That was stunning. I’m hard-pressed to say anything more cogent about it.
Because it’s not a Ferret playlist without a Skynet song. :-D
Mm, Bessie Smith, indeed.
…and obvs I’m going to have to go listen to lots more of Yael Naim.
My opinion of Lady Gaga is that she goes down very easy if you’re fond of the ‘80s pop palette, which I am. (This one does not remind me of Madonna, but of Falco and the Eurythmics.) I often have an odd sensation of nostalgia-but-not-nostalgia when I first hear a song of hers: lots of scattered sense-memories of highschool friends and dances and the freedom of a driver’s license, but blessedly free of the discomfort of being the song that was playing during AWKWARD. There, now you know my extremely shallow Lady Gaga opinions. :-P
Hahaha, hard split in this household: Grrlpup had an instant and visceral hatred of it, while the chorus gave me happy gooseflesh. I am barred from further listening, however, until I am alone. (Which is fair; there's stuff of hers she's not allowed to play when I'm around.)
…and that's as close as I’ve come to liking a Chieftains song. (There is some instrument in their ensemble that consistently sends me scrabbling for a back button.) In this one’s favor, it’s an interesting collaboration, with some neat tension between the two styles. It also helps that whatever-the-instrument-is that grates so badly on me isn’t taking front and center, like it does in so much of their music. It grew on me on second listen; it may yet grow on me more.
Hahaha, I have to admit, I half-expected an entire playlist of peculiar things like this. (And yes, I like it on its own terms, too, and not just as the kind of thing that makes me laugh and think of you.) CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED IN SURPRISING ME.
I enjoyed that immensely (and will again!), thank you.
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Date: 2015-01-04 04:11 am (UTC)Scattered notes from the first listen:
- That was stunning. I’m hard-pressed to say anything more cogent about it.
- Because it’s not a Ferret playlist without a Skynet song. :-D
- Mm, Bessie Smith, indeed.
- …and obvs I’m going to have to go listen to lots more of Yael Naim.
- My opinion of Lady Gaga is that she goes down very easy if you’re fond of the ‘80s pop palette, which I am. (This one does not remind me of Madonna, but of Falco and the Eurythmics.) I often have an odd sensation of nostalgia-but-not-nostalgia when I first hear a song of hers: lots of scattered sense-memories of highschool friends and dances and the freedom of a driver’s license, but blessedly free of the discomfort of being the song that was playing during AWKWARD. There, now you know my extremely shallow Lady Gaga opinions. :-P
- Hahaha, hard split in this household: Grrlpup had an instant and visceral hatred of it, while the chorus gave me happy gooseflesh. I am barred from further listening, however, until I am alone. (Which is fair; there's stuff of hers she's not allowed to play when I'm around.)
- …and that's as close as I’ve come to liking a Chieftains song. (There is some instrument in their ensemble that consistently sends me scrabbling for a back button.) In this one’s favor, it’s an interesting collaboration, with some neat tension between the two styles. It also helps that whatever-the-instrument-is that grates so badly on me isn’t taking front and center, like it does in so much of their music. It grew on me on second listen; it may yet grow on me more.
- Hahaha, I have to admit, I half-expected an entire playlist of peculiar things like this. (And yes, I like it on its own terms, too, and not just as the kind of thing that makes me laugh and think of you.) CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED IN SURPRISING ME.
I enjoyed that immensely (and will again!), thank you.