I will go on record here and now and say that I really like this song, when U2 does it. I know it isn’t cool to like U2 and I’m not a big U2 fan at all and yes Bono frequently bugs blah, blah, blah. But I do like this song, when U2 does it. That’s the nice thing I can say about this performance.
What nice things can you say?
Here’s an important question that never got settled thanks to Townspeople getting passionately hung up on the legacy of a subpar Clash album. Maybe today we can get back to the initial question Townsman sammymaudlin posted. Or maybe we’ll get hung up on something else.
This post initially appeared 7/29/08.
Go in to about 1:45.
I offer “Twirl The Mic,” as in “REM Twirled the Mic on Can’t Get There From Here“.
Can you top that?
I’m always jazzed when I hear an obscure song in the wild that makes me stop and go “Wait. I know that song. Fuck. What is that song? Oh yeah! I like that song. Haven’t heard it in a while. I’m going to queue it up right now!”
This happened throughout my favorite Edgar Wright films, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. When XTC‘s Sgt. Rock came on in Hot Fuzz, a song that I’m quite familiar with, it took what felt like an eternity to place it because it just isn’t a song I’d ever expect to hear anywhere in the wild.
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At the Paris Hotel in Vegas you can now catch Cheap Trick nightly (almost) perform Sgt. Pepper’s live. Two questions:
1. For $150, what band would you pay to see play what album (not one of their own, duh)?
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Don’t be a foo [sic]! Tell us something.
In a recent thread someone wondered aloud if there was anyone in rock who has actually gotten better with age. Mr. Moderator offered up Nick Lowe, who I think falls short but A for effort. I can’t find which one of you said it but for you I offer up Robyn Hitchcock.
A bit of my history with The Man Who Invented Himself. I got turned onto the Soft Boys when a DJ at my college station spun “Millstream Pigworker” from Can of Bees. Couldn’t find the album version on YouTube but this is close.
