Seriously, do yourself a favour and step away from the thread. Forget you ever asked who Tay Tay is and your life will thank you forever.Who the fuck is Tay Tay? Send me a link and I’ll give it a listen and dish out a ban if appropriate!
Surely not? B&R is fairly slow tempo. Both great songs though.I'm also realizing(s)ing that I recall commenting to a friend that B&R and AGLY were the exact same song with different lyrics which may be why I stopped paying attention.
Yes, I think I nominated that on one of the playlists.Somewhere there's beena conversation about Maria Elena from this album. Haven't looked but if it's not on the playlist thread I might be getting confused with another forum!
Somewhere there's beena conversation about Maria Elena from this album. Haven't looked but if it's not on the playlist thread I might be getting confused with another forum!
No, it was on the playlist thread, last year. The search facility is your friend :)Think we had this on one of the mid round break playlists. I'd bet on it.
No, it was on the playlist thread, last year. The search facility is your friend :)
Boo, oh the shame!
Anyway nice to hear some - proper instruments - on this.
I have a confession. Most of the times you say proper instruments on this thread, I secretly imagine it said like below (skip to 40 seconds in) ;).
Now that I have put it there, that's now all you'll hear every time it comes up ;)
I like them both.Surely not? B&R is fairly slow tempo. Both great songs though.
If the Smithereens were college boys they would be well turned out, sit unobtrusively in the middle of the classroom, always get their assignments in on time and score well enough not to draw attention to themselves and not so well that they would draw attention to themselves. They would be competent but unexceptional at sports, not threatening to make the team. And when people were to look back at the yearbooks in years to come everyone would look at their faces and say "who was that again"?
Their mothers would love them though and they would get decent office jobs and nice wives.
Probably
I’m more of a mind to split the big 11 down the middle and give it a 1I've been finding them a bit.. the Yawpers, without the yawping.
An notable amount of Gin Blossoms there.
Anyone else finding the big 11 on the album cover an attempt to subconsciously influence you to give it an 11?
IMO the best songs here aren’t as good as the GBs best but the weakest ones are better-crafted with no throwaways.Had a listen on the way to the game and thought the songs where it seemed Elvis Costello was making an appearance the best and a bit of Big Star in there which is never a bad thing.
Can't see it scoring more than the Gin Blossoms though
Boo, oh the shame!
Anyway nice to hear some - proper instruments - on this.
I have a confession. Most of the times you say proper instruments on this thread, I secretly imagine it said like below (skip to 40 seconds in) ;).
Now that I have put it there, that's now all you'll hear every time it comes up ;)
Coatigan is gonna come on and give you hell about referring to him/them as "Scotch" - that's a drink. I think the grouping you were reaching for is "Scots".Limmy needs to work on his Norfolk accent, I bet if we made lazy inaccurate generalisations about the Scotch then he'd have something to say?
There was a bloke on R4 yesterday who studied the tunes ice cream vans play and it's just occurred to me that Rob might want to use 'ice cream van music' as an appropriate insult for a certain type of electronic music he's not that keen on! That said I'd expect nothing less than the retort that at least you can hear the melody with an ice cream van :-)
Limmy needs to work on his Norfolk accent, I bet if we made lazy inaccurate generalisations about the Scotch then he'd have something to say?
There was a bloke on R4 yesterday who studied the tunes ice cream vans play and it's just occurred to me that Rob might want to use 'ice cream van music' as an appropriate insult for a certain type of electronic music he's not that keen on! That said I'd expect nothing less than the retort that at least you can hear the melody with an ice cream van :-)
Coatigan is gonna come on and give you hell about referring to him/them as "Scotch" - that's a drink. I think the grouping you were reaching for is "Scots".
Like soundtrack music, Eurovision, comedy situations and the backing for videos, electronic music for ice cream vans gets a pass because it's for a functional purpose. Electronic music for serious discourse is laughable - only joking, don't write to your MP :)
But I do like the idea of using "ice cream van music" as a put down a very nice idea. I'll be sharpening my quill awaiting its next appearance.
Some of the comments so far that the Smithereens somehow have no edge is most surprising. They came up through the US college rock system with R.E.M., The Replacements and others. How you can listen to that guitar sound and come to that conclusion is baffling, but each to their own.
Unless, of course, we throw in the curve ball of an enforced 2025 and beyond round next time.Which I have noticed on a few albums, and kinda can't really be helped!