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bossymarmalade) wrote2005-08-01 08:31 pm
bossymarmalade) wrote2005-08-01 08:31 pm
now, brandine -- they's my parents too!
All those photos of Chris with the slightly curling hair and the beard from CFTC disturb me, because he is looking more and more like he could be one of my relatives with each new configuration of facial hair. "Disturbing" because seeing as my name is not Justin Timberlake, I'm not into finding family members attractive.
At any rate. Two pieces of entertainment:
-The new issue of Sequential Tart is up, full of recommendations for graphic novels, an in-depth look at HBP, a scad of interviews, and my QaF recaps!
-And here is a GINORMOUS music post; the theme, Dear Readers, is
Now, these are just the bands that I dig; there are plenty more Canadian joints, but lord knows I despise some of them!
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i go blind: yes, the Hootie and the Blowfish version was a COVER! And a crappy one, at that.
nice to luv you and she-la: this album, "dear dear", was huge when I was in junior high. And one of my friends sold the lead singer Neil Osborne an Orange Julius when she worked at the mall. I think he's listed in the local phone book, heh.
ocean pearl and radio luv song: despite the band's inability to spell "love", the first song has a wonderful summery feel and the second has one of the coolest-sounding openings EVER.
barenaked ladies
break your heart: stephen page has such an awesome voice, and he totally lets loose in this cynical little breakup song.
when i fall: whereas steve's more schmoozy, ed has the perfect gently wry voice for his self-deprecating lyrics.
humour of the situation and what a good boy (live): bouncy fun in the first, and a gorgeous version of the second.
the be good tanyas
the lakes of pontchartrain: warbly and folky and would be perfectly at home guesting on a Tom Waits album.
the littlest birds: you cannot listen to this song and stay in a cranky mood!
cowboy junkies
something more besides you and this street, that man, this life: both dreamy and a little bit creepy, which is exactly what margo's voice is suited for
great big sea
captain wedderburn: duet with sarah harmer, a riddle song
consequence free and ordinary day: the "alan" songs, where he sings lead, tend to have a gleeful and jubilant feel to them, mostly because it always sounds like he's singing through a huge grin. *g*
excursion around the bay and i'm a rover: multilayered harmonies like you wouldn't believe.
feel it turn: sean, on the other hand, sings all these ballady things because he tends more towards the plaintive.
general taylor: in order to fully appreciate this song, you have to know that general taylor was a deserter, and the whole thing is bitter mockery.
lukey, mari-mac, and the jolly butcher: traditional-type stuff, sea shanties and the speeding-repetition type.
the night pat murphy died and the old black rum: what newfoundland band would be worth its salt cod without drinking songs?
jane siberry
it can't rain all the time and calling all angels: there was a time when much music would play jane's videos, but sadly, now they only have fiddy cent and shania twain on rotation. so no more of jane's spindly, offbeat, winding songs!
loreena mckennitt
the lady of shallott: i first heard this song in high school drama class, where our teacher made us concoct skits to perform to it, not that i remember what the hell my group did. then my lit teacher made us listen to it in class while we were studying tennyson. none of this did anything to erase my love of this song, oddly.
the old ways: another verse, same as the first.
michael buble
down with love: the theme to the movie! and almost as good as the song ewan sings.
feeling good: lots of his stuff is old standards, but he's good at them and doesn't do any frightning jazz manglings like diana krall does. ugh.
home: if y'all know any of his songs, it's probably this one. always reminds me of jc, for some reason.
nelly furtado
i'm like a bird: i was visiting the island when this song was big and saw a sign at a horse-feed stop reading "CONGRATS NELLY ON GRAMMY: VICTORIA GIRL XCELLENT!" incidentally,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
glockgal hates this song because she feels it wrongly insinuates that birds have no souls. uh...yeah.
powerless (josh remix): i was lukewarm about this song in its original incarnation, but the remix is bloody brilliant.
