Comments on: Specials Redux http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/ you're so boring boring boring / always tape machine recording Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mix me a molotov: mp3 du pdx » Blog Archive » Tomorrow Is Record Store Day http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1904 mix me a molotov: mp3 du pdx » Blog Archive » Tomorrow Is Record Store Day Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:50:40 +0000 http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/#comment-1904 [...] Record stores have been dear to my heart since I was in my teens. Back then I’d take a 90 minute bus ride into San Francisco on weekends to do what I called RSB’ing (Record Store Browsing). I’d hit the Tower Records at Fisherman’s Wharf (they had an amazing import section back then), and then from there sometimes I’d go to Haight Street, where there were about 5 or 6 different stores I loved. I also spent alot of time at Village Music in Mill Valley, Rasputin Records in Berkeley and the Used Record Shoppe in San Rafael (long gone). Also, Planetspin Records in downtown Novato (also long gone) and Ken Watts Music (which I’ve blogged about previously). [...] [...] Record stores have been dear to my heart since I was in my teens. Back then I’d take a 90 minute bus ride into San Francisco on weekends to do what I called RSB’ing (Record Store Browsing). I’d hit the Tower Records at Fisherman’s Wharf (they had an amazing import section back then), and then from there sometimes I’d go to Haight Street, where there were about 5 or 6 different stores I loved. I also spent alot of time at Village Music in Mill Valley, Rasputin Records in Berkeley and the Used Record Shoppe in San Rafael (long gone). Also, Planetspin Records in downtown Novato (also long gone) and Ken Watts Music (which I’ve blogged about previously). [...]

]]> By: nigebhoy http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1778 nigebhoy Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:57:09 +0000 http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/#comment-1778 yeh the lily allen version with the pecials was ok, and the cover of "too much too young" by kasabian fell a little short of the original version, but now we also have the re-release by paolo nutini of "it must be love" by madness(originally by labi siffry) coming out on the radio 1 cd as well. looks like the music makers of today are realising that the tunes we listened to when we were young are the same ones that the youth of today want to hear as well. yeh the lily allen version with the pecials was ok, and the cover of “too much too young” by kasabian fell a little short of the original version, but now we also have the re-release by paolo nutini of “it must be love” by madness(originally by labi siffry) coming out on the radio 1 cd as well. looks like the music makers of today are realising that the tunes we listened to when we were young are the same ones that the youth of today want to hear as well.

]]> By: Tawd http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1776 Tawd Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:13:26 +0000 http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/#comment-1776 Man, you listened to much cooler music in high school than I did. I should post the song "We're Stars" by Hear 'N' Aid, so you can A-B the two. Yours is much cooler. I don't know the Specials' stuff at all, but I actually know this song. When I saw Sting (at the Gorge Amphitheater on the Soul Cages tour), he had a super-group open for him. They were called Special Beat, and they were made up of members of the Specials and English Beat. Being from Yakima, I had no idea about either of those bands, but my friend Drew (who grew up in Seattle, and who knows more songs than anyone else I've ever known) knew every song they did, even the drum fills. He played them in the air, while he was dancing. That's what I remember about this song. That and they played it much faster live. Oh, and you'll be horrified to know that except for Drew, not a single person in the audience had a clue about who the weird opening band was. They kept saying, "Come on, sing along" and stuff, but we were completely unable to. Except for Drew, like I said. Thought you'd appreciate that little story. p.s. to B.M.M. - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" is an album by Neutral Milk Hotel, and it totally rules. Go check it out; you won't be sorry. Man, you listened to much cooler music in high school than I did. I should post the song “We’re Stars” by Hear ‘N’ Aid, so you can A-B the two. Yours is much cooler.

I don’t know the Specials’ stuff at all, but I actually know this song. When I saw Sting (at the Gorge Amphitheater on the Soul Cages tour), he had a super-group open for him. They were called Special Beat, and they were made up of members of the Specials and English Beat. Being from Yakima, I had no idea about either of those bands, but my friend Drew (who grew up in Seattle, and who knows more songs than anyone else I’ve ever known) knew every song they did, even the drum fills. He played them in the air, while he was dancing. That’s what I remember about this song. That and they played it much faster live.

Oh, and you’ll be horrified to know that except for Drew, not a single person in the audience had a clue about who the weird opening band was. They kept saying, “Come on, sing along” and stuff, but we were completely unable to. Except for Drew, like I said.

Thought you’d appreciate that little story.

p.s. to B.M.M. - “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” is an album by Neutral Milk Hotel, and it totally rules. Go check it out; you won’t be sorry.

]]> By: Molly Mormon http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1775 Molly Mormon Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:59:16 +0000 http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/#comment-1775 Can thoughts be verbatim? Can thoughts be verbatim?

]]> By: Blind Morton Henkin http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 Blind Morton Henkin Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:56:58 +0000 http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2007/10/04/specials-redux/#comment-1774 What the hell is "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"? And I can't believe you mentioned (and even hosted an MP3 by) that whore Amy Winehouse but totally failed to mention Tim Armstrong's A POET'S LIFE. That whole bloody album is a Specials tribute, to my way of thinking. Harrumph! What the hell is “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea”?

And I can’t believe you mentioned (and even hosted an MP3 by) that whore Amy Winehouse but totally failed to mention Tim Armstrong’s A POET’S LIFE. That whole bloody album is a Specials tribute, to my way of thinking.

Harrumph!

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