1.13 Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long 1.16 Punk Love 2.1 Roses 2.2 Love Is Like Jazz 2.23 I Shatter 3.2 It's a Crime 3.11 Experimental Music Love 3.21 Strange Eyes 3.23 Zebra
las vueltas a casa los viernes/sábados por la noche no hubiesen sido iguales sin canturrear All the umbrellas... que de pitillos se han consumido con esa canción en los cascos
"In the 69 Love Songs booklet, Stephin Merritt says, "I wanted to make a cello solo out of an electropop song. Also, I've been trying to do a two-note melody for a long time, and how better to do that than over a three-note cello loop".
Stephin Merritt's vocal is heavily treated, accentuating it's natural lugubriousness.
LD Beghtol writes:
Another super fun one to sing live because the backing vocals are so tricky — and it's really hard to sing without any inflection or emotion at all, unless you're a German new-waver at heart… oh, wait, we all are!"
3.11 EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC LOVE
"This is the track that led to critics citing Steve Reich (1936-) as an influence for the surface similarity to Reich's early tape loop pieces. However, Stephin Merritt explains in the 69 Love Songs booklet that the technique behind the piece is not identical to Reich's. Another reference point is Alvin Lucier (1931-).
LD Beghtol writes:
Infinite delay madness. We tried singing this live at the 1999 Knitting factory release show, with everyone onstage singing it in a 1-beat delay round… but chaos (the bad kind) ensued. Thenceforth we just played the tape… "
Con 11 votos:
2.2 LOVE IS LIKE JAZZ
"'You make it up as you go along'
When performing Love Is Like Jazz, musicians are apparently asked to play their own improvisations, following certain rules, independently of each other. This kind of free improvisation typifies the avant garde fringes of jazz rather than its mainstream.
The song takes on a different character in live performance where the anarchy finds comic theatrical expression. Daniel Handler, in particular, is known for throwing in snippets of Vangelis's Chariots of Fire theme, Peter Gabriel songs, and other motifs suitable to the occasion, on his accordion. "
Con 10 votos:
1.16 PUNK LOVE
"Apparently it is common for Stephin Merritt to speed up vocals after they have been recorded, and the effect of this is particularly apparent in Punk Love.
Yes, it comprises three barre chords.
LD Beghtol adds, "Oh, how I wish Stephin had written/recorded other potential titles we discussed at the time, like 'Heavy Metal Love,' 'Slowcore Love,' 'Bubblegum Love,' etc." "
Con 9 votos:
2.1 ROSES
"The shortest of the 69 songs, performed a cappella by LD Beghtol, who writes:
I sang one take on one track, then immediately sang another on another track on the same tape without listening to the first one.
When Stephin [Merritt] played them back they matched up precisely, since I tend to sing stuff pretty much exactly the same way every time I sing it, once I figure out what to do with a song. So he immediately added heaps o' reverb and mixed it on the spot. All of which took about 15 minutes... DONE! "
Con 8 votos:
3.23 ZEBRA
"Zebra provides the other bookend to 69 Love Songs, complementing Absolutely Cuckoo at the start.
Stephin Merritt has frequently said that he is not a big fan of Cole Porter, but in the 69 Love Songs booklet he acknowledges that Zebra is a parody of Cole Porter.
'We've got so many tchotchkes / we've practically emptied the Louvre'
'Tchotchke' is a Yiddish word, meaning trinket, or knickknack — usually inexpensive, and therefore not the kind of thing you'd usually expect to find in the Louvre, home to one France's most valuable art collections.
Con 7 votos:
3.13 LOVE IS LIKE A BOTTLE OF GIN
"Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin is in the unusual time signature of 21/8, which gives a lilting emphasis to each line. Having established a rhythm through the metre and repetition in each line ('It does this... / It does that...'), the song breaks the rhythm in the last line with the let-down, 'A bottle of gin is not like love'. "
3.21 STRANGE EYES
"Strange Eyes is in 5/4 time, an unusual time signature. It sounds almost like a bubblegum version of Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's Einstein on the Beach.
