Princess Glenda

so if the “smashing pumpkins” and “new order” got drunk and hooked up and had a love child, it would be “silversun pickups“! the first time i heard “lazy eye” on the radio i instantly perked up.. ‘who’s this?’ i inquired to myself, knowing as familiar as the new order-ish music and the smashing pumpkins-ish vocals (but with a chick as the lead singer) sounded that i had definitely heard them before. fortunately myself was at a computer (shocking!) so i went and looked ‘em up. they do list pumpkins as an influence but not new order, but they’re probably just too young to know that either directly or indirectly, new order set the stage so to speak for their blend of alternative music. anyway, it’s a good sound. btw, the name silversun pickups came from the name of a local liquor store where they grew up, which makes as much sense as anything else (see also, “panic at the disco” or “franz ferdinand”).

speaking of new order, they’re making a movie about “joy division” & lead singer Ian Curtis. that oughta be nice & cheery! but of course i’ll see it because my taste in music does lean a bit towards the depressive (understatement alert). for example:

• my favorite relatively current, new cd’s are: “plans” by death cab for cutie which is all about death & dying, either literally or about the death & dying of love & relationships (good stuff!); and “eyes open” by snow patrol, which actually sounds rather upbeat, but is a collection of nothing but break-up songs. and i heard part of an interview with lead singer/songwriter , irish dude named Gary, where he said that every song on that album was written for one girl as their relationship came undone, and now they are not together, and he said he can only assume that now that they get a lot of air play she just changes the station when those songs come on the radio.
• recently i heard a new song i liked by “incubus,” so i go and look up the lyrics to “oil and water,” and (a) it struck a little too close to home and (b) there wasn’t a happy ending. geesh, i sure can pick ‘em!
• my music (legitimate) purchases over the last year include the aforementioned, death cab, and snow patrol, plus nine inch nails, and to top it off glen phillips. and i couldn’t help but think at some point that this may explain the need for therapy & zoloft (i’m off both now, btw, so look out)!
• j & i once had a debate over whose favorite music was more depressing, his = the cure; or mine = toad the wet sprocket and the subsequent solo releases of glen phillips. i won, or lost depending on how you look at it, hands down. i saw glen phillips for about the 10th time in a small, intimate venue this past winter and had a conversation with him for about the 4th time (to my relief he never remembers having talked to me before), and i told him about this debate. but before i could tell him the outcome he said, “well The Cure actually mixes it up and throws some happy music in there once in awhile. i don’t really do that.” i’m paraphrasing but that was the gist and i thought it was funny that he knows he writes some really depressing shit.

anywhoozer, you’re probably bored or bailed out already because you don’t know who half of these people / bands are, and i’m ok with that, i preferred it when the music i liked was considered “alternative,” but the point of this post is some very exciting news….

I GOT TICKETS TO SEE THE CURE AT RED ROCKS !!!

i heard a very brief concert announcement on friday and was so excited that i got up half an hour before my alarm was set to buy tickets on saturday morning ’cause i couldn’t sleep because i was afraid i would miss it and it would sell out! but at 10:07 i had secured two seats in the center of row 27, which is almost dead center of all the seating at red rocks which should be ideal sound-wise and pretty damn good viewing-wise too! yes i’ve seen the cure before, two or three times, but this is the cure @ red rocks! that is sooo awesome!

when we moved here i started watching the schedule at red rocks because it’s just one of those things you have to do. actually the day we arrived in denver “tool” was playing, which would have no doubt been really interesting but we were dealing with some altitude adjustment issues and it was like 110 degrees (like it is today) and i don’t think you see a lot of scalpers outside the amphitheater. anyway, eventually we saw r.e.m. under the stars which was amazing, but will likely pale in comparison. the show isn’t until oct. 2nd and omg, i can’t wait!

ps: speaking of big 80′s bands i tivo’d the concert for diana last night just to see duran duran. and while i thought “rio” was a crappy choice of songs, it’s always great to see the boys – and simon, nick, and roger actually looked great. then there’s john… he looked like the frickin’ crypt keeper only less animated! dude! you’re killing me! you’re tainting the memories of my hormone-induced teenage fantasies! do something! i am not usually a proponent of surgical enhancement, but maybe just some botox or something. of course quitting smoking about 2 decades ago wouldn’t have hurt, but since we can’t go back in time, how about you stay off the pipe or the pills or the powder or whatever you’re doing now because it has taken it’s toll and it is not a good look!

Posted: Sunday, July 1st, 2007 @ 11:45 am
Categories: Music, Rants.
Tags: 80's, Denver, Duran Duran, Glen Phillips, Red Rocks, The Cure, Zoloft.
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