You know the summaries themselves read like most She Wants Revenge lyrics.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
re: "will you put my hands away? / will you be my man? / serve it up, don't wait / let's see about this ham"
it's by no means authoritative but the first five lyrics sites i tried all have this same transcription.
― depresso (Z S), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
so this is where u cunts are talking about this
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
... I did not know that She Wants Revenge was still a going concern but apparently they released an album last year
http://open.spotify.com/album/3EmsOhisvuNYqXIztqK3l0
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
i don't really have any opinions about interpol
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
you didn't live in NYC in 2002 and listen to music for the first time -- I mean, really listen, like, listening as if you were dying of syphilis.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
so basically this is "Rent" for goths
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
as with a lot of bands, i like interpol more when i don't think about what they're singing
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
I love youYou give me clap
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha okay brilliant
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
obstacle 1 must be set in Iran or something if she's bad just for reading
― only play guitar music when onstage with The Beatles, my band (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
no, it's set in 2002 NYC
― depresso (Z S), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
oh, my bad
― only play guitar music when onstage with The Beatles, my band (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
Curtains draw back. NYC, 2002. A lone, flickering light. A nearly deserted street. PAUL BANKS, a 2002 NYC citizen is slowly pacing outside a condemned building. He pulls his collar closer to his neck; it is unusually cold, even for November in 2002 NYC. A stranger enters from the right. The stranger is in a hurry, head down, probably on the way to the subway. PAUL BANKS can't help but be drawn to this ephemeral presence. In this unforgiving NYC, this post 9/11, this broken down remnant of a human being might be all that's really left anymore. PAUL BANKS approaches the startled stranger. After so much turning away, maybe for a moment it's time to open up and really connect with someone, even if it's a-
http://i46.tinypic.com/4pz5ns.jpgPAUL BANKS: SLEEP TIGHT! GRIM RIGHT! WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED COUCHES WHERE YOU CAN SLEEP TIGHT! GRIM RIGHT! WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED COUCHES WHERE YOU CAN SLEEP TIGHT! GRIM RIGHT! WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED COUCHES WHERE YOU CAN SLEEEEEEEP TONIGHT! SLEEEEEEEP TONIGHT! SLEEEEEEP TONIGHT! SLEEEEP TONIGHT!!!
― depresso (Z S), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://i50.tinypic.com/24gvtbd.jpgYOURS IS THE ONLY VERSION OF MY DESERTION THAT I COULD EVER SUBSCRIBE TO!! THAT IS ALL THAT I CAN DO!!
― depresso (Z S), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
(true stories of NYC: the captcha for that image was ShinglesInfo.com)
"Yes, Arcade Fire Are Working With James Murphy"
^i was excited for a second, when i thought James Murphy was producing a Yes album.
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Friday, 7 December 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
James Murphy produces Squakeman
― Tomb Of Spatula (Jon Lewis), Friday, 7 December 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
or whatever the fuck that c squire thing is called
― Tomb Of Spatula (Jon Lewis), Friday, 7 December 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
dying
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 7 December 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
squackett > arcade fire
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 7 December 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
I like Arcade Fire, but there is plenty of room for a Hackett cameo. No room for Squire, but Arcade Fire should totally guest in his next album.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 8 December 2012 00:24 (eleven years ago) link
Arcade Squire
― President Keyes, Saturday, 8 December 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
What's up with the Blueberry Boat/teeth interface for their year-end stuff? It's pretty, I'll grant it.
― abanana, Monday, 17 December 2012 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
Haha you guys
I remember trying really hard to like the first Interpol record and being annoyed
They had some good singles later tho
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 17 December 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
The "year in quotes":
I hear a lot of music that's just lazy-- you know, people in their bedrooms singing some shit into the microphone. It's just bad. But they're like, "This is art." It's so annoying. When people do that and then get immediately famous, they're like, "Whoa, what do I do now? I've never performed before." That's a huge problem. I love performing. It's about putting your soul into it, not just being hip.-- Julia Holter
Is this quote included because it is ironic?