Some of the lyrics suggest use of 'automatic writing' or 'cut-up' techniques: for example, 'call me even when you don't / if only from pictures / it having been three years / They follow me in all my dreams'.
These lyrics actually follow the theme of the song, which is the protagonist's ex-lover's eyes. These "strange eyes" call to the protagonist, long after the ex-lover himself has stopped calling (phoning). And they call him from photos, presumably the only remnants of the relationship that ended years earlier. Hence the hard realisation: "Oh God, I'm still in love with you.."
The line "what did they see in me?", refers to the eyes, rather than the ex-lover himself."
Con 6 votos:
1.13 FIDO, YOUR LEASH IS TO LONG
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"Partly an exercise in writing lyrics that sound rude, but could technically, if implausibly, be defended if played on daytime radio. Has anyone tried this?".
Se abre la siguiente ronda, tenemos que eliminar 10. Como es fin de semana dejaremos abierto hasta el domingo a las 22:00 h. A partir de entonces las rondas durarán 24 h para que esto no se haga interminable.
1.04 A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off 1.10 The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be 1.14 How Fucking Romantic 1.23 The Things We Did and Didn't Do 2.19 Asleep and Dreaming 3.01 Underwear 3.07 Love in the Shadows 3.15 Blue You 3.22 Xylophone Track
Van mis votos. Alguno empieza a doler: Absolutely cuckoo How Fucking Romantic Boa Constrictor A Pretty Girl Is Like... Very Funny Underwear Love in the Shadows Blue You Xylophone Track
1.14 How fucking romantic 2.7 No one will ever love you 3.1 Underwear 3.2 It's a crime 3.7 Love in the shadows 3.9 Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget 3.15 Blue you 3.17 Two kinds of people 3.20 For we are the king of the boudoir 3.22 Xylophone track
3.1 Underwear 3.2 It's a crime 3.7 Love in the Shadows 3.10 Yeah! Oh, Yeah! 3.15 Blue you 3.17 Two Kinds of People 3.20 For We Are the King of the Boudoir 3.22 Xylophone Track
Comentarios
1.16 Punk Love
2.1 Roses
2.2 Love Is Like Jazz
2.23 I Shatter
3.2 It's a Crime
3.11 Experimental Music Love
3.21 Strange Eyes
3.23 Zebra
En breve los resultados.
Zebra
Strange Eyes
I shatter
Experimental music love
Roses
Fido yogur leash is too long
Love is like jazz
Love is like a bottle gin
Perdón pero estoy con el móvil, justo encendí el Mac y otra vez estropeado
Con 12 votos:
2. 23 I SHATTER
"In the 69 Love Songs booklet, Stephin Merritt says, "I wanted to make a cello solo out of an electropop song. Also, I've been trying to do a two-note melody for a long time, and how better to do that than over a three-note cello loop".
Stephin Merritt's vocal is heavily treated, accentuating it's natural lugubriousness.
LD Beghtol writes:
Another super fun one to sing live because the backing vocals are so tricky — and it's really hard to sing without any inflection or emotion at all, unless you're a German new-waver at heart… oh, wait, we all are!"
3.11 EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC LOVE
"This is the track that led to critics citing Steve Reich (1936-) as an influence for the surface similarity to Reich's early tape loop pieces. However, Stephin Merritt explains in the 69 Love Songs booklet that the technique behind the piece is not identical to Reich's. Another reference point is Alvin Lucier (1931-).
LD Beghtol writes:
Infinite delay madness. We tried singing this live at the 1999 Knitting factory release show, with everyone onstage singing it in a 1-beat delay round… but chaos (the bad kind) ensued. Thenceforth we just played the tape… "
Con 11 votos:
2.2 LOVE IS LIKE JAZZ
"'You make it up as you go along'
When performing Love Is Like Jazz, musicians are apparently asked to play their own improvisations, following certain rules, independently of each other. This kind of free improvisation typifies the avant garde fringes of jazz rather than its mainstream.
