Jerry Dunk
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Random Music Talk CXXVII: Crickets
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The Phoebe Bridgers album is so good.
Kyoto does stand out because it's so upbeat in comparison, but I also really loved a few other tracks on first listen. The closer I Know The End...when those clear guitar strums come in up til the end. That's awesome stuff. When it really gets going it reminds me of something you'd hear on an old Sufjan album, like Illinois.
Come to think of it, she kinda reminds me of Sufjan in general. I had never really thought of that comparison until now.
Kyoto does stand out because it's so upbeat in comparison, but I also really loved a few other tracks on first listen. The closer I Know The End...when those clear guitar strums come in up til the end. That's awesome stuff. When it really gets going it reminds me of something you'd hear on an old Sufjan album, like Illinois.
Come to think of it, she kinda reminds me of Sufjan in general. I had never really thought of that comparison until now.
That's a good call, GAF. Perhaps a bit less maximalist with composition than Sufjan, but I get where you are coming from.
I feel the same way. When I first heard Kyoto I couldn't help thinking of what an album with that kind of mood would sound like, but even if the rest is not as much of a departure from Stranger in the Alps, it's really great.
I Know the End was the other song that really stood out to me on first listen.
Her profile in The New Yorker a few weeks ago was really good: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/phoebe-bridgers-frank-anxious-music
I feel the same way. When I first heard Kyoto I couldn't help thinking of what an album with that kind of mood would sound like, but even if the rest is not as much of a departure from Stranger in the Alps, it's really great.
I Know the End was the other song that really stood out to me on first listen.
Her profile in The New Yorker a few weeks ago was really good: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/phoebe-bridgers-frank-anxious-music
cobl04
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Best two songs on Marquee Moon? Very easy for me - Marquee Moon by a mile, then Torn Curtain.
LemonMelon
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Marquee Moon and Elevation. Since they're back to back, I'm swept away for 15 minutes straight.
Jerry Dunk
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Reading about the Bridgers album, it sounds like Kyoto was a slower song that got sped up, and that Chinese Satellite was a much rockier song that got stripped down. She specifically said she worried Chinese Satellite sounded too much like "U2 shit."
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iron yuppie
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Say what you will about 2020 Pitchfork, but their Sunday classics reviews have been exceptional. This week was Funkadelic's Maggot Brain, which I checked out on their recommendation. Damn, the title song might be the best guitar track I have ever heard. Eddie Hazel should be way better known.
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In extremely random music news, I was watching an old episode of Sesame Street with my daughter, and Kevin Kline / Phoebe Cates were guests, which led me down the Wikipedia rabbit hole of discovering that Frankie Cosmos is their daughter.
She lied to me. Her dad is NOT a fireman. I'm pissed.
She lied to me. Her dad is NOT a fireman. I'm pissed.
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That track was covered on Mike Watt's all-star album Ballhog or Tug Boat?, with J Mascis performing the guitar duties.
Both are legit mind-blowing.
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Yeah the Maggot Brain title track rules.
I've been meaning to check out more of both Funkadelic and Parliament. Always been a bit confused about the difference in those bands, especially because there is also Parliament-Funkadelic? It's probably not that complicated but I haven't looked into it much.
I've been meaning to check out more of both Funkadelic and Parliament. Always been a bit confused about the difference in those bands, especially because there is also Parliament-Funkadelic? It's probably not that complicated but I haven't looked into it much.
cobl04
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A lot of cross-pollination and shared members, as well as a shared sound and ethos, you can think of Parliament-Funkadelic as a collective.
I've always loved what I've heard but also not heard much, which is an indictment on myself given they are P-Funk, upon which OutKast is built.
I've always loved what I've heard but also not heard much, which is an indictment on myself given they are P-Funk, upon which OutKast is built.
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cobl04
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Holy shit, Maggot Brain is the best song of all time.
If I'd heard this when I was getting into Pink Floyd...
If I'd heard this when I was getting into Pink Floyd...
LemonMelon
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I like the live version on One Nation Under a Groove even more than the amazing original:
Think! It ain't illegal yet!
Think! It ain't illegal yet!
cobl04
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My worst opinion is that I think I prefer RHCP's cover of If You Want Me to Stay to Sly & Family Stone's original 
cobl04
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Wars of Armageddon answers the question, “what if Revolution 9 was actually good?”
cobl04
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FMD. is it possible for an album you've never heard to become an all-time favourite in the space of an afternoon?
Jerry Dunk
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I forget what inspired it, but I did listen to Maggot Brain a couple of years ago. It's definitely one I would have needed a recommendation for, as that title is not the sort of thing that would inspire me to listen to it.
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My worst opinion is that I think I prefer RHCP's cover of If You Want Me to Stay to Sly & Family Stone's original
Friggin'.
cobl04
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Maggot Brain - 10
Can You Get to That - 9
Hit it and Quit it - 8
You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks - 9
Super Stupid - 10
Back in Our Minds - 7 (André 3000's Love Below-era vocals come directly from this track!)
Wars of Armageddon - 10
I also really, really liked I Miss My Baby, which is on the extended version, although it doesn't sound anything like the rest of the album. And the alt mix of Maggot Brain is interesting to hear, but the keys don't fit. George Clinton made a good call cutting it to just the guitar.
Can You Get to That - 9
Hit it and Quit it - 8
You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks - 9
Super Stupid - 10
Back in Our Minds - 7 (André 3000's Love Below-era vocals come directly from this track!)
Wars of Armageddon - 10
I also really, really liked I Miss My Baby, which is on the extended version, although it doesn't sound anything like the rest of the album. And the alt mix of Maggot Brain is interesting to hear, but the keys don't fit. George Clinton made a good call cutting it to just the guitar.
iron yuppie
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I think Laz has been clamoring for this reissue for a long time:
https://pitchfork.com/news/prince-sign-o-the-times-super-deluxe-edition-announcedandnbsp/
https://pitchfork.com/news/prince-sign-o-the-times-super-deluxe-edition-announcedandnbsp/
iron yuppie
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I think a few of us in here belong to Vinyl Me Please, which generally has a good track record with record of the month and other curated picks. Well, this month they inexplicably chose a John Mayer album as their "classic" selection. Suffice it to say the Instagram comments are not kind. 
I swapped it immediately.
I swapped it immediately.
cobl04
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I went for Laura Nyro.
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