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 |  Subject: song: The Joys of Living  Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:50 pm | |
| I am really hooked on this. One of the best songs I have heard for years and years, and I can't even make out the lyrics yet.  Why such praise? Because to me at least the song tells the history of great British music since the 1970s in 3 1/2 minutes. I can hear so many musical references in there, the punk, the raggae (which is a real killer), the Smiths, and sounds that conjour up music I know but can't name. It'sa bit like when Egon tastes the ratatouille. A real achievement. Oh, and best use of an harmonica in a punk song ever. | |
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| | Subject: Re: song: The Joys of Living Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:43 am | |
| - museums wrote:
- I am really hooked on this. One of the best songs I have heard for years and years, and I can't even make out the lyrics yet.
Why such praise? Because to me at least the song tells the history of great British music since the 1970s in 3 1/2 minutes. I can hear so many musical references in there, the punk, the raggae (which is a real killer), the Smiths, and sounds that conjour up music I know but can't name. It'sa bit like when Egon tastes the ratatouille. A real achievement.
Oh, and best use of an harmonica in a punk song ever. I second this. I can't stop listening to it! I've put the lyrics up on the Lyrics page! | |
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