The song takes on a different character in live performance where the anarchy finds comic theatrical expression. Daniel Handler, in particular, is known for throwing in snippets of Vangelis's Chariots of Fire theme, Peter Gabriel songs, and other motifs suitable to the occasion, on his accordion. "
Con 10 votos:
1.16 PUNK LOVE
"Apparently it is common for Stephin Merritt to speed up vocals after they have been recorded, and the effect of this is particularly apparent in Punk Love.
Yes, it comprises three barre chords.
LD Beghtol adds, "Oh, how I wish Stephin had written/recorded other potential titles we discussed at the time, like 'Heavy Metal Love,' 'Slowcore Love,' 'Bubblegum Love,' etc." "
Con 9 votos:
2.1 ROSES
"The shortest of the 69 songs, performed a cappella by LD Beghtol, who writes:
I sang one take on one track, then immediately sang another on another track on the same tape without listening to the first one.
When Stephin [Merritt] played them back they matched up precisely, since I tend to sing stuff pretty much exactly the same way every time I sing it, once I figure out what to do with a song. So he immediately added heaps o' reverb and mixed it on the spot. All of which took about 15 minutes... DONE! "
Con 8 votos:
3.23 ZEBRA
"Zebra provides the other bookend to 69 Love Songs, complementing Absolutely Cuckoo at the start.
Stephin Merritt has frequently said that he is not a big fan of Cole Porter, but in the 69 Love Songs booklet he acknowledges that Zebra is a parody of Cole Porter.
'We've got so many tchotchkes / we've practically emptied the Louvre'
'Tchotchke' is a Yiddish word, meaning trinket, or knickknack — usually inexpensive, and therefore not the kind of thing you'd usually expect to find in the Louvre, home to one France's most valuable art collections.
Con 7 votos:
3.13 LOVE IS LIKE A BOTTLE OF GIN
"Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin is in the unusual time signature of 21/8, which gives a lilting emphasis to each line. Having established a rhythm through the metre and repetition in each line ('It does this... / It does that...'), the song breaks the rhythm in the last line with the let-down, 'A bottle of gin is not like love'. "
3.21 STRANGE EYES
"Strange Eyes is in 5/4 time, an unusual time signature. It sounds almost like a bubblegum version of Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's Einstein on the Beach.
Some of the lyrics suggest use of 'automatic writing' or 'cut-up' techniques: for example, 'call me even when you don't / if only from pictures / it having been three years / They follow me in all my dreams'.
These lyrics actually follow the theme of the song, which is the protagonist's ex-lover's eyes. These "strange eyes" call to the protagonist, long after the ex-lover himself has stopped calling (phoning). And they call him from photos, presumably the only remnants of the relationship that ended years earlier. Hence the hard realisation: "Oh God, I'm still in love with you.."
The line "what did they see in me?", refers to the eyes, rather than the ex-lover himself."
Con 6 votos:
1.13 FIDO, YOUR LEASH IS TO LONG
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"Partly an exercise in writing lyrics that sound rude, but could technically, if implausibly, be defended if played on daytime radio. Has anyone tried this?".
@Noir no he contado tu voto porque ya estaba el recuento hecho pero como ves no hubiera cambiado gran cosa.
