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Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking

4:30 AM (Women are Evil)
4:33 AM (Women are Evil)
4:37 AM (Women are Evil)
4:39 AM (Women are Evil)
4:41 AM (Women are Evil)
4:47 AM (Women are Evil)
4:50 AM (Women are Evil)
4:56 AM (Women are Evil)
4:58 AM (Women are Evil)
5:01 AM (Women are Evil)
5:06 AM (Women are Evil)
5:11 AM (I Love You)

― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 03:04 (eighteen years ago)

Kraftwerk: Computer World:
"We are prophets and one day the whole world will be like this. Whether that is a good or bad thing, it is too early for us to say."

Japan: Tin Drum:
"So, like, the Far East, eh?"

Would-Be-Goods: Brief Lives:
"Ppl lived and then they possibly did some interesting things inbetween and then they died. Told you so, read the title."

NB I wuvz all this albums.

― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 22 March 2007 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute: Floccinaucinihilipilificating infinity, oh and our friend died :-( so here's a parsnip inoculation sanctuary for the nineteen-sided camera obscura behind the security gates of your hypothalamus, now do that all again but this time CON SAFO, dammit.

― unfished business, Thursday, 22 March 2007 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

X-Ray Spex: Germ-Free Adolescents:

I'm a prophet and one day which is here already the whole world will be like this. Whether that is a good or bad thing is too early for me to say, except it will soon be obvious it's bad."

― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 22 March 2007 01:47 (eighteen years ago)

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

HI DERE I'm a tough street punk a bit like the Fonz blimey it's a bit windy today what the hell's this why am I in this cage something about crawling up a carpet a carpet? look! snakes lezzing up bloody hell now here comes death oo-err my nob's dropped off what the hell sort of ending was that supposed to be?

― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 22 March 2007 11:01 (eighteen years ago)

Zen Arcade

Dropping a tab of windowpane, let me tell you about my family, it was awful but I've learned to see through people's lies, and I'm gonna leave it all behind, oh wait, here's a sackful of speed, no, I'VE FUCKING HAD IT I'M GOING TO KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME NO I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN DIE DIE DIE, well, I guess it's not so bad, cause I'm by the shore listening to the waves feeling very reflective, think I'll even play the piano, oh no oh no, ACID FLASHBACK AAAAAAAAAAAGH! Whew, it's over. Wait, half the microphones were off? Fuck it, we'll mix it down anyway. Got any more speed?

― fife, Thursday, 22 March 2007 15:33 (eighteen years ago)

2112

Spacey synth noodles & symphonic crashes.
AUTHORITY.
Authenicity.
AUTHORITY vs Authenticity. quiet LOUD quiet LOUD quiet LOUD.
Dream sequence.
Cataclysmic takeover of world by ?????

― Richard Graham, Thursday, 22 March 2007 15:50 (eighteen years ago)

Rumours

Buckingham: CUNT FUCK YOU CUNT!
Nicks: Nyah nyah dude you had your chance uh you are Bob Welch aren't you?
McVie, C: Calm down calm down like, can't we all get on, eh?
McVie, J: you're one to talk bleedin' slag
McVie, C: Shut it you dipso talk about two peas and a chip!
Fleetwood: Um ah yes um well um ah Stevie um ah let's get it on um ah yes um what century is this Sam um ah yes

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 22 March 2007 15:54 (eighteen years ago)

