Posts by Danielle
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Sacha,
There are still photos of my incredibly religious sister's stepdaughter wearing a 'FRANKIE SAYS RELAX t-shirt in the 80s, before my sister discovered what THAT song was about. Snerk.
Old-school Christian country makes me happy despite my non-belief.
Or this, this, this:
If anyone could convert me, it would be the Reverend Al.
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Hebe,
Ohhhhhh, 'One Good Reason'! I always liked it better than 'Counting the Beat' too. (Am I crazy, or are there two versions of it? Is the one on AK79 different?)
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Sacha,
Well, Wikipedia summarises that as 'Jones revealed that the meaning of the lyrics was not meant to be interpreted in a sexual context.' I think we might have to play the arse card (so to speak) on the Wikipedia entry writer. Pfffft.
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Jones herself says that wasn’t what it was about
Riiiiiiiight. I bet if you quizzed 100 people you know on those lyrics, 99 of them would say it was about that. (The hundredth person would be my mother.)
ETA In fact, I'm doing a survey on Facebook as we speak regarding this issue. Because: c'mon.
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Russell Brown,
It’s not prog rock though
But there's a double-neck guitar! If someone in the band wears a cape I think there's a case to be made. ;)
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'Toxic' is by far the best Britney song, I reckon. I love that one.
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I don't get what point it is you're illustrating with the Thompson Britney Spears cover, though. (From his '1000 Years of Popular Music' shows, right? I saw him play in a club in Houston a decade or so ago and he was great. He's someone whose virtuosity - because wow, what a guitarist - is used in service of the songs rather than the other way around, so he appeals to me.)
I suppose I think your 'that's a conditioned response!' argument isn't that relevant here. It's not as though all prog is being dismissed out of hand as worthless, for no reason. And hey, I *like* the fuckin' Eagles, to Lebowski-ise the thread.
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How have I never heard this cover before? That riff-quote from 'Day Tripper' makes me want to KILL THEM ALL DEAD. Oh, can't you just hear them thinking to themselves how brilliant they are for incorporating it? Feh.
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Biobbs,
Because of the aforementioned iMobiledevices issue, I didn't realise that we were dissing McCartney via 'Coming Up'. Huh. Of all the songs to give McCartney shit about, that's not one I would have chosen (although admittedly the live version from Wings Over America is way better).
John Lennon was often really pretentious or just plain addled ('hey George Martin, I want you to make my voice sound LIKE AN ORANGE'), but luckily he didn't really have the chops to get all musically proggy. He was a rock and roll essentialist by the 70s, anyway.
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Scott Chris,
I don't buy that argument.
Good, because it wasn't an argument as such - just a reason why most prog doesn't work *for me*, as I said. If it's the kind of thing you like, then you'll like that sort of thing. But because I love pop, I tend to prefer the musical virtuosity serving a song and its hooks or melody, rather than being an end in itself. (I'm currently listening to the Yes track James posted and... it kind of makes me want to die. Heh.)