Oh Me Oh My, more CDs
I must post more CDs, I am getting behind again. Reflexive update: I am listening to all the CDs I own, in order, because my wife challenged me to do so and, well, why not?
260) Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: Freak Out!
Freak out indeed, an early Zappa recording, Suzy Creamcheese and so forth, “Help, I’m a Rock!,” “Wowie Zowie,” it’s Zappa, great if you when you are in the mood, and luckily I was when this one’s turn came…
261) Prince: Sign O’ The Times
I thought “If I Was Your Girlfriend” was the greatest pop song ever for about 2 months after I heard it; I still think it’s a great song, but the spoken word goofiness in the middle part is a little too Prince-peculiar. But wow, what a consistantly great collection of songs, stunningly, uniformly of a quality most songwriters could only dream of…
262) Cabaret Voltaire: The Original Sound of Sheffield ‘78/’82
Very lo-fi electronic weirdness, not nearly as poppy or danceable as their later stuff (which is saying something); interesting in parts, dull as hell in other parts, might be fun to chop up and remix.
263) Astor Piazzolla: Tango: Zero Hour
I think I will listen to the Piazzolla box set when I hit #300. I can’t say enough about Piazzolla’s compositions, which would be stunning even if he were just a bandleader, but good god, be plays this stuff on a bandoneon…
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