Muscial Yes & No: Ravages of Age Edition
Yes: Straw, "Weird Superman." Crowning achievement of late-'90s Britpop, lost but not forgotten. In the comments, you'll see Straw's lead singer is now an English teacher at a community college. Warhol convinced us his infamous 15 minutes would be followed by oblivion; increasingly, it's just followed by real life. This is not a bad thing.
No: LCD Soundsystem, "I Can Change." Music that I don't like liking; references I enjoy, made awful by being worn like flair at Chotchkie's or hipster buttons on a skinny blazer. But I love this:
I'm not like, y'know, [mimes being on the Internet]. "What are the kids doing?" But it's tough. It wears you out, as Thom Yorke said. I just think there's too much music. It's too easy to release music. [...] You don't have to pussyfoot around it-- I'm old.
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May '10
Re: Muscial Yes & No: Ravages of Age Edition
I'm sure this is a function of my advanced age, but the LCD Soundsystem is so retro that it actually seems older to me than the Straw song. I appreciated the "Weird Superman" tip. Reminded me of Oasis which I guess is kind of your point. Thx.
Re: Muscial Yes & No: Ravages of Age Edition
Funny, isn't it? If you somehow find a copy of Straw's full-length, let me know. They put out three singles in 1999 with pretty great b-sides, too.