Category: music reviews

Every “top album” list tops out with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Lotta crap here, but example:

Asshattery, Celebutards, LeftWingNuts, Musica

The only reason they picked this song is because it’s long enough to be a (somewhat, not to me, but to someone I guess) interesting and has a lot of words and articulation, so it’s a good subject for this stupidity.

It’s accompanied on that blog with a worshipful recapitulation of the song and it’s execrable history (I’ve heard it 1000 times and yet it still bores me).

I’m prompted to write this because of the death of George Harrison, but its been on my mind for years, actually. Of course, today is a very sad day. He will be missed. I’ve been a Beatles freak since I was a little kid, long after they had broken up I still knew they were the greatest band ever. No pop group has ever had such a profound effect no only on music, pop culture, movies, fashion and literature, but on much deeper things like the peace movement, philosophy and religion. I think George was always in the forefront. He did it in a very humble and self-effacing way. He held the first ever ‘star-studded benefit’, and did it in a way not to glamourize himself, but to play up the cause.
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…this isn’t bad for a debut. With time and direction, this band could be something interesting, as they certainly have the potential. What they choose to do with that remains to be seen.

Bitter Fall/Sweet Rise bad
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Mars Volta/Tremulant

The Mars Volta is the more radio-friendly of the two ATDI spawns. …very artistic and dynamic.

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Paul’s nothing but consistent in his PR spin: just like his revisions of Beatles history, what might have been a reasonably amusing and informative program becomes another installment in The Gospel According to St. Paul.

Ed note: docweasel has been accused of being overly worshipful of St. Paul (see his review of McCartney’s live Tampa concert) so in the interest of balance, here is another opinion of the pretty Beatle and his works. This is a vintage review from the pre-website, lovingly reproduced here and coated with glucose.

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Sparta’s EP Austere is very instrumental, artsy, and melodic. The songs are very emotional, but not “emo.”
BleachedPink

Sparta/Austere

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This record is a dense, beautifully lush work of stunning depth and emotional anguish. I truly haven’t heard anything quite this beautiful since Ok Computer, and if you’ve heard that gem you’ll know that is quite a compliment.

SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE/How It Feels To Be Something On
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The most entertaining track on the album has to be “PJ + Vincent & Matthew + Bjork”, which consists of a twisted pseudo-celebrity double-date over a slow cello line. Hearing an impression of Bjork telling us about her “erotic reawakening” is funny enough to make you squirt milk out your nose.

Rasputina/Cabin Fever
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