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Well, the difference is, Pixies wrote wild albums that challenged the imagination, that mixed science fiction with nautical themes, and The Smiths wrote complaint slips that nobody read. Morrissey’s influence is so crippling that it could even deteriorate the flower of modern creative thought. It’s like a pungent death shroud over the future and the past.
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Deerhunter Really, Really Dislike Morrissey And The Smiths

I have no particularly negative feelings towards Morrissey, but I feel that music burns are always the sickest and most entertaining of burns.
12/04/13 ◔ 280

merlin:

JAY-Z - “Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)…”

Fucking great song. First heard it in Girl Talk’s “Set it Off,” which I can highly recommend.

Sampled:

  • 0:00 - Rihanna - Umbrella
  • 0:01 - Ying Yang Twins - Jigglin’
  • 0:05 - Swizz Beatz - It’s Me Bitches
  • 0:06 - Eric B & Rakim - Eric B. Is President
  • 0:20 - Jay-Z - Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)…
  • 0:21 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android
  • 1:25 - Mary J. Blige - Real Love
  • 1:26 - The Guess Who - These Eyes
  • 2:04 - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
  • 2:04 - Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
  • 2:09 - Ice Cube - Check Yo’ Self
  • 2:09 - Young Gunz - Set It Off
  • 2:35 - DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat
  • 2:36 - Mistah F.A.B. with Turf Talk and E-40- Super Sic wit’ It
  • 2:38 - The Spinners - Rubber Band Man
  • 2:47 - Bubba Sparxxx ft. Ying Yang Twins - Ms. New Booty
  • 2:55 - Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
  • 3:33 - Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
08/04/13 ◔ 26

johndarnielle:

So, people ask me this sometimes, and I appreciate that they want me and Peter and Jon to get maximum paid for the records we make. And it is true that we’ll get the biggest cut from sales at shows, because those copies are copies we buy directly from the label. However, I am every bit just as happy and in fact in some ways happier to take a slightly reduced cut if you’re buying from your local record store, which is almost doubtless scrambling to survive every day, or from a cool mailorder, or directly from the label if the label does mailorder.

I make a little bit of a big deal about this because more people than me need to get paid for the stuff I do to happen. There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about labels and publishers as if they were hurdles to be cleared, obstacles to be circumnavigated. I can’t speak for anybody else’s experiences, though stories of label skullduggery abound, and shame on such labels. But my personal experience in independent music is that the people releasing Mountain Goats records aren’t “The Label.” They’re my friends, and they’re also almost all musicians themselves. They are people who share exactly equivalent praise or blame for the music I make, because you wouldn’t have heard it without them, by which I mean without their support and nurturing and faith I would never have made the music in the first place. So while I’m, again, grateful that people think of my well-being, it’s my opinion that the people who make the music available - especially independent labels, especially independent stores - deserve your patronage, and it’s 100% ok if I have to sell a few more records at retail to make as much as I’d make selling them at shows. I don’t do what I do in a vacuum. Without the labels that put out my stuff and the stores that stocked it and the people working in the stores who told people browsing to maybe check out the Mountain Goats, I would almost doubtless not even own a guitar right now. I’d be a nurse somewhere in California, and I’d write poetry in my downtime. Which would also be a good life, because every day above ground is a good day, unless you’re getting shot at, it sucks to get shot at, but you see my point
04/04/13 ◔ 3270

merlin:

Wu-Tang Clan - “Triumph” (1997)

Yes, again.

Arguably, one of the greatest hip hop tracks of all-time. Less arguably, Inspectah Deck’s first verse (00:37-01:24) is flat-out flawless.

Also, this video is just completely bananas.
26/03/13 ◔ 48
  • ARTIST: Weezer
  • SONG: Susanne
  • ALBUM: Weezer
  • 49 plays
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aquabatgirl:

Susanne/Weezer
05/02/13 ◔ 24
  • ARTIST: L7
  • SONG: Me, Myself & I
  • ALBUM: The Beauty Process
  • 49 plays
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joepublic:

L7 | Me, Myself & I
31/01/13 ◔ 7
30/01/13 ◔ 11

kevindart:

Metric Fan Art
29/01/13 ◔ 494
25/01/13 ◔ 727

merlin:

shanecyr:

the816:

With a hat tip to my new Vimeo friend Justin Lincoln, here is one of the best songs from one of my favorite bands, adjusted to a major key. I have no idea how they did this, but it is fucking incredible.

Weirdly enough, and REM fans back me up on this, it sounds like it could be a track from Green.

I do not understand what just happened.

My Tallahassee pal, Pat Puckett, once told me my biggest problem as a ““songwriter”” was that I didn’t use enough minor chords.

Now, I really get what he meant.
21/01/13 ◔ 136
  • ARTIST: the Mountain Goats
  • SONG: The Boys Are Back In Town [Live: 2004/**/** - VPRO in-studio]
  • ALBUM: John Darnielle said it was OK to steal these songs
  • 6,608 plays
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wckrspgt:

the Mountain Goats - “The Boys Are Back In Town”/”Ignition (Remix)”

“It’s the remix to ignition

Hot and fresh out the kitchen
Mama rollin that body
got every man in here wishin
Sippin on coke and rum
I’m like so what I’m drunk
It’s the freakin weekend baby 
I’m about to have me some fun”
02:28PM ◔ 1717
  • ARTIST: Merry Clayton
  • SONG: Gimme Shelter
  • ALBUM: Gimme Shelter
  • 7,914 plays
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bestrooftalkever:

Merry Clayton - “Gimme Shelter”

Before 1969, Merry Clayton was just a Brooklyn-based singer trying to scrounge up any back-up gig she could find. When The Rolling Stones were recording “Let It Bleed,” they started looking for backup singers for their new song “Gimme Shelter,” and their manager suggested Clayton.

Six months pregnant, Merry came to the studio to record her now-infamous backup track. The Stones themselves were very obviously impressed with her talent. Around 3 minutes into the Stones version, you can even her Jagger let out a “Whoo!” when Merry cracks open the note over the word “Murder.”

Though the recording session put to tape one of the most memorable backup performances in the history of Rock N’ Roll, the memory would not be a good one for Merry Clayton. Just after the session, she suffered a miscarriage in her home. Many blame the intensity of her performance.

When the Stones heard this, they were heartbroken. They approached her and offered partial ownership of the track. They also wanted her to record her own version.

This is it. Be careful, it will melt steel.

Merry said, of the whole ordeal, “That was a dark, dark period for me, but God gave me the strength to overcome it.”
10/01/13 ◔ 1612
  • 14,815 plays
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1-song-a-day:

Hey - Pixies
09/01/13 ◔ 1722

merlin:

Marshall Crenshaw - “You’re My Favorite Waste of Time” (The 9 Volt Years: Battery Powered Home Demos & Curios; Home Recording; 1979)

[Previously]

Marshall Crenshaw – You’re My Favorite Waste Of Time (1982):

“You’re My Favorite Waste Of Time” is actually a demo (hence the quality) recorded in 1979 as part of Marshall Crenshaw’s trying-to-get-a-record-deal cassette. Once signed by Warner Brothers, this track was never properly recorded for his fantastic debut album, but the demo was in fact released, relegated to the B-Side of the hit single “Someday Someway”. Over the years this tracks has garnered some considerable acclaim.. in addition to the fact that it’s regarded as one of Marshall’s best of, it’s also been covered as hit versions by the likes of Paul Owen, Bette Midler, and Ronnie Spector. The tune is very much the little engine that could!
07/01/13 ◔ 18
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