What are YOUR modern classics?

[Davey]

I think Tweedy's talents would've been well-suited towards making a rec like that, instead of Summerteeth, and if he'd gone in that sort of direction--not that what he does is all THAT different--he might be thought of quite differently these days, instead of an eccentric pill-gobbling Radiohead-wannabe weirdo.

Hehehe, it's funny how wrong you can be sometimes, Jay - when you really put your mind to it. Old 97's certainly made a good rec in Fight Songs, but gawd I'm glad Wilco didn't follow that heavily travelled deadend. There's at least 4 songs on Summerteeth that I think are an order of magnitude more meaningful to me than anythig on Fight Songs. The images in songs like"Via Chicago" on Summerteeth or "Radio Cure" on YHF are almost scary at times, they're so heartfelt. Love that feeling. Total connection for me.

Oh, distance has no way of making love understandable.

Brilliant, simply brilliant*

* see reply to ForeverAutumn

[nobody]

OK....I'm gonna toss out a few more...

Reverend Horton Heat: Holy Roller
OK, I'm cheating here since it's a compilation and some of the tunes go back more than 10 years. Still, it came out in 99 and the thing's spent a ton of time getting played in my house. It's just fantastic straight up rock 'n' roll with no messin' around. Great party music from a fantastic live band.

Eryakah Badu: Baduzium
Another neo-soul classic. Her voice is simply amazing. There's not a lot she could do that I wouldn't like, and could have easily thrown on Worldwide Underground here, but this one is my favorite.

Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children
Warm, fuzzy synths make this one a classic to kick back to. In the right mood, it can be a wonderful experience. it's catchier and more melodic than their followup, making it my favorite full length of theirs.

Massive Attack: 100th Window
I like everything by these guys, but outside of Blue Lines, which falls past the ten year mark, this is the one I pull out the most. It's got a powerful somewhat ominous undercurrent and has really been a mainstay of my listening habits. Like I said, all their stuff gets played around here, but this one gets more than most and I feel was sorely underrated when it was released.

Funny, lots of mellow stuff. My lists from past ten year periods would have been much harder. Guess I'm getting really, really old.

OK...break time...probably back with more later since it's a slow day.

[-Jar-]

Hehehe, it's funny how wrong you can be sometimes, Jay - when you really put your mind to it. Old 97's certainly made a good rec in Fight Songs, but gawd I'm glad Wilco didn't follow that heavily travelled deadend. There's at least 4 songs on Summerteeth that I think are an order of magnitude more meaningful to me than anythig on Fight Songs. The images in songs like"Via Chicago" on Summerteeth or "Radio Cure" on YHF are almost scary at times, they're so heartfelt. Love that feeling. Total connection for me.

Oh, distance has no way of making love understandable.

Brilliant, simply brilliant*

* see reply to ForeverAutumn

just been listening to "She A Jar" - perhaps my favorite Wilco song...

though the images are very strong in this song, I still don't feel I totally understand it..

the way the song mutates from "miss her" to "hit her" is pretty disturbing..

there seems a few images of crying here too:

"Please beware the quiet front yard
I warned you before there were water skies
I warned you not to drive
Dry your eyes you poor devil
"

can the red eyes be taken in more than one way here?

"When I forget how to talk, I'll sing
Won't you please bring that flash to shine
And turn my eyes red unless they close when you click
And my face gets sick, stuck like a question unposed
"

I wish I had more time to really dig into Jeff's lyrics..

-jar

[Mr MidFi]

All of the discs I was going to mention have already been mentioned in this thread (YHF, Being There, OK Computer, The Bends, Mutations, White Blood Cells, etc.). But there are two notable exceptions:

1. Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future
This is a great collection of songs, and a fabulously cohesive album for me. But a classic isn't really a CLASSIC until it goes out there and reaches for that moment of glory. This disc does that on track 8 (You Are), abandoning its powerfully hooky song structures for a transcendent, explosive swirl of guitar and emotion. It either works for you or it doesn't. It does for me.

2. The Notwist - Neon Golden
The sound of world-weariness has never sounded so beautiful, so wistful, so fragile, and yet so powerful. Who was it that said writing about music was like dancing about architecture? Now I know what he meant.

Oh...and an honorable mention to REM's overlooked, underappreciated New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

[Slosh]

1. Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future
But a classic isn't really a CLASSIC until it goes out there and reaches for that moment of glory. This disc does that on track 8 (You Are), abandoning its powerfully hooky song structures for a transcendent, explosive swirl of guitar and emotion. It either works for you or it doesn't. It does for me.

everybody
everybody knows
that you
that you
are


Gets my vote for best five words in the whole song-song ever