NOGOODFORME.COM: Heavy Rotation: Harry Nilsson, A Tribe Called Quest, Tilly & the Wall + More!

Harry Nilsson, "Gotta Get Up"
I recently came to the conclusion that I have devoted way too much of my life to ignoring the existence of Harry Nilsson for no reason. It makes no sense why I never thought it might be a good idea to listen to his music until a week ago; I guess we can chalk the whole fiasco up to plain old learned behavior. "Gotta Get Up" is the first Nilsson song I ever consciously listened to, and guess what? It's the ultimate perfect Laura Jane pop song of all time! Now, I listen to it every single morning while getting ready and have even made up a little pantomime-dance for it, which I would gladly perform for the entire world if I could. I will listen to this song on a semi-regular basis for the entire rest of my life. I will play it in cars and I will play it for my children and I will dance to it at my wedding and I will force everybody I know to listen to it with me ad nauseum forever. Go to Hell, Learned Behavior! (Laura)

Tilly and the Wall, "Black and Blue"
An adorable but slightly-musically-cooler-than-thou dude I know once said to me as he was perusing the abnormally high play count for Tilly and the Wall on my iTunes player, "I can't believe you'd fall for this!" To which I replied, "Why not? At least I have the joy of falling for things, instead of existing in this emotionally tepid ambiguous limbo regarding perpetually everything in my life!" (Just to clarify, we've never been "involved" but we have contemplated marriage, if only because we enjoy busting each others' chops so much.) So yeah, for their joy and buoyancy, I fell for Tilly and the Wall, and my life is infinitely more fun for it. (Kat)

A Tribe Called Quest, "Can I Kick It?"
I saw The Wackness last weekend and found it fairly adorable despite some majorly icky feelings about its female characters. (Apparently in Wackness world, women have four options: They can be kinda bitchy, kinda cruel, kinda pathetic, or Mary-Kate Olsen. I pick choice D.) At the beginning of the "Can I Kick It?" scene I briefly misheard it as the Lou Reed song Tribe's sampling here and got super-nervous that the movie was going to turn into something like the video for "Wildside" by Marky Mark, which would've been quite the misstep indeed. But then it didn't and all was well. And I'll never love A Tribe Called Quest even half as much as I love De La Soul, but this track makes me love them at least about one-third as much. I'm sure Q-Tip is so overjoyed to hear that. (Liz)

Suede, "Metal Mickey"
Suede makes me think of Donovan Leitch, of Donovan Leitch's defunct Suede rip-off band Nancy Boy, and of some dumb quote from Donovan Leitch about how he's/was a "bisexual who's never had a homosexual experience." Despite the fact that I just called Donovan Leitch dumb, I'm actually really fond of him, mostly because of his handful of scenes in Gas Food Lodging and because I dig his sister so much I named my iPod after her. And I've always wanted to check out a Camp Freddy show, but sadly that's probably the last thing anyone I know would ever want to do with his/her precious time. Boo-hoo, being stuck in 1993 is just soooo lonely sometimes. (Liz)

Jackie Lomax, "Is This What You Want?"
Jackie Lomax is important for two reasons: 1) He was one of the first artists signed to Apple Records and therefore is automatically awesome in my books, 2) In 1968, he was the Sexiest Man Alive. His first album, which has the same title as this song, is pretty damned okay. His voice has a weird growly texture to it that might sound bad if he weren't so sexy about everything, but he is, so cool. I love this song a lot and I wondered why I loved it so much for a long while, and then realized it was because it is pretty much exactly "I am the Walrus," so there you go. I also particularly love the lyric "I'm buying things for all the boys," because I imagine that by "the boys" he means "The Beatles" and then I think of hot Jackie Lomax going out and buying presents for the Beatles to thank them for signing him to Apple Records, and that just cutes the hell out of me. (Laura)

Devendra Banhart, "The Other Woman"
On the one hand, there's something vaguely creepy and weird about Devendra poorly aping a genre with such strong cultural associations as reggae. On the other hand, there's something really fascinating and terrific about him occupying the particular lyrical point of view of this song, in which he makes fine use of his vague creepy weirdness. I don't know; it's just an oddly good song in the way that so many Devendra songs can be. (Kat)

COMMENTS!!

as a recovering anglophile and diehard '90s britpop enthusiast, i feel compelled to note that it was actually brett anderson, the lead singer of suede, who said he was a "bisexual who had never had a homosexual experience." i really miss those days.

i remember seeing donovan leitch at an afterparty for blur in nyc. at the time he seemed like a brett clone.

By robin on July 18, 2008 2:25 AM

omg, i can't believe i screwed that up! how shameful. sorry, donovan.

By Liz on July 18, 2008 11:39 AM

Say something so insightful and witty, it will blow us away. (No pressure.)

