1001 Albums Summary

THOUGHTS -Art Garfunkel: His name describes his looks. -Obviously "Scarborough Fair" is a banger. -The songs sound like if wandering minstrels dropped acid. -"Patterns" sounds like "Kaw-Liga" if you squeezed out the racism. -I'm enjoying this in a sort of "cozy on the couch in a blanket drinking spiced tea" kind of way, but I couldn't imagine going to a Simon and Garfunkel concert; it would be like taking a Xanax and patiently waiting for it to kick in while somebody I just met explains their favorite poetry to me. -"7 O'clock News / Silent Night" is ... really great(?). Simple, poignant. It came out 60 years ago and that makes it feel more subversive. Also did not expect the Christmas song / Richard Speck name check juxtaposition. -These songs are short. Was this whole album like half an hour long? *checks Wikipedia* Yep. I hope they didn't charge full price. -"The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine": second place to "Yellow Submarine" in the "Songs About Colorful Inventions That Came Out in 1966" -I shouldn't like "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" but I do. You can't listen to it and stay angry. -"A Poem on the Underground Wall" is another banger.

- Oh snap, I saw fleet Foxes in concert. It was outside in the rain and it ruled. - So wait, does this one have "Mykonos" on it? Cuz that's a whole star rating's difference. - "Blue Ridge Mountains" slaps. - The neat thing about Fleet Foxes is that if there's 10 songs that means there's really 20 songs, since every song evolves into a new song about halfway through. - For instance on Mykonos: (first half) "Oh this is nice. Kind of chilled out. Not amazing, but nice." (second half) "OH DANG, THIS SHIT JUST EXPLODED, YOOOU GO WHEREVER YOU GO TODAAAAY" - "Your Protector" slaps too. It's like a country song if country music started in Seattle. - Same for "Ragged Wood". - Fleet Foxes is acoustic Tame Impala. - No seriously, it's the same guy. Look at a picture of them and tell me it's not the same guy. And a little on the nose with the "Adjective Animal" band name formula, bro. Nice try with the fake Aussie accent too, couldn't fool me. - WARNING: If this is the deluxe double disc version with "Mykonos" it rates 4 stars, otherwise it's 3 stars. Sorry them's the rules.

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ALERT: This album is not everybody's thing. "Three Hours" and "Day is Done" are great.

- Classic Stevie is classic Stevie. You can't beat it. - "Smile Please" and "They Won't Go When I Go" are bangers. - Oh shit "Please Don't Go" is where it's at. - On this album if a song's title has the words "please," "go," or some combination of the two then it's going to be great.