Seriously, kids, this is why you should never, under any circumstances, do Ecstasy -- it makes you listen to really horrible records.
In any case, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded to the first listener who gleans the clip's relation to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.
Steve, I feel you're being a bit harsh. While I agree that most of the electronica canon does not hold up well in the harsh light of the 00s, or to the non-intoxicated, I think this one actually has more merit than 99% of the others of its ilk.
ReplyDeleteIt also has an uncredited vocal sample from Rickie Lee Jones, so I'm guessing that your new direction is...Songs with uncredited contributions from established artists?
weather related songs
ReplyDeleteDave:
ReplyDeleteWhat can I tell you -- it's from pretty much my least favorite musical period evah.
:-)
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Where is Janis Joplin now that we really need her?
ReplyDeleteReally -- late 80s, early 90s, it was like the Brits were having a contest to come up with more awful bands than anybody had thought humanly possible.
ReplyDeleteKLF? Jesus Jones?
Those guys made Richard Marx look deep....
Songs that are too twee by half?
ReplyDeleteShit that gleems like Shinola, but only if you're stoned?
Word verification: poohyla. Kind of fitting, that.
Wow. They manage to fit an entire year of suck into 7:39. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteJesus Jones?It was the sideways hat that really made that band.
Songs that reference size.
Adjective + adjective + noun = song title?
ReplyDeleteNo, no, no, no and heck no.
ReplyDelete:-)
If the answer is "songs with spoken word segments" I know which Tonio K song you'll include!
ReplyDeleteROTP(lumber)
I liked Jesus Jones' big hit; it was a blast of well-deserved optimism after the fall of totalitarianism in Eastern Europe (my mother was a refugee from East Germany, so I took that stuff seriously), not to mention a backhanded slap at Tracy Chapman. Sadly, we know how well that all turned out.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, as to the topic: songs with no chord changes?
Songs that go on way too long?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteweather related songsOkay, she nailed it, but I didn't want to let on too early.
Okay, anonymous -- or toots, or whatever your name is -- your Coveted PowerPop No-Prize is coming to you by llama caravan as we speak.
Oh, and to that list of horrendous Brit bands of the late 80s/early 90s, let's not forget those jerks who did "You're Unbelievable."
ReplyDeleteThey were also responsible for the single lamest cover of the Stooges "Search and Destroy" ever heard by sentient mammalian ears...