and not singing during the rest of the chorus. that is the idea we are dealing with here.
― Cecil replies to your e-mails (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 10 June 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
He really wants to be Jim Morrison. He says so in the song.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 06:17 (four years ago) link
Wait, I thought Sufjan was talking about "Prove Yourself"?
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 10:04 (four years ago) link
I voted for 'Everyone Can Play Guitar' (*ducks*).
Mainly for nostalgia reasons though - it was on an early 90's compilation called Loaded (sandwiched between the Auteurs 'Showgirl' and FNM's cover of Easy iirc) which was one of my entry points to discovering indie / alternative beyond Nirvana and whatever was on radio back when I was 12, and I wore the tape out in the absence of more pocket money to buy more music. In retrospect it is a dire lyric but great when you have no reference points to compare to.
― help yourself to another slice of apple ... crumble (Willl), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 10:25 (four years ago) link
I was trying to remember which compilation I first heard it on. Maybe that was it.
The "grow my hair/I want to be Jim Morrison" stuff is what everyone hates, then? I don't think it's genius or anything but I find it kind of cute/funny in its self-consciousness, especially the way "I am Jim Morrison" is followed by the deflating "I want to be, wannabe, wannabe Jim Morrison".
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 10:58 (four years ago) link
zig-a-zig ahhh
― imago, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:06 (four years ago) link
xxp my friend had that compilation when I was at school, I taped some songs off it, possibly including Anyone Can Play Guitar, but definitely including Start Choppin by Dinosaur Jr, having looked at the tracklisting
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:07 (four years ago) link
LOL, Willl, this is the compilation that got me into indie/alt music. Came free with Donkey Kong Country for the SNES. To this day, I've no idea what the music's got to do with Donkey Kong but I played it to death
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Go-Ape/release/1481263
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:08 (four years ago) link
and yes, Creep was on it
https://i.redd.it/w25zxt912u131.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
xxp I'd love to know the story of how that tracklist got approved :o
'We need to put together a CD to give away free with our new SNES game. Its ESRB rating is 'Universal' so its got to be suitable for all ages. Any suggestions for suitable tunes?'
...
"Dealers keep dealin',Thieves keep thievin',Whores keep whorin',Junkies keep scorin',Trade is on the meat rack,Strip joints full of hunchbacks,Bitches keep bitchin',Clap just keeps a-itchin'"
'Yes that is perfect'
― help yourself to another slice of apple ... crumble (Willl), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:44 (four years ago) link
Also, Leaves & Sand is a totally bonkers tune to give away to 13 year olds.
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:58 (four years ago) link
Vegetable and Prove Yourself both totally robbed
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Friday, 16 June 2023 00:10 (nine months ago) link
Coming on with Blow Out, in 2018. First time they’d played it in ten years supposedly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s60nLTuz4k
― piscesx, Friday, 16 June 2023 03:03 (nine months ago) link