The Music Thread - Currently Listening To

[Pidesco]

Jeffrey Lewis - Don't be Upset

 

I found out about this guy a few days ago. He's awesome.

 

 

 

i took my darling out to the aquarium

sea creatures stared at us and we stared back at them

my baby freaked when she peeked at that 8-legged blob with a beak

she was too scared to speak

i said don't be upset it's only an octopus

don't bother it and i'm sure it won't bother us

please don't be upset my darling, please don't get upset

my baby came riding to meet me one time

on the crowed last car of the downtown-bound 9

she was brave but she caved

when the train was delayed

it was just the last straw in her hard busy day

i said don't get upset 'cuz it's not a catastrophe

nothing will happen and soon you'll be back with me

please don't be upset my darling , please don't be upset

my gal's got a headache, her ankle is hurting too

boots she bought gave her a rash & her wisdom tooth

is coming in and it's damp out and she's having cramps and she's so mad at me cuz i didn't shave

i said don't be upset i know you're feeling sensitive

i'll try to be kinder and be more attentive

please don't be upset my darling please don't get upset

darling i said, i'm gonna be 27 soon

i've only got rejection letters and a sense of impending doom

i think it's too late for me

all the comic companies hate me

and i try but it's always the same

i guess my art is just lame and it's strange but still somehow i'm

always not suiting their needs at this time

and she said ........don't be upset,

you know that you're wonderful

just keep on trying ...(actually what she really said was)

all you ever wanna talk about is your self and your comic books and your album and your tour

and everytime i see your friends they just ask me where you are again and it hurts

it makes me feel like dirt

i'm just gonna write where you are on my shirt

and i said don't be upset, don't be in a bad mood

let's just go to a show and hang out and feel good

come on please don't be upset my darling, please don't be upset, i'll do anything baby, just don't be upset .

[Musopticon?]

Because my friends are more and more succesful at de-highbrowing me.

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Moonsorrow is highbrow? Dudes LARP-as-vikings, for Christ's sake.

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Yet the main guy thinks he is Sibelius reborn and half of the crowd that has been following Moonsorrow since the very beginning praised their latest effort for its "black mettuhl influences", yet those were simply added in to hook some of the tr00ism crowd, who are the highest of high when genreist-elitists are considered. Most fans still think that Kivenkantaja is some kind of official soundtrack to the Finnish "heathen" soul.

 

I mean, what else is high brow than being pretentious as ****?

 

Opeth - Credence

[Darth Drabek]

Wow, that Jeffrey Lewis fella seems to write some interesting stuff.

 

Also, Muso, it's okay to listen to Soundgarden every once in a while. Just because you bring out Badmotorfinger or Ultramega OK once in a blue moon, it doesn't mean you're doomed to put on a flannel and ripped jeans and go yell at your dad about your teenage angst.

 

 

The Jayhawks - Save it for a Rainy Day

[Musopticon?]

Did I say it was bad?

 

Deep Purple - Sometimes I feel like screaming

 

 

I so wish they would finally change the horrible Maamme-laulu to this piece of win.

Edited November 30, 2006 by Musopticon?

[Nartwak]

The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil went down to Georgia

[Darth Drabek]

Did I say it was bad?

 

Deep Purple - Sometimes I feel like screaming

 

 

I so wish they would finally change the horrible Maamme-laulu to this piece of win.

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No you did not.

 

Down on the Upside was actually something like the third CD I bought, back in '96. I got into Soundgarden backwards, as I've done with many other bands from "before my time."

 

 

Teenage Fanclub - Who Loves the Sun (Velvet Underground cover)

 

Nice find, Kor. I actually have the original somewhere. Or at least I thought I did... maybe that was someone else's CD.

 

 

Edit: The new Snoop is sweeeeeeet, and not a "hizzy" to be heard. At least not yet.

Edited November 30, 2006 by Darth Drabek

[Baley]

I mean, what else is high brow than being pretentious as ****?

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Being part of the intelligentsia, and indulging yourself in whatever the intelligentsia delineates as culturally worthy, naturally.

 

Edit: The new Snoop is sweeeeeeet, and not a "hizzy" to be heard. At least not yet.

