Random Music Talk CXIX: Donko Blocko

[iron yuppie]

what's the significance of "42"?

I couldn't see the tweet on my phone all day and was wondering how it could possibly look like 42. But yep, that looks a hell of a lot like a 4.

 

[david]

Haha, I see it now.

 

[LemonMelon]

In the wake of their new album, I've been on a Goldfrapp kick lately. Four albums into their discography and I haven't heard a bad one yet, plus there's the added bonus of each one being fundamentally different. They like to mix it up. And then there's Alison's awesome voice, which is just as capable of riding chill trip hop as it is taming a scuzzy glam beat.

 

[phanan]

Really dig their stuff.

 

[corianderstem]

They're very hit-or-miss with me. The only albums I like conistently are Supernature and .... oh, the one with the song A&E on it. Blanking on the album name. The last album was dull.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Seventh Tree?

I really liked their last album, Tales of Us.

 

[david]

Good lord I thought the new Green Day song called Still Breathing was an early 00's song by Good Charlotte, Simple Plan or every other whiny band from that era that sounded like those bands.

 

[Joey788]

I heard Boulevard of Broken Dreams on the classic rock station this morning. That was weird and disconcerting.

 

[kabigon]

A local station that mainly focuses on 80s and 90s plays it too, and they cut off the last 40 seconds of guitar at the end.

 

[Hewson]

I heard Boulevard of Broken Dreams on the classic rock station this morning. That was weird and disconcerting.

The stuff that qualifies as classic rock nowadays makes me feel old.

Spoiler

Almost as much as the fact that I'm old does

 

[Mack_Again]

I heard Boulevard of Broken Dreams on the classic rock station this morning. That was weird and disconcerting.

wait that's not classic. it's not even rock, come on here. (sorry it probably is rock i guess i have very particular point of view here)

 

[LemonMelon]

I really liked their last album, Tales of Us.

One of my favorites of theirs tbh. It was a great stopgap between Bat for Lashes albums, it had that same lush, mysterious sound to it.

 

[iron yuppie]

New Feist track:

Listen to Feist’s New Song “Pleasure” | Pitchfork

Let It Die is still one of my favorite albums.

 

[Hewson]

So I'm going to Green Day tonight.
My 12 yr old son has become a fan, and just caught a release of good seats right beside the stage.

 

[corianderstem]

Really like the new Feist song.

Don't like: the new Charli XCX. Looks like I only really liked her first album. All downhill from there.

 

[LemonMelon]

I guess I feel the same way about Charli, though I usually find a few really good songs on whatever she releases. The new mixtape is no exception.

True Romance is one of my favorite albums of the decade though. I don't think she's topping that.

 

[iron yuppie]

Anyone heard the new Thundercat album?

 

[LemonMelon]

I've heard it. Very interesting album, lots of short tracks that blend together. What stands out to me about it though is the ridiculous sense of humor he displays on it. I don't remember his old material being this Zappa-esque.

This all started when I was a boy
I went to the dentist and he gave me a toy
It was Dragon Ball Z, a wrist-slap bracelet
GOKU FUCKING RUINED ME

 

[cobl04]

I've got an entire fucking thread about it

 

[iron yuppie]

I've got an entire fucking thread about it

I don't see a thread anywhere, but I was thinking, this is Cobbler's jam, isn't it? So what do you think about it?

 

[cobl04]

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f221/flying-lotus-and-friends-214165-6.html#post8138422

I adore it. I think the highs on Apocalypse were higher, but his best album front to back, for sure. It's wicked.

 

[cobl04]

I heard Ooh La La by The Faces for the first time last weekend. What a great song.

 

[lazarus]

One of the best ever recorded.

 

[cobl04]

Are their albums good?

 

[david]

Chuck Berry has died.

 

[U2inUtah]

When I lived in St. Louis about 15 years ago, Chuck Berry would still play once a month at bar called Blueberry Hill in the Delmar Loop of U-city.

I always regretted not going to see him while I was there. RIP

 

[Hewson]

RIP Chuck.
Hope your cousin Marvin delivers a nice eulogy.

 

[lazarus]

Are their albums good?

They're good enough to check out. No masterpieces per se, but Ooh La La and ...A Nod Is As Good As A Wink are worth your time.

There's a trio of songwriters in the band (Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood), and two primary singers (Stewart and Lane) so you may like some stuff more than others. I really love Ronnie Lane which offsets my ambivalence about Stewart.

Oddly enough, it's Ron Wood doing the vocal on the song Ooh La La, after attempts by the other two didn't sound good enough.

 

[martha]

I love You Can make Me Dance, Sing, or Anything. My favorite Faces song, and one of my favorite songs.

 

[iron yuppie]

I never knew Ron Wood was a member of that band. Interesting the direction he went in vs Rod Stewart.