Because it's passionate, energetic, and contains That's When I Reach For My Revolver, which is perfect.
― Harrison Barr (Petar), Friday, 2 June 2006 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link
Exactly the kind of thing I'd usually snooze on (indie-ish chamber pop, he's affiliated with Mike Patton), but it's so swoonbeautiful and Scandinavianally restrained!
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link
The title sums it up nicely in only two words. Gypsy jazz at its finest - infectious and fierce.
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
500 years of religious choral music crunched down to one lightspeed song cycle written 400 years ago most beautiful thing imaginable
― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 18:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
For finding the Glitterbeat heart in AC/DC and other lumpenpunkmetal, I salute you.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 19:03 (eighteen years ago) link
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― a.b. (alanbanana), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
ever thought of "silly love songs" as a primer on the wistful,doomed, and beautifully futile realm of unrequited love? beprepared to. ever thought of progband yes as purveyors of raging, crazy horse-esque songs full of righteous stoned indignation?be prepared to. because "long distance runaround" absolutely burnshere, and every song is totally unforgettable.
welcome to the apocalypse. "songs for a blue guitar" proves thatrock n roll is still an art form above reproach.
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Because it has their cover of "Citadel."
― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 23:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Goldberg (Steve Goldberg), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 23:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― emekars (emekars), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 23:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Boy Who Cried YSI? (Freud Junior), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 01:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 01:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Brilliantly written, viscerally produced, funky as hell. About as perfect a fusion between rock and dance music as there's ever been.
(Sorry O'Connor, this is where your description needed to go, with a crucial letter difference. ;-) )
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― ghost dong (Sonny A.), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 03:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Dreamy like Feist, and as AMG says "Live instruments such as piano, brushed percussion, and xylophone comprise most of the musical samples, creating a powerful hybrid of earthy folk and sophisticated electronica"
― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 08:59 (eighteen years ago) link
Big minor-key bouncy beat, everyone gets called a bitch including Betty Crocker, George namedrops Paul Revere like a true OG, making my Wednesday
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 12:25 (eighteen years ago) link