tds

This entry has no purpose other than i need to write for some reason. Expect random musical commentary.

Dio's "Rainbow in the Dark" is fucking great. Maybe not in the sense it's a technical masterpiece, but Dio has such enthusiasm & underrated talent that it makes it so delightfully fucking bombastic. And it helps not to look at him, because he's ugly as sin, but man, what a voice. Seems like a cool guy, too. I used to dislike him a lot, but the more i hear "Rainbow in the Dark" i appriciate him. His videos have always been fucking awesome, though. Seriously, they may not rule for the same reason they might have at one point, but fuck, "Holy Diver" is a masterpiece.

I think i love Leonard Cohen. Downloaded a bunch of his stuff awhile back, since a friend of mine loves him, & i was curious after seeing him compared to guys like Lou Reed & John Cale somewhere. Don't see a lot of that comparison, but i love the style. Lyrically it just all seems so fluid, almost complicatedly effortless, if that makes sense. I think i need more. I'm listening to "Closing Time" right now, & while it isn't my favorite at the moment (leaning towards "Suzanne" at the moment; feel free to reccommend me more) it's very fun to listen to. How is Cohen classified, anyway? Alternative because he just doesn't fit anywhere? Maybe alt-country, if you wanted to really generalize?

I'm also getting a renewed appriciation of Elvis. Presley, not Costello, who i already consider a god in his own right. I love his Sun stuff, but honestly i like the stuff he did after a little better, if only for the polish. Holds up better to me, i guess. But he's one of the few guys there is who's presence you can hear in their music. I mean, you can't hear Elvis without thinking about his image & subsequent impact. He was fucking brilliant. I remember people calling Ricky Martin the next Elvis. Man...

I've come to the conclusion that "Street Hassle" by Lou Reed is my favorite song. This has been a personal debate for the last week or so. I've listened to this song SO many times since then, & i notice different things about it each time. I'm a major sucker for the whole mini operatic style, which helps; the Who's "A Quick One, While He's Away" has been one of my all time favorites since i was fifteen, both because i fucking LOVE the multi-song style & because of its use in "Rushmore." But "Street Hassle" is just such a dark song, with just enough light in it, that it all fucking works. And musically, i love it. Like, a lot. Like, okay, if it were a chick, i'd lick & caress its toes. The classical/orchestral style of it just makes your heart race. I was listening to it just after my class Tuesday. The leaves from the trees that surround the grassy area & everything else (anyone who's been to CRC knows what i'm talking about, at least vaguely) were all falling almost exactly with the music. It was an amazing image, one which i will remember for a long time. I love that song.

Anyway, yeah, i'll quit now.