NMT 62
Let's all congratulate LRHG on the engagement this weekend. A good friend of hers got engaged over the weekend and LRHG gets to play MOH now. (See what I did there?). This is appropriate since Top 40 and I are currently watching Made of Honor. Well, she's watching it (and falling asleep. Mormon Girl, I think there's something about watching House on that couch.) while I'm writing this.
In the book I mentioned a couple of weeks ago the author mentioned those rare albums that are perfect from beginning to end. Joshua Tree, Nevermind, etc. He refers to them as "Dingers", but that's a lame term, so I'll just say they're good.
This one came up on my iPod at work today and it's one of my favorite records from my formative years. In the eighth grade, we took a band field trip to Busch Gardens. We got to ride on a charted bus instead of a Cheese Log, with the big comfy seats and all. We all brought our Walkman's for the trip. There was this girl I was totally infatuated with in the 8th grade, Angie Calhoun. She was brunette, you needn't know anymore. She loved this band and I hadn't heard of them yet.
On the trip, the girl sitting next to me had a copy of this album and my curiosity being peeked by the shirt Angie always wore, I borrowed it. Right away, I liked it. Not because it was Angie's favorite band, oh no, that connection ceased to be relevant upon the first listen. Again, one of those records you hear and recognize it's brilliance straight away. I took it home and listened to it beginning to end about 40 times before I returned it the following Monday.
It holds up now and it's my favorite of theirs. Hearing it does remind me of that time. The time when I was still always nice, before I became truly cynical and bitter (yeah, she said no. She wasn't the first, nor the last). Which, is ironic, because this singer's songs have always been the themes of the mopey and disenfranchised.
And I do believe all of his videos are just him wandering the streets of London in some from or another.
So, from their album, "Strangeways, here we come" and Manchester, England:
The Smiths - "Stop me if you think you've heard this one before":
Bonus Tracks:
This is for Top 40, who LOVES rock music. I mean, when the band just really ROCKS! WOO! Rock on!
David (THE American Rock Idol) Cook - "Light on" (written with Chris Cornell, so it can't be all lame. Just mostly 99% Lame):
Random Pick of the Week:
To keep with the theme of our pick this week.
Radiohead - "The Headmaster Ritual" (a Smiths song):
In the book I mentioned a couple of weeks ago the author mentioned those rare albums that are perfect from beginning to end. Joshua Tree, Nevermind, etc. He refers to them as "Dingers", but that's a lame term, so I'll just say they're good.
This one came up on my iPod at work today and it's one of my favorite records from my formative years. In the eighth grade, we took a band field trip to Busch Gardens. We got to ride on a charted bus instead of a Cheese Log, with the big comfy seats and all. We all brought our Walkman's for the trip. There was this girl I was totally infatuated with in the 8th grade, Angie Calhoun. She was brunette, you needn't know anymore. She loved this band and I hadn't heard of them yet.
On the trip, the girl sitting next to me had a copy of this album and my curiosity being peeked by the shirt Angie always wore, I borrowed it. Right away, I liked it. Not because it was Angie's favorite band, oh no, that connection ceased to be relevant upon the first listen. Again, one of those records you hear and recognize it's brilliance straight away. I took it home and listened to it beginning to end about 40 times before I returned it the following Monday.
It holds up now and it's my favorite of theirs. Hearing it does remind me of that time. The time when I was still always nice, before I became truly cynical and bitter (yeah, she said no. She wasn't the first, nor the last). Which, is ironic, because this singer's songs have always been the themes of the mopey and disenfranchised.
And I do believe all of his videos are just him wandering the streets of London in some from or another.
So, from their album, "Strangeways, here we come" and Manchester, England:
The Smiths - "Stop me if you think you've heard this one before":
Bonus Tracks:
This is for Top 40, who LOVES rock music. I mean, when the band just really ROCKS! WOO! Rock on!
David (THE American Rock Idol) Cook - "Light on" (written with Chris Cornell, so it can't be all lame. Just mostly 99% Lame):
Random Pick of the Week:
To keep with the theme of our pick this week.
Radiohead - "The Headmaster Ritual" (a Smiths song):
posted by Richard at 10:32 AM
5 Comments:
I don't like him!!!!!!!!!!! And what do you mean, "nor the last"???hmmm? ;)
uh oh...Someone's in TROUBLE!
lrhg is right and in more ways than one, i think.
hannah
I saw "engagement" and I was like woohoo LRHG is getting married!! Then, I read on. Congrats in the MOH role. Never been one of them but sounds like fun.
So, I have to say I'm not a Smiths fan. Sorry.
I do kinda like this song by David however I like it mostly because Chris Cornell had his hand in it. I saw David sing this song on Good Morning America Monday (as I was "working" from home) and I couldn't help but laugh at how dramatically he sang this song, like it was so hard for him to belt this out. He also sang 90% of he song with his eyes closed, a big no-no from what I hear. I say ENOUGH with American Idol!!!!
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