US Maple – Long Hair in Three Stages (Skin Graft, 1995)
Sui generis vocals, further out riffs, could make vomit taste good.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Long After Dark (MCA, 1982)
One tune on repeat, complimentary Christmas lights drive and thumping sister.
Devo – Freedom of Choice (Warner Bros., 1980)
Girl U Want but chipped vinyl (my P.E. teacher, the fuck).
Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown (Reprise, 1974)
70’s post-folk with harmonies for those with a modest Oedipus complex.
Tubby Hayes – Late Spot at Scott’s (Fontana, 1962)
Fontana gold, moon on water, half a sawbuck hard bop template.
Stevie Wonder – Songs In the Key of Life (Motown, 1976)
Shortwave funk, long range variety. Mushiest of the five record string.
Sesame Street Fever, O.S.T. (C.T.W., 1977)
C is for Cookie and that’s good enough for me, bitch.
~Alan Jones
Proud of you Frank Oz would be.
Posted by: Dan Warburton at February 11, 2006 12:43 AMAl, you're the anti-MAP! Pithy!
Posted by: Brian Marley at February 11, 2006 2:48 AMI miss MAP
Posted by: Jiminy Fister at February 11, 2006 4:39 AMAl - how is "Songs in the Key of Life" the mushiest of the five record string? Don't you figure "Talking Book" was a tad mushier?
Posted by: Tom Sekowski at February 11, 2006 8:03 AMAl, in the spirit of your minuscule reviews, surely you need to answer Tom's enquiry in the fewest words possible, yes?
Sorry for being so flatulently long-winded, I'll atone by haikuing The Brothers Karamazov.
Posted by: Brian Marley at February 11, 2006 8:13 AMmore, more! :)
Posted by: 7thharm at February 11, 2006 8:22 AMNo, less, less!!
Posted by: Brian Marley at February 11, 2006 8:30 AMGordon Lightfoot – Sundown (Reprise, 1974)
That bitch killed John Belushi, his fault but a fucking drag.
Tom, listen to those records in tandem and you'll find that your heart rate becomes erratic at Talking Book, then later dips to unrecorded levels at SITKOL. Book pimps Superstition (Superstition > As + I Wish), anyway, and I think Isn't She Lovely? trumps Sunshine of My Life in the sentimental.
But I've said too much.
Posted by: al at February 11, 2006 11:37 AMthe sesame street album is fantastic if only for its art.
good to see some u.s. maple love. where are they now?
Posted by: once at February 11, 2006 12:03 PM
Sesame Street Disco is actually better than Sesame Street Fever, IMO. And I'm with you on Songs...; it's a little soggy for my taste, and starts off way too slow. Innervisions is the one I return to most often.
Posted by: Phil at February 12, 2006 8:00 AMi used to have this "disney disco" tape. it was amazing.
the best was "macho duck" sung by donald duck of course.
Al - issue is that I'd listened to "Talking Book" and "Songs in the Key of Life" back to back hundreds of times [I LOVE Stevie almost as much as I love Minnie Riperton!]...sure "Sunshine of Your Life" is "sentimental" somewhat, and many other tracks on the record are simply ballads...tell me that "Blame it on the Sun" and "I Believe" are not more mushier than some of the ballads recorded on "Songs in the Key of Life"....doesn't matter - both records are masterpieces - mush factor or not.
Have you heard Stevie's latest record? What's the verdict?
Phil - "Fulfilligness' First Finale" and "Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants" showed Stevie at his best - though both were highly overlooked by the press and pissed on by fans...what a fuckin' shame, considering the Man actually broke out of his mould and was at his creative peak!
outstanding! lmao!!!!!
Posted by: Rob at February 13, 2006 8:27 PMToo much testosterone in Gordon Lightfoot. Didn't anybody hip him to the fact that top 40 male folkrock singers are supposed to have prissy contralto (or at least tenor) voices like Art Garfunkel or James/Livingston(/etc.) Taylor? The guy probably sweated a lot too.
Re: Sesame Street. Listening to either Grover and Cookie Monster hurts my throat. They obviously need some kind of surgery.
OTOH, "Stevie" (not Smith, I've inferred) had a high enough voice for top-40 male vocals, and also didn't gurgle in any manner that seemed to indicate some kind of pathological epiglottis flapping, so OK.
"Fulfillingness' First Finale" is indeed awesome and somewhat overlooked. My favourite track is the classical/soul/choir fusion of "They Won't Go When I Go".
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