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Post by anarkissed on Jun 24, 2020 14:45:07 GMT -5
"Stain Yer Blood"...
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Post by anarkissed on Jun 20, 2020 14:30:43 GMT -5
I've always liked this song, but I did sometimes cringe at some of the lyrics - kinda corny. A much better take on this style was "First Glimmer"...
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Post by anarkissed on Jun 12, 2020 13:49:16 GMT -5
[/quote He could work with dual meanings, but I don't think he was often looking to make a big social/political statement.
[/quote] If the artist didn't intend it, but people interpret it that way, or he does it by accident, or it acquires that meaning in hindsight, does it still count? Does he get credit for it?
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Post by anarkissed on Jun 11, 2020 13:43:03 GMT -5
I think one songwriter who very capably walked the line between personal and political was Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs. She would take a social or political issue, but express it in terms of a very personal experience with it. "What's The Matter Here?" was about child abuse. "Trouble Me" was about watching your parents grow old. "You Happy Puppet" and "Headstrong" about being dominated in a relationship. "Poison In The Well", pollution. Even the more overt "Please Forgive Us" was about realizing that your tax dollars oftentimes went to support things that you didn't even believe in. Springsteen was pretty good at this sort of storytelling as well.
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Post by anarkissed on Jun 6, 2020 18:13:06 GMT -5
I suppose I could see someone saying they preferred songs that weren't explicitly political. But I can't imagine just wiping a whole raft of them off to one side because of that. It's too broad. It'd be like saying you didn't like songs about love, or drugs, or girls, or cars...Here are some political songs that I think are great. Some of them are kinda preachy, kinda obvious, others less so. Some of them, I could see why people wouldn't like them. Others, it's hard for me to think anyone would blow them off just for being political...
"This Land Is Your Land" - Woody Guthrie "Masters of War" - Bob Dylan "Ohio" - CSN&Y "I Fought The Law" - The Bobby Fuller Four "Chicago" - Graham Nash "Campaigner" - Neil Young "Revolution" - The Beatles "Street Fighting Man" - The Rolling Stones "Mr. Big" - The Dils "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who "Killing In The Name" - Rage Against The Machine "The Hand That Feeds" - Nine Inch Nails "The Pill" - Loretta Lynn "London Calling" - The Clash "Welcome to the Occupation" - R.E.M. "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath "Anarchy in the U.K." - The Sex Pistols "Straight Outta Compton" - NWA "Fight The Power" - Public Enemy "Free Will" - Rush
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Post by anarkissed on Jun 6, 2020 14:03:52 GMT -5
I think Paul's early songwriting, on things like "Sorry Ma" and "Stink", had actual political implications, if expressed apolitically. Songs about just being bored. Songs like "Goddamn Job" and "Fuck School". There's certainly some expression of alienation and discontent. To declare oneself disinterested in politics is, in itself, a political act.
I think there are plenty of new young artists making political statements, it just hasn't coalesced into a recognizable genre or movement. I would think most of it is in rap, though I have been listening to a band called Lee Bains and The Glory Fires, who I describe as if The Clash had been from Alabama.
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Post by anarkissed on May 23, 2020 2:28:50 GMT -5
The local PBS affiliated college radio station I sometimes listen to has an afternoon show that plays "eclectic" music for an hour. Mostly jazz, new age and world, deep Beatles or Dylan cuts, with the occasional My Bloody Valentine or Killing Joke thrown in to show that they know music has been made since 1970. They played Paul's "Sunrise Always Listens" yesterday. I think that's the first Paul I've actually heard on local radio since "Don't Tell A Soul" came out...
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Post by anarkissed on May 6, 2020 6:23:34 GMT -5
The Rolling Stones "Some Girls" (1978). Perhaps not a "comeback" album, as they had still been consistently active, but at the time I had assumed their best days were behind them, and this was a surprisingly strong and relevant work. Neil Young, "Rust Never Sleeps" (1979).
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Post by anarkissed on Apr 14, 2020 14:27:22 GMT -5
How did we miss that one?
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Post by anarkissed on Apr 2, 2020 18:09:29 GMT -5
Is there an official release of that?
