Gang Of Four - "Not Great Men"
Stephen Malkmus - "Phantasies"
Husker Du - "Reoccurring Dreams"
First of all, that Husker Du is looking pretty naked, don't you think? Will a more experienced blogger (a.k.a. almost every other blogger), please tell me how to put the umlauts over the u's? That will increase accuracy around here by 100%. Okay, moving on... Checking in at 14 minutes in length, this song definitely hogged the playlist today. And why not? "Reoccurring Dreams" is a tour de force that closes out Husker Du's seminal 1984 album Zen Arcade. Is there a more direct link between punk/hardcore and alternative music? Short answer: No. Bob Mould and Grant Hart created a sprawling record that has strict fast and loud punk songs mixed with acoustic pop-ish tunes like "Never Talking To You Again" (which is still played very fast, btw). In other words it's the dynamic that would later be popularized by band with names like The Pixies, The Replacements, even Nirvana. It's also a record that I strongly associate with the particular record store where I bought it: Jack's Music Shoppe in Red Bank, NJ. This was my go-to independent record store growing up. I have fond memories of browsing the racks and camping out back for concert tickets. Good times.
Magnetic Fields - "No One Will Ever Love You"
Panda Bear - "Comfy In Nautica"
David Cross - "Christian Sandwich"
Grandaddy - "Michael Barry"
Today's Song With The Most Previous Plays is an obscure one. It first appeared in 1994 on the cassette only release by Grandaddy called Complex Party Come Along Theories. (I got it from a Grandaddy freak I used to work with.) It definitely sounds like an early track from an evolving band, and it's actually more of a shoegazing sound than their later stuff. The lyrics are pretty much indecipherable, so they Michael Barry of the title remains a mystery. Is it about a British television producer who ushered in the golden age of BBC dramas including a controversial 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's 1984? Maybe. Or perhaps it's about the Canadian cyclist who rode on Lance Armstrong's team. Jason Lyttle, if you're out there, enlighten us.
My Morning Jacket - "X-Mas Curtain"
The Who - "I Am The Sea"
And then I got to work.
Today's Stats
Total songs listened to: 9
Total minutes of music (approx.): 40
Song with the most previous plays: "Michael Barry" - 4
Miscellaneous factoid about my trip to work today: It was nice to see NY Times "TV Sports" columnist Richard Sandomir weigh in on the craziest thing I saw yesterday. Incredibly Bissinger defended his actions even in retrospect. And, not only that, he told Sandomir, "...this is the way I am. You can ask my wife." Poor woman.
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I always have that Husker Du problem, too. Easy solution: look up the band's Wikipedia entry (which includes the umlauts), highlight the name, cut and paste into your blog entry.
That's exactly what I was going to say...Hüsker Dü!
Seems kinda like a cheat, but thanks both of you for your süpport.
Where's The Umlaut Key?
www.duyouremember.com/wtuk.htm
Wow, Grandaddy. What an underrated band. The Sophtware Slump is a great, great album which never received the recognition it deserved.
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