the curse of blondie

all the same · #1 06-10-2005, 02:47 PM

Has anyone picked this record up? I'm listening to an online radio station http://www.radio-indie-pop.com/radio.html and they have a couple tracks from it. Both are amazing! How is the rest of the album?

amber · #2 06-10-2005, 02:48 PM

I got it last year, it's good, and my CD came with Bonus Video, which was awesome. Of course, Diss will go on at length about how great it is, so I will step aside and let him do so. But I def. recommend it.

all the same · #3 06-10-2005, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

I got it last year, it's good, and my CD came with Bonus Video, which was awesome. Of course, Diss will go on at length about how great it is, so I will step aside and let him do so. But I def. recommend it.

I haven't seen you around lately! How are you doing? Myself? Well, I'm glad you asked. I'm lame, as lame as lame can be! I feel all skiddish and shifty. This is not cool. I think I'll go buy the Blondie record now. It will help...

strandinthewind · #4 06-10-2005, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by all the same

I haven't seen you around lately! How are you doing? Myself? Well, I'm glad you asked. I'm lame, as lame as lame can be! I feel all skiddish and shifty. This is not cool. I think I'll go buy the Blondie record now. It will help...

Might I suggest a margarita - I love them and tequila does wonders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

amber · #5 06-10-2005, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by all the same

I haven't seen you around lately! How are you doing? Myself? Well, I'm glad you asked. I'm lame, as lame as lame can be! I feel all skiddish and shifty. This is not cool. I think I'll go buy the Blondie record now. It will help...

I've seen you, but then you never look at stuff I answer....

I was hoping you were feeling better.

Looks like you're not.

Skittish and Shifty? lame. I've been feeling that way, but also coupled with lazy lethargy. I hope you feel better soon. You may want to wait for other reviews before you buy it - Just in case.

dissention · #6 06-10-2005, 02:54 PM

It's one of my favorites from them, but it's definitely not for everyone. The first five tracks are classic Blondie (Golden Rod being one of their best songs ever), but as soon as you get to Background Melody, you know that it's going to get weird. Magic is pretty out-there, even for Blondie, as are The Tingler and Desire Brings Me Back. Her voice is fantastic, though, and I'd definitely recommend the DualDisc over the regular CD if you can get it.

all the same · #7 06-10-2005, 02:58 PM

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It's one of my favorites from them, but it's definitely not for everyone. The first five tracks are classic Blondie (Golden Rod being one of their best songs ever), but as soon as you get to Background Melody, you know that it's going to get weird. Magic is pretty out-there, even for Blondie, as are The Tingler and Desire Brings Me Back. Her voice is fantastic, though, and I'd definitely recommend the DualDisc over the regular CD if you can get it.

Weird in what sense? I am a huge fan of weird music. Do you mean weird like Mary Margaret O'Hara (if you don't know who that is, she does some crazy vocals on Morrissey's November Spawned a Monster and is Catherine O'Hara's sister) weird or unlistenably weird? Not that Debbie Harry sounds anything like Mary Margaret O'Hara!

dissention · #8 06-10-2005, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by all the same

Has anyone picked this record up? I'm listening to an online radio station http://www.radio-indie-pop.com/radio.html and they have a couple tracks from it. Both are amazing! How is the rest of the album?

OMG, they're playing that horrid demo for Franz's Tell Her Tonight. Just when I had blocked it out of my head...

all the same · #9 06-10-2005, 03:00 PM

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I've seen you, but then you never look at stuff I answer....

I was hoping you were feeling better.

Looks like you're not.

Skittish and Shifty? lame. I've been feeling that way, but also coupled with lazy lethargy. I hope you feel better soon. You may want to wait for other reviews before you buy it - Just in case.

I've been just sort of popping in, adding my two cents and leaving. I must be missing your posts 'cause I haven't been hanging out here for long. Sorry. Yeah, I hope I feel better soon too. I'm really weird right now. Very introverted. I'm usually introverted, but I'm introverted in the sense that I'm annoyed when people talk to me? Like I get all irritated by the sound of people speaking. This is new to me. Hmmm... am I turning into Howard Hughes or what?

all the same · #10 06-10-2005, 03:01 PM

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OMG, they're playing that horrid demo for Franz's Tell Her Tonight. Just when I had blocked it out of my head...

I haven't heard that one yet! They just played Arcade Fire! YAY!!! The great thing is you can totally skip tracks!

amber · #11 06-10-2005, 03:03 PM

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I've been just sort of popping in, adding my two cents and leaving. I must be missing your posts 'cause I haven't been hanging out here for long. Sorry. Yeah, I hope I feel better soon too. I'm really weird right now. Very introverted. I'm usually introverted, but I'm introverted in the sense that I'm annoyed when people talk to me? Like I get all irritated by the sound of people speaking. This is new to me. Hmmm... am I turning into Howard Hughes or what?

Maybe. But sometimes everything is just too irritating. Everything. You don't want to hear/see/do/whatever anything you don't want to. I'm sure it will pass.

And remember, people are in fact, irritating, so, there's that.

dissention · #12 06-10-2005, 03:03 PM

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Weird in what sense? I am a huge fan of weird music. Do you mean weird like Mary Margaret O'Hara (if you don't know who that is, she does some crazy vocals on Morrissey's November Spawned a Monster and is Catherine O'Hara's sister) weird or unlistenably weird? Not that Debbie Harry sounds anything like Mary Margaret O'Hara!

Weird as in completely out of left-field and absolutely jarring upon first listen. The first time I heard Magic, I didn't know what the hell to make of it. It's an old folk song and they gave it the royally odd treatment. Desire Brings Me Back is...indescribable. A very avant garde jazz song. It starts off for the first minute or so as out of tune instruments playing together until even begins to kick into gear. I'm listening to that station now and trust me, Good Boys is no indication of the actual album. Amazon should have clips of all the songs.

all the same · #13 06-10-2005, 03:04 PM

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Maybe. But sometimes everything is just too irritating. Everything. You don't want to hear/see/do/whatever anything you don't want to. I'm sure it will pass.

And remember, people are in fact, irritating, so, there's that.

True. True.

dissention · #14 06-10-2005, 03:04 PM

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I haven't heard that one yet! They just played Arcade Fire! YAY!!! The great thing is you can totally skip tracks!

Run for your life, Daniel, cried the Mad Hatter...

Trust me, the demo is absolutely unlistenable.

all the same · #15 06-10-2005, 03:05 PM

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Weird as in completely out of left-field and absolutely jarring upon first listen. The first time I heard Magic, I didn't know what the hell to make of it. It's an old folk song and they gave it the royally odd treatment. Desire Brings Me Back is...indescribable. A very avant garde jazz song. It starts off for the first minute or so as out of tune instruments playing together until even begins to kick into gear. I'm listening to that station now and trust me, Good Boys is no indication of the actual album. Amazon should have clips of all the songs.

Good Boys is crazy good! I have to admit I'm not a massive Blondie fan... maybe I'll download some of the new record on limewire and see if I wanna buy it.