Wash that notion from your hair
Apr. 6th, 2004 12:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatI hate this resurgence of cold weather. I hope it gets warmer again soon.
I finished my taxes, but Pennsylvania only accepted my online return "conditionally," so I hope I don't need to do anything else with those.
I got my copy of Indestructible Object, the new EP from They Might Be Giants yesterday, and I just finished listening to it for the first time. Some early thoughts on it:
Am I Awake?: I think this has a neat electronic sound to it. Kind of similar to "My Man," but more energetic musically.
Memo To Human Resources: This is the only song on the EP that I hadn't heard before, so my opinion on it isn't that developed, but I like it. The lyrics definitely seem to be on the depressed side, though. I guess I get sort of a "down" vibe from the EP in general. Maybe it's the Johns' reaction to having done so much children's music in the past few years.
Au Contraire: I already knew and liked this one from Dial-A-Song, but the demo was slower. I tend to think it worked better when it was slower, but maybe that's just because it was what I'm used to hearing. Is this the first TMBG recording to use a flute? Overall, it sounds hippie-ish, I guess.
Ant: A bigger production than the version on the "Istanbul" EP, with horns, and a bigger build-up. I think I like it better than the earlier version. As I mentioned in my last TMBG concert review, I like the bits of "Hail To The Chief" in the third verse. The improv bit at the end is somewhat reminiscent of "Spy," but nowhere near as long or annoying. The gong at the end is a nice touch.
Caroline, No: A Beach Boys cover. I can't recall ever having heard the original, but I would imagine that the cover is pretty faithful. I didn't really care for it when I heard it live at the Other Thing shows, and it's still my least favorite of the five. Maybe it will grow on me, though.
I finished my taxes, but Pennsylvania only accepted my online return "conditionally," so I hope I don't need to do anything else with those.
I got my copy of Indestructible Object, the new EP from They Might Be Giants yesterday, and I just finished listening to it for the first time. Some early thoughts on it:
Am I Awake?: I think this has a neat electronic sound to it. Kind of similar to "My Man," but more energetic musically.
Memo To Human Resources: This is the only song on the EP that I hadn't heard before, so my opinion on it isn't that developed, but I like it. The lyrics definitely seem to be on the depressed side, though. I guess I get sort of a "down" vibe from the EP in general. Maybe it's the Johns' reaction to having done so much children's music in the past few years.
Au Contraire: I already knew and liked this one from Dial-A-Song, but the demo was slower. I tend to think it worked better when it was slower, but maybe that's just because it was what I'm used to hearing. Is this the first TMBG recording to use a flute? Overall, it sounds hippie-ish, I guess.
Ant: A bigger production than the version on the "Istanbul" EP, with horns, and a bigger build-up. I think I like it better than the earlier version. As I mentioned in my last TMBG concert review, I like the bits of "Hail To The Chief" in the third verse. The improv bit at the end is somewhat reminiscent of "Spy," but nowhere near as long or annoying. The gong at the end is a nice touch.
Caroline, No: A Beach Boys cover. I can't recall ever having heard the original, but I would imagine that the cover is pretty faithful. I didn't really care for it when I heard it live at the Other Thing shows, and it's still my least favorite of the five. Maybe it will grow on me, though.