The Miracles, City of Angels. Hey, baby. This is my first month in Los Angeles. Ell-Aaa, baby. Where am I from? Shit, I'm from Dee-Troit. Where you from? Around? Well, the air smell sweeter than I woulda thought out here. What they say about the smog and the earthquakes and the scene is cool, environmentally, but man the sunshine. I play bass for the Miracles. They come out here after Smokey Robisson--you know who he is, right? can I buy you another drink? you know, baby, your [/i]arms[/i] are [/i]remarkably toned and tight[/i], for a woman. but that cool--they come out here after Detroit just got uncool, Mr. Gordy got a new plantation out west and all he want to do if fuck Diana Ross up the ass, all day long. She don't let him and I don't blame her. Did I say something wrong? Why that silly-ass grin on your face? I mean for real, we just made a concept record about all this out here, even one about how we all got together and made a Detroit inroad into some kinda gay bar, men with men, woman that look like man, man that turn into woman. Yeah, we into LSD like a decade too late, and that night was a trip. That's when the guys came up with that idea, and they told Freddie Perrin--he the producer--that they wanted to do a song about that experience. "Homosexuality is just a part of society" was a direct quote from one of the dudes at the bar, who was really nice. "Some of the finest women are found in the gay bar" was something I actually came up with. So it's a goot recort and I mean it coming out next week, and we also got a concept song about earthquakes out here and how actually they're good for the environment, in a way. What's that, you wanna arm wrestle? At your place? Lemme clear out this tab and we'll see what we can get into. I got the car outside and I got some Mandrax and the new Blowfly record--am I into Sylvester? Heard the cat's name but don't know his music.

― whisperineddhurt, Thursday, 22 March 2007 16:00 (eighteen years ago)

The Wall – Grow the fuck up already

― Alan, Thursday, 22 March 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

Lou Reed - "Berlin"
Boy meets girl, boy beats girl up, girl kills self, boy looks at picture book, wondering whether he should have broken girl's arm. Jack Bruce on bass.

― tylerw, Thursday, 22 March 2007 17:41 (eighteen years ago)

OK Computer

So there's this robot and he's all scared because the cops don't trust how close to a refrigerator he is but then it starts raining so it winds up cool in the end.

― filthy dylan, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

Tales from Topographic Oceans

http://rofl.wheresthebeef.co.uk/Cow%20Dolphin.jpg

― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:27 (eighteen years ago)

Sgt. Pepper - 20 years ago this very day, our bandleader got us together. Sometimes we've been trendy, sometimes not. Thanks for coming. Please indulge our drummer Billy Shears for a few minutes. Now excuse us while our narrative completely vanishes until the second-to-last track, and then only for less than two minutes. Trust us, this will make a blockbuster movie.

― mike a, Thursday, 22 March 2007 19:13 (eighteen years ago)

Thick as a Brick
Life is pointless if you grow up rich. Life is pointless if you grow up poor.

― Barringer, Thursday, 22 March 2007 19:16 (eighteen years ago)

Wendy O. Williams: Maggots: The Record

Aaaagh! Fucking maggots!

― Pye Poudre, Thursday, 22 March 2007 19:19 (eighteen years ago)

Noodle - TFTO - I always thought it was about growing up in the suburbs, but now I've seen the light. You nailed it.

― Barringer, Thursday, 22 March 2007 19:21 (eighteen years ago)

John Coltrane "A Love Supreme"

God is good, God is great...but not as great as Elvin Jones.

― tylerw, Thursday, 22 March 2007 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

haha tylerw otm

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 22 March 2007 23:11 (eighteen years ago)

The Who Sellout: You're listening to Radio London

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 22 March 2007 23:35 (eighteen years ago)

Isn't the main concept of "2112" the same as "The Fountainhead"? Which would be something like:

"Man is free - free to earn as much money as he likes and do what he likes. He isn't supposed to share his money with some poor bastard, and no communist bastard politician has any right to take his property away from him to help poor people. Not even if he is democratically elected"

At least that is the essence of anything Ayn Rand is about.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 22 March 2007 23:47 (eighteen years ago)

orchestral manoeuvres in the dark, "dazzle ships":

countries are a very inefficient way to organise the world. clever, that, innit, la? so we could get saville to do a sleeve with a map on it and ... didn't martha say something about these boats they used to paint? brilliant. what time is it? i'll ring the speaking clock. hey, that gives me a great idea. pass the tape recorder. and the radio. and the mellotron. and the DX-7. a telegram for me, you say? hey, that gives me a great idea. pass the typewriter. and the speak and spell. war's a bad thing. so is chopping off people's hands at the wrists. oh god, i'm confused now. think anyone will notice if we stick a couple of old B-sides on to pad it out? and i may as well throw in all that stuff about genetics too. won't be able to take those to montserrat and put steel drums on them, eh? right, lads, think we've got a winner here. let's watch our fanbase double. what do you mean, halve?

nb: this is probably my favourite album of all time and i sincerely hope the above actually persuades people to listen to it.

