Songtitles of the year, already:
Sparks’ new album ‘Exotic Creatures Of The Deep’ will be released on May 19th and the first single ‘Good Morning’ will be released on May 12th. The tracklisting is: 1 Intro 2 Good Morning 3 Strange Animal 4 I Can’t Believe That You Would Fall For All The Crap In This Song 5 Let The Monkey Drive 6 Intro Reprise 7 I’ve Never Been High 8 (She Got Me) Pregnant 9 Lighten Up, Morrissey 10 This Is The Renaissance 11 The Director Never Yelled Cut 12 Photoshop 13 Likeable
The tracklisting is:
1 Intro
2 Good Morning
3 Strange Animal
4 I Can’t Believe That You Would Fall For All The Crap In This Song
5 Let The Monkey Drive
6 Intro Reprise
7 I’ve Never Been High
8 (She Got Me) Pregnant
9 Lighten Up, Morrissey
10 This Is The Renaissance
11 The Director Never Yelled Cut
12 Photoshop
13 Likeable
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 March 2008 14:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Album title of the year.
― Patrick South, Friday, 14 March 2008 15:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
Lighten Up, Morrissey
I don't know if this can possibly live up to my expectations.
― clotpoll, Friday, 14 March 2008 15:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
Anything is possible.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 March 2008 15:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
Afer all, it's Sparks!
― Mark G, Friday, 14 March 2008 15:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Haha, that's the best song title I've heard in ages.
― Tuomas, Friday, 14 March 2008 15:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
songtitles are so great they kind of don't even need to bother to write the songs
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 14 March 2008 15:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
awesome
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 14 March 2008 15:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
My favorite title might actually be number six.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 March 2008 15:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
i loled at that one
― mizzell, Friday, 14 March 2008 16:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Is it going to be released on In the Red? What'd you guys think of the last album?
― Reatards Unite, Saturday, 15 March 2008 18:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
sounds like comedy album song titles.
― s1ocki, Saturday, 15 March 2008 19:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
Do I see a Gowan cover?
― robertwolf8080, Saturday, 15 March 2008 19:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
An explicatory note that's going around:
Sparks have refuted speculation that a new song attacks Morrissey.Lighten Up, Morrissey is actually about a man who is unlucky in love, because his girlfriend doesn't think he'll ever match up to Moz.Sparks' manager Sue Harris told PS: "It's a tribute to Morrissey. The Maels are big admirers of Morrissey - he's been a Sparks fan for years, and the feeling is mutual. "
Lighten Up, Morrissey is actually about a man who is unlucky in love, because his girlfriend doesn't think he'll ever match up to Moz.
Sparks' manager Sue Harris told PS: "It's a tribute to Morrissey. The Maels are big admirers of Morrissey - he's been a Sparks fan for years, and the feeling is mutual. "
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 18:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
New jam:
http://download.yousendit.com/F29666D22B0852AB
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 20:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
:( I have missed it, can someone reupload this please ?
― Snowballing, Thursday, 3 April 2008 07:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hmmm, try this:
http://rapidshare.com/files/104341127/Sparks_-_Good_Morning.mp3.html
Rumor has it Janice Long will be playing "Lighten Up, Morrissey" on her show tonight.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/long/
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Thursday, 3 April 2008 17:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
Lyrics to said song (which was in fact played):
She won't go out with me No, she won't go out with me 'Cos my intellect's paper thinShe won't go out with me No, she won't go out Since my intellect's not like himSo lighten up, MorrisseyShe won't hang out with me No, she won't hang out 'Til my biting wit bites like hisShe won't hang out with me No, she won't hang out 'Til my quick retorts quick as hisSo lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, MorrisseyShe won't have sex with me No, she won't have sex Unless it's done with a pseudonymShe won't do sport with me No, she won't do sport 'Cos it's way, way too masculine, look at himSo lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, MorrisseyI got comparisons coming out my ears And she never can hit the pause If only Morrissey weren't so Morrissey-esque She might overlook my flawsLighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up MorrisseyShe won't dine out with me No, she won't dine out Since my t-bone steak is at faultShe won't dine out with me No, she won't dine out With a murderer passing saltLighten up, lighten up Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey
She won't go out with me No, she won't go out Since my intellect's not like him
So lighten up, Morrissey
She won't hang out with me No, she won't hang out 'Til my biting wit bites like his
She won't hang out with me No, she won't hang out 'Til my quick retorts quick as his
So lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey
She won't have sex with me No, she won't have sex Unless it's done with a pseudonym
She won't do sport with me No, she won't do sport 'Cos it's way, way too masculine, look at him
I got comparisons coming out my ears And she never can hit the pause If only Morrissey weren't so Morrissey-esque She might overlook my flaws
Lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Morrissey
She won't dine out with me No, she won't dine out Since my t-bone steak is at fault
She won't dine out with me No, she won't dine out With a murderer passing salt
Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, lighten up Lighten up, Morrissey
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 April 2008 18:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow.
