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USCHO Music Thread: We All Have A Crush On Shirley Manson

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This is really good. It's not a hit piece, either. It takes the music seriously. (OK, except Cardi B.)

And it's a good listen to music I would never have gone near with a ten foot pole.

Now, will I listen to any of those artists ever again? Maybe The Weekend. But still, speaking as someone who believes popular music peaked in 1960, popular film peaked in 1940, and popular literature peaked in 1620, it was nice to rub shoulders with people who weren't corpses, for a change.
 
Been listening to Stories by the city, Stories by the sea from PJ Harvey today. Forgot how great that and she is for a bit.
 
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Who do you think wrote it? While technically you're correct but it was Pete performing solo this instance.
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Obviously. But the definitive version (indeed, the only tolerable version) is the Who off Odds & Sods. Even their other versions as a band sucked, albeit not as loathsomely as that Grace Jones cosplayer.

By the way that O&S version is a masterpiece -- easily one of my favorite Who songs. The guitar and drums are incredible in particular.

It's a classic case of a Who song that has fragile beauty. Like "Red, Blue and Grey." And like it, obscure. It's everything people try to make "Behind Blue Eyes" ("Behind Blue Eyes" sucks).

It's funny, I thought it was much earlier than it is.
 
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Obviously. But the definitive version (indeed, the only tolerable version) is the Who off Odds & Sods. Even their other versions as a band sucked, albeit not as loathsomely as that Grace Jones cosplayer.

By the way that O&S version is a masterpiece -- easily one of my favorite Who songs. The guitar and drums are incredible in particular.

It's a classic case of a Who song that has fragile beauty. Like "Red, Blue and Grey." And like it, obscure. It's everything people try to make "Behind Blue Eyes" ("Behind Blue Eyes" sucks).

It's funny, I thought it was much earlier than it is.
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Live at Leeds is all the fragile beauty I want from the Who.
 
Live at Leeds is tremendous.

On a completely different level I listened to 10,000 Maniacs' In My Tribe for the first time in probably (25?) years and it actually held up. It's not earth shattering, but it's a more real record to me than say anything Edie Brickell ever made. I admit there may be a nostalgia effect in play as that was a wonderful time to be alive, but the overall messages and themes are every bit as applicable today.

Shout out to Amber as well - if you've not heard this I think you might like it.
 
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Live at Leeds is tremendous.

On a completely different level I listened to 10,000 Maniacs' In My Tribe for the first time in probably (25?) years and it actually held up. It's not earth shattering, but it's a more real record to me than say anything Edie Brickell ever made. I admit there may be a nostalgia effect in play as that was a wonderful time to be alive, but the overall messages and themes are every bit as applicable today.

Shout out to Amber as well - if you've not heard this I think you might like it.
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Amber will love that album. There are good tracks on it and my god Merchant's voice is heaven.

Just another reason Michael Stipe's going to hell.
 
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Ok? I mean if you want remain cryptic with your grudge be my guest.
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Stipe and Merchant had a fraught relationship. At times subsequently she has characterized it as abusive, at other times she's said he is a friend. Stipe is a well known dou-chenozzle so I don't care for him in general, and I would not be at all surprised to find he's a predator and gaslighter who is abusive and then convinces the victim it's her own fault.

But I might not feel that way if REM hadn't gone to sh-t after their first 3 albums and disappeared up Stipe's as-shole (c.f. Genesis-Collins, Pink Floyd-Waters, The Who-Townshend, etc...)
 
Kepler said:
Stipe and Merchant had a fraught relationship. At times subsequently she has characterized it as abusive, at other times she's said he is a friend. Stipe is a well known dou-chenozzle so I don't care for him in general, and I would not be at all surprised to find he's a predator and gaslighter who is abusive and then convinces the victim it's her own fault.
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I couldn’t find any such quotes from her and it would seem to be a weird dynamic in a relationship in which they would not be each other’s type. But anything is possible I suppose and I'll take your word for it.
 
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I couldn’t find any such quotes from her and it would seem to be a weird dynamic in a relationship in which they would not be each other’s type. But anything is possible I suppose and I'll take your word for it.
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They were certainly a couple and I know, ew.

But it's not like I know them personally. I was going from what I have read over the years, which who knows?

They're celebrities, not people. It doesn't matter.
 
Hi friends, it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya (please tell me you read the onion!)!

I’m still on my The Who discovery journey which is going to take a while. Hat tip to kep.

my band has prepared a full length LP, not sure when we’ll release it or how but we made a video and I thought I’d share. Enjoy! Or not! Until, YouTube realizes what we did and takes it down:
https://youtu.be/wbTxMEszYuc
 
Then one day you find
10 years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun

Pink Floyd, I did not need to be personally attacked this morning.
 
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Steely Dan – Any Major Dude Will Tell You
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There's a Rick Beato (I think) Steely Dan break down that talks about what this song is about. It's really horrific -- it's about heroin, madness, suicide, and that's just the first stanza.

It is so bizarre and so Steely Dan that it's the most boring LA smooth jazz wallpaper song imaginable and it's about this gut wrenching horror.
 
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