Ariana Grande – both My Everything and Sweetener
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 02:19 (one year ago) link
life is peachy
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― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 02:35 (one year ago) link
Genesis "Selling England by the Pound"
― New York Review of Wooks (swim), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 04:15 (one year ago) link
Big Black, Songs About Fucking (The Power Of Independent Trucking - "The back-")
― this country's had enough of exports (Matt #2), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 09:48 (one year ago) link
The Beatles, With The Beatles, "It Won't Be Long"
― Liz D. (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
Dunno if a count-in counts, but "Roadrunner" from the Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers debut. And also "Astral Plane" and "I'm Straight" from the same LP.
― Position Position, Wednesday, 28 December 2022 16:34 (one year ago) link
I might count that particular unusual count-in, but if all count-in’s count then Dee-Dee Ramone to thread!
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 16:44 (one year ago) link
Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (studio chatter category)
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, December 27, 2022 8:20 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Fun fact: James was doing promo at WLS-AM in Chicago, and played a rough mix of "Crimson and Clover" for the station staff off-air. Unbeknownst to him, the station surreptitiously recorded it. On his way to that night's show, he heard the rough mix being played on WLS. Because it got so much airplay, he had to release it as-is.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 18:17 (one year ago) link
Hallelujah All the Way Home by the Verlaines: "Well hello there, sordid inmates..."Kim Deal loves to do this. Pacer by the Amps / Pod & All Nerve by the Breeders. Others Breeders albums don't count but do start really spare and get to a vocal with some urgency.Also could've sworn Triffids' Born Sandy Devotional goes straight in with The Seabirds: "No foreign pair of dark sunglasses could ever shield you from/the light that pierces your eyelids, the screaming of the gulls."Turns out the strings come in a fraction of a second before, but think the general idea here is a call to attention to start with, and it's too arresting not to mention.
― verhexen, Wednesday, 28 December 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
Barry Adamson - Oedipus SchmoedipusBlack Box Recorder - England Made MeThe Beths - Future Me Hates Me!
― technopolis, Wednesday, 28 December 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
The Meters - The Meters
― nate woolls, Thursday, 29 December 2022 06:06 (one year ago) link
pretty sure Tommy James story was ... Pittsburgh?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 December 2022 06:22 (one year ago) link
XXP: Yeah, that Triffids opener is one of most abrupt I can think of, otherwise! Like they could plausibly have already played through several such verses before we joined them. Gawd, I need to listen to it now...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 29 December 2022 08:22 (one year ago) link
Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby (Set Out Running)
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Thursday, 29 December 2022 08:22 (one year ago) link
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Thursday, 29 December 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, December 29, 2022 1:22 AM (eleven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Pittsburgh was where someone found "Hanky Panky," played it at a bunch of dance parties, someone else pressed thousands of (bootleg) copies, then it went to #1 (in Pittsburgh, then Chicago, then nationally).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 29 December 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
Daniel Johnston, 1990 (entire first track is a cappella)
― goodoldneon, Thursday, 29 December 2022 19:55 (one year ago) link
Keyshia Cole's sophomore album JUST LIKE YOU. The song is "Let it Go". Technically there's a quick record scratch before she sings acapella, though.
― cahmiafl, Thursday, 29 December 2022 20:29 (one year ago) link
latest Costello album also starts with the vocal (Farewell, Ok)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 29 December 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
All Saints s/t
― fetter, Thursday, 29 December 2022 22:26 (one year ago) link
Aphrodite's Child, 666 (The System)
― this country's had enough of exports (Matt #2), Thursday, 29 December 2022 22:51 (one year ago) link
Hot Chip, Freakout/Release (“Down”)
― more crankable (sic), Friday, 30 December 2022 06:34 (one year ago) link
Oneida - Each One Teach One
― I Occasionally Post on ILX (2x5), Friday, 30 December 2022 07:06 (one year ago) link
Arab Strap - Philophobia"It was the biggest cock you'd ever seen..."
I opened the thread specifically to see if this one had been mentioned yet.
Nicely done, ILM.
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Friday, 30 December 2022 07:24 (one year ago) link
Terence Trent D'Arby - Symphony or Damn (Welcome to my monasteryo)
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 30 December 2022 07:32 (one year ago) link
Jeanne Balibar - Paramour (Le tour du monde)
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 30 December 2022 07:33 (one year ago) link
Charli XCX - Crash (Crash)
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 30 December 2022 07:35 (one year ago) link
Gun Club Miami Jeffrey Lee vocal gets joined by rest of band.
Does a cough count cos Junkyard starts with that before Nick sings about the death of his dad on Dead Joe.
― Stevolende, Friday, 30 December 2022 07:39 (one year ago) link
Johnny Hates Jazz’s “I Don’t Want to be a Hero” sounds very very close to Shalamar’s “I Can Make You Feel Good”
― houdini said, Friday, 30 December 2022 14:35 (one year ago) link
Sorry - wrong thread! Argh!
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 30 December 2022 15:50 (one year ago) link
Badfinger "Ass" ("Apple of My Eye")
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 17:23 (one year ago) link
American Life
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 14:44 (one year ago) link
Songs About Fucking
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:54 (one year ago) link
Medúlla by Björk
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:A_cappella_albums
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 26 January 2023 08:09 (one year ago) link
Frazier Chorus - Sue
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 13:23 (one year ago) link
Big Audio Dynamite II: The Globe (Rush)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 16:23 (one year ago) link