― Evan, Monday, 17 December 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
I noticed that, like "this girl is not OTM at all times, check out this quote"
― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 17 December 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
lana del rey shade?
― lex pretend, Monday, 17 December 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not a fan but holter is technically very accomplished, right? it's not like she's laurel halo out there
― lex pretend, Monday, 17 December 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
Well she's got a kind of music-school-done-good thing about her, so yes. Who knows who she's thinking about? The short sentences and non sequitur suggest she wasn't that into the interview
― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 17 December 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
"It's a character sketch that puts Miguel in league with writers like Frank Ocean, but also with people like Chris Owens, formerly of Girls, whose disaffected subjects often take a lot more than they've learned to give."
― some dude, Monday, 17 December 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
It's just that Holter sounds to me like someone lazily singing shit into a microphone in a bedroom. Her stuff sounds so limp to me.
― Evan, Monday, 17 December 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
And she doesn't sound like she's "putting her soul into it," she sounds shy at least on record.
― Evan, Monday, 17 December 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't listened so I don't know, but i know you can be shy and put your soul into it.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 17 December 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
it's not like she's laurel halo out there
― lex pretend, Monday, December 17, 2012 5:57 PM (1 hour ago)
I'm guessing that you are referring to the vocals on her album, the point of which was to sound exactly like that. Not saying you have to like it, but if you listen to her other records (King Felix EP and her vocals on that Games' EP), she obviously can sing well.
― ey, Monday, 17 December 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
i like julia holter and saw her live and she's obviously a skilled musician and she's got singing chops. however that quote is soooooooooo stupid. man i hate this new band pavement they're not even trying, it's not art
― dexpresso (Z S), Monday, 17 December 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, stupid quote and weird that they'd cite it as being anything other than the flotsam of a new interviewee
― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 17 December 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
i like that quote, ymmv but there have been a lot of p bad bands that are pretty well-described by "singing some shit into the microphone" the past few years and it is kind of bullshit. try to imagine how you would have reacted if that were a scott seward post and not a jh quote: you probably would have been like "OTM" and then went and listened to a sick chops prog album with renewed zeal. obv it's reductive and some bands have been good but in general as a trend i think people are a big too enabled right now
― flopson, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
including it is not necessarily condoning it
― salute me or crut me (J0rdan S.), Monday, 17 December 2012 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
flopson your post is so bad
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 17 December 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
try to imagine how you would have reacted if that were a scott seward post and not a jh quote: you probably would have been like "OTM" and then went and listened to a sick chops prog album with renewed zeal.
lol flopson
― Tim F, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think holter's statement holds up as, like, an unbreakable rule that's true across the board or anything, but it needed to be said and i'm basically all for the general sentiment behind it. lots of lazy, incompetent shit out there that needs to stop.
― lex pretend, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
why
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 17 December 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
she is basically saying that people shouldn't fall for bad music. that's hardly a quote.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
it's not a profound statement but unless the interviewer was mangling/manipulating her words to make her appear to be saying something she didn't intend to say, you can't really say "that's hardly a quote"
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Monday, 17 December 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
@ flops you're maybe not so off the mark, but it's different coming from the mouth of a musician
I felt that the quote's inclusion was actually a dig at Julia, seeing as afaic the only crit you could really level at her/her music is that she tries too hard, packing every moment with information.
― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 17 December 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
it's not a profound statement but unless the interviewer was mangling/manipulating her words to make her appear to be saying something she didn't intend to say
that's how i feel.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
i mean, that the interviewer mangled/manipulate her words more than anything.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
My only issue with quotes like this - which is hardly a problem in isolation - is how people will take them on and go "yeah, bad music sux" and all think it's talking about something else other than the sucky music they personally like.
― Tim F, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
or readers will use the quote to condemn Pitchfork.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 December 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link