(Interlude in my 200 Albums project. Since some (much?) of the album listening might end up feeling like homework, I decided to intersperse some songs that were in heavy rotation back when I listened to music more regularly.)
Not much about Prince Cornelius on a quick Google search. Maybe a tiktok performer? Anyway, I love this song.
link:https://youtu.be/-aS1DONYM28?si=tC_UuSFHUAMKRLN-
(An entry in my 200 Albums project. Starting March 2026 I decided to listen to 200 more-or-less random albums.)
“Mr. Brightside” has earwormed its way into my brain on more than one occasion, and yet I think this is the first time I ever paid attention to the lyrics.
Before I listened to this album:
yadda blahda just fine
and a bleeple doo wah
and a something a kiss
dub-a, dub-a a cab
etc.
Now I have listened to the lyrics.
Wow. What a whiny little twerp.
As for the rest of the album, I admit it’s been a few days since I listened to it but I can’t recall a single other track.
(Interlude in my 200 Albums project. Since some (much?) of the album listening might end up feeling like homework, I decided to intersperse some songs that were in heavy rotation back when I listened to music more regularly.)
link https://youtu.be/0T_0FFVts28?si=2kz4mCp4FOCc8apZ
Hmmm, maybe I’ll add this to my 200 albums project. This is the only song by Lily Chao I know.
(An entry in my 200 Albums project. Starting March 2026 I decided to listen to 200 more-or-less random albums.)
One purpose of this project is to listen to the complete album of popular artists I’m not particularly familiar with. I’ve listened to more Gorrilaz than Blur, and am generally favorable to Damon Albarn. The only Blur songs I’ve heard are the giant hits that are in movies, blasted in stadiums, and used in commercials (?).
This album sounds like a band/artist trying to find their sound. Here’s a song that sounds like Bowie, here’s on that sounds like the Who, here’s a Kinks-style song, etc.
(Interlude in my 200 Albums project. Since some (much?) of the album listening might end up feeling like homework, I decided to intersperse some songs that were in heavy rotation back when I listened to music more regularly.)
I couldn’t love Raymond Scott any more if this was the lovingest day of my life and I was listening with an electrified loving machine. Some day maybe I’ll write about 200 albums that were important to my musical education. Raymond Scott’s Manhattan Research, Inc. is definitely in that collection.
linkhttps://youtu.be/Ei8KPtymfRY?si=xCs8UIm2uEoq8DTj
(An entry in my 200 Albums project. Starting March 2026 I decided to listen to 200 more-or-less random albums.)
This album prompted me to wonder how deep I wanted to get into an individual album. I’m intrigued by the line-up, the history of the band, and music of that particular era. I found it intriguing, but ultimately I decided I wanted to move on, otherwise it might take YEARS to work my way through 200 albums. Once this project is done I might do a deep dive into the band War.
(Interlude in my 200 Albums project. Since some (much?) of the album listening might end up feeling like homework, I decided to intersperse some songs that were in heavy rotation back when I listened to music more regularly.)
link: https://youtu.be/s2rmjN3rS-c?si=NXzOA6rW4d0KaUWZ
(An entry in my 200 Albums project. Starting March 2026 I decided to listen to 200 more-or-less random albums.)
Part of my random generation strategy is to ask someone – What’s an album I should listen to? Tom the bartender suggested Twilight Override, probably because I’d just mentioned that I went to see Rhett Miller recently. I’ve listened to a lot of Tweedy and Wilco and was rabid about Uncle Tupelo’s No Depression when it came out so I was completely willing to drop a 3-disc album into the mix.
I’m not sure I’ve ever been so bored listening to an album. Half-way through the first disc I started wondering if I’d made a serious mistake.
Now that I think about it, I was never as enthused by Wilco as I was by Uncle Tupelo and the Mermaid Ave. sessions. Maybe my Tweedy phase was over years ago buy I just didn’t realize it until now.
(Interlude in my 200 Albums project. Since some (much?) of the album listening might end up feeling like homework, I decided to intersperse some songs that were in heavy rotation back when I listened to music more regularly.)
link https://youtu.be/im_kphj1C3Q?si=MgpFau9sQrPtPEO7
(An entry in my 200 Albums project. Starting March 2026 I decided to listen to 200 more-or-less random albums.)
Nope.
I thought I was going to like this album. I have some friends who are hardcore GbV fans and a few GbV songs have made it into regular rotation through the years, but this album did not connect with me.
In some weird way this almost makes me want to listen to them some more to determine if I just don’t share their vibe, or if this album is anomalous for some reason.