I'm not going to lie - I have a four-year-old son and I'm kind of looking forward to this. Netflix's original programming for kids has a pretty solid record. And any gateway to the Beatles is fine with me. Having said that, I'm psyched to hear what they do with "Revolution 9."
In that case, you may enjoy this:
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As a diehard fan of both Keneally and Partridge, I have to say, this is a beautiful thing.
"That's the Way of the World" is a solid album from start to finish. In the mid-70s I was a classic rock-loving grade school kid and my older sister brought that album home one day - it was basically my introduction to 70s funk. Still brings back a lot of memories.
"Andy Partridge is writing songs for the Monkees" is a sentence I never thought would see the light of day, ever. Nesmith's participation is a bit of a shocker, but it does give the project some credibility.
When this tour eventually implodes (trust me, it’ll happen), I’m going to be the one laughing my ass off while enjoying some terrific local band in a tiny club with a ticket I paid about $15 for. Corporate rock still sucks.
Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern.
Not surprising that you missed this, since you never seem to give Weller the time of day. Nice to see Jim O'Rourke made the top ten, though.
The Kendrick Lamar and James Murphy namedropping is all well and good, but the fact that Mark Guiliana is drumming on this album is pretty spectacular news as well. His side project with Brad Mehldau (Mehliana) is fantastic. That guy's a beast behind the kit.
Listen, I'm glad these guys are all clean and sober, but man, they made much more interesting music when they were on heavy drugs (and writing their own songs). Am I the only one who thinks "Rocks" was their last great album? That came out 39 years ago, folks.
For someone who doesn't care what people think, he sure does care about what people think. Also, what's the deal with "ranking" bands? It's music, it's not fucking NBA brackets.
Oh, never mind, it's actually from 2010, but a friend of mine posted it on Facebook this morning and we still can't stop alternating between laughing and cringing at it.
If they did a one-off performance at, say, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where I'm confident they'll one day be inducted), I wouldn't object, because that's not really a cash grab. Same goes for the Smiths (but Morrissey will never let that happen) or the Jam (but Paul Weller will never let that happen, and they'll probably never get in the HOF because Americans are pitifully ignorant of the Jam).
"Mould and Hart haven’t even been in communication with one another for decades. "
That's not really accurate. They actually shared a stage in 2004 for that Karl Mueller benefit show. But if that collaboration is any indication, a reunion certainly doesn't look likely. In his memoir, Mould is understandably bitter on the subject of that quasi-reunion (which apparently ended with a strung-out Hart barfing in Mould's dressing room).
Ain't gonna happen, as long as Mould has any say in the matter. And it shouldn't happen. Let the band's legacy speak for itself. This band is too important to become a cheap nostalgia act (a la Pixies).
But I'm all for a catalog reissue and some cool new t-shirts.
I recently reinstituted my Onkyo cassette deck into my stereo equipment because it's sometimes fun to throw on an old mixtape from my high school days, but if you think I'm actually going to spend money on a cassette in 2015, you're out of your mind. I get the resurgence of vinyl - it makes sense on many fronts - but this is ridiculous. Leave it to Urban Outfitters to ride hipster bullshit into the ground.
I promised myself I wouldn't get mired in an HOF discussion, since my feelings about it are complicated (I don't really agree with it in principle, but it's not going anywhere, so let's try to make the best of it). But I will say that an inductees "influence" should far supercede its "popularity." I know a lot of people who can't name a single Meters song, but they belong in there a lot more than, say, Styx. I'm still not crazy about fan ballots - while they may have helped Rush (deservingly) get in the HOF, I'm convinced it'll open the floodgates for a lot of crappy bands.
I admit it, I drank the Kool-Aid in the mid-90s and bought this album (as well as "Definitely Maybe" and the enormously problematic "Be Here How" - more on that later). I'll admit that Noel Gallagher has written enough genuinely memorable songs to fill one decent-sized album, but that's it for me.
In terms of these ridiculous "Brit Pop Wars," I feel that Blur definitely comes out on top, at least artistically. Their self-titled 1997 album is more interesting and creative than anything Noel and Company have accomplished. It may not have the recycled familiarity of Noel's obssesive Lennonisms, but it gets more rewarding with each listen.
I enjoyed "Morning Glory" enough back in the day to scoop up "Be Here Now" on the day it was released. Wow, what a letdown. There's good songs in there, sure, but they're all stretched out to interminable length. That should have been a warning of creative bankruptcy. Do we really need 87 choruses of "All Around the World?"
After that, I lost interest for good. Meanwhile, Pulp released "We Love Life" in 2001, the Scott Walker-produced masterpiece that deserves all the kudos that Oasis' latter-day output somehow continues to garner.
Then again, I'm American. We kind of gave up on these guys a long time ago.
Bruce Thomas as in "The Attractions?" I knew he and Elvis had a major falling out, but I wasn't aware that Bruce was a dickhead in general (as opposed to "only in the vicinity of Elvis").
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