Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 10:29 | |
Cynaera wrote:Trying like heck to tap my foot to this song, but the beat keeps changing - it's like the musical version of one of those pictures that blurs into a completely different picture if you stare at it long enough. And these Mondays folks need to employ Andrew Bird to do their whistling for them, except he'd prolly do an impersonation of an eagle and have every raptor within a thousand miles winging in to attack. I'm sure that with a few more listens, this song will grow on me like a fungus.  No - I like it. I just haven't mastered the whole figuring-it-out part yet. (Like that line from "A Fish Called Wanda": "Monkeys can read Shakespeare - they just don't understand it!") |
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ottovonb
| | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 17:16 | |
Hooman dat sum happy happy mooseek!
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krysthal
(43.70654 -79.39837 Toronto, Canada) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 17:15 | |
Haven't heard this before. Thought it was Big Audio Dynamite.
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ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 07:56 | |
at least THAT was enjoyable
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Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil) | | Posted: Sep 03, 2012 - 10:00 | |
Freedom, You've gotta give for what you take...
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Sep 03, 2012 - 09:51 | |
EMF? Jesus Jones?
(edit) I see I posted the same thing once before....Ooops.
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 12:28 | |
Byronape wrote:
Fun yes, but it also strips some of the thought and majesty from it. Music that simply is good without having depth often has a shelf life more like milk than twinkies. Do you really think that people will be looking back in 20 years at all the classics that came out from Maroon 5 or Justin Beiber? Nope, for the vast majority of the listening public, those acts will have been long forgotten.
Pop music is like a cigarette. It makes you feel good for a short time, but always leaves you a short time later and rarely in a better place than you were before.
Music with depth is like a great memory. Every time you hear it, it washes you in the bliss of the moment and transports you to a better place and time. The best part is that often the first time you hear it, you don't really understand it. Instead, it takes repeated listens to really appreciate the artistry and magic of the song. It's like looking for a pretty shell on the beach and instead finding an old friend. Pop music could never offer that kind of reward for me.
I know what you mean, but "depth" is a relative and subjective determination. Many people are probably transported "to a better place and time" by songs which others may consider shallow or (*gasp*) "pop" songs. "Shelf life" of music doesn't really matter to me, and it can only be measured long after the work's creation; it's an indulgence in nostalgia, which is fine, but it's not a necessity for me. A song can just be a "good" song, that one enjoys hearing - every tune does not have to be some spiritual or "majestic" experience. Throughout human history, music has often been composed and played as something pleasurable, an escape - usually something to dance to. |
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buddy
| | Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 12:18 | |
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trissi
(allupinya) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 06:22 | |
planet3one9 wrote:Hung out with these guys (the mondays) after their show in San Diego (late 80's?) they were like little kids - having the time of their lives basking on la jolla beaches (and banging the shit outta some of my girlfriends...). Good times were had by all Saw them in 2009. Still like little kids–temper tantrums, pissy, petulant attitudes. No girl would bang these fat, old washed up former musicians. |
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planet3one9
(seattle) | | Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 16:02 | |
Hung out with these guys (the mondays) after their show in San Diego (late 80's?) they were like little kids - having the time of their lives basking on la jolla beaches (and banging the shit outta some of my girlfriends...). Good times were had by all
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 15:57 | |
Byronape wrote:
Fun yes, but it also strips some of the thought and majesty from it. Music that simply is good without having depth often has a shelf life more like milk than twinkies. Do you really think that people will be looking back in 20 years at all the classics that came out from Maroon 5 or Justin Beiber? Nope, for the vast majority of the listening public, those acts will have been long forgotten.
Pop music is like a cigarette. It makes you feel good for a short time, but always leaves you a short time later and rarely in a better place than you were before.
Music with depth is like a great memory. Every time you hear it, it washes you in the bliss of the moment and transports you to a better place and time. The best part is that often the first time you hear it, you don't really understand it. Instead, it takes repeated listens to really appreciate the artistry and magic of the song. It's like looking for a pretty shell on the beach and instead finding an old friend. Pop music could never offer that kind of reward for me.
I agree with what you say, but this song does have depth. Not sure if you agree. |
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Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx) | | Posted: Aug 20, 2011 - 15:50 | |
Proclivities wrote:
That's one of the fun things about popular music: you don't have to "figure it out" in order to enjoy it. It doesn't have to be approached like Shakespeare.