― grimly fiendish, Friday, 23 March 2007 00:19 (eighteen years ago)

trans am, "futureworld":

we like kraftwerk. WE ALSO LIKE ROCKING! we like kraftwerk. WE ALSO LIKE ROCKING! we like kraftwerk. WE ALSO LIKE ROCKING! we like kraftwerk. WE ALSO LIKE ROCKING! we like kraftwerk. WE ALSO LIKE ROCKING! we like kraftwerk. WE ALSO LIKE ROCKING!

― grimly fiendish, Friday, 23 March 2007 00:21 (eighteen years ago)

Well thank you Barringer I'm flattered but this whole thread is pwonned by your diligent summation of Thick as a Brick.

― Noodle Vague, Friday, 23 March 2007 00:41 (eighteen years ago)

Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera

Sweet Home Alabama is a sweet song.

― Drooone, Friday, 23 March 2007 00:49 (eighteen years ago)

The Who - Tommy

Tommy can you hear me?

NO?

ITS CAUSE YOUR FUCKING DEAF YOU DUMBSHIT!

― wesley useche, Friday, 23 March 2007 01:39 (eighteen years ago)

Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome, Parliament

Some motherfuckers don't like to dance. They are evil aliens, and they are trying to hypnotize all of humanity into being boring nerds. Fortunately, they can be vanquished; you can shoot them, and they are also somewhat photosensitive.

― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 23 March 2007 02:15 (eighteen years ago)

Geir, if had you actually listened to 2112 instead of relying on the 1978 NME interpretation, you would realise that the answer to your question is 'no, 2112 has nothing to do with capitalism, communism, economics or traditional left/right politics as such'. 2112 is 'about' the uncorrupted individual human being versus monolitic corporate power.

I'm inclined to think that your summary of The Fountainhead may be suspect too, but I've never read it so you could be right for all I know!

― Richard Graham, Friday, 23 March 2007 03:44 (eighteen years ago)

P.S. Geir, I'd generally agree that politicians should not take away people's money or property without their consent, but if you'd be happy to live in a place where they do, I'm sure there are plenty of countries where they still do that sort of thing.

― Richard Graham, Friday, 23 March 2007 03:49 (eighteen years ago)

Angels and Airwaves - We Don't Need to Whisper

"Dude, life is so wonderful. It's like, you know, like, DUDE! we're ALIVE!, you know?"
"Right"
"That's like so awesome, like if we could all end this war, which is just totally wrong, dude am I right?--"
"Right--"
"--Dude, come on man, you KNOW is fucked up dude. I'm totally right. Dude,--"
"Right--"
"-- we're all like connected because we're part of this like, universe I guess--we are PART of this UNIverse dude, even though"
"Right--"
"--like space is just infinite, it's sooo awesome."
"Okay"
" So like why do people just hate each other man when we all like need to love each other you know dude?"
"Right"
"We're just like so ignorant man, I can't stand it. I can't believe it man...dude.
"Right"
"Man. Dude, I don't know, I just love--"
"I think I'm coming down. Are you coming down yet?"
"--like you know, life man. So much POTENTIAL dude I mean, we all--"
"I definately coming down. I'm getting an orange."

― earinfections, Friday, 23 March 2007 03:50 (eighteen years ago)

'no, 2112 has nothing to do with capitalism, communism, economics or traditional left/right politics as such'. 2112 is 'about' the uncorrupted individual human being versus monolitic corporate power.

