What do you want? – The Mr. T Experience Continuing our season of pop punk classics, here’s the Mr. T Experience. Brilliant and boundlessly wordsmithy Dr. Frank was as a lyricist, it is in my opinion that, although it is all so consistently marvelous, there was never a better line written than “Meet me at [...]
Archive for January, 2011
What do You Want?
Posted in Mr. T Experience on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Below The Drop
Posted in Effigies on January 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Below the drop – Effigies Is You Weren’t There still streaming online somewhere? That was a good document, and i would not have had such impetus to check out the Effigies and other Chicago bands (Rights Of The Accused, Da, Savage Beliefs, Negative Element) if i had not seen it. The Effigies were one of [...]
Genuine Whiskey Man
Posted in Teen Idols on January 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Genuine whiskey man – Teen Idols There has sure been a lot of pop punk here recently. Anyway, this song could not possibly be further from my life and the square choices i’ve made on how i live it. I’ve always felt funny listening to it. Another ill measure to make me feel i don’t [...]
Hang Up
Posted in Parasites on January 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hang up – The Parasites And here’s the Parasites late into the 90′s, when everything seemed to funnel into a very particular pattern for pop punk. The difference between yesterday’s song and this one should help demonstrate what i was trying to say. It even comes complete with a “whoa-oh,” but that “whoa-oh” is one [...]
If You Knew
Posted in Parasites on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you knew – The Parasites It’s surprising to find the range of sounds found under the pop punk umbrella before it all became so homogenised and Giorgini-ised – before there became a proper way of doing things. There was a 30-40 year history of achievable, imitable pop music to draw from and play band [...]
These Things Happen
Posted in Action Painting!, sarah records on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
These things happen – Action Painting! One of the first records on Sarah i ever heard, long before i became aware of that label’s clout, its “sound” or the importance it would come to have in my life. Maybe even the absolute first. I couldn’t have asked for a better introduction, despite it not really [...]
Hey, Soul Sister
Posted in songs i hate, Train on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, soul sister- Train You mean to tell me that this song is actually called Hey, Soul Sister? Jesus christ…
Oscar’s Eye
Posted in Gray Matter on January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Oscar’s eye – Gray Matter My top however many number records released on Dischord list is too long and too unrestrained for it to actually mean anything (except that some of the greatest music in the world was released on that record label). I’m just lumping great record after great record on there, without thought [...]
The Polaroid Song
Posted in Allo Darlin' on January 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Polaroid song – Allo, Darlin’ They could call this the Instax song, or even the Impossible Project song, but rest assured whatever else it could be, it would still bear a brand namedrop, referential and relatable.
Bugs
Posted in Adrenalin O.D. on January 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bugs – Adrenalin O.D. This is a song i would use to sell the (slight) superiority of HumungousFungousAmongUs over all other Adrenalin O.D. releases. The first time i heard it… At the age i was, and with the experience of this kind of music i had… Yeah. My head. My life wasted in music that [...]
