A classic Lo-Fi song from Liz Phair from one of my favorite albums by her. I'd say more, but I need to go celebrate my new job with some of my peeps who just invited me over for drink!
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Before The Decemberists, there was Neutral Milk Hotel. I know this can be a sore point to some Neutral Milk Hotel fans who might view The Decemberists, and others like them, as little more than copy cats. You see Neutral Milk Hotel disbanded well before the others arrived. Given the scope of The Decemberists' body of work, I think The Decemberists have more than proven their worth. I believe we are witnessing the emergence of a genre that has yet to be properly named too, all started by Neutral Milk Hotel. Those who arrive first deserve a great amount of credit and I think Neutral Milk Hotel helped to blaze the trail others now enjoy. The way I see it, The Decemberists and others are paying tribute to the memory of Neutral Milk Hotel and carry the torch.
Oh comely
I will be with you when you lose your breath
Chasing the only
Meaningful memory you thought you had left
It is odd to me, the people who hate artists are "too" similar. So wait… you like Band A, but you hate Band B for sounding like Band A? So if Band B sounded less like Band A you might like them? Wow that makes no sense. I think people get too caught up in who came first, the politics, and the assigning of who is deserving, and lose sight of the art.
By the way, "Neutral Milk Hotel" is an odd name, isn't it? G calls them "Three Incongruent Words". So true.
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Click here for more info on Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane over the Sea – "Oh Comely".
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OMG! You have to watch the video for Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks". The kids are so creepy. Then what happens to them is creepier. And in a church! (I knew there was a good reason not to go.) So creepy, yet mesmerizing and oddly perfect for the song.
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It is a shame Elliot Smith is not still around to be making songs like this one. "Son of Sam" is from his last album released before his untimely death via knife wound in October of 2003. I suppose though it makes this song and his others all the more precious.
I heard this song the other day and it is very much an autumn song for me. I think it is just a coincidence though. I am excited about the arrival of fall, and October in particular, my favorite month of the year. Also a coincidence.
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Clever. Subtle. A touch of geekery perhaps. Thick and busy too! I love the magnetic fields and the song writing of Stephin Merritt. Never heard of them or him? This song is a good start.
Want another? How about "Smoke and Mirrors"…
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