Random Music Talk CVI: Leave Kanye Alone!!!!!

[Hewson]

Its the way best!

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

seems legit

 

[bono_212]

All you need to know is "We Built This City" is some of their best work and you'll understand why the U2 comparison is not valid.

I listened to their greatest hits last night. The five songs on their by Jefferson Starship weren't bad, but outside of We Built This City, Sara and Nothings Gonna Stop Us (my personal favorite) the rest of it made me want to puke on the cheese.

It was bad, bad, bad.... And this is coming from ME.

This song, I believe, was the one that was especially bad:
http://youtu.be/zSZnq5ZbP1w

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i liked starship, i don't care what anyone says, we built this city is a good song. i've never heard any of their albums, but the big songs everyone knows are okay.

re: sore throat drinks, when i had this insanely stubborn cold or flu (never went to the doctor so i can only guess), i ended up drinking that emergen-c stuff. they had one you were meant to drink hot, and with me feeling so shivery at that point it seemed like a good idea. it wasn't bad at all and definitely helped, at least with making my throat hurt a little less.

 

[corianderstem]

Black tea with honey and a little whiskey.

 

[mikal]

If any of you have friends who have a minor speech problem where "C's" sound like "SH", I highly recommend convincing them to sing "We Built This City" at karaoke.

 

[Hewson]

 

[mikal]

 

[bono_212]

Emergen-C is the best stuff.

 

[david]

Black tea with honey and a little whiskey.

Hotti Tottis!

 

[corianderstem]

Damn straight.


I have to admit I am surprised that in 2015 there is still a market amongst U2 fans for selling/buying Bono sunglasses. Every few months a new thread pops up.

 

[iron yuppie]

If radio & restaurant frequency is any indication, Start Me Up is The Rolling Stones' best-known song - which is a damn shame, really, given the expansiveness and myriad spots of brilliance in their catalogue.

 

[Hewson]

I think its safe to say Satisfaction is their best known song regardless of what they play at the Red Lobster on South Pulaski Road.

 

[Danny Boy]

Damn straight.


I have to admit I am surprised that in 2015 there is still a market amongst U2 fans for selling/buying Bono sunglasses. Every few months a new thread pops up.

Yeah, especially since I think he was wearing Blue Blockers in this recent photo.

 

[Hewson]

Wonder if folks will start buying Edge's wigs like the one above along with Bono's shades.

 

[DaveC]

If radio & restaurant frequency is any indication, Start Me Up is The Rolling Stones' best-known song - which is a damn shame, really, given the expansiveness and myriad spots of brilliance in their catalogue.

Blame Windows 95 and the guys who pick the music at hockey arenas for that.

 

[martha]

Wonder if folks will start buying Edge's wigs like the one above along with Bono's shades.

Lol



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[martha]

I'm fooling around, waiting for the tequila to wear off so I can read my book, so I listened to some Sturgill Simpson. I think I liked what I heard. But then I listened to The King Khan and BBQ Show, and man, I hate that 50s sounding crap. I hate 50s music.

 

[VintagePunk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZbUaxsB3WQ#t=94

Well crap, that didn't work. It was supposed to point to the guitar solo at 1:30.

Eta - they've announced a bunch of spring and summer tour dates - Elvis Costello is their opener. Crossing fingers for Toronto dates with Elvis.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

We just bought a 90-pack supply of Emergen-C for our department at work. It's so great.

Want to add another up vote for The Outfield as well. Your Love was the walk-up song for beloved dumbass Eric Byrnes when he played outfield for the Diamondbacks.


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[bono_212]

Someone last year had that as just walk up music and it made me super happy when he was at bat.

 

[LemonMelon]

The Outfield are pretty great. I dig that power pop/new wave hybrid, with the Cars' debut being the bar to clear.

 

[iron yuppie]

Any of you good people have any album recs from this year that might have flown under the radar? Seems as if it has been quiet so far in terms of releases.

 

[LemonMelon]

This is gonna be my one post in here today because, despite a nasty head cold, I have a huge backlog of work to catch up on and I'm trying to hold myself accountable:

Any of you good people have any album recs from this year that might have flown under the radar? Seems as if it has been quiet so far in terms of releases.

If you like Nick Drake-esque acoustic folk:

Jessica Pratt - On Your Own Love Again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Up6WoZZljQ

If you like shoegaze or dream pop:

Pinkshinyultrablast - Everything Else Matters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGJSw8LvxmQ

and

Cloakroom - Further Out

Cloakroom - Deep Sea Station - YouTube

If you like piano-driven singer-songwriter in the vein of James Blake or Antony:

Benjamin Clementine - At Least for Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcHoL6XRRAo

I think 2015 has been a great year for music. My top 10 is already looking pretty good.

 

[david]

Tonight is one of those chilly nights before rain here in so. Cali. I have a small bottle of Jaeger Meister and some music lined up for the evening. Today was just weird. I wanted to go downtown to see if the local antique galleria vendor I visited last week still had a Brian eno/Robert Fripp album I wanted (he didn't).. But I couldn't find parking, and when I did I was trying to figure out what was going on.. Apparently there was a Dickens festival happening.. So there were hordes of weirdos dressed up in traditional garb from the era. THEN... ON TOP OF THAT.. Some local steam punk crew set up booths and were walking around dressed up in their garb. It was two weird worlds colliding... I wish I had my DSLR with me and not my crappy camera phone.

Just imagine navigating pathways blocked by these two groups of weirdos:

 

[IWasBored]

Got to use the phrase "chillin like a villain" in official documentation at work tonight.

 

[IWasBored]

Hewson, did the New England snow demons smite you again as well yesterday?

I always get really fucking random songs stuck in my head when I'm shoveling the driveway, and today's was the counting crows' mr jones. At least when it was say anything's the futile song, the whole futility thing made sense.

 

[Hewson]

Hewson, did the New England snow demons smite you again as well yesterday?

All week long the weather told me today was going to be mid 40's and rain at my house...its now snowing like a sonoofabitch.
Snowed yesterday, changed to rain overnight for a while, back to snow this morning and coming down in huge flakes at a serious pace. Then of course temps plummeting tonight.

 

[iron yuppie]

Thanks for the recommendations, LM. I'll certainly be checking a few of those out.

 

[martha]

There's a decent chance we'll get some rain today! Huzzah!!


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