{"id":8,"date":"2004-01-20T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-20T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therem.net\/blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2004-01-20T21:35:00","modified_gmt":"2004-01-20T21:35:00","slug":"old-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therem.net\/blog\/old-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day I was inspired to dig out my old tape of They Might Be Giants<\/a>‘ Lincoln<\/i><\/a>. I recorded it way back in 1988 at the Hamilton College radio station, WHCL. From vinyl. (Music piracy was a lot harder and less rewarding back in those days.) Despite the occasional pop and hiss, the album is great, in my opinion better than their follow-up album, the far more popular Flood<\/i><\/a>. The music is more diverse, and the lyrics are a mixture of nonsense, humor, and creepy psychological insight. After all this time, I’m thinking of buying it on CD.<\/p>\n

In the process of looking for Lincoln<\/i>, I noticed another album I used to love but haven’t listened to in years: Boylan Heights<\/i><\/a>, by The Connells<\/a>. I remembered this album as a very sincere, melodic and rather sober piece of work. I’ve had a rough few days emotionally, and it fit my mood perfectly, so I put it on this evening and was impressed with it all over again. (A side note: I realized while looking at the track listing online that I changed the order when I recorded from Eric’s CD. Why? I really can’t remember.)<\/p>\n

This all made me think about the musical treasures of yesteryear, those albums I bought in high school or college and pull out every once in a while to listen to despite their inferior formats (vinyl or cassette; I’m just barely too young to own any 8-track tapes — whew!). This entry is an ode to those old war horses:<\/p>\n

Big Country — The Crossing<\/i><\/a> & The Seer<\/i><\/a>
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\nThe Cure — Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me<\/i><\/a>
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\nDepeche Mode — Black Celebration<\/i><\/a>
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\nMichael Penn — March<\/i><\/a>
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\nPink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon<\/i><\/a> & The Wall<\/i><\/a>
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\nThe Posies — Dear 23<\/i><\/a>
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\nPrince — 1999<\/i><\/a> & Purple Rain<\/i><\/a>
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\nThe Sugarcubes — Life’s Too Good<\/i><\/a>
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\nTears for Fears — The Hurting<\/i><\/a>
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\nThat Petrol Emotion — Babble<\/i><\/a> & Chemicrazy<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

So many of these have been remastered and reissued that I might have to go on a CD-buying binge. In the mean time, I lift my mason jar of beer to you, old faves!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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