandomAnthony]

God, how I hate hippies...

That would be a decent "life story in six words" setup....

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I hate "Love the One You're With" too, and "Our House," which is too insipid for my tastes, but I do like CSNY.

I love "Woodstock" and I think "Marrakesh Express" is fun. And yes, I love "Judy Blue Eyes." So there! :)

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Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I hate "Love the One You're With" too, and "Our House," which is too insipid for my tastes, but I do like CSNY.

I love "Woodstock" and I think "Marrakesh Express" is fun. And yes, I love "Judy B..."

Well, all due respect to David Crosby anyway. The guy has the constitution of a mastodon. He should've been dead years ago.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

True, Clark. How IS that guy still alive?

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Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "True, Clark. How IS that guy still alive?"

I hate to bring up religion and the deity of your choice in this forum [it's probably a topic best left for another day:], but it's by the grace of God.

I'm Catholic. Don't hold it against me.

[Phil]

Mozart Piano Concerto #19 in F

Alfred Brendel and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner (1971)

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I'm Catholic. Don't hold it against me.

Born Catholic. I'm so glad I told the Catholic Church a long time ago to go get bent.

Speaking of which, the new Sade album, Soldier of Love is quite good. It's been on heavy rotation this week. Nice to see Sade back.

[[deleted user]]

I'm Catholic. Don't hold it against me.

Born Catholic. I'm so glad I told the Catholic Church a long time ago to go get bent.

Speaking of which, the new Sade album, Soldier of Love is quite good. It's been on heavy rotation this week. Nice to see Sade back.

[[deleted user]]

Ugh...stupid double posts.

[[deleted user]]

Your life just isn't complete without anything and everything Motorhead ever released, but for beginners this isn't a bad place to begin.

Stepping right into the void left when Black Sabbath went tits up, Lemmy WAS and STILL IS heavy metal: one dirty hunk of bad-ass attitude, swathed in bullet belts and leather bellowing like a warthog who has just had a cigarette butt stubbed out on its anus.

These five circular silver discs are crammed to bursting with the catchiest of riffs this side of AC/DC, thunderous drums, and the unrefined, proudly neanderthal Lemster growling about reptile love, eating the rich, speedfreaks, the foolishness of gambling and his desire not to live forever.

When you really think about it, what else is there?

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Maybe I'm just in the mood for noise today, but here's another killer box set.

It all veers wildly from what sounds like a terrible accident in a tool-and-die works to shimmering pop delights drenched in adrenaline backwashes of sludge and slow-motion fuzz to not-so-subtle references to the…um… pudendum to perverse, unsettling, apocalyptic-exploded covers and tributes to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Elvis Presley, and The Beach Boys filled with echo, the sound of amp tubes going up in smoke, and carnivorous moans grisly enough to curdle milk. Stick with me; I don't get this way very often anymore.

The brother Reid skirt the fringe of punk without descending into incompetence, tipping their hats more than once to the Velvet Underground, the kids you couldn’t catch while playing tag as a kid on the playground. These guys should be someone’s heroes by now. Too bad they couldn’t play nice…