tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16171545445449086102024-02-20T16:58:26.328+09:00Some Really Good BandsThis is a tribute to many wonderful bands and artists, each offering their own unique style and lasting imprint on the music industry. Maybe you never had a chance to learn much about them before. Watch and listen to each artist and discover why they so legendary.Poemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232308429058521348noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617154544544908610.post-84413781072459432082007-02-11T18:16:00.000+09:002007-02-11T18:48:40.469+09:00Pop Will Eat Itself<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br>Who?</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Pop Will Eat Itself/PWEI/The Poppies still have a loyal following. Known for their wit and mockery of the industry around them, they experimented with a range of styles.</span><br /><br /><object height="280" width="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0_NCduKZDpI"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0_NCduKZDpI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="280" width="360"></embed></object><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">There Is No Love Between Us Anymore</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Listen</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">This band had such a evolving musical journey, it's worth getting a hold of a range of their stuff.</span><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://rcourcy.free.fr/radio.blog/sounds/Pop Will Eat Itself - Can You Dig It(Vinyl).rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#CC0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://www.morbid-romantic.net/radio.blog/sounds/Pop Will Eat Itself- Cape Connection.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#CC0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Desert Island Disc</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">All their albums are great in their own style. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dos Dedos Mis Amigos.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lyrics</span></span><blockquote><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Welcome to a state where the politics of hate</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shout loud in the crowd "Watch them beat us all down."</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There's a rising tide on the rivers of blood</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But if the answer isn't violence, neither is your silence</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Ich Bin Ein Auslander</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br>Fun Facts</span></span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Poppies became the first band to appear on Britain's <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Top of the Pops</span> without being signed to a major label when <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">RCA</span> dumped them right before <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Get the Girl! Kill the Baddies!</span> became their biggest commercial success.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;">The band has designed around 100 hugely popular<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> t-shirts </span>with outlandish desgns and slogans, such as taking the Pepsi logo and replaced it with PWEI</span></li></ul><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tell me more</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" >links go here</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><br /><br />...Poemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232308429058521348noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617154544544908610.post-91195206789364162952007-02-11T17:42:00.000+09:002007-02-11T18:03:47.095+09:00Panic! At The Disco<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Who?</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">A recent band with growing popularity. Their music is a fusion between punk, pop, dance, electronica and rock. Just don't call them <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">emo</span>! (Or at least not to their faces).</span><br /><br /><object height="280" width="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NMYs6t4tTOI"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NMYs6t4tTOI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="280" width="360"></embed></object><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">I Write Sins Not Tragedies</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Listen</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></span>Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off. I<span style="font-family:georgia;">t's also the <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">name </span>of this track</span><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://jerevendique.free.fr/radio.blog/sounds/Panic! At the disco - Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#CC0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Desert Island Disc</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Their only studio album so far is 2005's <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">A Fever You Can't Sweat Out</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lyrics</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ></span><blockquote style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">These aren't lyrics at all but the name of a song</span></span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fun Facts</span></span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:georgia;">Panic! recorded “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” for only $10,000.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;">The singles "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" and "But It's Better If You Do" make up a line from the 2004 film Closer</span></li></ul><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tell me more</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" >links go here</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><br /><br />...Poemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232308429058521348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617154544544908610.post-41194817465609345252007-02-11T14:41:00.000+09:002007-02-11T15:10:48.737+09:00Portishead<span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Who?</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Haunting, melodic, soulful and jazzy, this lo-fi triphop band first came to public attention in the mid 90's.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><object height="280" width="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/06cZjetgSL8"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/06cZjetgSL8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="280" width="360"></embed></object></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Listen</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">A couple of tracks to enjoy</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://canaratomik.free.fr/RadioBlog/sounds/Portishead - Wandering Star.rbs&colors=body:#ffffff;border:#BBBBBB;button:#cc0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowScriptAccess="always" width="180" height="23" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" FlashVars="id=1&filepath=http://canaratomik.free.fr/RadioBlog/sounds/Portishead - Sour Times.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#CC0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;"></embed></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Desert Island Disc</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dummy </span></span>is the album I'm more familiar with.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lyrics</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;">Give me a reason to be a woman<br />I just wanna be a woman<br />So don't you stop being a man<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Glory Box</span><br /></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fun Facts</span></span><br />Portishead reject the tag triphop, calling it a media invention<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tell me more</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" >links go here</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><br><br>...Poemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232308429058521348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617154544544908610.post-67615754221449460922007-02-11T12:45:00.000+09:002007-02-11T13:18:12.051+09:00Pearl Jam<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br>Who?