Songs of Interest
This post is like being hit over the head with indie rock in the classic sense. It is a gift to all of our bearded readers.
Pavement - Greenlander
"I can't believe someone has the audacity to post another pavement song." "As though nobody's heard pavement." "As though pavement needs more exposure." "Yeah, as though pavement is so obscure that they need another blog post about them." "But this song?" "This song is something else." "I don't know." "Seriously, it sounds like tundra." "That's the easiest way to describe this song. It's kind of weak to say something like that." "Ok, it sounds like snowfall." "Again, weak." "Ok, it sounds like sleeping." "..." "Ok, it sounds like how I'm feeling right now."
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Karl Blau - Into the nada
This song teases you by making you think that it's, at first, a motown rehearsal and, within a few seconds, a live reggae track. It doesn't take long, though, before you realize that it's the hidden track on Paul Simon's "Graceland". Where has this song been all this time, you're probably asking? I know. I, personally, would have loved to sing this at the top of my lungs on a long car trip with my parents circa age 11.
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Hayden - Bass Song
I love this song because it's about the kinds of scenarios that are always running through my head when I'm riding on transit or sitting at home with the lights out. I especially enjoy the image of the murderers walking through a yard of undisturbed snow while the victim is obliviously making something beautiful.
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Pavement - Greenlander
"I can't believe someone has the audacity to post another pavement song." "As though nobody's heard pavement." "As though pavement needs more exposure." "Yeah, as though pavement is so obscure that they need another blog post about them." "But this song?" "This song is something else." "I don't know." "Seriously, it sounds like tundra." "That's the easiest way to describe this song. It's kind of weak to say something like that." "Ok, it sounds like snowfall." "Again, weak." "Ok, it sounds like sleeping." "..." "Ok, it sounds like how I'm feeling right now."
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Karl Blau - Into the nada
This song teases you by making you think that it's, at first, a motown rehearsal and, within a few seconds, a live reggae track. It doesn't take long, though, before you realize that it's the hidden track on Paul Simon's "Graceland". Where has this song been all this time, you're probably asking? I know. I, personally, would have loved to sing this at the top of my lungs on a long car trip with my parents circa age 11.
[buy]
Hayden - Bass Song
I love this song because it's about the kinds of scenarios that are always running through my head when I'm riding on transit or sitting at home with the lights out. I especially enjoy the image of the murderers walking through a yard of undisturbed snow while the victim is obliviously making something beautiful.
[buy]
posted by ian at 6:08 PM
8 Comments:
fuck. into the nada. i just saw kblau and it was great. "the new karl blau"
the beard is just not coming in the way I'd hoped
My jaw is on the floor
That is Karl Blau?
fuck
He really has changed, please tell me there is a whole album of this!
bang on refs. too Ian. GRACELAND!
The Said the Gramophone Feb 6 post has another excellent song from the album. Sounds more like Little Wings than this song, but that is also a good thing.
I *love* that new Karl Blau record. It's on heavy rotation over here..
and it's all different, all over the place. you should post "slow down joe" or "notion"
there's an interview with karl blau on my podcast. I play the live version of this song on there. I prefer it. then again that's the one I got into first.
no one ever looks at it. do me a favour and check it out. you'll feel right at home--oddly familiar popsheep-inspired blog design. i am a thief. ;)
nice work, sleephouse! i've got you bookmarked now. i loves me the podcasts.
I don't have a beard. I hope it's okay that I enjoyed the Pavement song anyway. In spite of their concrete status in the indie-rock textbooks I've actually not heard very much by them.
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