Does Anyone Remember Music?
This post has been a couple of weeks in the making. I’ve meant to sit down and write it a bunch of times, I really have. The problem is, after filing my yearly taxes, and being reamed by Hacienda, it hurt to sit. Not only did I have to pay them what amounts to a small fortune (in my terms, at least), the way they worded my tax filing made it look as if they were actually paying me. Now, I don’t object to having to pay taxes. I mean, I do, but that’s life. But making it look as if you’re getting a bunch of money back until you get to the very last page, and, oh look, not only you’re not getting any money, but you have to pay that same amount, is downright retarded. In the time it took me to realize that my bank account was getting violated, I had already planned how to spend all the cash I was supposed to get. Now, not only do I not get to make an extra trip this year, the one I was planning gets its budget cut in half. That’s why we have institutions: if Hacienda was a dude, I’d make it my mission in life to burn his house. And I’m only mildly violent. If this shit happened to Manolo The Reformed Convict, God knows what his revenge would be.
Summer is in, and I thought I would be enjoying the warm weather a lot more than I am. After living 25 years in a warm place, I figuredthis would be the weather I felt more comfortable in. Not so, it turns out. We’re only hitting low 30°s, and I’m already thinking about killing myself. I’m counting on Starbucks Mocha Frappuccinos to make it through, but I don’t plan to be happy while I do it. In fact, I plan on bitching a lot, and making sure people around me notice my misery. You’ve been warned.
While summer movie season is starting, here in Spain we’re caught up with what I would like to call “The Great Summer Movie Draught”. Somewhere, a local genius in the movie theaters’ Marketing Department thought “Hey, it’s summer, and people around in summer. How about if we held back on all summer movies until it’s over, so people are here to watch them?”
Mr. Marketing Man, I hope you die in a very painful way.
It’s the third week running that absolutely nothing worth watching hits the non-dubbed theaters. I was about to go watch Fatih Akim’s Crossing the Bridge in spanish, but slapped some sense into myself and settled for another week of Bit Torrented movies. Nacho Libre? Cars? The Outsider? Hell no, how about you come to the theater and watch El Taxista Ful? Or The Davinci Code? Or The Omen remake? I understand where this decision may come from, but I still think it’s absolutely retarded. I actually got the idea of starting a blog and reviewing every single summer movie that cam out, until I realized that the “Summer Movie” phenomenon doesn’t exist in Spain. We do get the Summer Song movement, which is basically a bunch of retards trying to outdo themselves with idiotic catch phrases and melodies. This year’s early contenders:
Now, there’s nothing wrong with shitty pop music. The problem is that branding a song with the “Cancion del Verano” moniker basically means you’ll be hearing it a hundred times per day, remixed, in commercials, as cell phone ring tones, and I can almost guarantee that people will e-mail you the song’s video. This post-vacation depression that’s all over the news once summer’s over? I can guarantee that it hits once you come back from your trip and you’re hit with Shakira’s derivative crap.
Again.
For the 1,000th time.
That, right there, is enough to drive a man to suicide.
Captain Charisma wrote:
Ok, about what youve addressed:
I wont deny..
..my hips dont lie.
Como se llamaaa.. bonitaaa.. shakira! shakira!
I love that shit even more than Full F’n Throttle.
Posted 20 Jun 2006 at 4:42 am ¶
Captain Charisma wrote:
Suck on that Jerry Rivera!
Posted 20 Jun 2006 at 4:43 am ¶
Chalito wrote:
ok, here are my 2 cents…music is still very much alive and kicking…just not on tv or radio…or most record shops here in the third world…
my two “play like crazy” albums at the moment:
*Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo To Anywhere (highly recomended, just came out…proof that the Libertines are still alive and that Carl Barat is tha man!).
*The Ordinary Boys - Over the counter culture (ok, this one came out quite a while ago, but i just got my hands on it since it was never released in america. Great fun music highly influenced by the Jam and Th Smiths).
