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    Finally!

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I really liked some of those songs on Rabbit Fur Coat but every time I think of Jenny Lewis I can't help but recall standing in line at the Wilco concert listening to the teenage girls behind me going "Oh my gawd that Jenny Lewis album was sooooooo good" "I sooooo know!!!!11 Her song Handle With Care was soooo good! The guy from Death Cab sings on it!!!!! Oh my gawd!!!". Not pleasant memories but I guess that's not Jenny's fault.

    Weezer: Album Six

    in Someone Else's Song

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    There are a bunch of gems on the later Weezer records. I guess I don't see how songs like "O Girlfriend" and "Slave" are somehow worse than "Holiday", "The World Has Turned..." etc. The problem is that people want an immature, college-age spill-your-guts album from a guy pushing 40 who's into meditation. Pinkerton is such a great album partly because it's such an embarrassing listen.

    Okay, first off, for the record, I was like... 14 when I bought The Green Album, before that I listened to whatever was popular of the day, Blink-182 and Linkin Park. I remember listening to The Green Album that summer and hearing O Girlfriend for the first time, a song that today I'd say has a pretty (but ultimately only mediocre) melody and being blown away ... it was like something clicked with me, that completely changed my musical direction. However, saying O Girlfriend is as good as Holiday or The World Has Turned is ludicrous. O Girlfriend seems as if Rivers found some notes that go well together and that "taking pills and mellowing out" bit and then stopped writing the song. It sits there, boring and lifeless. Fuck, even the lead guitar plays those same notes. Holiday though, hits you like a punch in the face... it's more then just one idea like O Girlfriend is. It's got that brilliant break down with the "we will write a postcard to our friends and family" with just the bass and the harmonies and then the drums build up... it's a great moment. The World Has Turned is the similar with the "do you believe" bit. O Girlfriend has nothing like that. However, compared to what I was listening to at the time, it was incredible. Different enough to make me notice but not too different to scare me off. I bet there's quiet a few people who first got exposed to good music from The Green Album. As for Slave, well, I listened to Maladroit a lot, and I can't even recall how it sounds.

    Pinkerton is a great record cause it's honest. The Green Album/Maladroit/Make Believe are just records of a guy trying lazily to recapture his former glory.

    your top 10 favorite records

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I couldn't pick just 10

    1) The Beatles - Revolver

    2) Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

    3) Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

    4) Elliott Smith - XO

    5) Iron and Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle

    6) Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs

    7) Neil Young - Harvest

    8) The Beatles - The White Album

    9) Beck - Sea Change

    10) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

    11) Sloan - One Chord To Another

    12) M. Ward - Post War

    13) Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co

    14) Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

    15) Traveling Wilburys - Volume I

    16) Radiohead - Kid A

    17) Wilco - Being There

    18) Nick Drake - Pink Moon

    19) Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain

    20) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

    The Quasi-Official NHL Thread

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    It's a deep and complicated beef. I think part of it might have to do with the fact that everyone gives the Canucks, who've been in the league since 1970, shit for not winning the cup yet (however the Vancouver Millionaires and the Victoria Cougars both won the cup) yet the Leafs haven't won a cup since 67 and have never won their conference. But it's most likely due to the feelings most people from Vancouver have for Toronto. :angry I've heard a lot of Toronto fans call the Leafs "Canada's team" which is crazy talk.

    But don't worry, I have nothing but love for my eastern brothers.

    The Quasi-Official NHL Thread

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    You mean you don't want to send Kesler, Edler and a 1st to TO for Sundin?

    I hope that was sarcastic!!! I like Kesler when he's playing good, but he seems to be streaky... I'd trade him but not Edler. Edler's the best defense we got I reckon. Anyways, I had heard it was going to be Kesler and Morrison... which I am still opposed to. Either way, it's foolish to take think Toronto's problems will fix ours. Maybe we'd get more scoring if AV stopped doing things like benching Linden and then letting players like Isbister, Cowan, and Ritchie play. Then when he does let Linden play he's stuck with those two-bit players.

    Who is going to watch the All Star game this weekend? My interest has wained since Bobby Lou announced he won't be there. Still don't get why they picked Hank but left Danny at home... sent Naslund or something.

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