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+ Mon, February 21

9. Yo La Tengo – ∀

If I were to pick my “I’m stuck on a desert island and I can only have one band for the rest of my life” band, I’d pick Yo La Tengo almost immediately.  The second I’d pause would be spent handing out deep apologies to Broken Social Scene, Interpol, HUM and The Shins.

I always find myself lost for words when it comes to this band.  With a career as old as myself, there’s a lot of ground to cover and I’m frantically trying to do that as quickly as I can.  It’s been less than a year since I first ran into them and I’ve already purchased a large portion of their output in the last decade.  70 songs in without a single one that I need to skip and with many that I need to replay.

I know this isn’t exactly a song, but as you might be able to understand, it’s hard for me to pick just one.  There’s the rolling duo of Cherry Chapstick and Little Honda.  There’s the loving touches of Autumn Sweater and You Can Have It All.  The sensual Moby Octopad, the rough ‘n tumble Deeper Into Movies, the passive-aggressive Nuclear War and the guitar rock of all of Painful.

And to think, I’ve only scratched the surface in the last nine months.  You can expect to hear more of these songs as I find the words.  Yo La Tengo for president, man.

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1 → Alec Jensen  –  (Feb 22 2005, 12:03 PM)

I think I might have to agree to the Yo La Tengo desert island thing. The only band that I can think of that might win over YLT is The Beatles. It’s not necessarily that they’re the best, it’s that, well, they never get old, and they never fail to give me that warm, peaceful thing that everything is, and always has been, all right.  YLT for president.
And you forgot Sugarcube, dude.

2 → pd  –  (Feb 22 2005,  4:01 PM)

> And you forgot Sugarcube, dude.

I figured it wouldn’t be kosher to list off the entire the entire album, but I mean, the only way to not draw a winner from that album is if you pull Spec Bebob first.  Basically, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One is the best thing ever made and you haven’t lived until you’ve listened to it on repeat for a day.






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