Björk, Drake, CSNY = YES
KS
On 22/03/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> and then there's cheese.
>
> looking back through the Beatles V Stones threads, I could sense a
> whole lotta chin-strokin' going on. I'm guilty as charged on more than
> one count, in fact this is my confessional. I include in the
> chin-strokin' category any emails with one word ("Bowie",
> "Pixies"[1]), mentions of the Velvets (in fact calling the Velvet
> Underground, "the Velvets" is a sure-sign of uber chin-strokery, ditto
> for the Deads), Nico, having seen any of these rarities at an early
> concert (my entry into this category is Nirvana: I saw them at a small
> gig in Bristol before they were famous[2]), any usage of
> "experimental" or "rare" in conjunction with a music category or
> person, any bluesperson, Jazz, funk-fusion. Before I go much further,
> I have to mention Gil Scott Heron, Parliament, Earth Wind & Fire,
> PWEI, Sly & the Family Stone. Nancy Sinatra. Neil Young (umm, strokes
> chin) CSNY. XTC. The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band. Neil innes. Nick Drake.
> Yazoo (in particular Alison Moyet). Elvis Costello. Hank Williams.
> Carly Simon. Bjork ("birthday party")
>
> To the point, there's a portion of my music collection (which
> currently mounts up to 100GB) which has no name, which rarely get's
> mentioned and is basically the bargain bin; one of the delights of the
> interweb is you can download any amount of this crap with getting
> withering looks from the sales assistant and/or friends[3][4]. It's
> also supplemented by a whole heap of cheese in the soundtrack database
> in my head, some of which I wish I could purge but i know that I'm
> stuck with. A lot of hymns and christmas carols fall into this
> category. Also, one-hit wonders.
>
> Nina and 99 Red Balloons
> Hi-Ho Silver Lining
> Sparky the magic fucking piano
> Deacon Blue
> Michael Jackson
> Terry Scott's Oh Bruvver
> The Blues Brothers
> Bowie's Laughing Gnome
> Chicory Tip
> Matchstick Men
> Val Doonican
> Sonny & Cher (Not Groundhog day AGAIN!!!!)
> Brotherhood of Man
> Rod Stewart "I am Sailing"
> Elton John
> Billie Joel
> Frank Sinatra
> Matt Munro
> The Eagles
> Acker Bilk ("stranger on the shore", "midnight in moscow")
> Glenn Miller
> Sailor
> Shirley Bassey
> Safety Dance, Men without hats
> Sleeping Satellite, Tamsin Archer
> Jennifer Lopez ("jenny on the bloc" or whatever the fuck it's called)
> The Birdie Song
> Crystal Gayle.
>
> I also have a suspicion that this organisation my poetic tastes as well.
>
> Phew. glad to get that of my chest.
>
> Roger
>
> [1]Bright children like "heavy metal"
> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/03/21/nmetal21.xml>
>
> [2] There were an awful lot of people at that first Sex Pistols gig.
> More than can fit into the Manchester Free Trade Hall.
>
> [3] Once upon a time, I went into Tower Records of London looking for
> an aria of an opera which had featured on a British Airways TV advert.
> Having stumbling described the piece, the assistant pointed at the
> opera, some 3 LP's worth of stuff, and said, maybe I wanted a Greatest
> Hits? Umm. No thanks ...
>
> [4] My approach to classical music has been similar: go for the
> cheese. Eeek, eeek.
> --
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> "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde
>
