Hey, John: Why the so serious of tone in much of Seattle’s music? And, then on the other side, why when it’s not serious, it’s just ironic? — Anonymous
Seattle is a songwriter’s town, rather than a musician’s town, which means the focus is on individual “geniuses” rather than chops or jams. This alone doesn’t mean it has to be so deadly serious—there are some great songwriters who write happy, or at least merry music—but Seattle was profoundly influenced by two factors: the Scandinavian conviction that celebration is unseemly, and the Punk Rock belief that raw emotion is the source of unvarnished truth.
These two unfortunate misconceptions combined in Seattle to make a culture where multiple generations of kids whimper about the time their babysitter almost touched their pee-pee, while dozens of other kids smirk and/or weep. This has been so ingrained that the only way for kids to have fun is by pretending that “fun-having” is a massive art prank.
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Psyched for Sam
Sam Dunn’s respected metal documentaries have made him a figure in the metal, rock and music scene in general.
His filmography so far:
2005 Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey
2008 Global Metal
2009 Iron Maiden: Flight 666
2009 Joe Bonamassa:Live From the Royal Albert Hall
2010 Rush: Beyond The Lighted StageAnd now there’s a VH1 Classic series!
Metal Evolution, as described by Blabbermouth, is “the ultimate examination into the history of heavy metal music.” If you love metal, are just getting into some of the genres, or are any sort of music lover, no doubt this series will give insight into the world of metal for new and old followers alike.
Watching the first episode, I can easily say this series puts to rest several of the stereotypes people have about metal and those a part of it. I highly recommend this, as well as Mr. Dunn’s first documentary, Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey, which is where Metal Evolution has its roots. Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey is on DVD through Netflix.
A new episode of Metal Evolution premieres every Saturday at 10PM EST on VH1 Classic. There are 11 episodes in the series.
Sources: VH1 Classic, Wikipedia
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Ray Charles and his Orchestra - “One Mint Julep,” 1961
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Spotify
Are you on Spotify? It’s self described as…The award-winning music service that’s taken Europe by storm has now come to U.S. shores. Millions of tracks ready to play instantly, on your computer and your phone. Any track, any time, anywhere. And it’s free!
I love the idea of using cloud storage with music. Using this service is going to seriously free up part of my external harddrive! They’ve also got $5 and $10 plans for better music quality. Hmm. Sounds like a great alternative to Last.fm’s player, which has been spotty at best on my roommate’s phone.
I got a free Spotify account through Klout! Check them out. Sign up using my referral link.
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This song was in my head all weekend and through today. Love you forever, Freddie.
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Part of the soundtrack to my life (narrated by Sir Patrick Stewart).
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G. Love & Special Sauce - “Cold Beverage”
G. Love & Special Sauce, 1994Yesterday, thelinsee had this to say about my posting of “Scooby Snacks” by Fun Lovin’ Criminals:
I ALWAYS, ALWAYS quote this song and NO ONE EVER gets it. Hooray for validation by tumblr!
Stick it in the fridge, stick it in the fridge, stick it in the fridge…
While I consider validating people’s musical memories one of the main goals of BUYB, the problem here is that “Stick it in the fridge” is not a lyric from “Scooby Snacks”, it’s from Philadelphia’s slacker-blues band G. Love & Special Sauce’s song “Cold Beverages” from their ‘94 eponymous debut album. I loved these guys in college, where I had the pleasure of seeing them live in the MSU Amphitheater when it looked like the picture on the left, before being remodeled to look like the picture on the right. G. Love makes sloppy, “I don’t give a fuck let’s have fun” grooves that are, in fact, fun. They are part of a soundtrack for living in an endless sophomore year of college.
So the moral of the story, thelinsee, is that if you hung out with me I would’ve gotten references to either one of these songs.
TitleCold BeverageArtistG. Love And Special SauceAlbumG. Love And Special Sauce
