losthighway wrote: The lyrics are pretty good.

As far as words set to music, you may be right.

Apparently the backstory of the song is her dating Jake Gyllenhaal for 3 months, things not working out for normal reasons, and he took her favorite scarf or something. Did that really warrant a 10 minute prog diss on TV..

Basically the type of song you write when you don't have relatable problems.

The problem with contemporary pop culture, insofar as it involves mega celebrities, is that it rarely gives us newer, better ways of seeing and newer, better ways of being. On balance, it's a lot of empty calories, very often a waste of time.

My walk to sort out final funeral things took the precise duration of Through Silver in Blood, the album. What more can you ask for?

DaveA wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:15 am The problem with contemporary pop culture, insofar as it involves mega celebrities, is that it rarely gives us newer, better ways of seeing and newer, better ways of being. On balance, it's a lot of empty calories, very often a waste of time.

I detest songs about boy-girl romantic relationships and self-absorbed emotional navel-gazing. So basically 90% of all music with sung words is blathering selfish bullshit to me.

All fair criticism aside, one of the things I love about Zappa is he never wrote that kind of shit, other than as fodder for parody. Third-person reading of the interactions of the world and people around you is much more interesting than singing about your goddamn 'feelings' ad-infinitum. Ween occupies a similar space of avoiding such traps other than riding the razor's edge of homage and parody.

Polish Military Waltzes in Honour of the 21st anniversary of my Grandfathers passing

The review embargo for the new PTA film Licorice Pizza was up today, so after getting myself pumped for it by reading a few, I am listening to the first album by HAIM, one of whose members is one of the main characters. So far, meh. It's harmless, I guess.

PASTA wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:08 pm Polish Military Waltzes

I've never heard of such a thing, but would love to hear an example.

Are there ways that the Polish military moves in triple time? Perhaps there are military mazurkas as well?

Geiginni wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:41 pm

PASTA wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:08 pm Polish Military Waltzes

I've never heard of such a thing, but would love to hear an example.

Are there ways that the Polish military moves in triple time? Perhaps there are military mazurkas as well?

Waltz is probably the wrong term. Folk songs

PASTA wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:00 pm

Geiginni wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:41 pm

PASTA wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:08 pm Polish Military Waltzes

I've never heard of such a thing, but would love to hear an example.

Are there ways that the Polish military moves in triple time? Perhaps there are military mazurkas as well?

Waltz is probably the wrong term. Folk songs

Ah, understood.

I've love to see marching in triple-time, and was pretty hopeful for a moment!

Geiginni wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 3:57 pmI detest songs about boy-girl romantic relationships and self-absorbed emotional navel-gazing. So basically 90% of all music with sung words is blathering selfish bullshit to me.

There's an interesting discussion to be had here, perhaps, the thread of which I can't really pursue now, with the nuance it deserves. I will say though that the working out of unresolved interpersonal issues sure takes up a lot of space in the vast world of song lyrics, which isn't to say I don't like any of it--far from it.


Anyway, unrelated, but...

A few days ago I was listening to Vic Chesnutt's "Old Hotel":



Have never been well versed in Chesnutt's music, but somehow, this one has always struck me as golden, and also really heavy somehow, despite it neither being sonically crushing or emotionally devastating. Can't quite explain it.