The Number Twos Bonus Beat: Flock of Dimes and Sylvan Esso covering "Don't Dream It's Over" (unfortunately the actual video of this performance seems to have disappeared from the internet)
https://youtu.be/wqOGc9ejEXA
"Abbott moved back to New York and worked on Wall Street. He played his demo for some of the people who worked at his brokerage firm, and they loaned him enough money to build a studio. Abbott’s uncle, a record exec, helped him get signed to CBS."
Just your typical riches-to-riches story. So heartwarming
For the vinyl nerds out there, the Peter Gabriel reissues (2LP, 45RPM) from a few years ago sound amazing. They're out of print so may be hard (expensive) to track down, but you can hear where the hundreds of thousands of studio dollars went.
This has definitely been my favorite thing on the internet for the past couple years. In addition to the best angry responses, I would have loved to see the actual best responses. Thinking of the Edgar Wright tweet - there must be others where you found out somebody cool was reading your column.
Great write-up - it's difficult for me as well not to think of 9/11 when I hear this album. On some days this is my favorite PJ LP, and I'm really looking forward to hearing the demos from it (the TBYML demos are incredible)
I would highly recommend the "Classic Albums" episode about Nevermind (I think you can find it on Amazon Prime or the AXS channel). There are some isolated tracks that Butch Vig plays that will give you chills.
I turned 8 when this was #1, so I was all about top 40 and remember this playing on the radio all day. But I never noticed the harmonica until now, and my god it's annoying.
Also, the clip of Mr. T grooving to this song is a 10
Ditto on all counts. This is definitely the worst Police hit - I was going to say their worst song, but then I remembered Mother. And yes, a 4 for King of Pain is blasphemy.
I love this record so much - there are quite a few killer songs, but it also really works as an album (even the sound collage stuff).
Also, nice shoutout for those CMJ CDs. I was a subscriber around '94/'95 and distinctly remember discovering Throwing Muses, Morphine and PJ Harvey thanks to those CDs.
I've been reading a R.E.M. biography and apparently they wanted to work with Gehman on Lifes Rich Pageant specifically because of his Mellencamp production. I would have never made that connection but now listening to LRP, I can see (hear) why.
I'm a big Lanegan fan but afraid to read it for fear I'll end up liking him less. FWIW one of the best shows I ever went to was when he played the Hollywood Cemetery, and he actually sat at a table and signed autographs afterwards. He wasn't exactly Mr. Chatty, but he was nice enough.
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