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Aug. 15th, 2005 09:48 amThat Interpol video I linked a bit ago, the frightening puppet one, its song just came up in my playlist. It's so much more varied than I can remember their work being; it's clear why it's the single. It has a few different themes (it even sort of does the 'Grunge Song' thing, only more with brightness/rocking-guitarness instead of loudness/quietness, although there is a chunk of that too), the singer is better miked, and there's even some instruments I don't think they usually use. And my favorite, a thing I don't know the musical term for, but it's the counterpart of the tenser-said-the-tensor effect (where a beat is left unexpressed at the end of a verse/phrase, and that makes you want to continue the tune anew); it's where an extra beat is crammed in, usually in this case kind of conversationally (descending in tone/pitch), which really melds well with the sort of half-singing that the singer does. I'm inherently a sucker for that kind of thing, and also occasional syncopation inside a mostly very regular beat-structure.
Sometimes it is good when bands try to make a single, I guess.
I have all but for the last few pages (which are recap and advice for animal interaction) finished the Temple Grandin book I've been reading, so now I can read something written by a normal-language-using human and regain my abilities to speak in other than declarative sentences. It's an awesome book, though, and actually quite up-to-date and well-thought-out.
Oh, and this past weekend there was a Night Court marathon on, and since I fondly remembered not getting it when I tried to watch it in elementary school, we watched a few episodes. It's actually pretty well-written, and there were some notable guest stars. First, Cute Woman! Who was actually in three episodes, I see. Anyway, I recognised her from a 1/4 face shot of her being herded up to the bench, which impressed even me. Second, there was Gomez Addams, who is apparently still around and doing things, which is good, since he was pretty terrific. Anyway, at one point he was telling the story of a mental institution romance, and he said something like, "And our song was playing on the phonograph, over and over. (dreamy expression, long pause) (singing, softly and with emotion) Baaarney Google.... with his goo- goo- googley eyes... "
First of all, very well-played. Second of all, hey, that's a Spike Jones song you've got there! Huh, how about that, I said to myself.
Three days later, it's still playing in my head.
Sometimes it is good when bands try to make a single, I guess.
I have all but for the last few pages (which are recap and advice for animal interaction) finished the Temple Grandin book I've been reading, so now I can read something written by a normal-language-using human and regain my abilities to speak in other than declarative sentences. It's an awesome book, though, and actually quite up-to-date and well-thought-out.
Oh, and this past weekend there was a Night Court marathon on, and since I fondly remembered not getting it when I tried to watch it in elementary school, we watched a few episodes. It's actually pretty well-written, and there were some notable guest stars. First, Cute Woman! Who was actually in three episodes, I see. Anyway, I recognised her from a 1/4 face shot of her being herded up to the bench, which impressed even me. Second, there was Gomez Addams, who is apparently still around and doing things, which is good, since he was pretty terrific. Anyway, at one point he was telling the story of a mental institution romance, and he said something like, "And our song was playing on the phonograph, over and over. (dreamy expression, long pause) (singing, softly and with emotion) Baaarney Google.... with his goo- goo- googley eyes... "
First of all, very well-played. Second of all, hey, that's a Spike Jones song you've got there! Huh, how about that, I said to myself.
Three days later, it's still playing in my head.
