OK, so, Animal fucking Collective. I might hate Tumblr more than them, what a mess of a platform that is - how the hell you all keep track of what anyone's saying I've no idea. Hence, posting this here
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It's hard to know what will be canonised - lots of terrible indie records have made it there over the years. Trouble is, the people who purport to define canons for pop music in the broadest sense (i.e. anything since jazz) tend to centre around rock, and anything else is tokenised - Public Enemy as the only black hip hop act in so many Greatest Albums Ever lists, and so on. My canon for this year, as represented by the list I constructed for the jukebox, is completely dominated by R&B, but I have no idea if this decade will be looked back on in 25 years in that light.
My favourite story about canons came from John Peel, talking about being on pirate radio alongside Tony Blackburn. He was completely sure that all the Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson and so on that Blackburn championed then would be forgotten in the future, whereas Iron Butterfly and It's A Beautiful Day would be revered by everyone.
I skipped a few of the indie second-chance tracks on the jukebox at present - they were plainly someone's favourites of the year, and I didn't particularly want to listen beyond the first 30 seconds just to construct a mystified negative review. I'm pretty much on your side on this one, unsurprisingly.
In a golden cage! On a winter's day! In the rain!koganbotDecember 3 2009, 20:36:00 UTC
It's A Beautiful Day! I remember It's A Beautiful Day! I even liked their one song! Well, I'm sure they had more songs than just "White Bird," but not that more than a thousand people heard probably. I'm amazed that anyone thought they were for posterity. Rather, I thought they were going to sit in their cage, unknown.
OK, now someone excellent is going to sing "White Bird" on American Idol, in a far better version than It's A Beautiful Day's, and the song well enter The Canon,* just as Heart's "Alone" did when Carrie Underwood sang it.
The original recalls what was often hideous about 1969's combination of vacuity and self-seriousness, but at least there's a good melody in there, and joy in the sound of organ and harmony.
My favourite story about canons came from John Peel, talking about being on pirate radio alongside Tony Blackburn. He was completely sure that all the Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson and so on that Blackburn championed then would be forgotten in the future, whereas Iron Butterfly and It's A Beautiful Day would be revered by everyone.
I skipped a few of the indie second-chance tracks on the jukebox at present - they were plainly someone's favourites of the year, and I didn't particularly want to listen beyond the first 30 seconds just to construct a mystified negative review. I'm pretty much on your side on this one, unsurprisingly.
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OK, now someone excellent is going to sing "White Bird" on American Idol, in a far better version than It's A Beautiful Day's, and the song well enter The Canon,* just as Heart's "Alone" did when Carrie Underwood sang it.
The original recalls what was often hideous about 1969's combination of vacuity and self-seriousness, but at least there's a good melody in there, and joy in the sound of organ and harmony.
*Like, there's a canon...
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