― sleeve, Friday, 4 April 2008 19:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
Thanks a lot, Vaguely
― Snowballing, Friday, 4 April 2008 19:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just reading the lyrics made me laught out loud, now I wanna hear the song!
― Tuomas, Friday, 4 April 2008 19:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
BIG NEWS! From me.
Please check out the new issue of Arthur, which has as the cover as you can see...
And! That 20 album discography mentioned on the cover? I'm the author.
Please go here to download the PDFs and/or order copies.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 April 2008 07:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wonderful reading, thanks Ned.
― Snowballing, Saturday, 12 April 2008 11:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yer welcome!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 April 2008 14:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sorry for the other thread, I really tried to find a thread for this album, but I haven't found anything. Anyway, did anyone managed to hear it? The two songs I've heard are fantastic.
― zeus, Sunday, 18 May 2008 15:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
Am waiting with anticipation for it. Right now I'm just gorging myself on the broadcasts of the concert series.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 18 May 2008 16:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
I have it. it is wonderful.
although I say that as a total sparks neophyte.
― m the g, Sunday, 18 May 2008 17:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
So now that it's widely leaked, what do you guys think? I'm going through for the first time now but I like the studio version of "Good Morning" much better than the live version I heard earlier.
― Reatards Unite, Saturday, 7 June 2008 00:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think it's great, there are some tiring tracks however in the second part of the album, but overall it's a masterpiece again.
― zeus, Saturday, 7 June 2008 16:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
Live debut of the whole album happening right now. Whole concert series has been something and a half.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 June 2008 19:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
I was there! Not that I'm a huge fan or anything but I've generally liked what I've heard and it's something of an event and tickets were available only two days ago so I thought why not. I'll let someone else enthuse about the show, all I will say is the end of the album part of the set was quite moving, with all 21 albums appearing one by one on the rear projection screen, Ron symbolically setting fire to them, and Russell and the band accompanying with an eight-bar repeating vocal harmony. Oh and in the second set they included "Dick Around", which was fantastic.
― ledge, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
The first time that I heard Exotic Creatures Of The Deep I was truly mesmerised. Sparks have pulled it off again; this is probably their most accomplished album to date. An outstanding effort!
― Gregory, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
LA date announced for Valentine's Day:
SparksON SALE FRIDAY, NOV 14!Fresh from their monumental London live performance of all 21 of their albums in 21 nights, Sparks return to Los Angeles to perform two landmark albums in their entirety--- their most recent 'Exotic Creatures Of The Deep' and the 70's sensation 'Kimono My House', to be followed by a selection of assorted Sparks favorites.
ON SALE FRIDAY, NOV 14!
Fresh from their monumental London live performance of all 21 of their albums in 21 nights, Sparks return to Los Angeles to perform two landmark albums in their entirety--- their most recent 'Exotic Creatures Of The Deep' and the 70's sensation 'Kimono My House', to be followed by a selection of assorted Sparks favorites.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 November 2008 00:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuck ucla students
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 13 November 2008 01:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I know this is sorta off-topic, but I randomly managed to stumble across the 12" version of "Beat The Clock" and it was utterly perfectly fantastic for the gym yesterday.
― Your Head Is Full of Diamonds & Lice (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Thursday, 13 November 2008 09:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yay tomorrow! I know people flying in from Seattle for this show...also, they're doing a two night stand in London later in March, one show like this one and another with Exotic and Number One in Heaven (which I'd actually love to see more than Kimono but hey).
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bookworm interview from yesterday. Apparently they're Michael Silverblatt's favorite band, and he obviously "gets" their music way more than the average interviewer.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 13 February 2009 19:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Very cool, listening now.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 February 2009 20:30 (1 year ago) Permalink