rufus wainwright
hallelujah: i know people have allegiances to leonard cohen or jeff buckley, but my money's with rufus on this one.
gay messiah: he totally rules this kind of half-arrogant, half-silly lackadaisical pissing contest.
complainte de la butte: it's our second language, you know. *g*
the art teacher: kind of like sting's "don't stand so close", but stranger and more agitated.
this boy: okay, so sean lennon isn't canadian, but this duet he does with rufus is marvelous beyond belief. his baby-john voice and rufus's sulky mccartney stand-in are surreal!
sarah mclachlan
good enough and dear god: i know people are always really polarized about sarah, but her second cd "solace" was a major part of my high school years; the first time i heard it, i was eating chinese cashew chicken at a friend's house and she had a glorious sound system and it was absolutely entrancing.
spirit of the west
if venice is sinking: when i was graduating high school, we were all lined up outside the orpheum andsilvrsolace and i saw john mann (the lead singer) walking down the street; he smiled at us and looked like he would've stopped to talk, but we were too petrified to say anything. ahahahah!
home for a rest: apparently, the unofficial theme song of the canadian military. *g*
And now, the one-offs:
baby blue sound crew - money jane: the crew consists of kardinal official, sean paul, and jully black; all have pretty thriving careers in their own rights, but i like this song.
big sugar - turn the lights on: bluesy southern speakeasy music, man.
corey hart - never surrender: do i even need to elaborate?
crash test dummies - afternoons & coffeespoons: they were kind of a fifteen-minute novelty, but it's still kind of a fun song.
deborah cox - how did you get here: this song is tremendously fun in an awful, whitney-esque kind of melodramatic way.
dream warriors - was your face in my sink: what the hell is this song about? i don't know, but the outraged inquiries are so catchy that we still use those inflections today!
fefe dobson - bye bye boyfriend: if there were any justice in the world, fefe would have the fame that dumbass avril is currently wasting. she is hot and sassy and dammit, i wish there was a better sound quality on this mp3!
grapes of wrath - i am here: i don't remember anything about this band, but i remember this song being HUGE.
holly cole - make it go away: even if you loathe holly cole (as i do), this song is well worth it.
holly mcnarland - in the air tonight: holly is sort of your typical half-popular canadian chanteuse, like sarah harmer or like how chantal kreviazuk would've been if she hadn't married raine maida. but this cover is listenable enough.
k-os - crabbuckit: can't. get it. out. of HEAD!!
leonard cohen - closing time: i confess, i think many of leonard's songs sound best when sung by other people. but i can't imagine this song being done by anybody else!
mitsou - bye bye mon cowboy: THE ULTIMATE IN FRENCH TRASH. but mostly because i didn't put any roch voisine on here. ahahhahahaha! i went to school with a guy who thought that >mitsou was the MOST PERFECT woman in the WORLD. Download it, you won't be sorry!!
the rankin family - fare thee well love: i can't even imagine much music playing this now, but back in the day it got regular rotation. where are they now? i think a member of the family died, ending their collective career.
the rascalz - movie star: we have a small hip-hop scene, and it's mostly out east, but it's thriving!
sloan - feels good, do it: i couldn't find "underwhelmed", which was, like, a high school *anthem* in all its i'm smarter than you but *damn* you're hot geekery. however, this song is fucking excellent.
sum 41 - fat lip: pseudo-punk, i know, but i can't help but love this song. too bad it doesn't have the g'n'r-esqe "pain for pleasure" bit at the end, like in the video!
the philosopher kings - it hurts to love you: i think a couple of the guys in this band split off to become prozzak (of "sucks to be you"...er...'fame'), but this song's pretty good. because it's a cover, i think.
the pursuit of happiness - i'm an adult now: the guy i liked in senior high used to repeat the title of their song "cigarette dangles" over and over again, in this retarded robot voice. i...don't know why i told you that.
wide mouth mason - smile: this song is so, SO catchy; the three guys in the band are irish, vietnamese, and punjabi and it's always fun to watch interviews with them because they talk a lot about how baffled journalists are that somehow, despite their different backgrounds, they were *friends* prior to forming a band. how can that BE?!?!? *g*
william shatner - common people: BEST FOR LAST, BABY. and he's ALL OURS!!!