OTM although I'd leave out the word "corporate" (not that I think this is a brilliant idea, just that it comes closer to what the record is actually saying.) (And Geir's interpretation requires quite a stretch from anything on the record.)

I really disagree with your subsequent post though.

― Sundar, Friday, 23 March 2007 03:59 (eighteen years ago)

I think Geir is getting The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged confused. 2112, and the whole Rush naked-dude-against-the-world vibe, is much more in the vein of The Fountainhead. They both deal with the theme of artists struggling against the world.

A bit off-topic, but has anyone else noticed that "Knights of Cydonia" is today's version of "Temples of Syrinx"?

― Moodles, Friday, 23 March 2007 04:07 (eighteen years ago)

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as read off the back of someone's car:

One day at a time. Life's a bitch and then you die. War is unhealthy for children and other living things. You don't have to be crazy to work here...but it helps.

http://i6.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/92/84/b176_2.JPG

― Hideous Lump, Friday, 23 March 2007 04:18 (eighteen years ago)

haha brilliant!

(Well, 2112 was based on Anthem, which really doesn't explicitly have much to do with capitalism at all. Has Peart ever even read any other Rand?)

"Knights of Cydonia" made me think of Styx and Queen the first time I heard it. Don't know if I hear "Temples of Syrinx" specifically but it definitely recalls the era, intentionally I'm sure. It's got to be the ugliest video MTVU's played in a long time, tongue in cheek or not.

― Sundar, Friday, 23 March 2007 04:27 (eighteen years ago)

(The only Rand I've ever read is Anthem and We the Living BTW.)

― Sundar, Friday, 23 March 2007 04:28 (eighteen years ago)

De-Loused in the Comatorium

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez: "OK dudeskies, so, like, we have this story thing, right, and it's like this guy, and the guy has this, like, coma, right, and like at the end of the story, he wakes up, and he, like, has to choose whether he wants to live or die, and he chooses death, man, isn't that pro-found?"

Cedric Bixler-Zavala-Yaxley-Zyzzyx: "Negatory, you trifle of underwhelming intellect and vocabulary; it's complexity is much too barren in nature. What was that of which you didst previously spake, concerning the mortal who, as you so sparsely described, "smelled like shit and kept saying how lost he was"? Let us reconstruct this as: "it's musk was fecal in origin, as the words dribbled off of it's chin. It said, 'I'm lost'" "

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez: ".......chyaaahhhhh..."

― Stevie D, Friday, 23 March 2007 08:17 (eighteen years ago)

Green Day: American Idiot

Boy becomes disillusioned. Boy meets revolutionary girl. It turns out the girl's heart is actually a live hand grenade. Bush sucks.

― Mordechai Shinefield, Friday, 23 March 2007 08:25 (eighteen years ago)

Alan Parsons Project: "Gaudi"
I've just been to Barcelona and I'm surely impressed!

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 23 March 2007 08:55 (eighteen years ago)

The La's - The La's

"What do you mean, you've taped it already?"

― Mark G, Friday, 23 March 2007 09:17 (eighteen years ago)

Metal Machine Music:

And it is only in this way, through touching the kernel of the Real, that cyberspace can be used to counteract what one is tempted to call the ideological practice of disidentification. That is to say, one should turn around the standard notion of ideology as providing the firm identification to its subjects, constraining them to their "social roles": what if, at a different — but no less irrevocable and structurally necessary — level, ideology is effective precisely by way of constructing a space of false disidentification, of false distance towards the actual coordinates of the subjects's social existence? Is this logic of disidentification not discernible from the most elementary case of "I am not only an American (husband, worker, democrat, gay…), but, beneath all these roles and masks, a human being, a complex unique personality" (where the very distance towards the symbolic feature that determines my social place guarantees the efficiency of this determination), up to the more complex case of cyberspace playing with one's multiple identities? The mystification operative in the perverse "just gaming" of cyberspace is thus double: not only are the games we are playing in it more serious than we tend to assume (is it not that, in the guise of a fiction, of "it's just a game," a subject can articulate and stage — sadistic, "perverse," etc. — features of his symbolic identity that he would never be able to admit in his "real" intersubjective contacts?), but the opposite also holds, i.e. the much celebrated playing with multiple, shifting personas (freely constructed identities) tends to obfuscate (and thus falsely liberate us from) the constraints of social space in which our existence is caught.

― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 23 March 2007 09:30 (eighteen years ago)

"Kid A"

I don't want to be famous anymore, I'm tired of being a rock star, so I'm making this album to piss of my fans to get rid of them.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 23 March 2007 09:33 (eighteen years ago)

Yo Sundar, I meant 'corporate' in it's original sense, meaning 'a body' (of people, in this context) rather than the narrower sense of (for instance) a multi-national corporation (which Peart wasn't specifically having a go at in 2112). I think this reading (individual versus 'the mass' or body of people) is supported by the Priest's criticism of the narrator ('Just think about the average, what use have they for you?'), and their 'all for one and one for all' slogan (which is just as applicable to a Fascist ideology as it is to Communism).

Although Peart is generally *seen* as pro-Capitalist and anti-Communist, I don't think his lyrics indicate support for 'corporate power' within the capitalist system, any more than they are pro-Communist, if you see what I mean.

The anti-Communist bit presumably comes from Rush's use of the Red Star to symbolise 'collectivist power'. Peart's other lyrics (e.g. 'The Trees') are definitely against the forced imposition of an equality which doesn't exist in nature (he's not in bad company there, consider William Blake's 'One Law for the Lion and the Ox is Oppression', and 'He flies not to high who flies with his own wings'); and in other lyrics (e.g. 'Red Lenses', or 'Red Sector A' from Grace Under Pressure) 'Red' is used both in it's political sense, and to symbolise danger and oppression. So it's fair to say that Peart does appear to 'single out' Communism for a bashing (though not explicitly), it would be unfair to say that his attack on authoritarianism is only applicable to Communism. It really applies equally to all top-down power systems that seek to repress individuality and difference.

(Personally, I think Peart uses the communist symbol of the Red Star as the easiest way of representing a collectivist, authoritarian, anti-individualist, pro-conformist mindset, across to Americans. But Peart has explicitly stated in interviews that it represents *any* collectivist mentality. The fact that the enemy is a 'priesthood' also distances them from Soviet-style Communists, who were anti-religious.)

Footnote: The Priests seem to act pretty much like the strict religious parents of a boy who just wants to rock out. Compare the scene where the narrator presents his discovery to the Priests, with the bit in Tenacious D's Pick of Destiny where Young JB plays a song to his family and is punished for it. (we know that Jack Black is familiar with 2112 too, because of a scene in School of Rock where he tells 'Spazzy McGeek' to listen to Peart's drumming on that album). I can't help wondering whether Peart transferred a the frustration of his upbringing in an excessively conformist small town in Canada, to hatred of 'the Reds' because it is easier to attack a target far away, which you don't feel so 'conflicted' about.

― Richard Graham, Friday, 23 March 2007 09:34 (eighteen years ago)

Well yeah, because there's a whole strain of "anarchist" thinking that amounts to not much more than jibbing at the restraints imposed by parents. (NB not the only strain of anarchism.)

Marcello OTM

― Noodle Vague, Friday, 23 March 2007 09:39 (eighteen years ago)

"Bat Out Of Hell".

A 40 minute instruction book on how to get laid

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 23 March 2007 09:43 (eighteen years ago)

Does it work?

― Mark G, Friday, 23 March 2007 09:50 (eighteen years ago)

if you're Meatloaf, sure

― latebloomer, Friday, 23 March 2007 09:57 (eighteen years ago)

The album doesn't tell whether it works or not. But provided the last song follows the instruction provided by the girl he wants to get laid with in the second last song, one might expect that it did indeed work.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 23 March 2007 10:53 (eighteen years ago)

Nation of Millions: Their Army, or whatever: Picture me giving a damn

― bendy, Friday, 23 March 2007 11:16 (eighteen years ago)

Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Is that the time? We're all going to die. Look, I'm an alien! With a guitar! Might as well kill myself!

