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+ | ====== You: Listen to These Records ====== | ||
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+ | {{:pressure-cooking_labelle.mp3|Pressure Cooking, Labelle}} | ||
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+ | The human-voice equivalent of Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing | ||
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+ | Date Added: 3/21/2010 | ||
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+ | {{:kaw-liga_the-residents.mp3|kaw-liga_the-residents.mp3}} | ||
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+ | ==== A Pair of Paradoxes ==== | ||
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+ | {{:breakin_in-a-brand-new-broken-heart-connie-francis.mp3|breakin_in-a-brand-new-broken-heart-connie-francis.mp3}} | ||
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+ | harmony all the way through | ||
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+ | {{:no-future-in-the-past_vince-gill.mp3|no-future-in-the-past_vince-gill.mp3}} | ||
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+ | slow-build thriller | ||
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+ | {{:gypsy_moody-blues.mp3|gypsy_moody-blues.mp3}} | ||
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{{:nightsinwhitesatin-lindalaw-edit.mp3|Nights In White Satin - Linda Law}} | {{:nightsinwhitesatin-lindalaw-edit.mp3|Nights In White Satin - Linda Law}} | ||
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+ | ====== Mad Violets, World of ... (1986) ====== | ||
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{{:madviolets-worldof.jpg|}} | {{:madviolets-worldof.jpg|}} | ||
- | This is an awesome EP of 80s | + | This is an awesome EP of 80s neopsychedelia. Four originals and a cover of The Move's I Can Hear the Grass Grow. |
- | neopsychedelia (1986). Four | + | |
- | originals and a cover of The Move's I Can Hear the Grass Grow. | + | |
Track list: | Track list: | ||
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- | Jr. Gone Wild, Less Art More | + | ====== Jr. Gone Wild, Less Art More Pop! (1986) ====== |
- | Pop! | + | |
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- | Catchy, fun, idiosyncratic band from | + | Catchy, fun, idiosyncratic band from Canada with a couple proto-genius songwriters. Second only to the |
- | Canada with a couple proto-genius songwriters. Second only to the | + | |
Association in sophomoric but still impressive lyrical glossolalia | Association in sophomoric but still impressive lyrical glossolalia | ||
- | (1986). | ||
- | The first song I'm posting shows | + | The first song I'm posting shows their popcraft, and a little craziness in the lyrics: |
- | their popcraft, and a little craziness in the lyrics: | + | |
{{:she_llneverknow-jr_gonewild-edit.mp3|She'll Never Know}} | {{:she_llneverknow-jr_gonewild-edit.mp3|She'll Never Know}} | ||
- | This second tune has some truly crazy | + | This second tune has some truly crazy lyrics (2nd verse, esp.), which are reprinted below: |
- | lyrics (2nd verse, esp.), which are reprinted below: | + | |
{{:heatheronabadday-jr_gonewild-edit.mp3|Heather on a Bad Day}} | {{:heatheronabadday-jr_gonewild-edit.mp3|Heather on a Bad Day}} | ||
- | Lyrics to Jr. Gone Wild, Heather on a Bad Day (M. McDonald) | + | === Lyrics to Jr. Gone Wild, Heather on a Bad Day (M. McDonald) === |
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Sitting by the fountain protecting her skin from the mist | Sitting by the fountain protecting her skin from the mist | ||
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+ | ====== Green, self-titled first alb (1986) ====== | ||
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- | Green, self-titled first alb (1986) | ||
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{{:she_probably-green-edit.mp3|She, Probably}} | {{:she_probably-green-edit.mp3|She, Probably}} | ||
- | {{:notgoingdown(anymore)-green-edit.mp3|Not Going Down (Anymore)}} | + | {{:notgoingdownanymore-green-edit.mp3|Not Going Down (Anymore)}} |
{{:biginjapan-green-edit.mp3|Big In Japan}} | {{:biginjapan-green-edit.mp3|Big In Japan}} | ||
