Listened to "Wasted Time" and main takeaway was the vocals are just so mournful and rich, I can't think of any songs that are like that nowadays.
Listened to “Baby Be Mine” bc I had already heard most of the songs from this album… it was alright. Kind of repetitive and not as catchy as many of his other songs.
Listened to title track “Band on the Run.” I had heard this song before but didn’t realize who/what it was, always thought it said “man on the run.” A good vibe, like many songs I know from this time where it starts out one thing and transforms into something totally else. Not quite sure what to make of the lyrics.
Listened to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” bc even though I know it, I’ve never listened closely before. The lyrics are quite gibberish but the rhythm and melody are classic.
Listened to “Walk on the Wild Side” bc that seemed to be most popular from reading reviews, thought I had never heard it but as soon as I played it I was like “Oh yep this.” One of those songs you don’t know where you’ve heard but I’ve heard many a time. Kind of hard to appreciate I think without having been around to see it be released into the context it was released in, but definitely a vibe and can see how it was totally transgressive.
Listened to cold war and tight rope. I feel like she has the type of music that I’m not mad if it comes on, but for some reason I would never seek out or listen to religiously.
Listened to the title track and realized I was still listening like 10 minutes later. Definitely not my style and hate the lack of lyrics but I think it could be really fun to see this type of music live.
Didn’t know that I knew any of these songs, but I played blitzkrieg bop and immediately recognized it without realizing that it says blitzkrieg bop. Its primary repetition is of “hey ho lets go.” also accidentally listened to beat on the brat. Both are honestly a groovy vibe that feels very much like it would be playing in a 70s or 80s movie. could see myself having been into them if I lived during that time.
Listened to “kicks” which was a Top 5 song at one point, but I’d definitely never heard it before. Make sense bc they’re from the 60s, don’t know if I know much from before that point. Felt pretty neutral toward the song. Lyrics were interesting.
Listened to Running Up That Hill and Hounds of Love and reached the conclusion this is decidedly not my genre.
Listened first to Tusk, and I enjoyed it, but I think from the reviews I’m reading it seems like the way to truly understand and possibly appreciate this album is to listen to the whole thing because it’s said to be so chaotic and disparate. So I will try to do that at some point.
Listened to a few— you don’t have to be so nice, I had the craziest dream, beach samba… and am I wrong to say this feels like elevator music a bit? Or something that would play over a montage in a 50s/60s film? Don’t know anything at all about this genre so don’t feel like I can rate it accurately