― Richard Graham, Friday, 23 March 2007 11:46 (eighteen years ago)

Picture of Flavor Flav giving a damn:
http://multi.tvcatalunya.com/tvcmult/198186586.jpg

― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 23 March 2007 12:59 (eighteen years ago)

Some Frank Sinatra albums:

"Only The Lonely" - I am lonely, I am sad and if this album had been released 20 years later I probably would have gone on about wanting to kill myself

"September Of My Years": I am getting older, looking back on my life so far.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 23 March 2007 13:44 (eighteen years ago)

Quadrophenia

Birth. School. Work. Scooters.

― Noodle Vague, Friday, 23 March 2007 14:10 (eighteen years ago)

I don't want to be famous anymore, I'm tired of being a rock star, so I'm making this album to piss of my fans to get rid of them.

Funny thing is, Kid A is the album that finally got me into Radiohead.

― mike a, Friday, 23 March 2007 14:20 (eighteen years ago)

S.F. Sorrow

guy's life is a LOST flashback. horrid childhood. manages to survive war. fiancee is burned to crisp in fiery ballooning accident while he watches, helpless. led to strange island by strange man, he's now loneliest person ever.

then some rad bonus tracks happen!

― andrew m., Friday, 23 March 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

Funny thing is, Kid A is the album that finally got me into Radiohead.

Yeah, it brought them a lot of new fans, who used to be into mainly electronica/dance or even hip-hop back in the 90s. So they failed.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 23 March 2007 20:53 (eighteen years ago)

how trenchant

― unfished business, Friday, 23 March 2007 20:53 (eighteen years ago)

even hip-hop

― Z S, Friday, 23 March 2007 21:42 (eighteen years ago)

Ahem, Noodles is due another compliment, surely -- that picturesque summary upthread summarizes not only Yes's TFTO but also Pink Floyd's Animals. No doubt-a-bout that, nossir.

― t**t, Friday, 23 March 2007 22:09 (eighteen years ago)

there's a whole strain of "anarchist" thinking that amounts to not much more than jibbing at the restraints imposed by parents.

Although surely they'd argue those restraints are in fact imposed by capitalism and enforced by parents who themselves were socialized to accept them.

But no derail intended. Summarize on!

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 23 March 2007 22:50 (eighteen years ago)

Metal Machine Music.

Marcello OTM - but only if you consider sides 1, 3 and 4. Side 2 is clearly about, erm, something else.

― Sandy Blair, Saturday, 24 March 2007 00:17 (eighteen years ago)

The Muppet Movie Soundtrack

There is a rainbow connection, of which only the lovers, the dreamers & the mes are aware. If we move right along, we shall find it. Never before & never again shall such an opportunity exist. Though we may hope that something better comes along, can you picture that? Someday, I'm going to go back there. Where? To America. But what happens in the Magic Store? Life's like a movie--write your own ending.

― mulla atari, Saturday, 24 March 2007 08:12 (eighteen years ago)

Sgt. Pepper

Paul: ...and we'll pretend to be this other band, and the record will be like this show and...
Others: Whatever.

― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 24 March 2007 21:36 (eighteen years ago)

Quadrophenia

Birth. School. Work. Scooters.

Hahaha, I was going to say "OH NOES, PEER PRESSURE TURNED ME INTO SUCH A WHINY DISTRACTABLE CUNT, I WRECKED ME BIKE!"

― Rock Hardy, Saturday, 24 March 2007 22:50 (eighteen years ago)

Marvin Gaye: "Here My Dear"
Phil Collins: "Face Value"
Bruce Springsteen: "Tunnel Of Love"
Beck: "Sea Change"
John Martyn: "Grace And Danger"

Bitter? Me? Oh Nooooo! Not at all!!!

