Song of the Day Thread

[crazyzeke]

The Beets - Killer Tofu

Whew. Where to start with this. It's a novelty song from the 1991 Nickelodeon show Doug and it popped into my head after I'd spent 4 hours writing songs (I have about 4 good ones, 3 with semi-completed lyrics, and overall probably enough for 2 decent albums in the originals band I expect) for the first time in years. I listened to it... and then again... and then again... then discovered there's a longer version which has better drums and a great guitar solo although it's a bit distorted sadly and yeah, I love it. The lyrics crack me up and have a surprisingly good message and the mock Brit accents are a h00t.

My main takeaway is that it's a sign of how wacky and brilliant the 90s was, that you could have a novelty song so awesome on a cartoon and it'd end up in rotation on a music video channel. That blows my mind even now.

Talking of 90, it's well worth that amount of seconds of your time for a chuckle.

[crazyzeke]

Land of Talk - All My Friends

This rules, right up my street - heavily emphasised thirds in the verses and "jazz chords" in the other bits, again I love this kind of style and try and write like it often.

Good recommendation, thanks!

[windmill]

The Masters Apprentices - Undecided

[Nudger]

The Masters Apprentices - Undecided

YEAAA!
Broke out my Before birdmen.. comp on the strength o this..

Rum Drunk - The Moods
https://youtu.be/UNjFMstrF3k

[Salfaromeab]

Girl Trouble - My Hometown

[crazyzeke]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-0Oect0nVQ

I don't know about song of the day but I started figuring this out by accident the other day then bothered to do the whole thing, now I've put it forward for consideration in the wedding band as it's a total crowd pleaser, yet I never see bands do it. I'm sure they'll probably stinkface out of doing it but it was worth the effort - this song actually uses two different diminished chords in two different sections, one is A# diminished and one is B diminished. You have to be a good writer to get away with that. One of the diminished chords changes to a dominant 7ᵀᴴ chord a perfect fourth above - that's clever stuff, modern pop records just don't do that any more, it seems. Never too late to bring it back.

[PorkyPrimeCut]

Shannon & The Claims - The moon Is In The Wrong Place

[windmill]

Laughing Clowns-Sometimes (I Can't Live With Anyone)

[X-Ray Spex]

There was a tonne of industry buzz around them at the time but they kind've completely disappeared for a while, I think the whole Boho / Hippie LA vibe all-girl band thing was just a bit ahead of it's time. If they were just starting now they would be killing it.

Yeah that's the thing - in my group of musicians, I'm always saying I wish there were more women in rock and roll, it can diversify the genre because women have a different perspective, lyrically you can listen and it can open your eyes to things and topics you just can't get from all-male bands or at least not in the same way.

I was hoping after Hole and Breeders and those sorts of bands (love the Breeders especially - Last Splash on vinyl is one of my favourite) it'd be more of a thing by now, but I'm sure we'll get there eventually, seeing bands like Wet Leg and Wolf Alice is a good start.

I guess in a way Warpaint are kinda like Pixies - ahead of their time, trailblazers whose influence eventually works it's way into guitar based music and changes what it is and what it can be.

Top picks would be Disco//very, from their newest stuff Hips

And this killer live version of Bees

They all use Jags and Mustangs too so very OSG appropriate.

I'll give those a listen later, just about to watch the Killing Joke movie now, can't believe it's taken me this long to get around to it.

I don' t know where you're based but here in Ireland women in music is absolutely booming since the pandemic, it's great to see.

Some top picks would be:

Just Mustard

Slightly biased as they're from my hometown of Dundalk but really interesting blend of shoegaze and industrial, massive sounding live as well.

They're making real waves being signed to the same record label as Idles and getting opening slots with The Cure and Fontaines DC on their last few tours.

Top tracks:
Deaf - Live
Seven
Frank

Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra

An insanely powerful voice and really well-written melodies, played with them a few times and really nice people to boot too. Big Cranberries / Dolores O Riordan vibes.

I Didn't Love You when I Said I Did and I Don't Now

Sprints

Alt / Trashy Dublin post punk, another band seriously on the rise.

Dealer's Choice

Mhaol Irish name, pronounced MWhale.

Arty post punk with pretty savage satire and lyrical themes.

Gender Studies

Hotgirl

Unbelievably honest songwriting, themes so sharp you'd nearly cut yourself on them.

My Big Sister

[crazyzeke]

I don' t know where you're based but here in Ireland women is music is absolutely booming since the pandemic, it's great to see.

Based on Fender's statistics about the demos buying their guitars etc in the pandemic, that makes total sense. Female artists on the rise, and I'm all for it.

Side note, to be honest based on all the "vibe" music (vibe basically meaning wallpaper music with no hooks to be used in the background of TikToks or whatever) I think artists who are trying to make, y'know, actual songs that have rises and falls, verses and choruses, everyone raising their game in terms of songwriting, male female other, is much needed as an "all hands on deck" kind of thing. Music being used like film score and having no huge choruses or what have you is a bit of a travesty I think.

Some top picks would be:

Thanks for the big list! I'll have a proper look in near future

[windmill]

The Specials - Enjoy Yourself It's Later Than You Think

[crazyzeke]

Deaf - Live

I can't listen to the Spotify ones cos I boycott streaming but YouTube is fine (happy to sub to Premium as there's so much good content) and I have to say I fucking this, it's great. It's what MBV of Loveless era might sound like if Belinda sung all the songs and they made an album around that 3-5 years later.... and sometimes Shields screamed over the top

[eggwheat]

Jesus man, I about did a double take when I saw your user name, blast from the past!

It's cute how many people never left & still remember. I'm amazed I have 4,500+ posts, I can't imagine I'd have the time and inclination to do all those now

I know only 14 pages of posts in a couple of weeks. Welcome back. Where abouts in w sussex are you?

[seenoevil II]

Occasionally, the algorithm brings me something that is actually enriching.

Knower seem be what happens when the nerdy music school kids have soul too.
https://youtu.be/ls17vqcH-Xw?si=ltxGK31mcxqIMagM

Then, there's "Lemon and Little Lemon" by Deerhoof off The Runners Four. I think it might be the most perfect unit of music ever made.
https://youtu.be/VS79wc2kwSw?si=9EdiU7a6_dOe2XWD

[andy_tchp]

Occasionally, the algorithm brings me something that is actually enriching.

Knower seem be what happens when the nerdy music school kids have soul too.
https://youtu.be/ls17vqcH-Xw?si=ltxGK31mcxqIMagM

Good to see Knower getting a shout. Louis Cole is the man.

Related: for something a little more experimental check out Clowncore. That's Louis on drums (and keyboards, some vocals and bicycle horn) and Sam Gendel on sax/keyboards.

clown core live (censored)