<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">When this band swept onto the world music in the early 90's, I remember vividly, standing quite still, feeling an overwhelming sense of hope for the future of music. Pioneers of grunge and the Seattle sound, their songs have stood the test of time.</span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: georgia;" height="280" width="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DU-IrhEz6i0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DU-IrhEz6i0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="280" width="360"></embed></object><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Listen<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">They have many great tracks and a wonderful collection of b-sides. Here are some of their best known tracks.<br /><br /></span><embed style="font-family: georgia;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://www.voice-of-the-raven.com/radio.blog/sounds/Pearl Jam - Alive.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#CC0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed style="font-family: georgia;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://ffboss6661.free.fr/radio.blog/sounds/Pearl Jam - Black.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#CC0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed style="font-family: georgia;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://criminalisticautem.dajoob.com/radio/sounds/pearl jam - jeremy.mp3.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#CC0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Desert Island Album</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">While I love the collection of b-sides <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Lost Dogs</span>, my definitive desert island pick is of course <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Ten</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Lyrics</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Sheets of empty canvas<br>Untouched sheets of clay</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Were laid spread out before me <br>As her body once did.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" >Black</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Fun facts</span></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:georgia;">The band was originally called <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Mookie Blaylock </span>after the basketball player</span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;">Pearl Jam did not release any videos or singles from their second album <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Vs</span> in 1993. It debuted at No. 1 and went multi-platinum.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;">Pearl Jam testified against Ticketmaster in front of the Justice Department citing unfair business practices and only played at small venues during the mid 90s.</span></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />I want more<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">links go here</span><br /><br /><br />...<br /></span>Poemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232308429058521348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617154544544908610.post-86838362691012874682007-02-11T11:23:00.000+09:002007-02-11T12:04:21.500+09:00PJ Harvey<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br>Who?</span></span><br />PJ Harvey (Polly Jean) is a sassy, sexy, gritty singer/songwriter/musician from Britain. She is a consummate performer and plays with brash, high charged energy.<br /><br /><object height="280" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JDjTy9fWRmk"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JDjTy9fWRmk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="280" width="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Listen...</span></span><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://www.trois-nuages.info/radio.blog/sounds/03. PJ HARVEY - sheela na gig.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#FF9999;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://kida.musique.free.fr/radioblog/radioblog/sounds/PJ Harvey - A Perfect Day Elise.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#FF9999;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://www.hexenbu.de/radioblog/radio.blog/sounds/PJ Harvey - The Mess We're In.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#FF9999;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Desert Island Album...</span></span><br />My pick would be <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Lyrical excerpt...</span></span><br />PJ is always poetic in how she expresses herself<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><blockquote>Ten thousand willing<br />Pilots flying<br />Interfacing<br />Space and beyond<br />Built an army<br />To come and find me<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><br />Kamikaze</span><br /></blockquote></span></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Fun facts...</span></span><br /><ul><li>PJ Harvey is a published poet and trained sculptor who has exhibited her work.</li><li>She produced the album <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Uh Huh Her</span> herself and plays every instrument on every track.</li><li>PJ grew up on a sheep farm in the English countryside</li><li>She has <a href="http://www.myspace.com/pjharvey">her own myspace</a> page with 16955 friends at the time of this posting </li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I want more...</span></span><br />links go here<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">...</span></span>Poemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232308429058521348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617154544544908610.post-85703498152039196502007-02-11T01:20:00.000+09:002007-02-14T06:42:31.881+09:00The Pixies<span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Who?</span></span><br />Melodic, cryptic, witty.. THE alternative rock band that gave birth to an entire genre. Influenced by - oh so many styles - and paying it forward with so many wonderful influences in return on bands that have come and gone.<br /><br /><object width="360" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2mCoOlUjhlc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2mCoOlUjhlc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="360" height="280"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Debaser</span><br><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Listen</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Where is My Mind?</span> is, imho, the best song ever written.</span><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://abyssradio.extra.hu/radio.blog/sounds/The Pixies - Where is my mind.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#CC0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Desert Island Disc</span></span><br />Going with <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Surfer Rosa</span> here.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lyrics</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">With your feet in the air and your head on the ground<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Try this trick and spin it, yeah!<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Where is my Mind?<br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">Inspiring gmail addresses since 2007</span><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fun Facts</span></span><br /></span><ul><li>(bassist) Kim Deal once said "Actually, I don't even know the words to a lot of the songs. And they've never been explained to me."</li><li>the band was originally "Pixies in Panalopy" but they decided to shorten it</li></ul><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tell me more</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" >links go here</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><br /><br />...Poemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232308429058521348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617154544544908610.post-13088989891924768142007-02-11T00:17:00.000+09:002007-02-11T15:49:07.599+09:00Pulp<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Who?</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />I don't appreciate disco. I don't appreciate pop. I appreciate this disco/pop rock band. If you listen to this band, your life will actually become better before the track has finished.