Wednesday, November 20, 2002
stumpydisc: november 2002/1
1>19 (extended version)-paul hardcastle. how the fuck did this smooth-jazzer come up with such a winning would-be pastiche of laswell, hancock, and coldcut? all hard synth-drum breakbeats, art of noise(y) keyb stabs, and harrowing samples about the vietnam war. yet another "how did I forget this?" for my top 80 of the '80s.
2>a sorta fairytale-tori amos. unimpressed early on, but it's a grower. comfort tori (as in comfort food).
3>aerials-system of a down. meet the new rage, only more obtuse and less didactic? plus, rage never used cellos.
4>akshon (yeah!)-killer mike f/outkast. thud-thud-thud-thud, yeah!
5>back for good-mcalmont & butler. not entirely winning - I expected it to soar more. but never dull, with david mcalmont's caramel voice involved.
6>bad (live at live aid)-u2. back when (most) everyone first noticed their power and glory.
7>break you off-the roots f/musiq. the first 0:13 needs your attention: before the funkalicious groove, black thought flippin' lyrics, musiq crooning like the soul baby he is, you get some eerie chords and a few click-clack moments which could be bjork or matmos.
8>broken english-marianne faithfull. new wave fit her so nicely, like a rubber straightjacket.
9>come close to me-common f/mary j. blige. nice, but less impressive with each spin. how does this 'un not feature badu?
10>come into my world (fischerspooner mix)-kylie minogue. coke-laced anal sex on wax. and she loves it.
11>die another day-madonna. she may have yet found what she's been looking for - her most viscerally exciting record in nigh on 10 years, essentially the sound of madonna deconstructing.
12>don't let's start-they might be giants. their alpha and omega, the reason the two johns have the fans they have. flaming lips sober: "wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account."
13>dy-na-mi-tee-ms. dynamite. not sure why she's getting a u.k. backlash - maybe if I was there and had been reading her press, I'd understand. some of the smoovest r-and-b you'll hear all year, and much better than the new craig david. maybe she is the new craig david - circa "re-rewind," not "what's your flava."
14>expensive shit-fela kuti. the river from which all afro-funky blessings flow.
1>19 (extended version)-paul hardcastle. how the fuck did this smooth-jazzer come up with such a winning would-be pastiche of laswell, hancock, and coldcut? all hard synth-drum breakbeats, art of noise(y) keyb stabs, and harrowing samples about the vietnam war. yet another "how did I forget this?" for my top 80 of the '80s.
2>a sorta fairytale-tori amos. unimpressed early on, but it's a grower. comfort tori (as in comfort food).
3>aerials-system of a down. meet the new rage, only more obtuse and less didactic? plus, rage never used cellos.
4>akshon (yeah!)-killer mike f/outkast. thud-thud-thud-thud, yeah!
5>back for good-mcalmont & butler. not entirely winning - I expected it to soar more. but never dull, with david mcalmont's caramel voice involved.
6>bad (live at live aid)-u2. back when (most) everyone first noticed their power and glory.
7>break you off-the roots f/musiq. the first 0:13 needs your attention: before the funkalicious groove, black thought flippin' lyrics, musiq crooning like the soul baby he is, you get some eerie chords and a few click-clack moments which could be bjork or matmos.
8>broken english-marianne faithfull. new wave fit her so nicely, like a rubber straightjacket.
9>come close to me-common f/mary j. blige. nice, but less impressive with each spin. how does this 'un not feature badu?
10>come into my world (fischerspooner mix)-kylie minogue. coke-laced anal sex on wax. and she loves it.
11>die another day-madonna. she may have yet found what she's been looking for - her most viscerally exciting record in nigh on 10 years, essentially the sound of madonna deconstructing.
12>don't let's start-they might be giants. their alpha and omega, the reason the two johns have the fans they have. flaming lips sober: "wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account."
13>dy-na-mi-tee-ms. dynamite. not sure why she's getting a u.k. backlash - maybe if I was there and had been reading her press, I'd understand. some of the smoovest r-and-b you'll hear all year, and much better than the new craig david. maybe she is the new craig david - circa "re-rewind," not "what's your flava."
14>expensive shit-fela kuti. the river from which all afro-funky blessings flow.
# posted by Thomas : 6:53 PM
