My Saturday recommendation is to listen to the following songs in this highly specific, technical, methodological sequence. Brace yourselves.
First: “Down Boy” from the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s new E.P., “Is Is”.
Second: “Downtown” by Petula Clarke (do not mix this up with the Peaches’ song…or…do…)
Third: See First above.
Never one to in any way brand laziness as impertinence, I’m very excited about “Is Is”. However, it does beg the question whether the cool ones (™) are outstaying their welcome on the cushy laurels that their mere two album offering has proffered them. Great and all as their contribution to the Spiderman 3 soundtrack was (cf: “Sealings”), the song was over 4 years old and got sluggishly, albeit profitably, branded as “exclusive”. Yet credit where credit is due - Nick Zinner is doing his snappy snappy thing with admirable gusto (“Bones and All” and “I Hope You Are All Happy Now” – which I had the pleasure of oogling in Paris last summer), Brian Chase is presumably simmering effortless cool in some watering hole on the East Side and Karen O – well don’t get me started on what She may or may not be up to…
I like gold rings
I dislike footless tights
mp3 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Down Boy
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1492045/20041007/yeah_yeah_yeahs.jhtml
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