A few minutes ago I had a conversation about the evolution of my musical tastes. This "equation" just came to mind. Undoubedly there's a lot in the middle, but I tried to hit he big songs, the songs I remember liking in particular and in the style I mainly listened to.
[(early 1980s: Hank Williams - I Saw the Light) + (late 1980s: Beach Boys - Surfin' USA) + (early 1990s: Public Enemy - Can't Truss It) + (mid 1990's: Smashing Pumpkins - Today) + (mid-late 1990s: Fugazi - Bed for the Scraping) + (very late 1990s/early 2000s: ATB 9pm - Till I Come) + (mid 1990s/early-mid-late 2000s/always: Radiohead - 2 + 2 = 5) + (mid-late-2000s: Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line) + (early 2010s: Flying Lotus - Do the Astral Plane) = Me
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
i forgot
whilst posting the best few albums I've discovered in the last semester I somehow forgot two, one serious and the other silly.
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Dare I say she's the female Thom Yorke. Ms. Harvey's talent is pretty amazing. It's actually the first "guitar album" I've liked in a long while. I really like this album too. No, I love it. Every song on this album is stellar, as is the writing, lyrics, and arrangements. Speaking of lyrics, there are a few weirdly patriotic songs on here. It's almost uncomfortable? This I learned from referencing one of her lyrics: the word "corn" doesn't always refer to the yellow stuff also called maize. The term is generic for whatever staple crop comes from a certain area. So if they grow barley in Essex and rye in Northumberland, barley and rye are the "corn" from those areas, respectively. Neat. Taking your problems to the UN sometimes works....
La Roux - La Roux
Mainly a cheesy synth-pop album. Kinda "lesbianic" her schtick is gender ambiguity. Just good old fashioned major key radio friendly fare. That's OK sometimes. I discovered her because a DJ I like - Boy 8-bit - remixed one of her songs. Apparently she's fairly popular because I've heard her single a few times here and there. Bulletproof... I wish I was.
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Dare I say she's the female Thom Yorke. Ms. Harvey's talent is pretty amazing. It's actually the first "guitar album" I've liked in a long while. I really like this album too. No, I love it. Every song on this album is stellar, as is the writing, lyrics, and arrangements. Speaking of lyrics, there are a few weirdly patriotic songs on here. It's almost uncomfortable? This I learned from referencing one of her lyrics: the word "corn" doesn't always refer to the yellow stuff also called maize. The term is generic for whatever staple crop comes from a certain area. So if they grow barley in Essex and rye in Northumberland, barley and rye are the "corn" from those areas, respectively. Neat. Taking your problems to the UN sometimes works....
La Roux - La Roux
Mainly a cheesy synth-pop album. Kinda "lesbianic" her schtick is gender ambiguity. Just good old fashioned major key radio friendly fare. That's OK sometimes. I discovered her because a DJ I like - Boy 8-bit - remixed one of her songs. Apparently she's fairly popular because I've heard her single a few times here and there. Bulletproof... I wish I was.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
dollar bills
I wish I was rich. That way I could do lots of awesome things, help people and make them happy. This is the fantasy stuck in my head as I work right now.
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