USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

[The Rube]

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Got time for one more before quitting time.

The Cure - Head on the Door


Not my fav of theirs but was my entry point. I do like it though.


17 Seconds is my fav.

That's a good one. My introduction to The Cure was Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. Insta-hooked.

[Gurtholfin]

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That's a good one. My introduction to The Cure was Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. Insta-hooked.

Yeah... that was the one I really got into them over.

We've talked about this in here before, but for me, tied to my first serious girlfriend.

Album has been done for me since.

Not that's there's any lingering feelings or disdain for her. Just too much of a period piece in my life and I can't find context for it anymore.

Not even in nostalgia.

Just blank now.

[The Rube]

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Yeah... that was the one I really got into them over.

We've talked about this in here before, but for me, tied to my first serious girlfriend.

Album has been done for me since.

Not that's there's any lingering feelings or disdain for her. Just too much of a period piece in my life and I can't find context for it anymore.

Not even in nostalgia.

Just blank now.

I can understand that. There are certain songs overall that are forever tied to certain people. Sometimes I can listen to them, sometimes I can't.

[Gurtholfin]

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Like I said... doesn't bring me pain or anger. It's just so tied to her that it seems used up somehow.


I remember dancing with her and some other girls from the resort I was working at summer of 88 to Just like Heaven in a townie bar up north in black jeans and black high tops (or maybe my combat boots).

I SO should have gotten my arse kicked that night.

But I didn't.


The song that makes me nostalgic for that relationship or time in my life is the Kid Rock one, All Summer Long.

Cheesy for that to be the case, but it paints the right picture.

[The Rube]

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All Summer Long DEFINITELY makes me nostalgic. There was a campground just outside of the metro (well, now it's not) that my friends always went to for all the major summer holidays. And yes, I'd like to see that girl again, just to catch up and such. We ended on good terms.

[Slap Shot]

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Fridays also had Rich Hall and Larry David. Still remember the Kaufman episode, That Darn Reagan, Dick, Battle Boy...

[Slap Shot]

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This could have easily gone in the TV thread but my recollection of We Didn't Start the Fire is pretty different from Adam Goldberg's. I was a big fan of Piano Man and Glass Houses but I could have sworn that song despite it's being played a lot was pretty widely panned.

[The Rube]

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This could have easily gone in the TV thread but my recollection of We Didn't Start the Fire is pretty different from Adam Goldberg's. I was a big fan of Piano Man and Glass Houses but I could have sworn that song despite it's being played a lot was pretty widely panned.

We Didn't Start The Fire was panned, unfortunately. I think it was a very good song, even though (*sigh*) it did pale to his greatest hits.

[Kepler]

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Merry Christmas from Cornell's contribution to punk.

[MissThundercat]

Tomorrow, I need to get up early.

6 AM, day after Christmas
The world is sleeping
I am numb

[Gurtholfin]

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The Railway Children - Recurrence


Had their first two on vinyl.

Was drawn to the jangly guitar work.

Vocalist is pretty bland.

[Gurtholfin]

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Speaking of jangly guitars...

REM - Reckoning

Parents finally relented and allowed me to join BMG coz it was a lesser commitment than Columbia House and this was one of the 4 I got.

Have never liked another REM album nearly as much although Life's Rich Pageant was the other one that I loved.

[Kepler]

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Fables of the Reconstruction is great. I've never heard anything else by REM that didn't make me want to strangle Michael Stipe with his own self-regard.

[Gurtholfin]

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Asked for and received a book for Xmas.


Guy Pratt - My Bass and Other Animals

Bassist for Floyd and Gilmour since 1987 and he's also been a session musician and toured with a few other decently famous outfits.


Supposed to be pretty entertaining and am looking forward to it.

I've seen him in interviews and he's funny.

Actually does standup around this material and people love his act.



Will have to wait as I'm reading Killing Bono for the second time.

Honestly can't recommend this book any more highly if you are (or were) a U2 fan (even if you hate them now) or if you were into punk and post punk back in the late 70s/early 80s.

Written by Neil McCormick who grew up with the members of U2 and who is now the rock critic for The Guardian.



The book is actually about Neil's quest for rock stardom while he watches his old mates achieve it for themselves.

[MissThundercat]

Running play list for today:

"Immigrant Song"- Led Zeppelin
"Staring At The Sun"- U2
"Unwell"- Matchbox Twenty
"All You Wanted"- Michelle Branch
"Palisades Park"- Counting Crows
"Ada"- The National