Ghost of Electricity

sorry, had to be done. gender blindly: Matt the Z Louie B Sir Stewart Speed Racer Crow Daddy Magnus not gender blindly, I have to say there are waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy to many dudes at this party.

BBN and SWTS for the particular sections mentioned

Blood on the Tracks, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Highway 61 Revisited, Oh Mercy There's just so much in the lyrics that you will always be able to turn them over and look at them from a new angle, find something new. It would be the gift that keeps on giving. And speaking of giving, the bastards oughta give him the Nobel already.

and it sure is a shame.

"Misunderstod" shares a chord progression with Velvet Underground's "Heroin." It also shares other elements, such as the building of intesity and then backing off, then building it again. And noise. In fact, neither song has much more than that in terms of structure. This is not a pop structure with verse/chorus/verse/chorus/verse/chorus and maybe a middle 8 thrown in somewhere for good measure. "Heroin" is, if anything, an anti-pop song, which is how i'd classify "Misunderstood" as well.

Of course it all depends on your definition of pop, but just off the top of my head here are some that don't fit mine. AM: Dash 7 BT: Misunderstood ST: (umm, pass) YHF: Reservations AGIB: ALTWYS SBS: On and On... (TA):Solitaire

Ok i can see how it may have looked like i was trying to bait. but really, i have just started getting into some of these books and was hoping to get some opinions without trying to give too much of my own away. I figured that there are some reasonably intelligent folk around here, so....feel free to rephrase the question and answer it how best you see fit.

There are plenty. And forgive me, but I have no idea who "Lady Gaga" is. I feel so uninformed.

are awfully dogmatic, don't you think?

hey wait a minute- it never actually shows him playing it-only holding it- every time it's his turn to play the camera shifts to Nels who is shredding the hell out of something which is definitely not a travis bean. what's one of those things run these days anyway?

more and more you remind me of my ex-girlfriend

This is a good point as it reminds us that the album as a coherent piece or work is itself a product of technology- i think it was around 1960 that they could physically make the groove smal enough to get about 22 or 23 minutes of music on each side of a record. It wasn't until several years later that the album developed into something which could be presented as a unified whole- around the time of "Revolver," say. (okay mayber Rubber Soul). Until then they were just collections of songs. Similarly, you might say that digital technology has relieved us of these time restraints. There

your use of "relevant" bugs me. Relevant to whom? Relevant to what? Your statement is undeniably false, as Aerosmith was relevant to speed racer less than a decade ago. Aerosmith hasn't made music that has interested me in devcades- perhaps ever. but to say that they are "not relevant" is trying to pass opinion off as univerwsal truth, and i find that objectionable. Use a different word. Rant over.

AM was influenced by Jay Farrar. BT through YHF were influnced by Jay Bennett. YHF and AGIB were influenced by Jim O'Rourke. SBS was influenced by Sue Tweedy. W(TA) was influenced by Neil Finn.

it should be anyway, regardless of the othe other 9

And many if not most articles to this day have some reference to "the ashes of Uncle Tupelo" as well. Reviews are for reading, good stories make for good reading, controversey and messy breakups make for good stories. The folks who write articles will naturally gravitate towards such intrigue. But I think most people here, who know these little inside stories are capable of listening to the music without dwelling on them, or even bringing them to mind. I, for one, am absolutely engaged by the YHF within about six and a half seconds, and by then i'm already looking forward to that drum

I have wondered this before myself., and don't think it's the prunes n' custard- but i could be wrong. like the person above, I associate that with the tone on "Hell is Chrome." What about the moogerfooger?

I must have it all and that is simply all there is to it.

Feelies- "Decide" Gear Daddies "One voice" it's amazing how little of the 90's I actually remember. What a great decade.

New gear day! I've been GASing for a proper amp ever since I got rid of my '65 Fender Twin...and today's the day. The acquisition: a Vox ac15cc1. Haven't had the chance to take it for a spin yet but will soon- two rehearsals and one show this weekend. Oh, happy day.

Maybe, leaving aside issues of flawlessness. Next, I'd like to see them team up with Daniel Lanois and rent a house in New Orleans, Tweedy walking in after a Wilco break with a bunch of songs the others have never heard, spend a tense but intense weeks putting the stuff down, the others sticking around tomess with the arrangements after Tweedy has has gone back home to bed. Or something like that.

details, details.

A friend of mine was shat on by a bird the morning of his wedding several months ago. They're still together.

He's alays struck me as an asshole who is funny on tv but not a person you'd want to meet. He's pretty ruthless. But what happens in his worldwide pants is his business, his partners, and the other woman's. Not mine (as long as she's of legal age)

I (inappropriately) wish I was responsible for that. Incidentally, they say it's good luck to get shit on by a pigeon.