Muse: Black Holes and Revelations – with “Exo-Politics” video cover

August 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

Muse - Black Holes and RevelationsPart 8 of 12 Albums That Stuck With Me

Before delving into the utter craziness that is this album, let’s talk about the final track, “Knights of Cydonia”, shall we?

I don’t even mean the crazy sci-fi video, a mashup of Firefly-style gritty space Western with robots and mustaches and plenty of other cult movie references. Or its thematic and auditory segue into the first track of the following album, released three years later.

Nope, it’s the fact that the song changes key about a zillion times without a single hint that it’s happening.

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The Who: Tommy – with “Christmas” video cover

July 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Who - TommyPart 7 of 12 Albums That Stuck With Me

By far, Tommy is the oldest album on my list. The ’70s and ’80s are entirely unrepresented, but this rock opera from 1969 was always an obvious one for me to include.

The reason? Story. Every album I listen to, I try to tease out a storyline, even if one clearly was never intended. The idea that a collection of songs should be more than that, should be bound together and greater than the sums of their parts, undoubtedly stems from hearing Tommy in my childhood.

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Fiona Apple: When the Pawn – with “A Mistake” video cover

June 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

Fiona Apple - When the PawnPart 6 of 12 Albums That Stuck With Me

When reviewing Fiona Apple’s third album, Extraordinary Machine, I said that When the Pawn had “made me feel like all my ex-girlfriends ever were yelling at me all at once. Moreover, it made me feel like I deserved it.”

I stand by that assessment from … cripes, nine years ago?

Okay, break for feeling old. Now, onto reviewing this album from a 22-year-old following her multi-platinum debut.

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My God, the Fault is in Our Sky Full of Stars

June 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

This came to me in a dream.

My God, the Fault is in Our Sky Full of StarsIn my head it’s the touching story of a guy who’s so heartbroken when his cancer-stricken lover leaves him that he evolves into a giant space baby.

 

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If You Fall It Won’t Matter

June 9, 2014 Leave a Comment

Seriously, folks, I tried, but first I lost the video camera and then I started breaking strings and you know what? A review of an old album and a dude playing a song can wait a week.

In the meantime here’s a joke I heard a while ago:

Why can’t you trust quarks?
Because they make up everything!

(I think the guy telling it actually said atoms, not quarks, but this is more accurate.)

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