
If we're to believe the article seen in the September 2006 issue of
Spin, muscally tepid acts such as
Okkervil River,
Foutains Of Wayne and
Ryan Adams have been publicly embracing the snooze-inducing tunes by such squishy-core mid-70's outfits as
Hall and Oates,
America,
Supertramp and the artistically reprehensible
Bread. The day I'm forced to listen to softy-pop 70's folksters as a new cutting-edge schtick tactic, I'll toss my weight behind
The Boat Family, a quirky (quasi political) ditty recorded by
The Roches--the only sibling singers slightly less weird than
The Jacksons. While I'm unable to decipher exactly how the "piece of chocolate" singing to us in the introductory verse suddenly skips towards the issue of ocean-bound immigration by the end, this track has already given me more hours of enjoyment than a single line from
"Baby I'm A Want You."
2 comments:
Have you actually listened to Okkervil River? Judging by your description of them as "musically tepid," I'd say definitely not. Try giving bands a listen before passing on a rag's spoon-fed proclamations.
I try not to actually listen to the bands I make fun of...it keeps things interesting that way, don't you agree?
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