When did we stop making songs eight and a half minutes long?? We lost something as a society with the growing ubiquity of the under-three-minute-song, I'm certain. Give me thirteen minute ruminations or give me death!
There are some bops on this album but I got hella jumpscared by Proud Mary. Probably my favorite song on the album--that or Graveyard Blues. Some banging bass and guitar riffs.
Overall: I liked this album! Might put it on for study music. You can definitely tell it inspired a lot of later music.
THELONIOUS MONK MY BEST FRIEND THELONIOUS MONK I have 'genius of modern music' on record and I literally listen to it all the time. guy does things to a piano........ my favorite song on here is the titular Brilliant Corners but I also love specifically the back half of Bemsha Swing, too. Listened to it on a bus and accidentally zoned out during Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are and when I zoned back in we were maybe about halfway through Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are. Love that.
Overall: I love Mr. Monk! Makes me wish I kept jazz piano up. Oh, well. There's always time.............
Late addendum: learned today you can see other people's reviews on here. Which is very silly--this is my personal diary lol. Apparently people who don't like freeform jazz don't like freeform jazz! Who would have thought!
Yeah, no, I mean--I like Coldplay. They're nice. When I hear a Coldplay song on the radio I'm like "Yep! That's Coldplay!" Idk, though, they don't scratch any particular itch for me. They're just kind of there.
I enjoyed Politik a lot--esp. the opening despite some egregious slant rhymes. And OBVIOUSLY Clocks is great though I do prefer the cumbia version. Though most things are better as a cumbia. Green eyes was nice (gonna make a playlist of song where we focus on eye color. Right now I've got Green eyes and brown-eyed girl. Maybe ocean eyes can go on there too?)
A Whisper was probably my favorite song on the album.
got 100% absolutely jumpscared by the piano riff in 'rikki don't lose that number'. genuinely thought I had put 'song for my father' on queue somehow. ON THAT NOTE 'rikki don't lose that number' is a BOP AND A HALF. steely dan is??? really good????????? I love it when popular things are good!
Barrytown is also excellent. Very catchy. And East St. Louis Toodle-Oo is also great I love a good piano saxophone moment. I think...guys I think I really like Steely Dan.
HE'S AN ORGAN PLAYER!!!!!!
very nice! put it on while I was studying for physics and it was unobtrusive. As per my last review I love a good saxophone. Every song is like 5,000,000 minutes long and I didn't really notice the track turnover. Just...5,000,000 (43) minutes of cool jazz.
funkiness of this album is off the charts.
Close enough, welcome back Dropkick Murphy's.
There are some bops on this--I really liked Bottle of Smoke and Fairy Tale of New York (which is the reason, I'm guessing, why Spotify recommends Celtic Christmas music in the More Like This section under the album) and Mountain Dew.
I think the downside to this is that after maybe the fifth accordion track you want to take a break from the accordion. But I agree, more songs should have flute in them.
OH MY GOD TINA TURNER.............. she is so fantastically good. Like I knew she was famous and obviously had heard "What's Love Got To Do With It" before but I had no idea what I was missing out on.
Private Dancer itself is, of course, legendary, and I LOVE I Can't Stand The Rain........all the naysayers in the reviews saying this is "too eighties" have no joy and whimsy in their heart. That's part of what makes it so fun! Literally just tell me you hate fun and having a good time. The keyboard instrumental breaks...the saxophone instrumental breaks...the electric guitar instrumental breaks.........
Why is no one talking about Steel Claw????? Banger! Absolute banger! This album bangs, guys!
love the plinky piano in 1984........the electronic banging in Ball of Confusion.........
OH MY GOD TINA TURNER AND DAVID BOWIE DID A SONG TOGETHER?!?!?!?? O hvmyg,od.........