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+ | ====== After 7, self-titled first alb (1989) ====== | ||
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- | After 7, self-titled first alb (1989) | ||
- | At the turn of the 90s there was a | + | |
- | certain amount of quietly traditionalist R&B, of the Anita | + | At the turn of the 90s there was a certain amount of quietly traditionalist R&B, of the Anita Baker sort. Can't Stop has the kind of groove you never want to end, and when I got the single, I was pleasantly surprised to find Ready or Not on the B side. It seemed familiar, I thought maybe it was a cover of a mid-70s or late-60s tune. But it's not. |
- | Baker sort. Can't Stop has the kind of groove you never want | + | |
- | to end, and when I got the single, I was pleasantly surprised to find | + | |
- | Ready or Not on the B side. It seemed familiar, I thought | + | |
- | maybe it was a cover | + | |
- | of a mid-70s or late-60s tune. But it's not. | + | |
{{:can_tstop-after7-edit.mp3|Can't Stop}} | {{:can_tstop-after7-edit.mp3|Can't Stop}} | ||
{{:readyornot-after7-edit.mp3|Ready or Not}} | {{:readyornot-after7-edit.mp3|Ready or Not}} | ||
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+ | ====== Blue Hippos ====== | ||
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- | This guy, Paul Osby, singer guitarist, oozes attitude, undoubtedly too much. He was gonna die before he got old. But the main attraction is his guitar playing, effortless. I saw them in Iowa City at the time and Osby was so cool. He peeled off these wicked snarly guitar lines, from ultra-low-slung guitar, cigarette in his mouth, while singing! | + | Paul Osby the singer/guitarist of this group and an earlier one, oozes attitude, undoubtedly too much. He was gonna die before he got old. But the main attraction is his guitar playing, effortless. I saw them in Iowa City at the time and Osby was so cool. He peeled off these wicked snarly guitar lines, from ultra-low-slung guitar, cigarette in mouth, while singing! |
{{:can_tstopsweating-bluehippos-edit.mp3|Can't Stop Sweating}} | {{:can_tstopsweating-bluehippos-edit.mp3|Can't Stop Sweating}} | ||
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+ | ====== Tamia (1998), song originally recorded w/Quincy Jones (1994) ====== | ||
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- | Tamia (1998), song originally recorded w/Quincy Jones (1994) | + | |
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- | Random stuff you should listen to if you | + | ====== Random stuff you should listen to if you don't know it ====== |
- | don't know it | + | |
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{{:whichwayisup-stargard-edit.mp3|Which Way Is Up - Stargard}} | {{:whichwayisup-stargard-edit.mp3|Which Way Is Up - Stargard}} | ||
- | {{:darlin_darlin_baby(sweet_tender_love)-o_jays-edit.mp3|Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender Love) - O-Jays}} | + | {{:darlindarlinbabysweettenderlove-ojays-edit.mp3|Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender Love) - O-Jays}} |
{{:fortheloveofmoney-o-jays-edit.mp3|For the Love of Money - O-Jays}} | {{:fortheloveofmoney-o-jays-edit.mp3|For the Love of Money - O-Jays}} | ||
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80s supergroup with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe singing and Richard Thompson, elect. lead guitar: | 80s supergroup with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe singing and Richard Thompson, elect. lead guitar: | ||
- | {{:boy(go)-goldenpalominos-edit.mp3|Boy (Go) - Golden Palominos}} | + | {{:boygo-goldenpalominos-edit.mp3|Boy (Go) - Golden Palominos}} |
{{:lullabyofbroadway-bramtchaikovsky-edit.mp3|Lullaby of Broadway - Bram Tchaikovsky}} | {{:lullabyofbroadway-bramtchaikovsky-edit.mp3|Lullaby of Broadway - Bram Tchaikovsky}} | ||
- | {{:meltingpot-bookert_andthem_g__s-edit.mp3|Melting Pot - Booker T. & the MGs}} | + | {{:meltingpot-bookertandthemgs-edit.mp3|Melting Pot - Booker T. & the MGs}} |
- | {{:boogiewoogiewaltz[edit]-weatherreport.mp3|Boogie Woogie Waltz [starts midway thru 12 min tune] - Weather Report}} | + | {{:boogiewoogiewaltz-edit-weatherreport.mp3|Boogie Woogie Waltz [starts midway thru 12 min tune] - Weather Report}} |