It has been a very tense day-and-a-half. These are the records that I was playing while I worked and worked and worked. I am glad they existed.
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (I really like the quiet, mellow emotion. "Candy Says," "Pale Blue Eyes" and "Jesus" = goodgoodgood! But what's the deal with the "Murder Mystery" wankfest, etc?)
The Velvet Underground - VU (Not as good. But ok. The mood felt right at 3am.)
U2 - Joshua Tree (Who knew that U2 had released a good album, albeit fifteen years ago?)
Dismemberment Plan - Emergency and I (Only "Back and Forth" was really working when I listened, but.)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun. (I like this record less with every listen. Most recently, its musical content sounded like it had been reduced to nothing more than sheer [bland] atmosphere.)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (First time listening to it in a long time. I got bored quickly. But "Money" still sounded fine.)
Well.. That's strange. It seems that when I write them out, the records I listened to sort of sucked. hm. I guess my playlist was redeemed by the scattered presence of 50 Cent's "In Da Club," The Clique's version of "Superman," Iron and Wine's "Such Great Heights," the two new Blur songs I like and, um, no, that seems to have been it.
Did I mention that it was a long, torturous night?
Posted by Sean at April 23, 2003 9:25 PMtry "United States of Whatever" by Liam Lynch. That's some fun stuff.
Posted by Nathan at April 23, 2003 11:02 PMyou got BORED with dark side of the moon??!?!!
Posted by smackmastah at April 23, 2003 11:41 PMYeah. Not that it's a bad album, but on that last listen, it simply felt like a drawn-out, samey jam. Nothing broke out of the wall of sound, except, again, "Money."
Posted by Sean at April 24, 2003 12:42 AMSean, I'm so glad you've started writing this. Welcome to the shiny world of bloggery!
Posted by anne at April 26, 2003 1:20 PMWaaaaaah?!?! U2 has released more than one good album. You no like Achtung Baby?
The Great Gig in The Sky is my favorite song from Dark Side. Followed by Time and Us and Them. Foo on people who just listen to Money.
PS: you should really not require an email address to post comments, especially when a URL is entered.
Posted by dustin at April 28, 2003 3:08 PM
and it will begin playing. All songs are also available to download: just right-click the link and choose 'Save as...'
