and also fwiw, those Bogan songs were pretty filthy in the first place):
very true. but at least they are funny.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOjOji6sDYY
― the not-strawman one (Ioannis), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Matos is usually pro-Xgau but at one point he said about the Consumer Guide something to the effect that his style has decayed over the years.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
the "skidmarks" thing gave me the willies― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 17:14
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm glad i have your permission to be bored, mr. magoo.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:27 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark
Jeez, you really put me in my place. Im so hurt.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
butthurt?
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
blood in the skidmarks
― velko, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
poop on the plow
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:52 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.weeklyreader.com/readandwriting/content/binary/AB50249~Dancing-Bears-Posters.jpg
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:53 (fourteen years ago) link
John Cougar Mellencamp: Scarecrow [Riva, 1985]Having long wondered what gave this longtime Bowie stablemate the right to speak for the average guy, I've decided it's his talent, which is pretty damn average. That's okay, because the success ratio here, a nice average fifty-fifty or so, just goes to show you what sincerity, hard work, and modest ambitions can do. Mellencamp has half outgrown the fatalism that always underlined the predictability of his Stonesish bandmates, who've gotten tougher with age, an encouraging sign in rich musicians. I wish I knew (I wish he knew) exactly what "Justice and Independence '85" is trying to say. But I'll take "You've Got to Stand for Something" at face value. B+
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Scareblown.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
haha how dare he sing about America, he's got BRITISH MANAGEMENT!
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
the Bowie line always confused me, and excited me ("Ooh, Johnny Coug collaborated with Bowie!").
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Man is that a terrible "review".
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Bowie stablemate = poseur, or so i've always assumed.
― the not-strawman one (Ioannis), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually, from '82 to '87 xgau got Mellencamp right, and even stopped caring around the same time Coog stopped improving.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
from '82 to '87 xgau got Mellencamp right
Alfred, you're just trying to bait me now, right?
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
ha - I bought Nothing Matters... at your recommendation a couple of years ago, and, well, sorry.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:08 (fourteen years ago) link
The double-disc comp released in '04 and my old copies of Scarecrow and The Lonesome Jubilee are all I need.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
If anybody is interested on the truth on these matters:
What is John (Cougar) Mellancamp's best song?
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
wait, that review isn't bad at all! people are just picking on xgau now!
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:11 (fourteen years ago) link
stablemate is a bit off, bowie and defries were history by the time defries discovered Johnny Cougar right?
― Brio, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
what a disaster for john cougar mellencamp
― da croupier, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
This Is Bull [Paramount, 1971]Speak for yourself, Ferdinand. D
― the not-strawman one (Ioannis), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
were u really amazed when u read these?
― chronicles of ridic (zvookster), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
OK googling says Bowie split w/ Defries in 75, the same year Cougar signed on to Mainman, and Cougar was dropped by DeFries right after his first record, so calling him a "longtime Bowie stablemate" in 1985 is wrong. Or I guess it could be intentional, a real rock crit kneeslapper.
No idea why this captivated my attention.
― Brio, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
GREAT album!
fun fact: Bull was friends with Chaki's dad.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
i think i put the hot Bull guitar jam on one of my hothead mixes.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
why am i not surprised?
― the not-strawman one (Ioannis), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Chaki's dad was in The Hook. One of my all-time fave guitar freakout bands.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
ok that was perhaps a straw man. but on some threads you and matos seemed unwilling to brook ANY criticism of the dude. i admit that isn't the case on all threads.
Excuse me?
― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
haha never mind
― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
"threads"
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
really matos? i recall long stretches of threads where you and other folks spent much time essentially accusing critics of playa-hatin. am i thinking of somebody else? jess maybe?
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 00:38 (fourteen years ago) link
"Playa-hatin"? Vomit.
― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Or are you using that the way I used to use "transcendent" or something?
― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean there are long stretches of threads where I basically say, "He means this, not that," which boils down to knowing his stuff well vs. not.
― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/pics/99pjenny1.jpgThese freaks are all player-haters. But you are player-participaters. I feel you! You know what I'm saying.
― the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:25 (fourteen years ago) link
ok, i take it back then.
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
5:29
― da croupier, Friday, 12 February 2010 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
lolololololololol
― El GarBage (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:49 (fourteen years ago) link
6:28 - “Reality is the basis to Eminem’s work.” - Expert Bro
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 12 February 2010 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
From his review of John Cale's Fear:With Phil Manzanera flailing his axe like rocksy music was a thing of the future and Eno doing his best Baby Cortez imitation it sounds as if somebody just played "Sister Ray" for Cale and he thought the world of it.
wait what
― a black white asian pine ghost who is fake (Telephone thing), Saturday, 15 May 2010 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
What's unclear?
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 May 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
That blurb actually persuaded me to give Cale a try fourteen years ago.
The implication that "Sister Ray" is somehow unfamiliar to Cale, I guess, or am I misreading it? I just now realized that maybe Christgau meant someone played it to him and he went "OH MY GOODNESS I HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO ROCK OUT, I WILL RESUME FORTHWITH," but the phrasing "thought the world of it" makes it sound like it's something new to him.
― a black white asian pine ghost who is fake (Telephone thing), Saturday, 15 May 2010 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
It means "This album is so wild that it reminds Cale of what his last few albums weren't."
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 May 2010 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 16 May 2010 01:25 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah - "it sounds like Cale has been reminded of what he's good at & in a way that makes doing it feel new & fresh to him," only put more cleverly
― in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Sunday, 16 May 2010 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe too cleverly
― do you ever feel like some people are CHICKEN shit nowadays (some dude), Sunday, 16 May 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link