Right-click and download away, my dears! You don't need to tell me if you're taking any of the songs, but if you want to come back and discuss what you thought of them, I'd love that!
At any rate. Two pieces of entertainment:
-The new issue of Sequential Tart is up, full of recommendations for graphic novels, an in-depth look at HBP, a scad of interviews, and my QaF recaps!
-And here is a GINORMOUS music post; the theme, Dear Readers, is
Now, these are just the bands that I dig; there are plenty more Canadian joints, but lord knows I despise some of them!
54-40
i go blind: yes, the Hootie and the Blowfish version was a COVER! And a crappy one, at that.
nice to luv you and she-la: this album, "dear dear", was huge when I was in junior high. And one of my friends sold the lead singer Neil Osborne an Orange Julius when she worked at the mall. I think he's listed in the local phone book, heh.
ocean pearl and radio luv song: despite the band's inability to spell "love", the first song has a wonderful summery feel and the second has one of the coolest-sounding openings EVER.
barenaked ladies
break your heart: stephen page has such an awesome voice, and he totally lets loose in this cynical little breakup song.
when i fall: whereas steve's more schmoozy, ed has the perfect gently wry voice for his self-deprecating lyrics.
humour of the situation and what a good boy (live): bouncy fun in the first, and a gorgeous version of the second.
the be good tanyas
the lakes of pontchartrain: warbly and folky and would be perfectly at home guesting on a Tom Waits album.
the littlest birds: you cannot listen to this song and stay in a cranky mood!
cowboy junkies
something more besides you and this street, that man, this life: both dreamy and a little bit creepy, which is exactly what margo's voice is suited for
great big sea
captain wedderburn: duet with sarah harmer, a riddle song
consequence free and ordinary day: the "alan" songs, where he sings lead, tend to have a gleeful and jubilant feel to them, mostly because it always sounds like he's singing through a huge grin. *g*
excursion around the bay and i'm a rover: multilayered harmonies like you wouldn't believe.
feel it turn: sean, on the other hand, sings all these ballady things because he tends more towards the plaintive.
general taylor: in order to fully appreciate this song, you have to know that general taylor was a deserter, and the whole thing is bitter mockery.
lukey, mari-mac, and the jolly butcher: traditional-type stuff, sea shanties and the speeding-repetition type.
the night pat murphy died and the old black rum: what newfoundland band would be worth its salt cod without drinking songs?
jane siberry
it can't rain all the time and calling all angels: there was a time when much music would play jane's videos, but sadly, now they only have fiddy cent and shania twain on rotation. so no more of jane's spindly, offbeat, winding songs!
loreena mckennitt
the lady of shallott: i first heard this song in high school drama class, where our teacher made us concoct skits to perform to it, not that i remember what the hell my group did. then my lit teacher made us listen to it in class while we were studying tennyson. none of this did anything to erase my love of this song, oddly.
the old ways: another verse, same as the first.
michael buble
down with love: the theme to the movie! and almost as good as the song ewan sings.
feeling good: lots of his stuff is old standards, but he's good at them and doesn't do any frightning jazz manglings like diana krall does. ugh.
home: if y'all know any of his songs, it's probably this one. always reminds me of jc, for some reason.
nelly furtado
i'm like a bird: i was visiting the island when this song was big and saw a sign at a horse-feed stop reading "CONGRATS NELLY ON GRAMMY: VICTORIA GIRL XCELLENT!" incidentally,
glockgal hates this song because she feels it wrongly insinuates that birds have no souls. uh...yeah.powerless (josh remix): i was lukewarm about this song in its original incarnation, but the remix is bloody brilliant.
