Sunday , June 13, 2010
Heavy Rotation: Scientist, Swell Maps, Guns N' Roses, Jeannie C. Riley, Wu-Tang Clan & the Beatles, The New Seekers
Scientist, "Cry of the Werewolf"
If you listen to dub really hard in the middle of winter, you can almost pretend it's summer. But if you listen to the dub of Scientist really hard in the middle of any season, you can almost pretend your way through an entire imaginary movie--that's how cinematically potent his work is. This is from my favorite dub album of all-time, Scientist Rids the World of the Curse of the Evil Vampires. I posted a track from it ages ago, and I predict that by the time my run with nogoodforme has come to an end, I will have posted the album in its entirety, because it is really that good. It's also the only dub record than any self-respecting semi-Goth needs to own. Just in case, you know, anyone is making such a checklist... (Kat)
Swell Maps, "Border Country"
Sometimes life gets a little grey and misty, but then I listen to the Swell Maps and everything is really awesome again. Such is the power of Jane From Occupied Europe and the enduring magic of British proto-post-punk. (Kat)
Guns N' Roses, "Attitude"
Once upon a time (like, up until eight days ago), I knew this total dirtbag sleazebag scuzzo bad-news waste of space - truly, he was just the pits. And if Duff McKagan were in my real-life entourage instead of just my dream-life entourage, I so would've rung him up last Wednesday and had him drive down to Santa Monica to tear through some real fast-and-dirty rendish of "Attitude," bash the hell out of that bonehead's hot car with his killer guitar, and maybe set his house on fire. Then we would've gone to Swingers for vegan cobb salad! It would've been the most. Btw, I kinda agonized over which version of "Attitude" to post here, but ultimately chose GNR over the Misfits and Mika Miko cuz Duff's the only one who sings "If you don't shut your mouth, you're gonna feel the motherfuckin' GUITAR!" And that's my very favorite part. (Liz)
Jeannie C. Riley, "Harper Valley PTA"
It was so dope of my Facebook buddy Larry Morgan to play this song back-to-back with "Lady Madonna" the other morning - YAY FOR SINGLE MOMS. Mrs. Johnson's such a badass; I picture her to look something like a late-30s Joan Holloway, and I totally get the chills when she socks it to those stuffy PTA assholes. Hot-shot retribution is my own little mini-theme for this week's HR, apparently. (Liz)
Wu-Tang Clan & the Beatles, "Uh Huh/You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)"
He was like "You should listen to Wu-Tang" and I was like "Yeah, I should," but then I never did, until they mashed-up Wu-Tang with the Beatles. Then I listened to Wu-Tang.
"Uh Huh" is my favourite song on Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers* because my whole thing with "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" by the Beatles is that the first seventeen seconds of it are killer, and then it gets an-noy-ing in the "What's The New Mary Jane"-Beatles type way, and also, why do they have to sing it that stupid fake-Jamaican accent? Sometimes, I wish I could shake some sense into those crazy Beatles. But I digress. This song solves all my "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" problems, because it's only the first seventeen seconds, except for a very cool part when John Lennon or Paul McCartney or whoever sings, "You know my name," and then they made it so Method Man answers, "M-E-T-H-O-D"- wicked. That was very savvy and clever of whoever made this mash-up. I really wanted to like the one called "Mighty Healthy," because it features "She's A Woman" on the drums, but it's so sloppy. It stresses me out, to hear Paul McCartney singing and a rapper rapping at the same time. I can't make heads nor tails of it. PS: Here's the whole thing. (LJ)
* DUMB NAME
The New Seekers, "Blackberry Way"
1) Once, a very, very long time ago, I stood on the corner of Metropolitan Avenue by the White Castle and forced my friend Steve to drunk-dial Matthew Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces and ask him if the title Blueberry Boat was inspired by the song "Raspberry Rug" by Harper's Bizarre. Sadly, Friedberger never got back to poor Steve.
2) When I was a little girl, my favourite dress was made out of t-shirt material. It had a purple skirt and a white bodice embroidered with pictures of all the different types of berries, and it said "Berries" in purple cursive across the chest. If I could do it all over again, I never would've thrown that dress out. It's okay, Laura Jane. We all make mistakes.
3) This MOR-as-all-get-out Move cover is one of my #1 failsafe cheerer-uppers of all-time. Another thing that cheers me up is when my Facebook newsfeed tells me things like "Blanky McBlankerson put a Baby Penguin up for adoption in Happy Aquarium!" because, when you get right down to the nitty-gritty of who Laura Jane Faulds is- I like animals, sugar, and pop songs. Everything else is just for show. (Laura Jane)
Tags: airing my dirty laundry in public, assholes suck, baby animals, Barker loves the Beatles, Duff McKagan, Friedberger, Guns N' Roses, in praise of single moms, Joan Holloway, Laura loves the Beatles, Method Man, Mika Miko, The Misfits, vegan cobb salad, White Castle
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When I was a kid, I thought that GnR record cover with spaghetti on it was the scariest, creepiest, grossest, most offensive thing in the world. Why, Baby Laura? WHY?
By Laura
on January 21, 2010 5:28 PM
are you afraid of spaghetti? i was, when i was little.
By Liz
on January 21, 2010 6:14 PM
Yeah, I was, kind of
By Laura
on January 21, 2010 11:04 PM