Anyway, I can’t get my fu$@#ng password for this site mate, your server says it’ll send me an email with the new one but nothing….help!
Posted 21 Jun 2006 at 1:21 am ¶
Blind Willie wrote:
I was listening to Walk On The Wild Side early on the day and since noon I’m having a hard time finding a better suitor for the title of “Greatest song while driving”
Posted 22 Jun 2006 at 12:18 am ¶
nashira wrote:
I said hey honey
take a walk on the wild side
I think Chalito burned a CD for me with that song (and a thousand others)
thanks! I love it
Posted 22 Jun 2006 at 1:26 am ¶
Chalito wrote:
yes, that song rules….my fav solo-Lou song however is Satellite of Love.
About driving songs….i can think of 2 essential ones at the moment:
Led Zeppelin - Rock & Roll
Stereophonics - Dakota
Although, at the moment, my driving song is Bang Bang You’re Dead from Dirty Pretty Things…
Posted 22 Jun 2006 at 4:50 pm ¶
ChaseRansom wrote:
Chalito’s Led Zepp pitch for driving song is just proof that he has been tainted with the marketing ploys of automakers, who have been using that song for the past three years in their commercials - who is it? Cadillac? I forget.
I am tickled by all the sillyness.
On the movie front, I have to admit I havent hit a movie theater since…..well March. I’m completely out of control. I guess I am waiting for Superman to put myself back in a theater.
Was anybody aware that Superman is a like, gay guy’s favorite super hero? Whats all this crap about? I would have thought that Batman would have fit that bill much better.
POW!
Posted 22 Jun 2006 at 9:06 pm ¶
Chalito wrote:
R & R has always been my fav Zep Song (along with Misty Mountain Hop)…and i was in college when “Cadillac” started using it in their comercials…this was my driving song well b4 that…
Anyway, fuk gay culture, Superman is the best superhero ever!
Posted 22 Jun 2006 at 10:54 pm ¶
Chito wrote:
Denmark aslo suffers from that late summer movies symptom. I have to wait ’til August 4th to watch Superman Returns. And don’t get me started with the other films.
My top 3 driving songs of all time are:
Highway Star by Deep Purple (no pun inteded)
Highway To Hell by AC/DC (no pun intended)
Low Rider by War
Posted 23 Jun 2006 at 9:13 am ¶
alvarete wrote:
On new music:
I’ve recently become addicted to Tegan and Sara, a pair of lesbian twin sisters from Canaduh. It’s catchy-as-fuck pop, yet indie enough to not sound like recycled shit. Plus, lesbians.
The tits.
I’ve also caught up with Elvis Costello, even though I’ll never admit to Chalito that I like it. Strangely enough, my two fave CDs are The Delivery Man and his duet album with Anne Sophie Von Otter. Yes, I’ve heard the rest, all of them, these are the two I like the most. I would like to nominate “There’s a story in your voice” as, um, Best Song With Both “Story” and “Voice” In The Title.
Or something.
Also, the new Tool, 10,000 Days. It’s kind of a half-cooked concept album. It’s like a concept of a concept album, which would explain why it’s just a half-assed concept. Make no mistake: the songs that work are not only the finest in Tool’s career, they’re the best example of art and agression I’ve heard in a very long time. I must have listened to Vicarious 10,000 times already. And Danny Carey is the finest metal drummer alive today.
Best Driving Songs:
Radar Love - White Lion (Original by Golden Earring)
Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
90% of the AC/DC catalogue
Panama - Van Halen
The House Is Rocking - Stevie Ray Vaughan or the Bryan Setzer cover
Vicarious - Tool
Wild Side - Mötley Crüe (Fuck Lou Reed)
Posted 23 Jun 2006 at 3:22 pm ¶
Chalito wrote:
hehe, Elvis Costello Rules…i love the Delivery Man (you should really buy the DVD “Live from Memphis” is you like that album).
