Tuesday, August 13, 2002
stumpydisc: august 2002/3
1>my love is bold-danko jones. if jon spencer would take his tongue out of his fucking cheek every once in a while and just rock, he might sound this good. but I doubt it.
2>nasty voices-dj lance lockarm. "nasty" + "voices in my head" = better than either song. the way lockarm conjoins the police's harmony vocals under janet's chorus is nasty-but-nice, too. have jam & lewis heard this?
3>nineteen-ninety-nighttrain-freelance hellraiser. a holy union of the 2 most important black artists of the last 20 years. choo-choo!
4>nobody does it better (live in los angeles)-radiohead. thom yorke calls this "the sexiest song ever written." it's certainly his sexiest vocal, which is saying more than you think.
5>north star-robert fripp f/daryl hall. from '81: fripp's crimson guitar-and-keyb shadings bring out heretofore unheard pathos from daryl. a slow burn.
6>o lucky man-the grapes of wrath. canadian pop-rock piffle from the late '80s, when that was most of all I loved.
7>only shallow (live)-my bloody valentine. there are great guitarists, and there are those who make you jump back. hendrix fell into the latter category, all about the shock of the new. so does kevin shields.
8>pretty fuck look-pussy galore. more christina's band than jon's.
9>relative ways-...and you will know us by the trail of the dead. are they the second coming? no. are they as good as at the drive-in? no, comparisons be damned. but they're pretty loud and tuneful, which is sometimes enough.
10>renegade snares-omni trio. jess's favorite song of the '90s. I just think it's a right nifty piece of d'nb.
11>revolverlution-public enemy. even at not-full-strength, it's still reassuring to have them back in the world, fuckin' up shit.
12>rock you-sum 41. first of 3 selections from the fubar soundtrack, which accompanies a movie about canuck heshers. for the s/t, the makers collected covers of canadian rock songs by current artists. sum 41 + helix are a part fit. ugly metal, yum.
13>selah-lauryn hill. better than just about anything on her mtv unplugged 2.0. amazing what just the slightest production and shaping can do to a song, eh, l-boogie?
14>sex change-danko jones. "goddamn I need a sex change"?! not sure what that's about, but please, danko, don't.
15>sitting in the window of my room-alison krauss. like "selah," from the divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood ost. not better than most of her last album, but still a lovely lullaby from the queen of bluegrass.
16>sleep on-alison krauss. from her very first album (10 years ago!), with a much more unpolished voice and presence.
17>somewhere down the crazy river-robbie robertson. never had a use for the band. do have a use for this track from his first solo record ('88?), so twin peaks-before-it-existed it kills me.
18>stairway to heaven-dolly parton. plant and page love it, right down to the new verse dolly wrote. you should too. trouser-snake-metal becomes a burnished, uplifting bluegrass-gospel gem.
19>straight outta compton (kid606 remix)-n.w.a. oh. my. gosh.
20>sugar hill-az. I know he's still around, but really, when did he fall the fuck off? immediately after this, I guess.
1>my love is bold-danko jones. if jon spencer would take his tongue out of his fucking cheek every once in a while and just rock, he might sound this good. but I doubt it.
2>nasty voices-dj lance lockarm. "nasty" + "voices in my head" = better than either song. the way lockarm conjoins the police's harmony vocals under janet's chorus is nasty-but-nice, too. have jam & lewis heard this?
3>nineteen-ninety-nighttrain-freelance hellraiser. a holy union of the 2 most important black artists of the last 20 years. choo-choo!
4>nobody does it better (live in los angeles)-radiohead. thom yorke calls this "the sexiest song ever written." it's certainly his sexiest vocal, which is saying more than you think.
5>north star-robert fripp f/daryl hall. from '81: fripp's crimson guitar-and-keyb shadings bring out heretofore unheard pathos from daryl. a slow burn.
6>o lucky man-the grapes of wrath. canadian pop-rock piffle from the late '80s, when that was most of all I loved.
7>only shallow (live)-my bloody valentine. there are great guitarists, and there are those who make you jump back. hendrix fell into the latter category, all about the shock of the new. so does kevin shields.
8>pretty fuck look-pussy galore. more christina's band than jon's.
9>relative ways-...and you will know us by the trail of the dead. are they the second coming? no. are they as good as at the drive-in? no, comparisons be damned. but they're pretty loud and tuneful, which is sometimes enough.
10>renegade snares-omni trio. jess's favorite song of the '90s. I just think it's a right nifty piece of d'nb.
11>revolverlution-public enemy. even at not-full-strength, it's still reassuring to have them back in the world, fuckin' up shit.
12>rock you-sum 41. first of 3 selections from the fubar soundtrack, which accompanies a movie about canuck heshers. for the s/t, the makers collected covers of canadian rock songs by current artists. sum 41 + helix are a part fit. ugly metal, yum.
13>selah-lauryn hill. better than just about anything on her mtv unplugged 2.0. amazing what just the slightest production and shaping can do to a song, eh, l-boogie?
14>sex change-danko jones. "goddamn I need a sex change"?! not sure what that's about, but please, danko, don't.
15>sitting in the window of my room-alison krauss. like "selah," from the divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood ost. not better than most of her last album, but still a lovely lullaby from the queen of bluegrass.
16>sleep on-alison krauss. from her very first album (10 years ago!), with a much more unpolished voice and presence.
17>somewhere down the crazy river-robbie robertson. never had a use for the band. do have a use for this track from his first solo record ('88?), so twin peaks-before-it-existed it kills me.
18>stairway to heaven-dolly parton. plant and page love it, right down to the new verse dolly wrote. you should too. trouser-snake-metal becomes a burnished, uplifting bluegrass-gospel gem.
19>straight outta compton (kid606 remix)-n.w.a. oh. my. gosh.
20>sugar hill-az. I know he's still around, but really, when did he fall the fuck off? immediately after this, I guess.
# posted by Thomas : 10:58 AM
