Littlebear

Oh, she can sing softly, too. She did a duet with Ron Sexsmith on her second album that worked quite fine.

Let's dream of a duet with Neko

Nothing. I just observe that you should be defiant with your readings. From the link I posted, which is linked to another page you linked, I can be aware of how some articles can be insanely biaised and wrong. So, believe what you want, but beware of being well informed, and not ill-informed. That's all I'm saying.

Nudie, if I were you, I would be defiant with some readings, cause through one of your links I found this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from...ent/7942086.stm and I can tell you right away that it's total bullshit. We didn't have this myth about Paris liberating itself. We know Americans saved Paris. The De Gaulle speech about Paris liberating itself was purely enthusiastic and patriot. Paris was just exploding of joy after five years of nightmare.

I don't think most Europeans are opposed to the idea of a European Union, though it is certainly debated for many changes and problems it brings. But there's an economical crisis in Europe as in the States, so you see a lot of protest from the people everywhere. This isn't especially against the idea of a European Union.

Isn't "American sovereignty" a conservative notion? (this is a French question)

To me, it'd be the song that would represent an album as a whole

Great arguments, sir

AM: Must Be High Being There: Misunderstood Summerteeth: She's a Jar (or Shot in the Arm or Via Chicago) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Ashes of American Flags (or Poor Places or I Am Trying to Break Your Heart) A Ghost Is Born: Hell Is Chrome Sky Blue Sky: Either Way I think "Less Than You Think" or "Spiders" aren't really representative of the album featuring them.

Released respectively in March and May 1999, these two albums share important sonic landscapes, especially with a big use of keyboards. The Flaming Lips were more arty and experimental at it, though - and I know Wilco was listening to the Flaming Lips after that, and they made the more experimental Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - an influence? Also, to me, The Flaming Lips and Wilco may have been influenced by Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs from 1998. What do you think? Anyway, I liked that 1999 year a lot. I discovered then four of my favorite records ever: Summerteeth, Car Wheels on a Gravel R

It's more humane to care about the environment than about the innocent unborn, if you ask me. Certainly less selfish, on a humane level.

and may be not. If we have to make a war to see that or not, in doubt, I prefer to avoid it. Naturally. Actually in 2003 GW Bush didn't let anyone decide otherwise. I remember everything, and was proud of Chirac's opposition then (but of course it didn't change anything, France is a small country to which the US image doesn't count). And don't you think the war in Iraq did cost way too much for your economy? It'd have been better without it, no?

Oh yeah, there's that difference with the French, too - here "liberal" doesn't have a positive notion (at least not for the leftist), it's an economical system that creates inequalities between the rich and the poor. Our respective countries have different histories and approaches of the word. To be schematic, in your country the conservatives are right winged, and liberals left winged, but in France, liberals are right winged, and our left wing is "socialist" (though our socialism actually accepts a liberal system, and the real left - still a minority - is more "revolutionary", or "anti-capit

You don't use "egoist" in English? OK, so let's say "selfish". I think it's selfish to say that one should feel alright just because all is fine with him. It's not only selfish, it's typically *liberal* or *capitalist* as a way of thinking. It's thinking basically that all that is important is to be well personally, and let's not care of the rest of the world. It's thinking that as long as you live in a country that allows you to speak and be happy and play music, you should only be allowed to shut up. But to me, as a French, I'm afraid to say yeah, the image of the US pretty sucked a l

I'm late on this, just reading the whole thread now. But I can't stand this kind of egoist argument. So, everything was doing fine with Tweedy and the band (well, he had his personal troubles, too - by the way), and he should just feel alright for that? What kind of humanity is this?

No show with Mark Spencer can be bad. He's a great guitar player!

I think everyone should at least have Sunrise and From Elvis in Memphis in his collection. I think he was an extraordinary singer. And he was the first rock'n'roll star. I love all the rock'n'roll pioneers, I think they were all geniuses. Elvis, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, Bo Diddley... Wonderful stuff, always fresh, and timeless. The Sun sesssions of Elvis are all gems. I could spend days trying to understand the quality of these recordings. The things that explain this quality are what's the most interesting in music (the pop

I even didn't know that! I just find that cover hilarious The small bearded guy on the left makes me laugh each time, especially with the other guy who seems to tickle his tit

And what does she say about this French dude?

There had been some frenchies there? No wonder I love Appalachian music!

...but this is American:

The three songs that shocked my life: Jacques Brel's "Le Plat Pays" at 13 years old L

Well, I prefer the Middle Cyclone one to Fox Confessor. Way more original.

I don't see how it stinks. But if there's some smelling with the picture, that's good news.

oh, and as much time as I spend on the internet, I almost never download music. I'm not so sure of what will happen with this digital thing. I think more important things are going to change in the future, and it will have more to do with ecology than anything else. This, or the Human will die. Never turn your back on Mother Earth I say.