So much good stuff spread out over so many albums. Not sure what I'd take off, but would've loved to've seen mention of "Leg of Lamb" or "Monsters in the Parasol." "I Sat by the Ocean" or "Smooth Sailing," actually, most of ...Like Clockwork.
I wonder who now has the longest current streak? Is there anyone else you guys think could make a run at 100+ weeks? Kendrick is the first to come to mind. Maybe the Beebs? Seems like he'd have a high streak.
God yes, Moses Sumnay. IF you ever et he chance to catch him live, do it. It's truly an experience, wherein he creates his backing tracks on the fly via a loop pedal. It's technically impressive and artistically beautiful. Granted, the last time I saw him, he had a full backing band, and that was equally beautiful, but with the loop pedal, it's really somethin'.
Right?? I thought my ipod video had died forever, but it turns out the charger just wasn't plugged in right, so in celebration, I was listening to my "1 party time" playlist. I still liked the BYOP tracks, but I listened to 2 and skipped the rest. Still fun, but in measured doses now, I guess. Lol, Jemima Pearl, good times.
It feels like "21 Guns" was a retread of the softer AI stuff, and no one liked it, and they've been anathema ever since. KROQ's weird though, and I don't know if the fact that they won't touch post-hit MGMT, M83, or any other number of bands says more about them, or those bands.
FWIW, I still like American Idiot, the album, but, I was listening to an old ass playlist today, that had stuff like Be Your Own Pet on it, so what the fuck do I know.
"Oh girl, dont make me take off my belt, and smack you upside the head!" Oh man, all these songs remind me of when I used to spend a lot of time on Brumstix, and downloading live tracks from ReginaSpektor.net.
And yeah, she can get pretty dark, but she'd also have songs like Reading Time With Pickle ("Has it always been this way? Is it possible that all this magic went unnoticed? Maybe life can turn a better page, no more rage.") She's always covered the human experience from all angles, and I've loved it. While I don't obsess over her like I did ten years ago, she's still one of my all-time faves.
It'll be interesting to *not* hear a studio version of a years-old song (I'm still waiting for "Begin to Hope," which she didn't even put on an album presumably named for it!), but I look forward to her new stuff, as always.
Yeah. I've seen this trailer a few times at the theater, and while im not usually one for kids' movies, this does look like a feast for the peepers. #PeeperFeast
As for the song, I looooove Regina, and it's nice to hear her sing Beatles, but part of me is wondering if the arrangement on this is kinda cultural appropriation. Also, there's a version of this song in the trailer, which I didn't even realize was "WMGGW" until like the 2nd time I saw it, which is great.
For the record, "Date Rape" is still huge on KROQ, as is "April...".
I was just thinking about this album the other day. I must've been 12 when it came out, just dipping my toes into alt-rock, probably.
I never got into the album when it was new, and I never bought it, but through the years, purely by osmosis, I've become familiar with all of these songs. Yeah, some of the lyrics and cultural appropriation can be groan-inducing now, but putting all that aside, the songs are still fun. I remember once just sing-talking the line "It's the things we do..." in front of a coworker, and he replied with "it's the shit that's stuck to my shoe," and we shared a nice moment. For an album I never owned, I think thats a remarkable thing. Maybe it's just a Southern California thing, but at least around here, for most rock fans of a certain age, this album has at least some kind of memory attached to to it.
Full disclosure: A friend once sold me his ipod with all of his music still on it, so I guess technically I do own this album now, but I've never sat down and played it from the beginning.
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