rufus wainwright
hallelujah: i know people have allegiances to leonard cohen or jeff buckley, but my money's with rufus on this one.
gay messiah: he totally rules this kind of half-arrogant, half-silly lackadaisical pissing contest.
complainte de la butte: it's our second language, you know. *g*
the art teacher: kind of like sting's "don't stand so close", but stranger and more agitated.
this boy: okay, so sean lennon isn't canadian, but this duet he does with rufus is marvelous beyond belief. his baby-john voice and rufus's sulky mccartney stand-in are surreal!
sarah mclachlan
good enough and dear god: i know people are always really polarized about sarah, but her second cd "solace" was a major part of my high school years; the first time i heard it, i was eating chinese cashew chicken at a friend's house and she had a glorious sound system and it was absolutely entrancing.
spirit of the west
if venice is sinking: when i was graduating high school, we were all lined up outside the orpheum and
silvrsolace and i saw john mann (the lead singer) walking down the street; he smiled at us and looked like he would've stopped to talk, but we were too petrified to say anything. ahahahah!home for a rest: apparently, the unofficial theme song of the canadian military. *g*
And now, the one-offs:
baby blue sound crew - money jane: the crew consists of kardinal official, sean paul, and jully black; all have pretty thriving careers in their own rights, but i like this song.
big sugar - turn the lights on: bluesy southern speakeasy music, man.
corey hart - never surrender: do i even need to elaborate?
crash test dummies - afternoons & coffeespoons: they were kind of a fifteen-minute novelty, but it's still kind of a fun song.
deborah cox - how did you get here: this song is tremendously fun in an awful, whitney-esque kind of melodramatic way.
dream warriors - was your face in my sink: what the hell is this song about? i don't know, but the outraged inquiries are so catchy that we still use those inflections today!
fefe dobson - bye bye boyfriend: if there were any justice in the world, fefe would have the fame that dumbass avril is currently wasting. she is hot and sassy and dammit, i wish there was a better sound quality on this mp3!
grapes of wrath - i am here: i don't remember anything about this band, but i remember this song being HUGE.
holly cole - make it go away: even if you loathe holly cole (as i do), this song is well worth it.
holly mcnarland - in the air tonight: holly is sort of your typical half-popular canadian chanteuse, like sarah harmer or like how chantal kreviazuk would've been if she hadn't married raine maida. but this cover is listenable enough.
k-os - crabbuckit: can't. get it. out. of HEAD!!
leonard cohen - closing time: i confess, i think many of leonard's songs sound best when sung by other people. but i can't imagine this song being done by anybody else!
mitsou - bye bye mon cowboy: THE ULTIMATE IN FRENCH TRASH. but mostly because i didn't put any roch voisine on here. ahahhahahaha! i went to school with a guy who thought that >mitsou was the MOST PERFECT woman in the WORLD. Download it, you won't be sorry!!
the rankin family - fare thee well love: i can't even imagine much music playing this now, but back in the day it got regular rotation. where are they now? i think a member of the family died, ending their collective career.
the rascalz - movie star: we have a small hip-hop scene, and it's mostly out east, but it's thriving!
sloan - feels good, do it: i couldn't find "underwhelmed", which was, like, a high school *anthem* in all its i'm smarter than you but *damn* you're hot geekery. however, this song is fucking excellent.
sum 41 - fat lip: pseudo-punk, i know, but i can't help but love this song. too bad it doesn't have the g'n'r-esqe "pain for pleasure" bit at the end, like in the video!
the philosopher kings - it hurts to love you: i think a couple of the guys in this band split off to become prozzak (of "sucks to be you"...er...'fame'), but this song's pretty good. because it's a cover, i think.
the pursuit of happiness - i'm an adult now: the guy i liked in senior high used to repeat the title of their song "cigarette dangles" over and over again, in this retarded robot voice. i...don't know why i told you that.
wide mouth mason - smile: this song is so, SO catchy; the three guys in the band are irish, vietnamese, and punjabi and it's always fun to watch interviews with them because they talk a lot about how baffled journalists are that somehow, despite their different backgrounds, they were *friends* prior to forming a band. how can that BE?!?!? *g*
william shatner - common people: BEST FOR LAST, BABY. and he's ALL OURS!!!
