The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

Whiteout75 said:
Yeah, it is. I rarely listen to it in one sitting, but I still wouldn't leave out a single song. It's complicated.
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I mean, I just can't imagine one of my top five albums being something I rarely listen to all in one go... Can certainly understand it being complicated with this though. Do you folks that are big fans have like little mini albums made as playlists?
 
Lee Newman said:
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The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs



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69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields | Album | AllMusic

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields released in 1999. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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A great philosopher once wrote, "Ain't nobody got time fo dat shit."

Not listening, won't rate.
 
Lee Newman said:
I mean, I just can't imagine one of my top five albums being something I rarely listen to all in one go... Can certainly understand it being complicated with this though. Do you folks that are big fans have like little mini albums made as playlists?
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For me, it's more like occasionally diving in and wallow in the whole thing for a couple of days. Not really listening from start to finish, but instead just starting from a new random position whenever I listen.
 
Also, it's not really different than being lost in an artist's discography. Like i've been going through Metallica whenever I don't have kid or wife around (so mostly my ride to and from work). Or how Prince or anything Chris Thile or Beatles or Neil related results in their total listens on last.fm jumping a good bit with every new release/reissue.
 
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson

I have heard the name before, but have no idea what to expect.

This bassline is great, and speaking French over things usually makes them at least 37% cooler.

Breathy French female vocals are hot.

The orchestration elements are excellent.

I could listen to this for 2 hrs 52 mins.

That was incredible! I have never listened to Serge Gainsbourg before and I have to say I am now looking at his discography for more!

4 / 5 stars.
 
jt4527 said:
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson

I have heard the name before, but have no idea what to expect.

This bassline is great, and speaking French over things usually makes them at least 37% cooler.

Breathy French female vocals are hot.

The orchestration elements are excellent.

I could listen to this for 2 hrs 52 mins.

That was incredible! I have never listened to Serge Gainsbourg before and I have to say I am now looking at his discography for more!

4 / 5 stars.
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Who wants to tell him?
 
Lee Newman said:
I mean i don’t necessarily expect the author to know the biography of Steven Tyler or to have predicted that Ryan Adams is a fucking piece of shit. I haven’t read the book (hey @AnthonyI what’s the book say about Melody Nelson?) but I think this belongs here if nothing else for the conversation. It’s brilliant and also icky.
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But, isn't that also the point of the album? To make you think and talk about these uncomfortable things that (at least back then) was pretty common, AND fucked up. It's a piece of fiction, and it's about unhealthy obsession of youth and innocence, kinda like Nabokovs "Lolita" or "Taxi Driver". Yeah, it's icky but I also see it as a provocative and subversive piece of storytelling that has some pretty disturbing things to say about the world.
 
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Lee Newman said:
I mean, I just can't imagine one of my top five albums being something I rarely listen to all in one go... Can certainly understand it being complicated with this though. Do you folks that are big fans have like little mini albums made as playlists?
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It was originally released as a 3 cd box set (no vinyl) which makes it a bit more manageable. When I listen to it, it is usually just 1 cd, since many of the songs are shorter.
 
Whiteout75 said:
But, isn't that also the point of the album? To make you think and talk about these uncomfortable things that (at least back then) was pretty common, AND fucked up. It's a piece of fiction, and it's about unhealthy obsession of youth and innocence, kinda like Nabokovs "Lolita" or "Taxi Driver". Yeah, it's icky but I also see it as a provocative and subversive piece of storytelling that has some pretty disturbing things to say about the world.
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I mean i don’t know, maybe. I don’t know enough about it or Gainsbourg. Is there a moral, does the narrator end up smashed on the hammerbarn floor like his name his Hecuba?
 
Lee Newman said:
I mean i don’t necessarily expect the author to know the biography of Steven Tyler or to have predicted that Ryan Adams is a fucking piece of shit. I haven’t read the book (hey @AnthonyI what’s the book say about Melody Nelson?) but I think this belongs here if nothing else for the conversation. It’s brilliant and also icky.
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I'm not sure what book you're referring to, but if I take your question literally, "Melody Nelson" was a fictional muse for Serge. I really enjoy this albums "mood", if you put the context into the time period it came out, it plays into the love affair, open minded-ness that Americans had with French culture in the early 70's. Take movies like The Last Tango in Paris, same story, same "icky-ness"............whole other level btw, but Serge's album fit right into the times.

The mood of the musicality, mood and feel of the album are what works for me. You could listen to this not understanding a word of what's said, or the lyrics and still enjoy it.
 
AnthonyI said:
I'm not sure what book you're referring to, but if I take your question literally, "Melody Nelson" was a fictional muse for Serge. I really enjoy this albums "mood", if you put the context into the time period it came out, it plays into the love affair, open minded-ness that Americans had with French culture in the early 70's. Take movies like The Last Tango in Paris, same story, same "icky-ness"............whole other level btw, but Serge's album fit right into the times.

The mood of the musicality, mood and feel of the album are what works for me. You could listen to this not understanding a word of what's said, or the lyrics and still enjoy it.
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Wait, did you not get the 1001 albums to hear before you die book? Dammit, who am I thinking of?
 
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