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This is mainly for littlerhymes's amusement, since we had a giant geek-out this weekend about our little alternative music listening baby selves.
What were you listening to 10 years ago?
Swoon - Tanya Donelly (Lovesongs for Underdogs)
I bought this CD on the back of one moderate review in Juice magazine, and I never regretted it. I know there are better known female alt-country singer-songwriters covering similar ground from that era, but she's my sentimental favourite.
Closing In - The Living End (The Living End)
TLE write really great catchy songs, but what I love most are when they break out their amazing instrumental skills. I still love them, ten years on - I saw them two years ago at the Hordern, and even though I was really sore the next day, it was well worth getting lost in the mosh for them.
Bottle Up and Explode! - Elliott Smith (XO)
I borrowed this album from the library, and I didn't return it for a half a year, until I managed to get my own copy (ah, back in the days before easy piracy...). Over the years I've grown to really love the second half of the album, all fragile impossibly pretty and weary songs.
Medication - Garbage (Version 2.0)
I don't think this is the album version, but my iTunes refuses to acknowledge my CD, grr. I saw Garbage performing Only Happy When It Rains on some awards show when was I was 12, and developed a big girlcrush on Shirley Manson. =)
Every Day is a Holiday - The Dandy Warhols (...Come Down)
Junkie was getting heaps and heaps of airplay on Triple J, but this was the song that made me get the CD. But I didn't really become a huge fan until 13 Tales.
Twin Falls - Ben Folds Five (Naked Baby Photos)
I think I've raved about my BFF love before. This is a cover of the Built to Spill song, and I like the original better, but if BFF had not covered it and raved about BtS in interviews, I never would've discovered the band for myself. Thanks, BFF!
Sunflowers - Everclear (So Much for the Afterglow)
I used to love Sparkle and Fade more, but I put both albums on recently, and I think Afterglow has held up better over time; even then, I stopped listening after their fairly woeful third album.
Strange News from Another Star - Blur (Blur)
I wish Blur would stop teasing about the possibility of reforming. I think they could still be amazing now. This album is pretty schizophrenic, trying to accommodate both the old Britpop catchiness and the much more sombre sound they ended up at.
Some of these albums were from 97, but I think released fairly late in the year for Australia.
Grounds for Divorce - Elbow (The Seldom-Seen Kid)
I really like the new album, and it's made me go back and dig out all my Elbow albums to listen to.
Pity and Fear - Death Cab for Cutie (Narrow Stairs)
The new Death Cab is solid, though not much has jumped out at me as a standout track. I think it'll be a grower.
Hallelujah - The Helio Sequence (Keep Your Eyes Ahead)
I've posted this before, but it's still on high rotation.
Hurricane - The Hush Sound (Goodbye Blues)
I thought about posting Honey or The Boys Are Too Refined, which were my two favourite songs on first listening, but this is a nice song, and more easily overlooked. I like the stripped back sound, Greta's pretty (if airy) voice. (The one I thing I really miss on this album is a song like Wine Red where they utilise the different qualities of Bob and Greta's voices in the same song.)
Violet Hill - Coldplay (Viva La Vida)
Ro is going to give me shit over this, but I like the song, dammit. It's got the same qualities as all my favourite Coldplay songs - the slow build, the expansive sound, the solemn quiet bookends.
Pork and Beans - Weezer (Weezer [red])
The tracks I've heard from this new album pretty much confirm that Rivers Cuomo has made peace with the fact that Weezer now exists to be a parody band of Weezer that once was. The tongue-in-cheek songs amuse me though (The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived the most ridic, but knowingly so) so that's a step up from the previous two albums.
When the Day Met the Night - Panic at the Disco (Pretty.Odd.)
I still love this song, and it makes me sad whenever I see comments bemoaning the strings and horns on the album. I think the orchestral arrangement are awesome, and I think they're particularly awesome on this track.
Modern World - This is Ivy League (This is Ivy League)
This makes me think of leeched sunlight, green tinted through leaves.
