Posts tagged "most memorable"


Posted by machinetext October 7, 2008
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Elysian Fields - Rope of Weeds. Driving home from work (back when I lived in a city where I drove) at 3am and listening to a local college radio station, this song nearly killed me. I unconsciously slowed the car to a crawl, completely hypnotized by Jennifer Charles’ voice; her slow-burn repetitions stop time. The song requires some suspension of your more critical facilities (see lyrics, brush work), but there is pleasure here in surrender. Headphones, volume, close your eyes, give in.
Posted by pootytang September 26, 2008
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Michael Hurley - Sweedeedee

Perhaps you have heard the Cat Power version of this song.  She nails it, without a doubt, and it was through Cat Power (who also covers Hurley’s ‘Werewolf song’ and ‘troubled waters’) that I discovered Michael Hurley.

As far as which version is better, I tend to go back and forth.  Recently I have favored this one.  Both versions remove me from wherever I am (subway, work, bus, earth) and take me to a somber Greenwich Village apartment where two down on their luck lovers are doing their best to get by.

If you enjoy this track, I would check out his most recent release, The Ancestral Swamp, on Devendra Banhart’s Gnomonsong label.

Posted by whitneymcn September 19, 2008
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The Dandy Warhols - Best Friend

If record reviews were report cards from a progressive elementary school, then year after year the Dandy Warhols’ would read “Dandy takes on every project with enthusiasm and creativity, but we feel that he is still not fulfilling his real potential.”

That said, they have their moments.

I was living in Portland, OR in the mid-’90s, working a series of post-liberal arts degree jobs that included time as a technical writer for a small company in downtown Portland. Not one of the best times of my life; a lot happened in a short time, capped by a close friend’s death.

I was walking home late one night after a couple of weeks of long hours, exhausted and dozing on my feet. As I crossed 405 on Burnside, the (literal cassette) mixtape I was listening to shifted into Best Friend. I had seen the Dandy Warhols once or twice around Portland and never paid too much attention, but at that time and place the song was perfect.

Posted by pootytang September 9, 2008
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Robert Wyatt - Heaps of Sheeps

(from 1997’s Shleep)

I have wanted to post this song since this blog started, and so here it is.  I think it sets a records for fitting the most themes simultaneously :)

1. The first song (openers) on Robert Wyatt’s Shleep.

2. While having a bouncy Bo Diddly like beat, it recalls a night of insomnia when perhaps the most innocent behavior (counting sheep) takes a nightmarish turn. (sheep’s clothing)

3. It has the word sheep in it’s title, making it a theme pun.

4. It was the first Wyatt song I heard, while browsing other music spending the gift vertificate my brother got me for my birthday (Thanks Matt!), and I was instantly hooked (most memorable).

5. Much to my dismay, Robert Wyatt isn’t exactly popular. (obscura)

Enjoy!

Posted by newspeedwayboogie August 5, 2008
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Rufus Wainwright, Somewhere Over The Rainbow

From Rufus Does Judy, where he recreated a complete 1961 concert by Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall, an amazingly memorable move, Stephen Holden from the NY Times said it best:

“For those who came to worship, Mr. Wainwright could do no wrong. His courage to stand as a surrogate for every audience member who ever gazed into the mirror and fantasized slipping into Dorothy’s ruby slippers spoke for itself.”

Posted by whitneymcn August 1, 2008
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David + David - Ain’t So Easy

Everybody’s got one, and this is mine: summer of 1986, teenage bittersweet.

Posted by newspeedwayboogie July 28, 2008
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Adam And The Ants, Dog Eat Dog

It’s hard to imagine how much my mind was blown in 1981 when Adam and his Ants starting popping up all over MTV.  Then we saw them at the Ritz or Danceateria or someplace like that, new wave at its very best.  And then, just like that, it was all over.

Posted by whitneymcn July 25, 2008
I’ve got to reblog it: the cover is perfect for their sound, and I love the moment described below… via machinetext: Flying Saucer Attack - self titled. Love love love flying saucer attack and their blissed out wash of distortion and hazy vocals. The cover is as good a visual summation or analogue of their sound as I can imagine. This is my favorite album to fall asleep to on a long flight - it instantly removes me from the awful confines of the cabin and reminds me that I’m flying through the night sky. I once woke on a cross-country flight, it was late, the track “Popul Vuh 1” was playing and we were flying over Chicago on a slightly hazy night. The city’s grid was visible and watching it slowly move by in my half-awake state with my head filled with FSA was cinematic, memorable, incredible; a perfect moment.

I’ve got to reblog it: the cover is perfect for their sound, and I love the moment described below…

via machinetext:

Flying Saucer Attack - self titled. Love love love flying saucer attack and their blissed out wash of distortion and hazy vocals. The cover is as good a visual summation or analogue of their sound as I can imagine. This is my favorite album to fall asleep to on a long flight - it instantly removes me from the awful confines of the cabin and reminds me that I’m flying through the night sky. I once woke on a cross-country flight, it was late, the track “Popul Vuh 1” was playing and we were flying over Chicago on a slightly hazy night. The city’s grid was visible and watching it slowly move by in my half-awake state with my head filled with FSA was cinematic, memorable, incredible; a perfect moment.
Posted by jenrobinson July 25, 2008
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Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Unplugged)

Maybe THE music moment of my life.  My sister and I watched Nirvana on MTV Unplugged in 1993.  I was a sophomore in high school, and as I’ve mentioned here before, I was running a Nirvana fever.

Unplugged was great. I was smitten. The Bowie cover was amazing, the Meat Puppets were a great new discovery, and I thought Lake of Fire would be the highlight. Then they launched into a cover of an old folk tune known as Where Did You Sleep Last Night, or sometimes, In The Pines. Bets and I were stopped in our tracks. The death cry that Kurt unleashed at the end of this tune will never be topped. I can only hope for another music moment like this in my lifetime.

Posted by newspeedwayboogie July 11, 2008
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Iggy and The Stooges, Search and Destroy (original mix).

When I heard this and I Wanna Be Your Dog what I previously thought was music was no more.

“Friends, this is what madness looks like, and this is how “a streetwalkin’ cheetah with a heart full of napalm” is supposed to sound” — boogiewoogieflu

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