Comments on: Wrapping Up 2009: Jandy’s Favorite Music http://morepop.rowthree.com/2009/12/wrapping-up-2009-jandys-favorite-music/ Music, Television, Books and everything else that crosses our minds. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:32:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jandy http://morepop.rowthree.com/2009/12/wrapping-up-2009-jandys-favorite-music/#comment-2065 Jandy Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:04:57 +0000 http://morepop.rowthree.com/?p=2955#comment-2065 It literally took me about four years to become a YYYs fan, because I first heard them back around the time "Show Your Bones" came out. It was actually someone here, Goon I think, that suggested I listen to YYYs instead of Metric (I decided to do it "in addition to" rather than "instead"), and that's what really pushed me into getting "It's Blitz," which I loved almost immediately. But yeah, seeing them live is great - they do a really carefully produced, polished live show, which I often don't like as much as raw, all-over-the-place shows, but Karen O is so charismatic, it's hard not be sucked in. Yeah, I find I can't use Neko as a seed on internet radio stations yet, because they'll give me stuff that's too country for me. But the sound that she and Jenny Lewis (in "Acid Tongue," not the earlier albums) and Amy Millan (in her solo work, not with Broken Social Scene or Stars) have been perfecting - that I love to bits. I might have to go back and listen to more of the older stuff. It literally took me about four years to become a YYYs fan, because I first heard them back around the time “Show Your Bones” came out. It was actually someone here, Goon I think, that suggested I listen to YYYs instead of Metric (I decided to do it “in addition to” rather than “instead”), and that’s what really pushed me into getting “It’s Blitz,” which I loved almost immediately. But yeah, seeing them live is great – they do a really carefully produced, polished live show, which I often don’t like as much as raw, all-over-the-place shows, but Karen O is so charismatic, it’s hard not be sucked in.

Yeah, I find I can’t use Neko as a seed on internet radio stations yet, because they’ll give me stuff that’s too country for me. But the sound that she and Jenny Lewis (in “Acid Tongue,” not the earlier albums) and Amy Millan (in her solo work, not with Broken Social Scene or Stars) have been perfecting – that I love to bits. I might have to go back and listen to more of the older stuff.

]]> By: Big Scott http://morepop.rowthree.com/2009/12/wrapping-up-2009-jandys-favorite-music/#comment-2061 Big Scott Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:32:16 +0000 http://morepop.rowthree.com/?p=2955#comment-2061 Liked the Decemberists one (especially the Rakes Song), still not a YYY fan. I think I need to see them live to get the full experience or something. There's a couple on your list that I need to check out. Really loving the Camera Obscura one. If i had done an honorable mention, it would have been on it. Neko's a bridge to pure country music. I just loved your take on this. Her voice is right on par with some of the legends like Patsy Cline. I've been going back and listening to a lot of that classic country, and finding I love a lot of it. Before it was hijacked by pop producers and Viacom (MTV). Liked the Decemberists one (especially the Rakes Song), still not a YYY fan. I think I need to see them live to get the full experience or something. There’s a couple on your list that I need to check out. Really loving the Camera Obscura one. If i had done an honorable mention, it would have been on it. Neko’s a bridge to pure country music. I just loved your take on this. Her voice is right on par with some of the legends like Patsy Cline. I’ve been going back and listening to a lot of that classic country, and finding I love a lot of it. Before it was hijacked by pop producers and Viacom (MTV).

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