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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: revisiting the White Stripes |
| Date | Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:29:59 -0600 |
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>From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
>At 10:58 PM 10/29/2003 -0800, AssociationWorks wrote:
> >1) What kind of "rock" band has no bass player?
>
>Well, the Doors, for one. Not that the Doors didn't suck 31 flavors of ass
>-- 'cause they did -- but it's not unheard of for rock bands not to have
>bass players.
The White Stripes suck...The Doors suck...this is what I love about this
list: the measured intelligent analysis of popular music.
>>Until Outkast's "Hey Ya" came out -- and as a side note, I find it odd
>>that
>I don't think a hit single that features most of the beloved tropes of
>classic power pop (a prominent acoustic guitar track, handclaps, falsetto
>harmonies on the chorus, a cool vintage synthesizer hook straight out of
>the ELO songbook, even lyrics about the frustrations and idealization of
>love) has been mentioned once so far on a list that claims to prize these
>virtues above all others -- the best single I'd heard all year was the
>White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army." Sure, you could argue that the song is
>nothing but a riff...but it is one major-league, kick-ass riff that riffs
>harder than any other riff has riffed in ages.
You find it "odd" -- what took you so long??? No doubt, "Hey Ya" is yet
another of Outkast's singles over the years. But if some of your "beloved
tropes" could apply to a lot of songs that fall outside the realm of power
pop (acoustic guitar track -- Shania Twain, anyone; handclaps, falsetto
harmonies, idealization of love -- because other than power pop, so few
musicians write about love...). I also don't hear no ELO in the synth line.
What I hear is a perfect dixie fried update of early '80s Prince, infused
with a bit of George Clinton from that same era.
Of course, this is an insanely great pop, and not power pop list, so I
suppose every Auditeer should spend about 4 minutes (the length of the
Outkast song) flogging his or herself for failing to wait until almost the
end of October to mention the song.
New thread idea -- please name every great pop song that has never been
mentioned on the Audities list. Extra credit if it has falsetto harmonies,
acoustic guitar or lyrics about the frustration and/or idealization of love.
Shakin' it like a Polaroid picture --
Mike Bennett
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