<br /></span><br /><br /><object height="280" width="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/61ThRHYFQvU"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/61ThRHYFQvU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="280" width="360"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Listen</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Listen to all of these! Really great.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://www.peclersparis.com/news/radio.blog/sounds/Pulp - Common People.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#cc0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#ECECEC" id="radioblog_player_0" flashvars="id=0&filepath=http%3A%2F%2Fkumara.free.fr%2Fradio.blog%2Fsounds%2FPulp%20-%20Do%20You%20Remember%20the%20First%20Time.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#cc0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://kumara.free.fr/radio.blog/sounds/Pulp - Mis-Shapes.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#cc0000;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Desert Island Disc</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Different Class - This album doesn't just complete your record collection, it replaces your record collection.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lyrics</span></span><br /><blockquote face="arial" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: arial;">I took her to a supermarket</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I don't know why</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">But I had to start it somewhere</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So it started there</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Common People</span><br /></span><br /></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fun Facts</span></span><br /></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Jarvis formed the band as a 15 year old school boy</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">William Shatner (Captain Kirk) covered the song Common People on his album (name)</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Tell me more</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" >links go here</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><br /><br />...</span>Poemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232308429058521348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617154544544908610.post-46544467579815984582007-02-10T23:20:00.000+09:002007-02-11T16:13:01.613+09:00Placebo<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Who?</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Placebo write terrific, original witty songs with messy lyrics and gritty themes. They have their own unique sound and are probably my favourite band in the known universe.</span><br /><br /><object height="280" width="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_yD-AjN4r3U"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_yD-AjN4r3U" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="280" width="360"></embed></object><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />Listen</span></span><br />The Placebo sound.<br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://www.xantology.com/music/radio.blog/sounds/Placebo - Slave to the Wage.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#111111;button:#FF9999;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://xfab29.free.fr/radio.blog/sounds/Placebo - Every Me Every You.rbs&colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#111111;button:#FF9999;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Desert Island Disc</span></span><br /></span>Hardly my definitive choice - going with <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Black Market Music</span> by a narrow margin.<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lyrics</span></span><br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Kind of buzz that lasts for days</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">had some help from insect ways</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">comes across all shy and coy</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">just another nancy boy.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Nancy Boy</span><br /></span><br /></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fun Facts</span></span><br /></span></span><ul><li>The band are well known for their <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">diverse sexual preferences:</span> Stefan Olsdal is homosexual, Steve Hewitt is heterosexual and gorgeous, gorgeous Brian Molko is bisexual.</li><li>Brian once worked in a bank shredding documents.</li><li>The song <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">This Picture</span> about "the ashtray girl" was inspired by James Dean.</li></ul><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tell me more</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" >links go here</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><br /><br />...</span>Poemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232308429058521348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617154544544908610.post-51627570119764787872007-02-10T19:14:00.000+09:002007-02-11T15:53:35.361+09:00Pink Floyd<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Who?</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Pink Floyd have created some of the most memorable and influential music ever recorded, inspiring and continuing to inspire musicians all over the globe.</span><br /><br /><object width="360" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xEf7BMUlfbY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xEf7BMUlfbY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="360" height="280"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Listen</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Wish You Were Here was voted most popular Pink floyd song <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">(link).</span></span><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_0" flashvars="id=0&filepath=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.snowpleasures.com%2Fradio.blog%2Fsounds%2FPink%20Floyd%20-%20Wish%20You%20Were%20Here.rbs&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#D5D5D5;button:#FFCCCC;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#999999;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://farewells.free.fr/Blog/radio.blog/sounds/Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb.rbs&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#D5D5D5;button:#FFCCCC;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="radioblog_player_1" flashvars="id=1&filepath=http://deftarea.free.fr/radio.blog/sounds/Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall.rbs&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;colors=body:#FFFFFF;border:#BBBBBB;button:#FFCCCC;player_text:#111111;playlist_text:#666666;new_tracks:#000000;" height="23" width="180"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Desert Island Disc</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />This is so tough. I keep flipping over which to list. Gah. Can't not put <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dark Side of the Moon</span>. It's simply amazing.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lyrics</span></span><br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And racing around to come up behind you again</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The sun is the same, in a relative way, but you're older</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Shorter of breath and one day closer to death</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Time</span><br /></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fun Facts</span></span><br />Their name is popularly believed to be inspired by two old time blues players <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Pink Anderson</span> and <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Floyd Council</span>. However, it has been argued (in <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The A-Z of Names in Rock</span>) that Roger Waters got the name from a pair of <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">cats </span>living at his address.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Tell me more</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" >links go here</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><br /><br />...</span>Poemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232308429058521348noreply@blogger.com1