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Post by Mary on Jun 1, 2004 15:14:25 GMT -5
Alas, Ken, you're right about R.E.M....I just happen to be at that part of my CD collection right now! My alphabetical listening project has been kind of going in fits and starts lately, it's been frequently interrupted by overwhelming urges to hear particular albums, but I'm still trying...
In any case, for what it's worth, I find Document infinitely more entertaining than Murmur. I mean, not only do I not get the latter, it actively puts me to sleep! But Document is good old fashioned rock and foll fun - it's nothing I'd take with me to a desert island, but it's good head-boppin' music.
NP: R.E.M. - Document (song: It's the End of the World as We Know It)
Cheers,
M
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Post by bowiglou on Jun 1, 2004 18:49:31 GMT -5
Mary, Murmer and the follow-up (Reckoning) by this longtime REM stalwart are infinitely THE exemplary albums from this group...of course, my opinion only!!
As for further definition of "blindspot' , look no further than the folllowing word association test:
Ken Holzman======The Doors
Can you say Myopia?
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Post by bowiglou on Jun 1, 2004 18:50:16 GMT -5
have to 2nd 'Age of Consent"....love love love that song and the album......but I find New Order's debut which is very very Joy Divisiony to be my fave...
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Post by Dr. Drum on Jun 1, 2004 21:03:05 GMT -5
I always loved Document but Peter Buck was so dead on when he talked about Murmur's 'weird soul'. That record is really something special, IMHO.
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Post by Kensterberg on Jun 1, 2004 21:09:46 GMT -5
Bow -- no, disliking the Doors isn't a critical blind spot, it's a sign of critical good taste! ;D
And I'm with Drum (and Peter Buck) on Murmer ... it's an amazing record, one of the best debuts in rock.
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Post by Mary on Jun 2, 2004 0:35:53 GMT -5
OK, here are the answer to my lyrics:
1) You hit me with a flower
Lou Reed - Vicious
2) Gary and his eyes have parted company
The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes
3) The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky
Hank Williams Sr - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
4) He's slipping all the way to Texas
Sonic Youth - Eric's Trip
5) And the music was soothing, and they all started grooving
The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
6) I didn't get laid, I got in a fight
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
7) I'm not the kind that needs to tell you just what you want me to
New Order - Age of Consent
8) We all came out to Montreux
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
9) Street signs glowing, but it doesn't leave a mark on you
The Teardrop Explodes - Thief of Baghdad
10) They carried out the wishes of the landlord and his son
Fugazi - Cashout
Cheers,
M
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Post by rockysigman on Jun 2, 2004 1:56:33 GMT -5
Since no one seems to care at all, I may as well give the answers to mine as well.
1. You have many contacts among the lumberjacks
Bob Dylan--"Ballad of a Thin Man"
2. I don't know why I feel so tongue tied
Radiohead--"Myxamatosis"
3. The light bulb's getting dim
Aerosmith--"Eat the Rich"
4. Other boys could offer more, but she loved the boy next door
Johnny Cash--"Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
5. It's so easy to fool with the sound
The Cars--"Moving in Stereo"
6. Kiss me in the shadow
Sonic Youth--"Shadow of a Doubt"
7. Like a Friday fashion show teenager
REM--"Imitation of Life"
8. Fill your heart with smoke
Wilco--"How to Fight Loneliness"
9. I think I spread myself a little too thin
Stone Temple Pilots--"Wonderful"
10. Oh kiss me cunt and kiss me cock
The Pixies--"U-Mass"
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Post by tuneschick on Jun 2, 2004 8:11:34 GMT -5
I can't believe I didn't get Imitation of Life. Ugh.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Jun 9, 2004 4:52:48 GMT -5
Tunes -- you don't own Power, Corruption and Lies? Oh that's a huge oversight, that you need to correct at some point. A great, great record. Better than anything Joy Division ever did ... IMHO at least. Easily New Order's best album... *splutter* It's not as good as Movement imo, but to say it's "better than anything Joy Division ever did"...?? You're barred from my local, Holzman  |
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Post by Kensterberg on Jun 9, 2004 17:42:13 GMT -5
Sorry Jesus, as I'm more than willing to acknowledge at this point, Joy Division are a HUGE critical blind spot for me. PCL blows away any JD album, and any individual JD song (with the notable exception of Love Will Tear Us Apart (again) which really is as good as the fans think!).
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Post by Meursault on Jun 10, 2004 1:57:56 GMT -5
1. well i'm as puzzled as the newborn child
2. When you base your life on credit, and your loving days are done
3. Please don't ever let me down, cause you know i'm not so sure
4. and this loneliness won't leave me alone
5. aching limbs that often told us "it's all worth it"
6. there's a rainbow before me, clouds above can't be stormy
7. these days you don't wait on romeos
8. life shifts up and down everybody knows its wrong
9. You can't picture love that you took from me
10. And with tears her eyes were sore
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Post by tuneschick on Jun 11, 2004 8:20:24 GMT -5
And this loneliness won't leave me alone - Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding
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Post by Mary on Jun 16, 2004 22:54:33 GMT -5
Shane are you going to post the answers to your lyrics quiz??
Anyway, boredom has already set in after a mere 2 hours in Boston, so here's another lyrics quiz. I think this should be relatively easy, but who knows... it's hard to tell!
1) His clothes are loud, but never square
2) Scent and a sound, I'm lost and I'm found
3) Oh, Great Googamooga, can't you hear me talking to you
4) She tries not to shatter, kaleidoscope style
5) I'm beggin' you to beg me
6) Reeling with the feeling don't stop continue
7) Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying
8) Fuck advertising and commercial psychology
9) Anger and lust, my senses running amok
10) Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
11) We don't need no piece of paper from the city hall
12) No mom, I'm not on drugs, I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know, why don't you get me a Pepsi?
13) You're making out with school kids, winos, and heads of state
14) I am the girl, I am the ghost, I am the wife, I am the one
15) They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs
Cheers,
M
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Post by rockysigman on Jun 16, 2004 23:00:54 GMT -5
1) His clothes are loud, but never square
The Kinks--"Dedicated Follower of Fashion"
2) Scent and a sound, I'm lost and I'm found
Duran Duran--"Hungry Like the Wolf"
5) I'm beggin' you to beg me
Cheap Trick--"I Want You to Want Me"
6) Reeling with the feeling don't stop continue
Red Hot Chili Peppers--"Give It Away"
7) Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying
Marvin Gaye--"What's Going On?"
13) You're making out with school kids, winos, and heads of state
The Buzzcocks--"Orgasm Addict"
I think that's all I know.
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Post by tuneschick on Jun 17, 2004 7:49:30 GMT -5
3) Oh, Great Googamooga, can't you hear me talking to you
The Temptations - Ball of Confusion
9) Anger and lust, my senses running amok
The Pretenders - Up My Neck
11) We don't need no piece of paper from the city hall
Joni Mitchell - My Old Man
That's all I know.
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