Right-click and download away, my dears! You don't need to tell me if you're taking any of the songs, but if you want to come back and discuss what you thought of them, I'd love that!
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Sean Lennon and Rufus. I just may die.
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haha, that made me laugh a lot. But what does that mean? lol, did I miss something?
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Big Sugar is one of my very favourite bands ever. And when *I* was in highschool Grapes of Wrath were IT!!! And MITSOU! I love her. I wanted to be her. Sigh. AND AND AND TPOH! I wanted to marry Moe Berg and have his stringy little blonde babies!! Where's a time machine?
*grabs random music*
::smooches::
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MITSOU! I love her. I wanted to be her.
I mock Mark, but I also thought that Mitsou was the fucking bomb. I love that song SO MUCH!!! Dude, writing up this entry and thinking back to all those songs (and the days when they got screentime on Much!!) was like a time machine.
Enjoy! *mwah*
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in order to restore balance to the force, I offer up a hearty "fuck you!"
ah, much better :D
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And eee, I've been looking for a copy of Sum41's Fat Lip, as it is the cheesy pop punk song OF MY HEART.
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I don't think I can thank you enough for providing me with William Shatner singing Common People.
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Have you gotten the new Great Big Sea CD yet? You'll totally love "Helmethead" because it's just too fun not to. "Beat the Drum" is also very nice, but in a patriotic sort of way. It's weird; I know they're a Canadian band and yet I thought so much about the U.S. listening to that song.
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And there's no need for guilt about chewing up my bandwidth; I need to use it for *something*, really, or I would've wasted a whole month's worth of payment! Heh.
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Oh fuck yeah. The original kicks Hootie's ass. *g*
And Wide Mouth Mason. hee. I haven't heard of them in ages.
Will be downloading some of these. Thanks!
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that is all.
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Seriously! And you can't sit still when you hear it. You've gotta dance or at least bob your head when you hear it.
This whole post makes me so happy. Leonard Cohen (first song of his I *ever* heard!), Great Big Sea, Barenaked Ladies, MITSOU!! :D
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And there are people here I've never heard of, so yay. I'll be back to dl when I'm not at work. Provided your bandwith holds up that long.
I can't entirely agree with you on the Hallelujah thing, at least not today. I flip and flop between Jeff B. and Rufus on this one, and today Rufus is coming in second. Usually, I can't make up my mind and just play them back to back. Repeatedly. With the U2 version thrown in once or twice for good measure.
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I flip and flop between Jeff B. and Rufus on this one, and today Rufus is coming in second
If I were still on fond terms with The O.C., I might agree because they used the Buckley version a lot and to great effect. But then the show TURNED ON ME and shot Rufus to #1! *g*
With the U2 version thrown in once or twice for good measure.
Is that the one where Bono kind of recites it like a poem? Because if there's one where he sings, OMG I WANT SO BAD!!!
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oh, and thanks!
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I'm delighted that you're loving the music!
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And you're welcome for the music! I'm happy that you're enjoying it!
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I took a whole whack of these, thank you!!
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If they would only show more Mitsou videos, I could forgive them. *g*
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I knew the Mitsou song from Twitch City - from a scene containing Callum Keith Rennie, Molly Parker *and* Hugh Dillon, even, so clearly it is uberCanadian. I'm very happy to have a copy. Heh.
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a scene containing Callum Keith Rennie, Molly Parker *and* Hugh Dillon, even, so clearly it is uberCanadian
AHAHAHAHAHH! Oh, my. The only way it could be *more* Canadian is if they were at Tim Horton's or eating poutine or something. Hee!