Shakespeare In The Alley

I agree. When I'm really into a band, I'll sometimes reference them in a status, but i think the lyric status is quite lame, especially when it's one of those cries for attention, or a particularly emotional lyric. If I posted Wilco (or any band) lyrics, I know that a few people would google them, but the vast majority of people wouldn't even pay attention. I have about 1.5 Wilco fans on my friends list, so it's just a waste of time. I save lyrics for that little box under your profile picture. They aren't being broadcasted from there, but anyone who cares can read them. I like that

Oh fuck. I have a recording of that SFA set, and it's amazing. I'd say you made the right choice, but I am an unabashed SFA fanboy. I laugh every time I hear Gruff's "does anyone here hate Radiohead?" line. Just because you could easily take it as "I hate Radiohead" or "why are you watching us instead of Radiohead?" I'm glad I wasn't at that festival. In my opinion, that's the two greatest British rock bands ever, playing at the same festival, at the same time. That's just criminally unfortunate planning.

I saw them at Nissan Pavilion last year. The entire night was torrential downpours in every surrounding county. Nissan is an outdoor amphitheater. Needless to say, everyone that wasn't under the pavilion was soaked. When they got to the "rain down" chorus in Paranoid Android, it was one of the most amazing moments I've ever experienced at a concert, as the thousands of soaked lawn dwellers realized what they were screaming. Intense stuff. But yea, incredible live band in every sense of the word. If you haven't seen the clip of Karma Police live at Glastonbury 2003, then go find that.

You explained my point better than I. Well done. Oasis wrote some pretty good songs, with nothing behind them. Radiohead, SFA and company wrote great songs, with a lot of meaning behind them. There's a place for both types of songs, obviously. But it's hard to adequately argue the virtues of Oasis as a "great" band when they were so damn derivative, and often bland.

Oh please, Oasis wasn't even the best band in Britain during their 90's heyday. Noel could whip out a great stadium rocker, but the catalogues of bands like SFA, Blur and Pulp basically shit all over everything Oasis put out. Oasis was always more about the antics than the music. It's common knowledge.

Christgau is, without a doubt, the music infuriatingly shitty music critic I've ever seen.

Good article, except the "dippin' ink" line. How the hell did the writer hear that?

I don't even understand how he did that with his voice. The range of emotion in that song is just inhuman. No one should be able to start out a song as a simple ballad, and end it in that. Prince's screams may be my favorite vocal style of his, because more often than not, they come out of nowhere, and just blow your mind. Every once in a while, it hits me again how fucking talented that dude is. It's really not fair.

The Beautiful Ones may be the greatest song I've ever heard.

I know very little about Zeppelin solo projects, but I thought it was an assumption that Zep would be a big influence in this project. But to me, this is different from a normal supergroup. Songs For The Deaf is an incredible album, so Dave and Josh clearly work well together. It just feels like it'll be a great rock album. All three of them know what they're doing when it comes to good rock music, and they've all worked with each other in some context before (except, I think, Josh and JPJ.) We'll see. I do really like how they're promoting this thing. Supporting the Arctic Monkeys

Well, with a Led Zeppelin member and two guys who clearly take a lot of inspiration from Zep, is this at all a surprise?

Nah nah. I get, and agree with the analogy. I just don't consider Desire to be a non-classic. I put it up there with Blonde on Blonde, and the numerous other classics.

Don't you dare slight Desire. That's a classic LP. If you must compare WTA to a Dylan album, go with New Morning, or Planet Waves. Terrific albums, but not anywhere near canonical.

If you change the end time, you can create a "new" MP3 of the song, that will only include the song up to the cut-off point. Right click the song, and I believe the option is "create AAC version." Then you can rename it, or delete the original. Pretty simple. I use it on all albums with hidden tracks.

You can do it in iTunes. Just go to the song's info, and change the end time.

Agreed. It's SO obvious that they have fun with their music. I think that gets them misconstrued as a joke band. Gruff has a wonderful sense of humor, and it comes through in his lyrics, but if you pay close enough attention, you can tell that he takes it so seriously, and he's really putting his heart into what he writes. It's a hard balance to strike, but he does it so well. Gruff's two solo records, and the Neon Neon album are all well worth checking out, too, if you haven't already. The man knows how to put together a good pop song. I put Gruff up there with the all-time greats in

Well said. They do get mentioned a bit in the British press, but not often these days. But the US just ignores them completely. I think the reason they haven't exploded as a hig blogger's band is because they've never released anything but great records. So another wonderful album isn't really cause to take notice. Which is a shame, since they're still releasing incredible music that more people should hear. But you can just tell that the band couldn't care less. I have so much respect for that. They know they have a small, but devoted audience, and that's fine by them. I know I'm

I've only seen them once so far, but I'll be seeing them in NYC on 9/11 this year. Pretty psyched. Radiator might be their best. I really do love all their albums, though. But Radiator is definitely a special record. It should definitely be put right up there with all the big Britpop albums of that time. The lack of critical attention they get in the US is baffling. I've seriously considered incorporating those bears into a tattoo. I love Pete Fowler's artwork for SFA.

Fuck yeah!!! Another SFA fan on the board? I'm going to avoid fanboy-esque gushing here, but the Furries are easily my favorite band. Radiator is wonderful, wonderful stuff. But so is their whole catalogue...

Haven't listened yet, but I know I won't be blown away like the legitimate Sparklehorse albums, because that's not what this is.

You must not have been on the internet the last few weeks. That song leaked, and basically ignited an atomic bomb of hype on every internet music board imaginable. It is pretty great, though.

It's good advice to never take a post seriously if it points you towards a phone number ending in 867-5309. Just...don't.