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Post by anarkissed on Apr 2, 2020 14:17:45 GMT -5
"Nowhere Man"...
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Post by anarkissed on Mar 11, 2020 14:36:58 GMT -5
It sounds like an overstatement, but this board has actually helped me with depression more than once...
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Post by anarkissed on Mar 10, 2020 14:43:12 GMT -5
I appreciated the link because I forgot what was on it and now I didn't have to look it up for myself. Check out this description of Mats fans: "the group’s nutty fan base"...That's us...
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Post by anarkissed on Feb 23, 2020 0:38:56 GMT -5
"Bastards of Young"...
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Post by anarkissed on Feb 13, 2020 16:12:49 GMT -5
- Paul isn't very interested in recording, period. He never liked playing live. I think the only reason he even fell into this as a career was that it seemed like a better option than janitorial work, despite the many things that he disliked about it. I think he would have preferred to have been just a respected songwriter, who only had to record as far as a demo of a song that someone else would go to all the trouble of polishing and overdubbing on in a studio. Maybe every once in a while, he'd make a little solo compilation of his favorites for family and friends.
- I don't know who told them they couldn't be recorded all playing at the same time in the same place, but I think whoever said that either didn't know how or just didn't want to go to all that trouble. I understand the concept of "bleed", but I'm pretty sure there have been successful recordings made of a band playing live.
- If Paul ever did put himself at the mercy of other musicians and engineers and a producer, for God's sake, don't expect him to sit in there for eight hours while guys experiment with different amps and mic placement. Do all that ahead of time, do all the pre-production, have the band rehearse by themselves, then bring him in for a a couple of hours to run through the songs once or twice and hope for the best.
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Post by anarkissed on Jan 21, 2020 16:19:43 GMT -5
"Pass the bill to Chris"...
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Post by anarkissed on Dec 8, 2019 19:21:23 GMT -5
The full unedited interview footage with Tommy Ramone from the "Color Me Obsessed" film.
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Post by anarkissed on Nov 17, 2019 13:38:51 GMT -5
That album was the best of the recorded-in-the-basement, first-take-is-best ethic. It wouldn't have worked any other way...
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Post by anarkissed on Oct 29, 2019 14:59:07 GMT -5
Received email over weekend from "rhino@wmgcustomerservice.com": "Hello, Thank you for contacting customer service. We are very sorry for the belated nature of this response. It has always been, and always will be, our mission to provide the best service to the fans of our artists. However, due to a complex warehouse move we now have a significant backlog of both customer inquiries and shipments, and as a result we haven't been able to deliver at the level that we pride ourselves on. For those waiting on their orders, while we wish we could give you an exact estimate as to when your order will ship, we are still awaiting the exact order status details that we urgently want to get to you. We are putting 100% of our focus and dedication into a solution to this shipping delay, and we are currently working with our warehouse partner to send out outstanding orders. We wish we had been able to have communicated this to you sooner, but we had relied on assurances from our warehouse partner that they would be able to quickly resolve the backlog of orders, and they haven't been able to honor this commitment. We must again apologize for this delay in reaching out to you. While it is not our place to be making requests of you, we do hope that you will continue to be patient with us, as we work through these issues and work with our current partnet to ship out your order as soon as possible. If you cannot wait until we get this resolved, and want to cancel your order, we completely understand. We are genuinely sorry for the delay and incovenience associated with your order, and we thank you for your patience and understanding to date. We will reach out again soon, and look forward to making this right with you. Sincerely, Warner Music Group Customer Service" Translation: "It was somebody else's fault."
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Post by anarkissed on Oct 5, 2019 23:29:16 GMT -5
I recall it was a Disney comp.Has to be some Paul sarcasm here. I believe the compilation was called "Stay Awake" and featured various artists covering Disney classics. I have it around here somewhere. Pretty nice little box set of three or four CD's. I think Tom Waits did "Hi Ho"...They did this when I saw them on the DTAS tour, and I believe made a nearly identical intro. Must not have been too sore of a spot, because they kept performing it, and I think broke it out on the reunion tours...
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