Prize winners after the fold.
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Aug 212008
sammymaudlin
Aug 072008
Time to ‘fess up. I clearly have no qualms about laying it all out for ya so I’ll start.
I discovered The Sonics via the Nissan SUV (I think) commercial. I also discovered Chris Knox (Tall Dwarfs) via the Heineken commercial that uses It’s Love. The Knox album on eMusic (Beat) has a definite Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy vibe.
I confessed. I am at one with god.
What say you?
Aug 042008
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I think I’m pretty well on record here as not being a lyrics guy. I have difficulty deciphering them and if I do, I could often care less.
So I’m sure we all have misunderstood lyric stories. I had a friend in high school that was certain Hendrix was singing “‘scuse my while I kiss this guy.” I’ve heard that’s a common one.
I’ve got one that goes beyond just misunderstanding and goes to a complete lack of understanding.
A fraternity brother of mine, a few years older, a jock and huge and manly (I think I remember people saying that he almost played in the NFL) was a super nice guy but hardcore guy all the way.
We were sitting around drinking Old Style in the can one night and someone asked the question, What woman sung about in a song would you most like to do? Some answers I recall; “Farmer John’s Daughter”, “Gloria”, the lady that has the “line that runs up the back of the stockings” and my big macho friend says “Lola”.
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Jul 312008
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You gotta hand it to Chubby Checker. This guy found a niche and worked it all the way to inner Earth.
After a bit of success with this novelty song:
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Jul 312008
Title says it all.
I’ll start with Dinosaur Jr.
Jul 312008
Thu Jul 31, 7:24 AM ET
LONDON – A British auction house says it will sell a tape recording of The Beatles…
…Cameo Auctioneers says the reel-to-reel tape was recorded in 1964 and was recently found by a man clearing out his father’s attic.
Full story here.
Rock Town Hall has acquired one of the never-before-heard songs from this tape. Clip after the fold.
Jul 292008
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This is it. I’ve wondered for years if I could ever pinpoint the exact moment that R.E.M. effectively alienated me (and in turn, gained mass appeal.) And it dawned on me today that this song was it!
This song stands out as a turning point for the band. Metal Circus, Chronic Town, Murmur, Reckoning all have a very similar sound and sensibility. Fables starts to ankle though. I blame money. All of sudden these guys had the money to get their stuff “properly” produced. It often makes me wonder if they’d had the money would I dislike the earlier stuff?
The sound and sensibility on Fables has an undercurrent that is identifiable with the earlier works but this song in particular does not. It is a foray into uncharted, and unwanted by me, territory.
The precise moment when R.E.M. started sucking is:
Duets with Elmo shortly followed.