You can find Ro's corresponding 98 v. 08 lists here
What were you listening to 10 years ago?
Swoon - Tanya Donelly (Lovesongs for Underdogs)
I bought this CD on the back of one moderate review in Juice magazine, and I never regretted it. I know there are better known female alt-country singer-songwriters covering similar ground from that era, but she's my sentimental favourite.
Closing In - The Living End (The Living End)
TLE write really great catchy songs, but what I love most are when they break out their amazing instrumental skills. I still love them, ten years on - I saw them two years ago at the Hordern, and even though I was really sore the next day, it was well worth getting lost in the mosh for them.
Bottle Up and Explode! - Elliott Smith (XO)
I borrowed this album from the library, and I didn't return it for a half a year, until I managed to get my own copy (ah, back in the days before easy piracy...). Over the years I've grown to really love the second half of the album, all fragile impossibly pretty and weary songs.
Medication - Garbage (Version 2.0)
I don't think this is the album version, but my iTunes refuses to acknowledge my CD, grr. I saw Garbage performing Only Happy When It Rains on some awards show when was I was 12, and developed a big girlcrush on Shirley Manson. =)
Every Day is a Holiday - The Dandy Warhols (...Come Down)
Junkie was getting heaps and heaps of airplay on Triple J, but this was the song that made me get the CD. But I didn't really become a huge fan until 13 Tales.
Twin Falls - Ben Folds Five (Naked Baby Photos)
I think I've raved about my BFF love before. This is a cover of the Built to Spill song, and I like the original better, but if BFF had not covered it and raved about BtS in interviews, I never would've discovered the band for myself. Thanks, BFF!
Sunflowers - Everclear (So Much for the Afterglow)
I used to love Sparkle and Fade more, but I put both albums on recently, and I think Afterglow has held up better over time; even then, I stopped listening after their fairly woeful third album.
Strange News from Another Star - Blur (Blur)
I wish Blur would stop teasing about the possibility of reforming. I think they could still be amazing now. This album is pretty schizophrenic, trying to accommodate both the old Britpop catchiness and the much more sombre sound they ended up at.
Some of these albums were from 97, but I think released fairly late in the year for Australia.
Grounds for Divorce - Elbow (The Seldom-Seen Kid)
I really like the new album, and it's made me go back and dig out all my Elbow albums to listen to.
Pity and Fear - Death Cab for Cutie (Narrow Stairs)
The new Death Cab is solid, though not much has jumped out at me as a standout track. I think it'll be a grower.
Hallelujah - The Helio Sequence (Keep Your Eyes Ahead)
I've posted this before, but it's still on high rotation.
Hurricane - The Hush Sound (Goodbye Blues)
I thought about posting Honey or The Boys Are Too Refined, which were my two favourite songs on first listening, but this is a nice song, and more easily overlooked. I like the stripped back sound, Greta's pretty (if airy) voice. (The one I thing I really miss on this album is a song like Wine Red where they utilise the different qualities of Bob and Greta's voices in the same song.)
Violet Hill - Coldplay (Viva La Vida)
Ro is going to give me shit over this, but I like the song, dammit. It's got the same qualities as all my favourite Coldplay songs - the slow build, the expansive sound, the solemn quiet bookends.
Pork and Beans - Weezer (Weezer [red])
The tracks I've heard from this new album pretty much confirm that Rivers Cuomo has made peace with the fact that Weezer now exists to be a parody band of Weezer that once was. The tongue-in-cheek songs amuse me though (The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived the most ridic, but knowingly so) so that's a step up from the previous two albums.
When the Day Met the Night - Panic at the Disco (Pretty.Odd.)
I still love this song, and it makes me sad whenever I see comments bemoaning the strings and horns on the album. I think the orchestral arrangement are awesome, and I think they're particularly awesome on this track.
Modern World - This is Ivy League (This is Ivy League)
This makes me think of leeched sunlight, green tinted through leaves.
You can find Ro's corresponding 98 v. 08 lists here