I got this album last week after only hearing a few songs
from it previously. It's a really stunning piece of work by Sigur
Ros that flows lucidly through well crafted orchestral
compositions. Tracks lead into one another creating a full
bodied piece instead of the usual start-stop disruptions
between song changes, it's quite easy to, and I'm sorry for
saying this, get lost. My Personal Favies are
Ára Bátur and Festival.
Another recent purchase is Boxer by The National. I'd only heard snippets from these guys over the past year and they'd been on my 'list' for who knows how long. I think I'm really getting into bands where the lead vocalist has a deep and sombre voice. There's no sexual attraction I'll add.
Ok maybe just a little.
Folk like Joy Division, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, The Smiths even siñor Bowie have been popping up and saying hello quite regularly on my 'old and funky' Spotify™ playlist, so The National's contribution for my quest to find a pretty deep sincerity and solemnness from a band, is quite considerable. Ok so Talking H
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eads isn't exactly humourless and gloomy, but it's still on the old and funky list.Other Peeps on that list include:
- MJ
- Lou Reed
- Prince
- Queen
- Notorious BIG ( 'yes boy' )
- Fugees
- Jefferson Airplane
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Duran Duran
- Gloria Jones
- Costello
- Stevie Wonder
- The Specials
- Mamas & Papas
- Echo & The Bunnymen
- Tears for Fears
- The Stranglers
- Rolling Stones
- A Flock of Seagulls
- New Order
- Pet Shop Boys, aaaand
- Lenny fuckin' Kravitz
I'm sure you'll all agree they all have old and funky qualities.
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