Tuesday, August 13, 2002
stumpydisc: august 2002/2
1>heaven-vhs or beta. disco dreams and junk-filled nightmares, minus the nightmares.
2>here to stay-new order f/chemical brothers. less than the sum of its parts, but more than you might expect. it's hacienda-tastic!
3>hot cock annie-frogs. they used to be the worlds first gay-supremacist folk-rock duo. now, isn't that tenacious d?
4>hunger strike-temple of the dog. sums up all the good about seattle '92. I like this record better than any single album by soundgarden or pearl jam, which I guess makes this more than the sum of its parts, doesn't it?
5>i feel love (masters at work 12" mix)-donna summer. never really cared for the original of this; like it was trying to hard to be really inventive ("look! I, girogio moroder, can do it just like kraftwerk!") and wasn't, so much. maw strip the chassis and give it a fresh paint job, tuneup, lube job, and a new friggin' frame. one of their greatest moments ever. they bring out the pure joy in donna's vocal, too.
6>i love you suzanne-lou reed. I've always associated this song with that honda scooter commercial lou did around the same time. shock! horror! lou makes happy pop song! I think this even got him on mtv.
7>i'm every windowlicker-freelance hellraiser. 36 seconds of la whitney's "i'm every woman" mixed with aphex's "windowlicker": so, so wrong.
8>in my place-coldplay. in the fine tradition of magnificent uk rock singles such as "bitter sweet symphony" and "wonderwall," but possibly better. chris martin's gonna be a staaaaaaarrrrr, baby.
9>isobel (dmitri from paris mix)-bjork. our icelandic pixie rubbed up in a lovely house stylee.
10>last goodbye-jeff buckley. perhaps annoying, but undeniably talented with a raw wound of a voice.
11>leave it-yes. better than "owner of a lonely heart."
12>let me see your i.d.-various artists. from the sun city album, a stellar conglomeration of rappers led by gil scott-heron talkin' 'bout a revolution.
13>light burns clear-sparta. so does natural gas, but this is less dangerous.
14>love at first sight-kylie minogue. the natural sibling of "can't get you out of my head," looking up to her big sis in wonder.
15>mister, would you please help my pony?-ween. wrong, wrong, wrong. and yup, 3 wrongs do equal a right.
16>more than a woman (masters at work alternate mix)-aaliyah. I rejoice over software that allows remixers to slow down vocals without altering their pitch. that's used to magnificent effect here by the gods of deep house, kenny and louie. love those guitar licks that catch on your clothes. deep and deeper, like aaliyah was meant to sound this way.
1>heaven-vhs or beta. disco dreams and junk-filled nightmares, minus the nightmares.
2>here to stay-new order f/chemical brothers. less than the sum of its parts, but more than you might expect. it's hacienda-tastic!
3>hot cock annie-frogs. they used to be the worlds first gay-supremacist folk-rock duo. now, isn't that tenacious d?
4>hunger strike-temple of the dog. sums up all the good about seattle '92. I like this record better than any single album by soundgarden or pearl jam, which I guess makes this more than the sum of its parts, doesn't it?
5>i feel love (masters at work 12" mix)-donna summer. never really cared for the original of this; like it was trying to hard to be really inventive ("look! I, girogio moroder, can do it just like kraftwerk!") and wasn't, so much. maw strip the chassis and give it a fresh paint job, tuneup, lube job, and a new friggin' frame. one of their greatest moments ever. they bring out the pure joy in donna's vocal, too.
6>i love you suzanne-lou reed. I've always associated this song with that honda scooter commercial lou did around the same time. shock! horror! lou makes happy pop song! I think this even got him on mtv.
7>i'm every windowlicker-freelance hellraiser. 36 seconds of la whitney's "i'm every woman" mixed with aphex's "windowlicker": so, so wrong.
8>in my place-coldplay. in the fine tradition of magnificent uk rock singles such as "bitter sweet symphony" and "wonderwall," but possibly better. chris martin's gonna be a staaaaaaarrrrr, baby.
9>isobel (dmitri from paris mix)-bjork. our icelandic pixie rubbed up in a lovely house stylee.
10>last goodbye-jeff buckley. perhaps annoying, but undeniably talented with a raw wound of a voice.
11>leave it-yes. better than "owner of a lonely heart."
12>let me see your i.d.-various artists. from the sun city album, a stellar conglomeration of rappers led by gil scott-heron talkin' 'bout a revolution.
13>light burns clear-sparta. so does natural gas, but this is less dangerous.
14>love at first sight-kylie minogue. the natural sibling of "can't get you out of my head," looking up to her big sis in wonder.
15>mister, would you please help my pony?-ween. wrong, wrong, wrong. and yup, 3 wrongs do equal a right.
16>more than a woman (masters at work alternate mix)-aaliyah. I rejoice over software that allows remixers to slow down vocals without altering their pitch. that's used to magnificent effect here by the gods of deep house, kenny and louie. love those guitar licks that catch on your clothes. deep and deeper, like aaliyah was meant to sound this way.
# posted by Thomas : 10:36 AM