However, my fav EC alums are Get Happy!, This Years Model and I’m also hooked on his Piano Jazz cd with marian mcpharlan (it’s her radio show, where she interviews him and they play 8 jazz songs…amazing!)
Posted 23 Jun 2006 at 5:22 pm ¶
ChaseRansom wrote:
Well, not to be all controversial and shit, but, what kind of driving are we talking about anyway?
Is this “I’m driving to the grocery store” driving? Is it “I have a little road rage” driving? Is it “I’m driving cross country” driving? My girlfriend just dumped me so I am going back home like a wounded hero” driving? Going down this road for about an hour to the beach? Am I driving fast? Cruising? Driving solo? With buddies? With a chick? Is the chick hot? Am I already tapping that ass or do I need to still put the finishing touches on that tappable resource? If not a chick, are the other passengers uncool? Are they buddies from long before so more than listen to new crap we want to reminisce with old tunes? Is it a democracy or do I have dictatorship over the music?
The mind reels.
The most driving and listening to music I have done simultaneously would have to be the following two scenarios:
Cross-Country:
I drove from Vancouver, Washington (state) south to Palm Springs, California; and from there Northeast to Burlington, Vermont all by myself back in 1995 (took me like a week and a half). I pretty much listened the entire way to Alice in Chains. AIC worked just fine for a week and a half. Maybe I mixed it up with some GNR and Pearl Jam? I forget.
Back and Forth 1,000’s of times GYE-Salinas:
Lots of GNR (everything), Pink Floyd (Delicate Sound of Thunder), AIC, Pearl Jam, Skid Row, Eros Ramazzotti (thats right I dig it - anybody have a problem?), Soda Stereo, U2 (back then it was alot of Achtung Baby), The Cars, and other stuff like that. Hell, even some Firehouse and Bad4Good in those days. I will neither confirm nor deny if I played El Concierto by Luis Miguel a couple times back and forth from the beach.
To me driving tunes have to be singable - and all else is pretty much just irrelevant. Hence, the questions at the beginning of my post. What are the circumstances of the driving being done?
BTW, I dont recall you (blood) ever playing no ACDC in the car with me when we’re driving around - you are always hell bent on torturing me with Danger Danger and other stuff like that so - what gives? Thats it bitch, its on. Before 2010 comes we’re driving our asses from here to the west coast (stopping in Vegas of course) and I want to see what fantastic repertoire you come down with.
Challenge extended…
POW!
Posted 23 Jun 2006 at 5:25 pm ¶
Blind Willie wrote:
“Fuck Lou Reed”. I can dig the derogatory comments about Lennon. I’ve spoken my mind about this before. I even shrugged my shoulders (in an “it’s your loss” attitude), when you attacked the Dead. But fuck The Man? Boy oh boy, you need to turn thirty fast.
About driving, I was basically talking about the mandatory route to your working place, and back home. Maybe it’s because I bought a new car, but this days I’m driving at a very relaxed mood. Low Rider is a heck of a choice, I might add. I guess in order to try to cover all the moods in one song, I’ll recomend the Soprano’s tune, Woke Up This Morning (Alabama 3).
Posted 23 Jun 2006 at 9:18 pm ¶
alvarete wrote:
I usually use my daily commute to listen to new music, what I’ll usually do is load up the weekend’s goodies, create a “New Stuff” playlist and A-B it. I go for ye ole standards on weekends. Right now, my iPod is stuffed with the Prince and Stevie Ray Vaughan discography, a whole bunch of Tom Waits and Roger Water’s Is There Anybody Out There? (arguably, one of the best concert albums ever).
Posted 24 Jun 2006 at 2:04 am ¶
nashira wrote:
And I digged: “Boy oh boy, you need to turn thirty fast”… LOL
I just had one of the greatest evenings at Blind Willie’s house, talking about great music (mainly blues), listening to it and enjoying both the music and the conversation. I guess, for me, that’s what music’s about.
