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June 18, 2004 1:24 PM

Guilty Pleasures (i.e. Def Leppard – “Hysteria”; Justin Timberlake – “Justified”), Essential Albums (i.e. Beastie Boys – “Paul’s Boutique”; The Tragically Hip – “Day for Night” ), and That Damn List Thing (i.e. Everybody Dance Now: 18 Songs That Might Make You Reconsider Disco; Hitched: A 17-Song Tribute to Gay Marriage). Fantastic music related essays and more at Splendid’s “Departments”.
posted by Quartermass (21 comments total)

Essential Albums : The Tragically Hip – “Day for Night”

No.


Nice site, though.
posted by dhoyt at 2:18 PM on June 18, 2004

dhoyt: can you kindly provide an example of what you think an essential album is then?
posted by kelrae3 at 2:37 PM on June 18, 2004

Good stuff, Quartermass. Thanks!
posted by shoepal at 2:43 PM on June 18, 2004

How about:
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

(I'm not getting into this discussion--I was merely taking the opportunity to mock the Tragically Hip. It felt good!)
posted by dhoyt at 2:49 PM on June 18, 2004

Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

Ha!
posted by kelrae3 at 2:55 PM on June 18, 2004

You're Canadian, aren't you? ;)
posted by dhoyt at 2:58 PM on June 18, 2004

Good guess...did you notice the polite 'kindly' on my above post? ;)
posted by kelrae3 at 3:06 PM on June 18, 2004

"I moved here from Canada, and they think I'm slow, eh?"
posted by keswick at 3:21 PM on June 18, 2004

I could in no way be construed as a vinyl geek but this made me laugh for 10 min.

From: 24 Ways Record Geeks are Different from Other People

"Require three days of heartfelt listening to discern the meanings and motives of Yo La Tengo"

I have soo done that. :-)
posted by elendil71 at 3:57 PM on June 18, 2004

This outstanding site brings honor and nobility to the name "record geek." Do not miss the lists. They are remarkably sensible.
posted by Faze at 4:04 PM on June 18, 2004

fun site--thanks. I'd switch out 1/2 the gay marriage songs--no Cher? what's up with that? ; >
posted by amberglow at 4:25 PM on June 18, 2004

Great writing, horrible site. Drag-down javascript navigaton? *shudder*
posted by keswick at 5:10 PM on June 18, 2004

One of the ones I disagree with..

RECORD GEEKS:

"Consider Rites of Spring's End on End to be the first worthwhile "emo" record"

OTHER PEOPLE:

"Consider Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American to be the first worthwhile "emo" record"

That should be ...

"Consider the act of voluntarily wearing thick glasses and three sizes too small polyester adequate justification for a savage beating, barely aware of what "emo" actually is."
posted by Grimgrin at 5:47 PM on June 18, 2004

Actually. . . I think they had that one right Grumgrin. End on End was one of my first true loves. . .
posted by Quartermass at 5:58 PM on June 18, 2004

Day for night is amazing. And so is Fear of A Black Planet. So dhoyt you're an ass.
posted by damclean2 at 6:31 PM on June 18, 2004

We both agree on Public Enemy, but in the end I'm an "ass" for disliking The Tragically Hip. Care to explain?
posted by dhoyt at 6:48 PM on June 18, 2004

I think The Tragically Hip - Road Apples is much better than Day for Night
posted by edmcbride at 7:47 PM on June 18, 2004

In cast I wasn't clear, I was suggesting an alternate entry for Other people, not for record geeks.

And dhoyt, don't argue with it. If you don't like the hip, you will never be able to have a meaningful discussion on the subject with someone who does.

Speaking of which does anyone else here disagree with with their assessment of the next three albums after day for night being a slow downward slide?

Trouble at the Henhouse, Phantom Power and Music at Work, while sure, not as good as day for night don't constitute a downward slide.

"Ahead by a century", "Fireworks" and "The Completeist" alone are worth the price of admission on each of those albums.

Grimgrin

"you said you didn't give a f*ck about hockey/ and I never saw someone say that before"
posted by Grimgrin at 10:18 PM on June 18, 2004

I have serious issue with the Hip. Up until Day For Night, the Hip were a fantastic band: a powerful bar-style band that backed up its original-souding and acting lead singer, Gord. Gord, unfortunately, has a most unique approach to singing, which often comes across as almost tuneless speak-sing. Don't get me wrong, his speak-sing act worked quite well since he what he lacked in tunefullness he add passion and emotion by the bucketfull (listen to Locked in the Trunk of a Car for the best example of this). Everything after Day For Night changed, however. The band went in a different musical direction that didn't seem to really focus on the music aspect (exceptions exist, ie Bobcaygeon) and Gord's tone of voice remained the same, but without the emotional content that existed in previous albums. As always, certain songs are standouts on every album, and can always be expected to please, however their new albums differ from their early albums in that I no longer feel that the entire album is fantastic. Gord Downy should be Canada's Poet Laureate, if we have such a thing, but the Hip can no longer be expected to please the way they did with Fully Completely, Road Apples, etc.
posted by ashbury at 7:04 AM on June 19, 2004

Being from Kingston, I have the Hip in my blood, and agree both that their early stuff was better and that the later stuff still has its moments.

But more importantly, I just wanted to say something about this whole "guilty pleasures" garbage, which makes it hard for me to take the rest of the site seriously. Why do people feel such a damn need to apologize for what they like? If you enjoy AC/DC or Def Leppard - or even Britney Spears - then more power to you. Rock'n'roll is supposed to be about non-conformity, right? So why do we have to feel guilty about liking the bands our friends expect us not to?
posted by ramakrishna at 7:01 PM on June 20, 2004

Btw, The best PE record is Yo! Bumrush the SHow then It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, THEN Fear of a Black Planet.

thanks,

Cool DJ Lobo.
posted by LouieLoco at 10:09 AM on June 22, 2004