Easily a top 3-5 artist/band for me, The Smiths. One of plenty of bands I could have listened to in High School, but didn’t discover until college. Great thing that occurred simultaneously is that I started buying vinyl records. A lot of them were current artists at the time, like 90s Radiohead (which are now probably 10x what I paid for them), but some were older. I was always a stickler for condition, but one of the record stores had a huge Smiths selection as if someone had ditched their collection. I didn’t buy them all much less in one sitting, but bought a lot of them including some imports and 12” singles. Getting to the point, what’s great is that their album covers were those great old black and white photographs that were then overlayed with some color. They just look so cool. Anyway, the music itself is great if you ask me.
Phew. Two back-to-back perfect weeks and then I go into this match down two for this week. Davies telling me I made a mistake and Haaland telling me not to doubt him. GG mate and thanks for simming Z.
I wouldn’t say I’ve been ignoring The Beatles as they’ve just been off the radar. In my early High School years I primarily listened to them and nothing else. For me there don’t really have any deep tracks. I think I overplayed them such that since I’ve always still loved them, but tend to look to other acts and just appreciate The Beatles when I catch them. This one is arguably my favorite track:
Great choice Kawai. So many to choose from when it comes to CCR. “Commotion” reminds me a bit of “Ramble Tamble’. The latter is a bit of a deep dive, but IMO one of their best.
They had a cover of this in season four of True Detective as well. Not my favorite track by them, but up there. Other is a “Summer” song for me, so I’ll go with this one. Oddly enough, Hope Sandoval is on another band’s album that I really like and will post a track from at some point. Finally, wish I had this album on vinyl and should have bought it back in the 90s. Haven’t checked prices since pre-Covid, but it was around $100 then.
Guy sounds like he’s got some issues, but his catalog of work is really impressive if you ask me. Can do different genres too. Tough to pick one including this one which is a bit more straightforward than his other work.