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	Sunday , September 28, 2008 Heavy Rotation: Harry Nilsson, A Tribe Called Quest, Tilly & the Wall + More! Harry Nilsson, "Gotta Get Up" I recently came to the conclusion that I have devoted way too much of my life to ignoring the existence of Harry Nilsson for no reason. It makes no sense why I never thought it might be a good idea to listen to his music until a week ago; I guess we can chalk the whole fiasco up to plain old learned behavior. "Gotta Get Up" is the first Nilsson song I ever consciously listened to, and guess what? It's the ultimate perfect Laura Jane pop song of all time! Now, I listen to it every single morning while getting ready and have even made up a little pantomime-dance for it, which I would gladly perform for the entire world if I could. I will listen to this song on a semi-regular basis for the entire rest of my life. I will play it in cars and I will play it for my children and I will dance to it at my wedding and I will force everybody I know to listen to it with me ad nauseum forever. Go to Hell, Learned Behavior! (Laura) Tilly and the Wall, "Black and Blue" An adorable but slightly-musically-cooler-than-thou dude I know once said to me as he was perusing the abnormally high play count for Tilly and the Wall on my iTunes player, "I can't believe you'd fall for this!" To which I replied, "Why not? At least I have the joy of falling for things, instead of existing in this emotionally tepid ambiguous limbo regarding perpetually everything in my life!" (Just to clarify, we've never been "involved" but we have contemplated marriage, if only because we enjoy busting each others' chops so much.) So yeah, for their joy and buoyancy, I fell for Tilly and the Wall, and my life is infinitely more fun for it. (Kat) A Tribe Called Quest, "Can I Kick It?" I saw The Wackness last weekend and found it fairly adorable despite some majorly icky feelings about its female characters. (Apparently in Wackness world, women have four options: They can be kinda bitchy, kinda cruel, kinda pathetic, or Mary-Kate Olsen. I pick choice D.) At the beginning of the "Can I Kick It?" scene I briefly misheard it as the Lou Reed song Tribe's sampling here and got super-nervous that the movie was going to turn into something like the video for "Wildside" by Marky Mark, which would've been quite the misstep indeed. But then it didn't and all was well. And I'll never love A Tribe Called Quest even half as much as I love De La Soul, but this track makes me love them at least about one-third as much. I'm sure Q-Tip is so overjoyed to hear that. (Liz) Suede, "Metal Mickey" Suede makes me think of Donovan Leitch, of Donovan Leitch's defunct Suede rip-off band Nancy Boy, and of some dumb quote from Donovan Leitch about how he's/was a "bisexual who's never had a homosexual experience." Despite the fact that I just called Donovan Leitch dumb, I'm actually really fond of him, mostly because of his handful of scenes in Gas Food Lodging and because I dig his sister so much I named my iPod after her. And I've always wanted to check out a Camp Freddy show, but sadly that's probably the last thing anyone I know would ever want to do with his/her precious time. Boo-hoo, being stuck in 1993 is just soooo lonely sometimes. (Liz) Jackie Lomax, "Is This What You Want?" Jackie Lomax is important for two reasons: 1) He was one of the first artists signed to Apple Records and therefore is automatically awesome in my books, 2) In 1968, he was the Sexiest Man Alive. His first album, which has the same title as this song, is pretty damned okay. His voice has a weird growly texture to it that might sound bad if he weren't so sexy about everything, but he is, so cool. I love this song a lot and I wondered why I loved it so much for a long while, and then realized it was because it is pretty much exactly "I am the Walrus," so there you go. I also particularly love the lyric "I'm buying things for all the boys," because I imagine that by "the boys" he means "The Beatles" and then I think of hot Jackie Lomax going out and buying presents for the Beatles to thank them for signing him to Apple Records, and that just cutes the hell out of me. (Laura) Devendra Banhart, "The Other Woman" On the one hand, there's something vaguely creepy and weird about Devendra poorly aping a genre with such strong cultural associations as reggae. On the other hand, there's something really fascinating and terrific about him occupying the particular lyrical point of view of this song, in which he makes fine use of his vague creepy weirdness. I don't know; it's just an oddly good song in the way that so many Devendra songs can be. (Kat) Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Apple Records, Devendra Banhart, Donovan Leitch, Harry Nilsson, hip-hop, hot dudes, Ione Skye the iPod, Jackie Lomax, Laura loves The Beatles, learned behavior, Suede, The Wackness, Tilly and the Wall Posted by Kat, Liz and Laura in Heavy Rotation Permalink \| Stumble This! \| Digg This! \| \| Leave a comment \| Comments (2) + Contact Us + HOME COMMENTS!! as a recovering anglophile and diehard '90s britpop enthusiast, i feel compelled to note that it was actually brett anderson, the lead singer of suede, who said he was a "bisexual who had never had a homosexual experience." i really miss those days. i remember seeing donovan leitch at an afterparty for blur in nyc. at the time he seemed like a brett clone. By robin on July 18, 2008 2:25 AM omg, i can't believe i screwed that up! how shameful. sorry, donovan. 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