Tuesday , August 31, 2010
Heavy Rotation: Sleigh Bells, How To Destroy Angels, David Bowie, Cream, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground
Sleigh Bells, "Riot Rhythm"
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Melissa Maertz referred to Sleigh Bells as "cheerleading music for punks" or "punk music for cheerleaders" over at Emusic, where she writes at. Having been both a punk and a cheerleader-y type, I wholeheartedly concur. I love how this song is loud, cheerful and totally bombastic while still sounding really grimy and lo-fi and cheap. It's kind of obnoxious, but good-natured obnoxiousness can be so much fun. (Kat)
How To Destroy Angels, "Fur Lined"
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I really hate it the word "wifey," like when they talk about How To Destroy Angels as "Trent Reznor's new band with wifey Mariqueen Maandig." I see that way too many times on music blogs, and I want you dudes (because it's mostly dudes) to FUCKING CUT IT OUT. Why is there not a true equivalent term, like "husband-y?" (I'm sorry, but "hubby" doesn't it cut it for me. For one thing, "hubby" makes me think of doorknobs or something. That's so unerotic, and one of my goals in life is to completely eroticize my future husband to the point where sex was unimaginable before I hooked up with him.) Maybe the term really should be "bandy," like, "Trent's totally the bandy of this hot Filipina chick." Anyway, Mariqueen's bandy's new band (har har) is a bit more dance-y than NIN. It's kind of perverse to have a song called "Fur Lined" as one of your favorite tracks this summer, but clearly I am perverse like that. I thank my lucky stars that I am every single day, and so will my future bandy. (Kat)
David Bowie, "Cactus"
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You know that part in "Fame" where David Bowie's voice goes
Cream, "Badge"
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You know what else is weird? Even weirder than calling David Bowie "David"? I picked both these songs and wrote the "Cactus" blurb in my head without even remembering that "Fame" and "Badge" are both songs co-written by Beatles. WILD SHIT, HUH? John Lennon co-wrote "Fame" and George Harrison co-wrote "Badge," and the reason I chose the latter is I'm going with the dad theme, and "Badge" is a very "dad" song. So maybe I should've saved all this for Dad's Day next week but whatevs: "Badge" is my number-one jam right now and I play it 37 times an hour and often consider Twittering "SOMETIMES THERE IS ONLY 'BADGE''", but then I never do. So far in life, my only "Badge"-related Tweet is the following: "I always thought that line in 'Badge' was "'Then I told you 'bout our kid, NO HE'S NOT A TOMATO' - but actually the kid is 'married to Mabel.'" I like it my way better. I think it'd be so cool if the mom confused her son with a tomato. (Liz)
Bob Dylan, "4th Time Around"
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The Velvet Underground, "There She Goes Again"
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What song is the "Norwegian Wood" of you? It's a question worth asking.
The "Norwegian Wood" of me is plain old "Norwegian Wood", by the Beatles, because I'm Laura, and I'm really into the Beatles. And I'm sure that the "Norwegian Wood" of a lot of people is "Norwegian Wood", because a lot of people are really into the Beatles. But something I've recently realized is that a lot of songs are "Norwegian Wood"s. Everybody, in life, has "Norwegian Wood"s happen to them. All the time, every day, somebody's getting "Norwegian Wood"ed. Either you fly, or somebody else does.
At first, I thought that "4th Time Around" by Bob Dylan was the "Norwegian Wood" of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by the Beatles fame. But then I realized that the "Norwegian Wood" of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is actually "I Am The Walrus", because it's the only song where Lucy actually, physically, flies, and that's the most important point about "Norwegian Wood"s: somebody always has to fly. So, so far, "4th Time Around" is the "Norwegian Wood" of nobody, except Bob Dylan. But maybe "4th Time Around" is the "Norwegian Wood" of you, and I wanted to point that out to you, that maybe it's yours.
"There She Goes Again" by the Velvet Underground is the "Norwegian Wood" of "Sexy Sadie," the girl from the song the Beatles wrote about her. At first, when I started thinking about the concept of having a "Norwegian Wood" of you, I thought that "There She Goes Again" would definitely end up being the "Norwegian Wood" of me, but then I realized that a) I always have to be the Beatles version of everything, because, you know, I'm really into the Beatles, and I also realized that b) in the grand scheme of things, the "Norwegian Wood" of you is not even a real concept that matters at all, so who the fuck cares, I'll probably have forgotten completely about it in like two weeks time, and c) isn't it so way cooler to have "There She Goes Again" be the "Norwegian Wood" of every man who ever loves me, because he did? (Laura Jane)
Tags: Barker Loves the Beatles, Bob Dylan, dads, David Bowie, flying, George Harrison, John Lennon, Laura Loves the Beatles, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Norwegian Wood, Sexy Sadie, the Velvet Underground, tomatoes
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That Sleigh Bells song is great, cheers!
By Sorcha on June 13, 2010 10:51 PM
sorcha, check out the rest of the record, it's so much fun! xo k.
By Kat
on June 14, 2010 12:44 AM