Fun yes, but it also strips some of the thought and majesty from it. Music that simply is good without having depth often has a shelf life more like milk than twinkies. Do you really think that people will be looking back in 20 years at all the classics that came out from Maroon 5 or Justin Beiber? Nope, for the vast majority of the listening public, those acts will have been long forgotten. Pop music is like a cigarette. It makes you feel good for a short time, but always leaves you a short time later and rarely in a better place than you were before. Music with depth is like a great memory. Every time you hear it, it washes you in the bliss of the moment and transports you to a better place and time. The best part is that often the first time you hear it, you don't really understand it. Instead, it takes repeated listens to really appreciate the artistry and magic of the song. It's like looking for a pretty shell on the beach and instead finding an old friend. Pop music could never offer that kind of reward for me. |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2011 - 07:24 | |
Cynaera wrote:Trying like heck to tap my foot to this song, but the beat keeps changing - it's like the musical version of one of those pictures that blurs into a completely different picture if you stare at it long enough. And these Mondays folks need to employ Andrew Bird to do their whistling for them, except he'd prolly do an impersonation of an eagle and have every raptor within a thousand miles winging in to attack. I'm sure that with a few more listens, this song will grow on me like a fungus. No - I like it. I just haven't mastered the whole figuring-it-out part yet. (Like that line from "A Fish Called Wanda": "Monkeys can read Shakespeare - they just don't understand it!") That's one of the fun things about popular music: you don't have to "figure it out" in order to enjoy it. It doesn't have to be approached like Shakespeare. |
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GuiltyFeat
| | Posted: Jan 12, 2011 - 08:19 | |
Consider my melon well and truly twisted.
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ScottFromWyoming
(Powell) | | Posted: Oct 09, 2010 - 15:00 | |
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donna_birichina
(in the middle) | | Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 14:19 | |
I need some orange juice and a glowstick.
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ckcotton
| | Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 14:17 | |
Horrible..... please no more....
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 14:00 | |
Trying like heck to tap my foot to this song, but the beat keeps changing - it's like the musical version of one of those pictures that blurs into a completely different picture if you stare at it long enough. And these Mondays folks need to employ Andrew Bird to do their whistling for them, except he'd prolly do an impersonation of an eagle and have every raptor within a thousand miles winging in to attack. I'm sure that with a few more listens, this song will grow on me like a fungus. No - I like it. I just haven't mastered the whole figuring-it-out part yet. (Like that line from "A Fish Called Wanda": "Monkeys can read Shakespeare - they just don't understand it!") |
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: May 03, 2010 - 03:40 | |
marca17 wrote:i always enjoy a song with a good whistle. Then there is this one. |
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musickat
(Lake of the Ozarks) | | Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 10:07 | |
the whole album is a big dancable 9
bhallmark wrote:This is the moment when even the white man starts dancing. Welcome to Manchester.
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marca17
(Brooklyn, NY) | | Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 10:05 | |
i always enjoy a song with a good whistle.
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 10:02 | |
Jesus Jones? EMF?.... WTF?
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bhallmark
(The Administrative Zone of the District of Columbia) | | Posted: Dec 27, 2009 - 23:29 | |
This is the moment when even the white man starts dancing. Welcome to Manchester.
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Nov 26, 2009 - 13:39 | |
Happy Monday....but its Happy Thanksgiving and it's a Thursday?  Bill, you're twisting my melon man!  |
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ncollingridge
(Knebworth, UK) | | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 03:43 | |
peter_james_bond wrote: ^ WHS ^ |
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AdyMiles
(Wolverhampton, UK) | | Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 14:01 | |
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 14:01 | |
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Rozsa
(Züri Oberland) | | Posted: Jul 23, 2009 - 11:42 | |
Like the Kongos version much better.
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Jun 21, 2009 - 16:41 | |
lmic wrote:Born under a bad sign
With a blue moon in your eyes...
...You woke up this morning
The world turned upside down,
Thing's ain't been the same
Since the Blues walked into town... |
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spaceman
(Vienna, Austria) | | Posted: Jun 21, 2009 - 16:41 | |
Shimmer wrote: nmgridl wrote: Just amazing that after 30 years this song is recognizable in just the first few bars. I had the Kongos LP. 30 years? I don't think so. Original (1971): "He's Gonna Step On You Again" by John Kongos Cover version (1990): "Step On" by the Happy Mondays (source) |
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