NNF Presents: Rock Solid Podcast Discussion thread

[endoftherebellion]

endoftherebellion

shit man, that list.
you have great taste, got a lot of recommendations from your list. keep em coming bruthah

Haha, thanks man. I'll comb my iTunes for duets later this afternoon!

[Pimpbot]

I am huge fan of The Pernice Brothers. Great lyrics and catchy but often melancholy hooks. Also, second that Superdrag should have been bigger. Albums following their one "buzz bin" hit feature some ambitious power pop.

[Fritz Zwicky]

Here's a lovely duet with Feist and Ben Gibbard.



A bizarre duet between Nick Cave and Shane Macgowan. (You can practically see the fumes coming off Shane. That handshake is priceless.)



Another indie one, but a pretty duet, and Colin Meloy's voice sounds sweetest on this song.



And Gary mentioning Serge Gainsbourg put me in mind of Gainsbourg's daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and her duet with Beck.

[Mayonegg]

I was surprised that this song wasn't included:


Not surprised about the following two, but I really like them:



Also, Under fucking Pressure. Come on, guys.

[grumm]

Of course. Under Pressure is #1. Definitely surprised it didn't come up.

[KeithTalent]

I put this in the covers thread recently but it's also a duet:




The song I really wanted to put here is not on youtube (because I'm so motherfucking hip) so I'm afraid you'll have to download it.

Robbie Fulks with Lucinda Williams - Pretty Little Poison:
http://www.mediafire.com/?9ynqrbbeu9cuauk

[jar]

Wow. I didn't even think of Hunger Strike.

[Fritz Zwicky]

I used to love this album, but I kind of played it out. This song, though, still kills me with the chorus' hook.



Their last album wasn't the best, but I think this was a standout.



Without a doubt one of They Might Be Giants' prettiest songs, a cover of a Cub song.



Finally, in honor of Paul F. Tompkins, Todd Glass, and Dr. Cosby, here is Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman and Philly native Alec Ounsworth with a song probably unrelated to Philadelphia.

[luvrhino]

My favorite song with a location in the title is Oh, Atlanta by Little Feat. My favorite version of it is from their fantastic live album Waiting for Columbus, which is decidedly funkier than the one below. However, this video shows them performing in '74 and is closer to the (still great) original:



Gary nailed it with Sufjan Stevens's Chicago, which is his best song:



Finally, if you have young children, i highly recommend the band I'm from Barcelona. They have many perky, happy songs that cause toddlers to bop and dance in an adorable fashion. They also happen to be really enjoyable, regardless your age. Fitting with the theme, their first hit was title We're from Barcelona. Of course, they're actually Swedish. I also don't know if Barcelona qualifies as a roadtrip destination for American listeners.

[KeithTalent]

YOUTUBE HAS THWARTED ME AGAIN

I'll just put the lyrics.


Drop the goody-goody look and put on your shoes
Because I'm gonna recommend a little somethin' for you
(Oh yeah)

Grab your little Lulu or your Sally or Sue
And take her out to that Metropolis without no taboos
(Oh yeah)

What you say?
Who are you?
Never mind.
Just sing the tune.

Sextown U.S.A., we can go anywhere and it becomes...
Sextown U.S.A., we can go here or there, it all becomes...
The perfect place, and what a pace...

Man, I've heard of Peyton Place and Pigalle too
But this is better than the others, it's American too
(Oh yeah)

No one has the time to eat a meal or to think
Because they're way too busy doin' Kama Sutra-y things
(Oh yeah)

Look around
See the sights
Go to bed
What a life

Sextown U.S.A., we can go anywhere and it becomes...
Sextown U.S.A., we can go here or there, it all becomes...
The perfect place, and what a pace...

There's a whole lotta fish in the sea

Sextown U.S.A., we can go anywhere and it becomes...
Sextown U.S.A., we can go here or there, it all becomes...
The perfect place, and what a pace...

If you try to come here and you try to abstain
They'll send you to the prison for the criminally insane
(Oh yeah)

Maybe I'll just stay here for the rest of my life
Because it's better than commuting here with you every night
(Oh yeah)

Sextown U.S.A., we can go anywhere and it becomes...
Sextown U.S.A., we can go here or there, it all becomes...
The perfect place, and what a pace...

[OGRastamon]

Catching up on Thanksgiving. Thanks to Pat who in "Got Your Number" gifts us with the easiest game ever "Guess the Theme of Our Theme-Titled Episode".
Thanks also to Pat for making me find this.

[BrainRotMenacer]

I'm a little late to the podcast, but I'm almost caught up (two episodes left at the time of this post).

In regards to the XXX episode, death metal and goregrind (ya rly) have a lot of territory to uncover with explicit lyrics, but I guess they wouldn't work well for the show since they're usually difficult to understand, and the lyrics tend to be pathologically disgusting rather than amusingly tawdry. Take the following, for example:

Exhumed - Vagitarian II

Spoiler:  

Admiring the syphilitic visage, of the pustule ridden genitals that I adore
Oozing sebum and pus dribbling on the labia, leaves me panting for more

Vaginal excrements fume and funk, the stench of festering menstrual discharge
The wafting odor tortures my nasal passage, the glistening cunt wet with blood

A crust ridden musty flap of lust suffering, from severe dermatological disorder
The sanguined slit lined with papules, And genital warts along its fleshy borders

Licking the sickening twat
The foul stench of the blistering crotch
Drinking the menstruated slop
Delight in each pustular drop

Passing blood clots
Eating crotch rot
Septic blood and pus
Consume the runny crust
Urine flows out of the slit
Piss washes over the clit
Taste the blood and piss
Nothing compares to this

My face fully buried within
The pubic mound of grime and warts
Voraciously lapping up excrements
Of every sordid type and nauseating sort

The atrocious nauseating odour, proves too strong to resist in the end
The nauseating fumes overwhelm me, as I vomit into the moist pungent gash

Regurgitate onto the cunt
Puke on the gore ridden slut
Drunk off the urine flow
I bathe in the afterglow

It's on YouTube if anyone is really that curious. Don't bother trying to hear any of the words, though.

Love the podcast, btw. Would like it on Facebook but I don't have an account.

[Finnias Jones]

ROCK SOLID G
Lots of 70's prog — Do not watch if you are afraid of bearded men playing flutes, mellotrons, or odd time signatures:

[Finnias Jones]

Mo' G:
Pre-Acca Dacca Brian Johnson — Geordie

[Finnias Jones]

Rock Solid — Meta Rock

My picks:
The Kinks - A Rock N' Roll Fantasy
Foreigner - Juke Box Hero
Bad Company - Rock and Roll Fantasy
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Working For MCA
Sex Pistols - EMI

Runner up:
Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock

And the winner: Queen - Tenement Funster (1974)

[Fritz Zwicky]

Here are three good meta rock songs that I came up with off the top of my head. I think the key is to be somewhat cynical.

"He's the liar who lied in his pop song. And you're lying when you sing along."



A classic.



Dumb fan video, but here you go:

[Bryan_]

[grumm]

So glad to see Okkervil River show up in this thread! I think Gary would really like them, and perhaps Pat as well. Great band.

[Finnias Jones]

Rock Solid: Baby Talk

A different "Cry Baby" that I think both Pat & Gary might appreciate - The Motels - smokin' live version of a new wave classic from their second album. Check out the guitar work…


A lovely cover of a great Bob Dylan song - Them w/ Van Morrison

[Fritz Zwicky]

A truly lovely number from Nick Cave.



A fun ditty from TV Girl.



The Pixies. 'Nuff said.