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Now, now, it wouldn't be the Doggfather without the odd "-izzy", daffy misogynist, party hoes laying flat on their backs, bobbing their heads, and, of course, lack of anything resembling artistic integrity, gansta-angst, or plain ol' fashioned doldrums. God Bless his soul.

 

Nick Drake - Parasite.

[Nartwak]

Johnny Cash - The Devil Comes Back to Georgia

Edited November 30, 2006 by Nartwak

[Surreptishus]

Edit: The new Snoop is sweeeeeeet, and not a "hizzy" to be heard. At least not yet.

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Really? I mean are you sure? I haven't listened to the album yet. I've heard Vato and the track for which Baley provided a link but I was thinking of putting off listening to the album for a looong while.

 

Obviously Doggystyle is a classic but after that my expectations for Snoop albums have been severely lowered due to lacklustre production and half-arsed lyrics and weak delivery. In recent years I think there has been an improvement, mainly due to working with a decent production team (Neptunes) but he still falls prey to the all too common syndrome of an inconsistent rap album.

[Darth Drabek]

I can only base my judgment on the one song Baley linked, 'cause that's the only one I've heard. However, I like how it's slowed down, and I like the soul feel to it (I can't place the sample, but I feel like I've heard it before).

 

Doesn't seem like a party Snoop song, more like something to which you might chill on your porch. You know, "chillaxin."

 

Snoop's got the same problem as every other aging artist who already painted his masterpiece: he's never going to match Doggystyle. If he tries, it will just be another Snoop party album that's not as good. So he needs to diversify his sound, while not abandoning his strengths (that silky-smooth flow).

 

 

edit:

 

 

Neko Case - Bowling Green

Edited November 30, 2006 by Darth Drabek

[Dragon Lord Jones]

collective soul - perfect to stay

 

Gamma Ray - Dream Healer

[Mr. Brightside]

Billy Talent - Cut The Curtains

[Blarghagh]

Also, Muso, it's okay to listen to Soundgarden every once in a while. Just because you bring out Badmotorfinger or Ultramega OK once in a blue moon, it doesn't mean you're doomed to put on a flannel and ripped jeans and go yell at your dad about your teenage angst.

 

Yeah, I mean look at me. I listen to grunge music all the time and I've never worn any of those things, and I've never yelled at my parents. Hell, I only have political angst. And that's sortof allowed, I AM a teenager.

 

Eels - I Want To Protect You

Edited November 30, 2006 by TrueNeutral

[Kor Qel Droma]

Heh, Snoop is coming to my town in a few months. He's even managed to book the local hockey arena, and not the country bar. You've come a long way, Snoop Doggy Dog.

 

Teenage Fanclub - That's All I Need To Know

 

well, not really, I'm still listening to the Razorlight album pretty much nonstop.

[Rosbjerg]

Kings of Convenience - Riot on an empty street.. especially their songs "Know How" and "Love is no big thruth" ..

[Baley]

Clipse - Ride Around Shining; honestly, I'm not (yet) sure what to make of their new album, but from what I've heard, read, and sampled (props to myspace - that's a new one), it's definitely one of the year's more interesting hip-hop releases. (Of course, that's not saying much.)

 

Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Men at Work (a cappella).

Edited November 30, 2006 by Baley

[Pidesco]

Jeffrey Wright - Back When I Was Four

 

Now I'm thinking that his songs may become too repetitive after a while, but the lyrics are all kinds of awesome.

 

 

 

Back when I was 4 and I knew the name of every dinosaur

I knew how to read ROM comic books

My babysitter said I was really smart

When the lights went out everything changed

The radio music made me feel strange

And I had a real bad dream about a gorilla in the bathroom

 

Back when I was 6 I took everything real serious

And I thought that every song that came on the radio

Was referring to strange sexual acts

Because they thought I wouldn't know the facts

And being small is hard and no one ever tells you how

 

And back when I was 8 I'd sit outside on an old milk crate

And look out at the world from the stoop across the street

The boomboxes and the hot concrete

And every Halloween they hung

A million rubber skeletons across ninth street.

