Giuseppe Zangara

I don't think it's unreasonable to argue that the Band didn't really "cover" it; saying otherwise is tantamount to claiming that Sinead O' Connor covered Prince with "Nothing Compares 2 U."

"Let's Dance" was Bowie unapologetically trying to fit into what was becoming of pop radio—lightweight, diposable dance-pop. This song, as far as these kinds of things go, was nice (and the one of the few worthwhile moments on the otherwise excerable album of the same name). M. Ward took that song and recorded an acoustic goof of version that runs way too long—which, you know, the original certainly did, too—and should've been relegated to a b-side. I generally love Big Star (the 70s incarnation, anyway), but yikes, "Femme Fatale" is a trainwreck.

Pre-OBRS CVB is very, very spotty. They were little more than a mildly-engaging novelty act at that point (what with country hodown covers of Black Flag and the like).

I hate Big Star's version. How can people criticize Nico's voice yet tolerate the way Chilton mangles that song? As for "Let's Dance," M. Ward's take is a little too jokey, I think.

Saying Bowie did that song better is just short of insane. Anyway, I'll take Husker Du's "Eight Miles High" over the Byrds'.

I'm starting to think Murmuring Beast should keep his opinions to himself.

Murmuring Beast and I have little in common. Except for Travis, though he apparently owns some Travis, which, you know, knocks him down a few pegs.

Ha. He has a lot more to live down than I do, but he never went through so drastic a persona change than I, thus allowing him to escape the wrath of those cheeky fellows who would bump his old wrestling-related threads.

It wasn't until I went back and read the State of America stuff—that which I participated in and was once so fond of—from '02 that I realized how stupid it all was. So, chave isn't really reading this shit he's posting or he actually thinks this is still entertaining. I'm leaning towards the latter, personally.

It's atonal jazz channeled through garage rock. I fucking love every minute of it.

Never post in this folder again.

This board is full of retards who do not realize White Light/White Heat is a great album.

Like baseball hats? I don't wear those, but I routinely have my ears covered whenever I wear a beanie; it beats having my ears stick out like a goober.

I haven't seen MPIE since it came out, but I still chuckle whenever I think of Yorke's ego being deflated.

WHY DON'T YOU WRITE A SONG ABOUT IT, DICKHEAD?

Completely different takes on the subject. DLB is interesting mainly because you learn Dylan was so completely full of shit and like one of the biggest assholes extant. Made some great albums, though. The Last Waltz is also interesting, but not terribly good. You wanna see a whole bunch of musicians on coke and Martin Scorsese suck Robbie Robertson's dick? There ya go.

Oh, and I love the free jazz skronk of the guitar on "At Least That's What You Said." One of the few moments of life on AGIB, an album that's so cold and unfeeling. Also, AM is a good album that draws too many—if understandable—comparisons to Uncle Tupelo. Many, many good songs on it. "Box Full of Letters" makes a convincing case that Wilco could've been a great power pop band.

It's not as catchy. Not as thoroughly interesting as its predecessor. Jay Bennett might be a bit of a headcase, but I missed him on this. However, I will say that A Ghost is Born sounds great live. I was way impressed with "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" and "Hummingbird" in particular; the latter became one of my favorite Wilco songs after I saw them. "Theologians" also gets a lot more bounce and sounds like it could have snuck onto Being There quite nicely. Over a year apart betweeing seeing them post-AGIB, and both times during the performance of "Hummingbird," towards the end of the song, Tweedy turned his back to the crowd and started jogging in place. I assume you saw this, too. And I love the album version of "Spiders," but live it becomes a fucking monolith. Both times I saw them do it I screamed in exult whenever they hit the "rock out" part.

They're still solid live, from what I've read. Subthread: Adventure is a perfectly good album. I dare say it's more consistent than Marquee Moon; it's just the first four songs on MM are better than pretty much anything.

Wilco 1. Being There 2. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 3. Summerteeth 4. AM 5. A Ghost is Born I'd do a Tom Waits list, but, with a couple of exceptions, I haven't listened to the 70s stuff in so long that I do not feel comfortable ranking them. Maybe I'll make it a project over the next week or so.

1. 1999 2. Sign o' the Times 3. Dirty Mind 4. Purple Rain 5. Parade 6. Around the World in a Day 7. Controversy

Yeah, it was.

Pick any artist. List all their albums in preferential order. Or however many you feel comfortable ranking, based on the criteria of your choosing. I only started this thread because I wanted to make the first list of this post: Roxy Music: the studio albums 1. Avalon 2. Siren 3. Country Life 4. Stranded 5. For Your Pleasure 6. s/t 7. Manifesto 8. Flesh + Blood Brian Eno's "pop" albums from the 70s 1. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) 2. Here Come the Warm Jets 3. Before and After Science 4. Another Green World Talking Heads: the studio albums 1. Fear of Music 2. More Songs About Music and Food 3. Talking Heads: 77 4. Little Creatures 5. Speaking in Tongues 6. Remain in Light 7. True Stories 8. Naked

The problem here is you assume your dick will easily fit into her anus. You just can't slip it in there like a finger up a nose—it's far too tight.