Monday , November 16, 2009
Heavy Rotation: The Magnetic Fields, Faust, The Mopes + More!
(A few of our favorite songs right now - tune in at the nogoodforme jukebox, a little ways down on the right-hand column of our homepage.)
The Magnetic Fields, "Come Back From San Francisco"
I wonder how long this "sweet-toothed" lifestyle change of mine is going to last, but it's gotten to the point where I have a new appreciation for sweet little gems of pop songs. I've always liked the Magnetic Fields opus 69 Love Songs, but lately I find myself playing it all the time, especially the first volume. This and "All My Little Words" are my favorites: tuneful, melodic -- just perfect, perfect songs with just a little acerbic wit to keep things from getting too gooey. (Kat)
Adam and the Ants, "Press Darlings"
I spend a lot of time trying to convince certain rock dudes in my life that Kings of the Wild Frontier is actually an amazing record, a perfect specimen of 80s New Wave. (I also try to convert them to Duran Duran's Rio as well, but that's a whole other entry.) I just don't understand how you could be all "I think Bow Wow Wow are so rad" and then overlook Adam and the Ants, who juggled glam, pop, post-punk and rock with such self-aware swagger. I think the rock dudes are just jealous because Adam Ant was so hot. That probably explains the antipathy towards Duran Duran as well. What can I say? It proves my favorite theory in the world: teenage girls are the most innately smart people in the world. (Kat)
The Mopes, "You Look Like a Gorilla"
Tuesday morning while busing to a celebratory breakfast with a pineapple in my backpack (to welcome our new prez to the White House, get it?), "Stay Fly" by Three Six Mafia came up on my iPod and I decided to make that my inauguration wish for Barack Obama. But instead of posting that track or some sort of anthemic/triumphant/"Yes, We Did!" little number, I decided to make fun of our former president's disturbingly primate-like appearance (because sometimes I'm a big jerk above all else). Weeds fans will probably recognize this song from the end of the season 2 episode where Silas steals all Celia's anti-drug propaganda and then Shane puts the gorilla mask on his head and goes, "Grrrr, DRUGS ARE BAD!!!" or whatever. That was a good one. (Liz)
The Call, "I Still Believe"
I'm still all awestruck from having spent my Sunday afternoon at the Lost Boys boardwalk in Santa Cruz; my nine-year-old self will probably never get over it. "I Still Believe" is the song sung by that scary tight-purple-pants man at the part where we first meet beautiful Jami Gertz, a scene apparently so infamous that there's a YouTube video titled "The Lost Boys Buff Guy Playing Sax." I never knew it was a Call song till The Sound started playing it pretty regularly a few months back, and I guess it could probably serve as that anthemic/triumphant/"Yes, We Did!" little number I just referred to in the last blurb, if you want to stretch it a little. Also: You have no idea how much restraint it took me to keep from posting "Cry Little Sister" by Gerard McMann here. (Liz)
Fleetwood Mac, "What Makes You Think You're the One?"
I don't know anything about Fleetwood Mac. I think "Rumours" sounds like MAC-aroni and CHEESE, and I generally find Stevie Nicks uninteresting (Oh my God! She wears drapey dresses and blew a hole through her septum? Whoa.) The coolest thing about Fleetwood Mac to me is that I share a birthday with Mick Fleetwood, which makes me like Mick Fleetwood marginally more than I would otherwise. This song, however, is perfect. Not perfect in the "Hey Jude" way, but perfect in how successfully it gets the pop-song job done. Every pop song should sound exactly like this. It should be the theme song to every television show, play over a fun montage in every feature film, and perennially occupy the number one slot of the rock/pop Billboard chart. It could also be used effectively to drown out rodentine losers who are trying to shit all over your business. What makes you think you're the one, Boss? That's all I'm sayin'. (LJ)
Faust, "The Sad Skinhead"
I have recently come to the conclusion that, while there are dozens upon dozens of bands that I like, there are only four bands that I actually like: The Beatles, The Kinks, The Fiery Furnaces and Faust. Some insider info about Laura Jane Faulds: 90% of all my nogoodforme posts EVAH have been written to Faust IV. God! I am so the Dude of Chicks (dudes love Faust). Because "The Sad Skinhead" is two rather than twelve minutes long, I would deem it Faust's most accessible song. Faust are cool because even their most accessible song opens with a guttural groaning noise and demonstrates sardonic compassion for neo-Nazi youth culture. Dudes are wrong about a lot of things, but one thing they're certainly right about is that FAUST RULE. (LJ)
Tags: Adam and the Ants, Barack Obama, Dudes Like Faust, Duran Duran, Faust, Fleetwood Mac, Laura Jane: The Dude of Chicks, The Call, The Lost Boys, The Magnetic Fields, The Mopes, Weeds
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