 

Back when I was 12 or so I swear to god I never felt so low

Everyone but me was making out and eating cookies

I had more than my brain could stand

I threw my life in a garbage can

I felt so weird

I had to disappear

In crying suicide disease.

 

At 15 getting stoned felt good and it sent me back to childhood

And nothing ever mattered to me more than that.

 

But then 16 became eclipse

My brain became apocalypse

I was lost and found and I've never been the same.

 

Back when I was 22 I left the best thing that I knew

and I gave it up for fortune and for fame

I played like I didn't know how

I shocked the world

I wowed the crowd

But I deserved more than what they gave

 

Back when I was 27 still nothing had been forgiven

Clay turns into rock and rock just sits

So sitting on a crowded beach

I'd pretend I was a leach

And stick to things here and there for a little bit

 

Back when I was 31 I knew I'd become what I'd become

Nothing left to reveal

And nowhere else to turn

So shocked and withered dumb and bitter

And in need of a babysitter

I'd gladly let my hand fall off and burn burn burn

 

Back when I turned the big 4-0 I realized just how much there was to go

And I started to think that being alone forever

Wasn't where it was at

So I pulled my head out of the window

And I taught myself how to love real fast

I started talking about painting

With a woman in the laundromat

 

Back when I was 50 and my first wife had just left me

I felt okay and I sang my daughter

Funny little songs

And just when I thought the best was past

I fell in love for real at last

And it didn't even matter that it had taken me so long

 

Back when I was 63 the public rediscovered me

My comic books and records had all become rare cult-collector items

Both my parents were deceased

So they didn't see my records get re-released

And I got a dog for the first time in my life

 

Back when I was 74 my dog died and I got two more

I still felt really good about my daughter

And also about my girlfriend

And I'd sing and draw a little bit

But mostly I'd wake up early and sit

And hang out with the puppies and wish that I could live forever

 

Back when I was 87 my grandson had just turned eleven

My woman was dead

And my dogs were getting pretty old

My body didn't work quite like it should

But overall things were pretty good

I was getting decent royalties from the reissued comic books and records

 

Back when I was 106

My only friend

Was one goldfish

Everyone I ever knew was dead and gone

The goldfish never had a name

And the neighbors thought I was insane

And I flushed it down the toilet when I saw it floating upside down*

 

Back when I was 128 I would sit outside on an old milk crate

And look out at the world from the stoop across the street

The boomboxes and the hot concrete

And every Halloween they hung

A million rubber skeletons across 9th street

Every Halloween they hung

A million rubber skeletons

Every Halloween they hung

A million rubber skeletons

Every Halloween they hung

A million rubber skeletons

[Baley]

Listen to The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song.

[Pidesco]

How do you like it?

[Baley]

No, I mean, you should listen to it. I like it quite fine, thanks for asking.

[Pidesco]

I just saw the title of the song and went with it. :">

[Baley]

You know the Leonard Cohen track from New Skin for the Old Ceremony? He references it, and it's sorta cute and Lewis is an obvious nerd, but (still) nice.

 

 

Leonard Cohen -

:

 

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,

you were talking so brave and so sweet,

giving me head on the unmade bed,

while the limousines wait in the street.

Those were the reasons and that was New York,

we were running for the money and the flesh.

And that was called love for the workers in song

probably still is for those of them left.

 

Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,

you just turned your back on the crowd,

you got away, I never once heard you say,

I need you, I don't need you,

and all of that jiving around.

 

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel

you were famous, your heart was a legend.

You told me again you preferred handsome men

but for me you would make an exception.

And clenching your fist for the ones like us

who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,

you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,

we are ugly but we have the music."

 

And then you got away, didn't you babe...

 

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,

I can't keep track of each fallen robin.

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,

that's all, I don't even think of you that often.

 

 

You getting those lyrics from that unofficial Jeff Lewis board? Search for Chelsea, if you haven't heard it already - surprisingly touching.

[Pidesco]

Yes, the Cohen song is actually one of my favourite tunes.

 

 

And I just read The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song's lyrics and they are quite good. The way this is going I'm going to have to buy his whole discography.

[Dark_Raven]

Gorillaz "DARE"

[Sionn]

Gorillaz "DARE"

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Gorillaz FTW!!!!-Kids w/ Guns