Monthly Archives: July 2004

Colors Bleed

Call and Response – Colors Bleed from Winds Take No Shape (2004) /ethereal folk pop/((I really can’t confidently discern one complete sentence of the lyrics. And it seems neither can anyone on those virulently common pop-up ridden mass lyric websites, … Continue reading

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Stay (Faraway, So Close)

U2 – Stay (Faraway, So Close) from Zooropa (1993) /post-pop/((“Dressed up like a car crash,the wheels are turning but you’re upside down.You say when he hits you, you don’t mind…because when he hurts you, you feel alive…Oh now, Is that … Continue reading

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It Can’t Come Quickly Enough

Scissor Sisters – It Can’t Come Quickly Enough from Scissor Sisters (2004) /retro glam pop/((“We knew all the answers and we shouted them like anthems, anxious… and suspicious that God knew how much we cheated. It can’t come quickly enough, … Continue reading

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As Serious As Your Life

Four Tet – As Serious As Your Life from Rounds (2003) /organic synthesizer/((A dense mist rises off of the silvered asphalt. The dull heat that clung to the air has been sliced through by fresh rain that deluged under dark … Continue reading

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Flag Day

The Housemartins – Flag Day from London 0 Hull 4 (1986) /alt.pop/((“Too many Florence Nightingales / Not enough Robin Hoods / Too many halos not enough heroes / Coming up with the goods / So you thought you’d like to … Continue reading

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The Mercy Seat

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds or Johnny Cash – The Mercy Seat from Tender Prey (1988) or American III: Solitary Man (2000) /black romantic/((“And the mercy seat is waiting. And I think my head is burning. And in a … Continue reading

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Ted Leo/Pharmacists – live review

Expectations can be a real bitch. I’d been keenly looking forward to the Ted Leo show at Call the Office for a rather long time. It was a strange situation: I found out they were playing at CTO a month … Continue reading

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Ted Leo/Pharmacists – live pics

Ted Leo/Pharmacists wsg The Reputation Live at Call The Office in London – July 17th, 2004 – Review The Reputation Ted Leo/Pharmacists

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Racing Away (with Horace Andy, Grant Lee Phillips, and Kaolin Thompson)

1 Giant Leap – Racing Away (with Horace Andy, Grant Lee Phillips, and Kaolin Thompson) from 1 Giant Leap (2002) /ethno-tribal-dream-ballad?/((“Dream my grandfather,dream of great quiet.Merely a flash betweenwords and blue silence.Gentle this hour.Great is the highway.Brave are these cowards.Racing … Continue reading

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You Made Me The Thief of Your Heart (written by Bono, Gavin Friday, and Maurice Seezer)

Sinead O’Connor – You Made Me The Thief of Your Heart (written by Bono, Gavin Friday, and Maurice Seezer) from In The Name of the Father [soundtrack] (1993) /celtic ballad/((“I’ll never wash these clothes,I want to keep the stain.Your blood … Continue reading

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