The year has started with me walking towards a job that isn’t really going anywhere before I start a course (whichever course I choose) that might not take me anywhere. You never know….
What I do know I can glean out of this job is a little responsibility and a lot of time to listen to music uninterrupted. I love that about working around so much music. There’s always a CD lying around that I haven’t heard, but will love. Or at least will love for the 3 minutes the only good song on the CD is playing.
I’m not the kind of guy who complains about buying CDs with “only one good song on it” (people who do that irritate me – if anyone in this day and age still complains about that, they’re, frankly, what the Germans call “das sucker”); I do complain about bands having one amazing song that they can’t top.
Not McLusky…no, all of their songs are as good as each other. Same goes for My Bloody Valentine. The Coral have a problem with writing really great songs juxtaposed with extremely boring, uninteresting songs.
Scruffs had one great song on an album of like-minded songs that never really match up.
I’d give you a quick background, but there’s always a Allmusic for that. It’s not like I’m writing about music here. Let's just say Big-Star-70's-Teen-Angst-Rock.
I'm just using this as an example of a CD I bought in a 3 minute frenzy that didn’t leave me disappointed, but….sated. It never got any better.
So, I’m looking for more uneven CDs, twenty four more three minute songs to fill up 72 minutes in order for my CD to be full. Then, I’ll have to start over.
-kevin
"Wanna Meet the Scruffs?" is a terrible name for an album but buy it anyway!
Comments (3)
Did you ever listen to that Codeine CD I sent you?
So hear's your FWY challenge, and my selfish request. Listen to new stuff just based on name or cover or or label or allmusic review, and discover something awesome. This requires patience, but we acquired a lot of indier and interesting looking stuff from Main West.
And then... share it with me (& the Blogosphere!) because I am desperate for something new. Arcade Fire tracks only leak so often (though I paid for it later on iTunes because... charity and all).
Posted by kam | January 10, 2007 2:59 PM
Posted on January 10, 2007 14:59
Wouldn't that just result in another Llama experience? Are you willing to have that on your conscience? Are you?
Posted by Laura | January 11, 2007 8:42 AM
Posted on January 11, 2007 08:42
Das Sucker? I still have that John Vanderslice CD. I think I might have stolen it.
Posted by Brother Kerry | January 24, 2007 2:55 PM
Posted on January 24, 2007 14:55