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Recently, songs from Gliss, Phantogram, The Twang, Micachu & The Shapes are getting a lot of play.
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quote:Originally posted by Chief Taylor: ^I'll listen to yours if ya listen ta mine, clee!
Dude, that's actually a good review. I may take you up on it if I can just focus a little.
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From: Vanity, OR | Registered: Dec 2008
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I almost posted this in my Fantabulous World of Eighties Enchantment thread in MMB, but I've started feeling a little funny about posting about music on MMB when all the musical action is going on in The Anywhere Machine.
Anyhow, lately Side Two of my old Go-Gos Greatest cassette -- originally released two decades ago;how time flies! -- has been getting played and re-played. Much as I love the pop hits on Side One, it's the more obscure songs on Side Two that I keep coming back to recently. They're darker, spunkier, harder, and punkier than people might expect if they only know the hits.
Long as I'm posting about it, I might as well run down the tracklist of Side Two and hopefully inspire some people to either fulfill their curiousity or have a nice trip down memory lane:
"You Thought"
"I'm the Only One"
"This Town"
"Lust to Love"
"Mercenary"
"How Much More"
"Turn to You"
...and just for good measure, Side One's "Get Up and Go" kicks up some dust as well, using the reliable old Bo Diddley beat.
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For Christmas my wife got me the huge Beatles package that has every single Beatles album & single. I've listened to the Beatles all my life but most of those CD's were actually my parents, so now I have my own.
First up, the album I now consider to be my absolute favorite by them: Help!.
When I tell you I love this album, I can't overstate it. I'm listening to it like a pre-teen who just discovered music for the first time.
Man, what a solid album. I love, love, love the Beatles 'middle era' of their career (my parents favorite period of their music).
Just about every song on the album is an absolute classic. "Help!", the title song (and opener) is one of their best, catchiest tunes ever. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" has long been one of my favorite songs ever (and if I could play guitar the one I would learn immediately), "You're Going to Lose That Girl" and "It's Only Love" are quintessential Beatles classics.
But my favorite right now (and it wasn't always) is "I've Just Seen a Face". What an incredible song! After all these years, it still feels so fresh and new to me. It's quick tempo and the breezy way Paul sings it make me remember the first time I realized I really had serious feelings for a girl and how happy that made me feel. It totally captures that feeling.
Great album--one of the best ever.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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"Help!" itself is one of the greatest Beatles songs ever! As much as I love the chorus, the verses are just special with how the lead and background vocals interact. LOVE that song!
Personally, I'm more a fan of the Sgt. Pepper/White Album/Abbey Road era, but I admit that I haven't focused as much on the albums pre-Sgt. Peppers. Only a couple of years ago did I purchase Revolver and Rubber Soul and experienced them as their own things. I enjoyed both a lot and pledged to get all of their albums at some point, but I still haven't done so as yet. Maybe soon.
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From: The Underbelly of Society | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatles album.
Traditionally, Rubber Soul has always been my favorite, but just now (within the last 48 hours) I think I'm ready to proclaim Help! as my all-time favorite. Of course, that's a tongue in check comparison because they are both utterly fantastic.
One album I've never given a chance before but I'm also listening to (rotating with Help) is Magical Mystery Tour. Mainly, the end sequence in Across the Universe with "All You Need is Love" was so damn AMAZING that I've just been obssessed by the song (see: thread I started several months ago where FL harmonized for me ).
I plan to give each album a solid listen to over the next few months, as well as all the singles. I'll be doing it all out of order though to keep things as fresh as possible.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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