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 24 March 2007 23:32 (eighteen years ago)

Who's Next: "See there's this magical force called music that exists within each and every one of us and we must summon it up with the help of magickal creatures such as "The OX" and "the Loon" and "Roger Daltrey" and they shall lead us to the lifehouse where we shall escape the wasteland of consumerism because rock n roll will really save us after...what's that? We didn't put that one on the album? Well fuck."

― Sparkle Motion, Sunday, 25 March 2007 05:56 (eighteen years ago)

Slanted & Enchanted: "we're a band"

― aaron d.g., Sunday, 25 March 2007 08:47 (eighteen years ago)

Bowie's Outside: "I'm getting too old for this shit..."

― Sparkle Motion, Sunday, 25 March 2007 13:04 (eighteen years ago)

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society: "zero mod cons"

― henry s, Sunday, 25 March 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)

Boo Radleys - Wake Up!

"God Preston is a dump. Why won't my girlfriend get out of bed?!"

― the next grozart, Sunday, 25 March 2007 14:53 (eighteen years ago)

"Their Satanic Majesties Request":

We are evil, and we want to be The Beatles.

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 25 March 2007 15:10 (eighteen years ago)

The Residents - Eskimo

Eskimos. Screaming. Dead walrus. Eskimos.

― Emily Bjurnhjam, Sunday, 25 March 2007 15:26 (eighteen years ago)

"Exile On Main Street"

RAWK'N RAWL!
(....and a little bit of country too....)

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 26 March 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

Nirvana - In Utero

How do you spell "success"? "S-u-c-k-s-e-g-g-s." Or "s-u-i-c-i-d-e."

― souldesqueeze, Monday, 26 March 2007 00:46 (eighteen years ago)

thread is going downhill, lets bump up the quality again!

― Reatards Unite, Monday, 26 March 2007 02:09 (eighteen years ago)

Spooky Tooth - Ceremony

The Catholic mass is some scary shit.

― souldesqueeze, Monday, 26 March 2007 02:13 (eighteen years ago)

Dr. Octagon -Dr. Octagonecologyst

I fuck alien pussy. Hard.

― Drooone, Monday, 26 March 2007 02:15 (eighteen years ago)

hahahahaha

― souldesqueeze, Monday, 26 March 2007 02:20 (eighteen years ago)

Barbara Manning - 1212

Arsonists are far more depressing than you might imagine. Oh look, an Amon Duul II cover.

― clotpoll, Monday, 26 March 2007 02:36 (eighteen years ago)

Lisa Germano - Geek The Girl

I'm fed up with dating psychos. From now on, no more psychos!

P J Harvey - To Bring You My Love

Satan only wishes he could get in these pants.

― souldesqueeze, Monday, 26 March 2007 02:48 (eighteen years ago)

Beat Happening - entire catalog

Songs of sex and death, barely hidden beneath a thin veneer of childlike imagery.

― mike a, Monday, 26 March 2007 19:25 (eighteen years ago)

Are all of these really concept albums?

Richard: Hmm, I never interpreted the "red" in "Red Sector A" etc to be a reference to Communism although I can see how that could make sense. Nor did I ever think of the red star in 2112 as being connected to the Soviet red star although that could make a certain kind of sense too. (It reminds me more of a pentagram than anything, not that I think that he was making any comment on Satanism.) Has he ever actually come out and said these things? "Spirit of Radio" and "Natural Science" are pretty explicitly critical of commercial and corporate mentalities in capitalism (when it comes at the expense of art or the environment.) So I basically agree with this: It really applies equally to all top-down power systems that seek to repress individuality and difference. I always understood their politics, from the 80s onwards at least, to be pretty clearly lib-left.

― Sundar, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:13 (eighteen years ago)

Deltron 3030:

LOL I am a rapper/soldier in the future, I pilot a mech, for some reason Money Mark talks like an old man and then Paul Barman is annoying, then I beat them badguys good, a winner is me.

― nickalicious, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:25 (eighteen years ago)

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