Disco 1:
1 Absolutely Cuckoo
2 I Don't Believe in the Sun
3 All My Little Words
4 A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
5 Reno Dakota
6 I Don't Want to Get Over You
7 Come Back From San Francisco
8 The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
9 Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
10 The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
11 I Think I Need A New Heart
12 The Book of Love
14 How Fucking Romantic
15 The One You Really Love
17 Parades Go By
18 Boa Constrictor
19 A Pretty Girl Is Like...
20 My Sentimental Melody
21 Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
22 Sweet-Lovin' Man
23 The Things We Did and Didn't Do
Disco 2
3 When My Boy Walks Down the Street
4 Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old
5 Very Funny
6 Grand Canyon
7 No One Will Ever Love You
8 If You Don't Cry
9 You're My Only Home
10 (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy
11 My Only Friend
12 Promises of Eternity
13 World Love
14 Washington, D.C.
15 Long-Forgotten Fairytale
16 Kiss Me Like You Mean It
17 Papa Was a Rodeo
18 Epitaph for My Heart
19 Asleep and Dreaming
20 The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing
21 The Way You Say Good-Night
22 Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
Disco 3
1 Underwear
2 It's a Crime
3 Busby Berkeley Dreams
4 I'm Sorry I Love You
5 Acoustic Guitar
6 The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure
7 Love in the Shadows
8 Bitter Tears
9 Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget
10 Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
12 Meaningless
14 Queen of the Savages
15 Blue You
16 I Can't Touch You Anymore
17 Two Kinds of People
18 How to Say Goodbye
19 The Night You Can't Remember
20 For We Are the King of the Boudoir
22 Xylophone Track
Se abre la siguiente ronda, tenemos que eliminar 10. Como es fin de semana dejaremos abierto hasta el domingo a las 22:00 h. A partir de entonces las rondas durarán 24 h para que esto no se haga interminable.
Casi que va a dar gusto eliminarlas :-D
1.5 Reno Dakota
1.18 Boa Constrictor
1. 10 The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
2.13 World Love
2.14 Washington, D.C.
2.22 Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
3.9 Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget
3.20 For We Are the King of the Boudoir
3.22 Xylophone Track
1.10 The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
1.14 How Fucking Romantic
1.23 The Things We Did and Didn't Do
2.19 Asleep and Dreaming
3.01 Underwear
3.07 Love in the Shadows
3.15 Blue You
3.22 Xylophone Track
Congratulations, @elektrolu, menuda pasada....
A partir de la siguiente ronda viene ya la escabechina. Fuera de las 10 o 15 intocables para mí, es muy jorobado decidirse entre el resto.
Qué bien que hayas arreglado el código @Sebas, ayer no veía dónde estaba el error.
y son de amor o de sexo oral?
Van mis votos. Alguno empieza a doler:
Absolutely cuckoo
How Fucking Romantic
Boa Constrictor
A Pretty Girl Is Like...
Very Funny
Underwear
Love in the Shadows
Blue You
Xylophone Track
@elektrolu, bonicor!
Quedan menos de seis horas para pasar de ronda...
Two kind of people
Parades go by
You're my only home
Promises of eternity
Sleep and dreaming
Underwear
It's a crime
Love in the shadows
Blue you
1.12 The Book of Love
1.18 Boa Constrictor
1.19 A Pretty Girl Is Like...
1.23 The Things We Did and Didn't Do
2.21 The Way You Say Good-Night
2.22 Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
3.7 Love in the Shadows
3.10 Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
3.15 Blue You
3.22 Xylophone Track
THE BOOK OF LOVE!!
A por él.
1.14 How fucking romantic
2.7 No one will ever love you
3.1 Underwear
3.2 It's a crime
3.7 Love in the shadows
3.9 Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget
3.15 Blue you
3.17 Two kinds of people
3.20 For we are the king of the boudoir
3.22 Xylophone track
Me siento un poco mal por el disco 3
2.22 Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
3.1 Underwear
3.2 It's a crime
3.7 Love in the Shadows
3.10 Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
3.15 Blue you
3.17 Two Kinds of People
3.20 For We Are the King of the Boudoir
3.22 Xylophone Track
Menuda paliza se está llevando el tercero.
If there's a better reason
to jump for joy
who cares?
Un poco de sentido del humor