My other guess is that I couldn’t care less about this discussion/list, so maybe that’s why I’m writing cheesy stuff about my friends.
Posted 26 Jun 2006 at 4:20 am ¶
alvarete wrote:
What discussion? Girl, you need to turn thirty…
Wait. Nevermind…
Oh snap!
;)
Posted 26 Jun 2006 at 8:28 am ¶
edipa wrote:
I´m even reproducing that quote on phantom´s radio show… pure genious…
I agree whit Nashira, and alvarete will sayd that it´s because we´re girls…
pd: forza azzurri! seems like that bet is going to happend! my english suxxxx!
Posted 26 Jun 2006 at 1:41 pm ¶
ChaseRansom wrote:
Sit around listening to and discussing blues?
From one thirty-something to another thirty-something: tits and ass are definitely missing in that “evening of fun”.
Something tells me nashira wouldn’t enjoy our typical nights of fun. I cast a curse you a thousand times you devil woman!
Now, about that T&A….
POW!
Posted 26 Jun 2006 at 1:42 pm ¶
Blind Willie wrote:
You make it sound as if it was a recreation of a scene out of Ghost World. Honestly, it wasn’t as nerdy as you want it to be. This wasn’t a Music Appreciation meeting, but yes, I had a great time showing a dear friend of mine what, according to me, the Blues is all about. And I’ll do it again any day of the week.
I maybe wrong, but I am under the impression you’re married. The reason why I think you’re married is because you have kids (daughter/s). If you’re not, then disregard the following:
From married thirty something to another: guys will always be guys, specially around guys. Tits and asses do form a core around males worldwide, and even sometimes around the other genre, we get to manifest our deeply rooted interest and fascination to certain parts of their anatomies. But if tits and asses is your only way to have an evening of fun around a mixed genre reunion without strippers, you have mental problems.
Then again, if you’re not married then you just need to get laid…fast.
Posted 26 Jun 2006 at 4:32 pm ¶
ChaseRansom wrote:
If you are in mixed company = that is your T&A.
POW!
Posted 26 Jun 2006 at 9:49 pm ¶
ChaseRansom wrote:
Not to change the subject but: I just got back from the movies, went to see Superman. SUCKED! The vaccuum of space doesn’t suck this much.
I dont even think I can explain how bad it sucks without telling you everything about the movie, because practically everything sucked.
POW!
Posted 28 Jun 2006 at 7:24 am ¶
alvarete wrote:
I have a post about Superman and early reviews. It won’t be spolier-tastic, since I haven’t seen the movie. I just find it odd that the early word by the preview critics was that “IT ROCKED”, and now the real critics are chiming in to say it sucks harder than Jenna on payday.
Posted 28 Jun 2006 at 4:28 pm ¶
Schiz Cum Snake wrote:
That critic Roger Ebert, presumably one of the ‘real’ critics, is indeed saying it’s not so good, and he has a reputation for recommending lame pieces of garbage. But the tomatometer gives it a 78, which is not bad at all.
The Spidey trailer looks nice.
Posted 28 Jun 2006 at 5:14 pm ¶
Chase Ransom wrote:
The spidey trailer rocked. I loved it. I want to be friends with it.
People, trust me the movie (Superman V) sucks so bad it could extract bone marrow out of the smallest pore in the most dense bone of the least “bone-marrowy” body.
Everybody please see it so I can vent all my frustrations without spoiling the huge dissapointment for everyone.
HIT ME!
Posted 28 Jun 2006 at 11:43 pm ¶
edipa wrote:
oiga señor, le escribo un mail al gmail, me hace el favor lo lee y lo responde! que ha de ser, y ya compre ese pasaje para Italia!
un abrazo
chuuuchaaa en español escribo y que?!
Posted 04 Jul 2006 at 10:58 am ¶