This week we talked to Colin Meloy, Water From Your Eyes, Yhapojj, Doubt, and a bunch of folks in the live music industry, and we forgot to ask all of them if they've seen Challengers. I bet Anthony Mason would've remembered.
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That scene sounds like something out of a Safdie Brothers film.
I've done my share of drugs in my time, but smoking crack to Fleet Foxes would've been rock bottom for me.
I just got a dog! lost my sweet puppy about 4 months ago. It was such a hole in my life. Her name is currently Sienna but I don't think that is gonna stick. Vivienne is currently my choice for some reason.
My sister is a set decorator on films and TV shows, but 20 years ago she was in the early days of her career, doing art department work on mostly music videos, including the now iconic Mr. Brightside one. She's talked about how many hours and hours of work went into creating the sparkly background behind the band, which if I remember correctly, was created by breaking and assembling the pieces of dozens and dozens of Christmas ornaments.
The last time I did crack with stippers I played Belle and Sebastian.
In music a downbeat is the strongest beat of a measure. It’s usually beat 1 and probably also beat 3. The other beats, 2 and 4, are the upbeats. They’re the ones that you’re supposed to clap on. (Don’t clap on beats 1 and 3…that is SO uncool). Drummers usually tap out the beat on closed high-hat cymbals, and sometimes open the high-hat to make that hissing cymbal sound that abruptly stops when the high-hat is returned to its closed position. That open high-hat usually happens on an upbeat…it anticipates and leads you to the downbeat. Usually.
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I argue that the most distinctive part of “Shake It Off” is that open high-hat on beat one of every measure. It’s what gives the song its punch. Of course, there’s a whole lot of other important lyrics and music going on, but you simply cannot deny that open high hat. It emphatically drives the song along.
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Other songs with open high-hat on beat one?:
“Umbrella” by Rihanna
“Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes (every other measure)
“Walk this Way” by Aerosmith
“Heart Attack” by Olivia-Newton John
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I love every one of those songs. I must love open high-hat on beat one. Can you guys think of any other examples?
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“Shake It Off” is an 8 for me. I don’t dislike Taylor Swift, but I’m not overly invested in her, so SIO is still one of my favorites by her. I don’t like how it ends. I do like the mini-rap.
Another factor has to be that arenas are simply terrible musical venues with awful sound and sight lines!
In Toronto, I was more than happy to see acts like Kacey Musgraves, the Black Keys, LCD Soundsystem etc. when they were playing clubs and outdoor amphitheaters - but among me and my friends, as soon as an artist gets to arena level we say goodbye to seeing them live ever again.
I once gifted a delightful Francoise Hardy compilation that was one of my prized possessions to a friend who was going through a tough stretch. It was his birthday and it was Christmas Eve and he was sad but still of course DJing an Acid Xmas party in SF as was his tradition. He would sometimes later sneak one of those tracks into his ambient sets and my ears would always perk up and smile. He is also no longer with us and I often think of him when I think of her. So I will light some candles and listen to some Francoise tonight definitely in their memory.
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I think you're missing the point. It's the same album. But there's three more songs so it's not.