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    Your Friday Favourite?

    So, what's your Song of the Week this week.

    As I continue through my Pink Floyd journey I've rediscovered The Turning Away. What a great song with thoughtful lyrics. I've often thought that this would be a great backdrop to a United Way or Red Cross video.

    On the turning away
    From the pale and downtrodden
    And the words that they say
    Which we won't understand
    "Don't accept that what's happening
    Is just a case of others suffering
    Or you'll find that you're joining in
    The turning away".

    It's a sin that somehow
    Light is changing to shadow
    And casting it's shroud
    Over all we have known
    Unaware how the ranks have grown
    Driven on by a heart of stone
    We could find that we're all alone
    In the dream of the night

    On the wings of the night
    As the daytime is stirring
    Where the speechless unite
    In a silent accord
    Using words you will find are strange
    And mesmerized as they light the flame
    Feel the new wind of change
    On the wings of the night

    No more turning away
    From the weak and the weary
    No more turning away
    From the coldness inside
    Just a world that we all must share
    It's not enough just to stand and stare
    Is it only a dream that there'll be
    No more turning away?

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    My pick of the week is "Seven" by Sunny Day Real Estate. After spouting off about how much I dislike The Fire Theft record, I decided to go back to Diary and give it a spin. Emo or whatever it is -- it doesn't matter -- it's good rock music. I saw these guys live before they broke up (the second time) and they played "Seven" as part of the encore. It absolutely rocked and I love the studio version too.

    Sew it on
    face the fool
    december's tragic drive
    when time is poetry
    when stolen the world outside
    the waiting (could) crush my heart
    no...

    sew it on
    face the fool
    the tidal wave of fear
    and brave songs dissapear
    the secret voice of dawn
    this last time raise my eyes
    no...

    you'll taste it
    you'll taste it
    in time
    the right words
    in time
    the right words

    sew it on
    face the fool
    the mirrors lie, those aren't my eyes
    destroy them, raise my hand
    reflected in savage shards
    a new face, a soul reborn
    no...

    you'll taste it
    you'll taste it
    in time
    the right words
    in time


    And the world will turn to flowing pink vapor stew.

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    Can I post here without quoting an entire lyric? I know so few.

    If I can, I'll pick; "Blame it on the Tetons", from Modest Mouse's Good News fro People who Like Bad News. I'm a sucker for MMs slower, country-tinged songs - "Wild Packs of Family Dogs" is one of my favorites from The Moon and Antarctica - and though the album has a lot of songs that I liked right away, this is the song that leapt out at me demanding a repeat listen. As I said above this is a beautiful, country-tinged song that sounds only a little out of place nestled around the usual Modest Mouse frenetics, but which only serves to help it to stand out.

    I took too long getting this album. It's not the epic that is "The Moon..." but it's got a bunch of good songs and sounds like a keeper. The new drummer really gives them a more straight-ahead rock sound of the type heard on the single; "Float On". The other song that left an immediate impression was the oddly titled "Bukowski"

    Now if I have to quote a lyric to get in on this thread, here's one of the few that come immediate to mind, from you-know-who:

    I wanna be a...

    field day for the Sundays so they can...
    ***** up my life
    embarass my wife
    leave a bad taste
    that stripped toothpaste can't remove on monday morning

    I wanna be a target for the dailys so they can show
    pictures of me with a nude on page 3
    so lacking in taste,
    touched up near the waist and looking as limp as Monday mornings
    touched up near the waist and looking as limp as Monday mornings
    "I don't know. A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." The Right Honourable JC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ex Lion Tamer
    Can I post here without quoting an entire lyric?
    Of course.



    Quote Originally Posted by Ex Lion Tamer
    I know so few.
    That's where googling comes into play.


    I still haven't listened to Modest Mouse's latest album even though I've had a preview copy over a month now. I just haven't felt a desire to hear it really, even though I love M&A and Lonesome Crowded West. Maybe I'll break it out this weekend and give 'er a listen.
    And the world will turn to flowing pink vapor stew.

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    Mine is "This Man Will Not Hang" from McLusky's latest. I see it's getting kinda mixed reviews but I think it's at least equal to their previous albums. The last album saw Albini's influence in the recording. This one takes on a bit of Shellac's mathy tendencies and it blends really well with McLusky's previously established sound IMO.

    He gave away his heart like it was his to give away

    Oh, and Modest Mouse's "Satin In A Coffin" could be my co-song of the day
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    I'll go with Morrissey's First of the Gang to Die from his latest, excellent song and I really like this release thus far. I've seen mixed reviews, but I think it's some of his best solo work. A little musical updating, some of the better musical backing he's had in some time, but basically vintage Morrissey. Be careful picking it up though, I got screwed. There are three versions, one normal, one with a gatefold, and another with a gatefold with bonus DVD. I accidently ended up paying extra for the gatefold without the DVD, a ripoff to my mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    So, what's your Song of the Week this week.
    Mine is Will Is My Friend from Devendra Banhart's wonderful Rejoicing In The Hands. The piano is perfectly placed, and the double bass provides some nice textures to what seems to be a sort of lyrical homage to John Mayall's "California". Second choice would be from the same record on the merit of the song-title alone: Tit Smoking In The Temple Of Artesan Mimicry.

    ----Never Off Topic, Never Rude-----

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    clear as winter ice

    this is your paradise..

    There ain't no need for ya
    Go straight to hell boys

    Y'wanna join in a chorus
    Of the Amerasian blues?
    When it's Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh City
    Kiddie say papa papa papa papa-san take me home
    See me got photo photo
    Photograph of you
    Mamma Mamma Mamma-san
    Of you and Mamma Mamma Mamma-san
    Lemme tell ya 'bout your blood bamboo kid.
    It ain't Coca-Cola it's rice.

    Straight to hell
    Oh Papa-san
    Please take me home
    Oh Papa-san
    Everybody they wanna go home
    So Mamma-san says.,,,
    If being afraid is a crime we'll hang side-by-side,
    at the swingin' party down the line..


    The Replacements

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    Lotw

    Pan Sonic, Kesto (234:48:4) -- over four hours of alienware bliss

    ...and no lyrics anywhere...

    Oh, hey, look, Pitchfork thought it was "strong"...
    Eschew fascism.
    Truth Will Out.
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    you guys are crackheads.
    I remain,
    Peter aka Dusty Chalk

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