"I saw Tracy Chapman open for Sting"

i will be forever envious of this.

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and if forced to choose something from this century... robyn's 'dancing on my own' is a sure bet. you can't not bop to it. just try resisting its infectious beat and deeply human lyrics.

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nirvana's unplugged album is a winner every time i listen to it.
zenyatta mondata will never disappoint.
i could listen to tracy chapman read the phone book, but i'll settle for a repeat listen of her titular album.

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the leo/clare R&J soundtrack was excellent. garbage - perfection.
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different speeds, tones, moods for reading, writing, cooking, doodling, being, and generally putting up with it all.
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there's a version of mmmbop 25 years later that's slowed down slightly and that downshift makes the lyrics seem poignant somehow, in a way that eluded many of us when it was just a 'bop'
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i like this nod to the materiality that provides access into different registers of play and the unfettered nature of experimentation that less about a preset goal & more about the temporal urgency to play now. even -- especially -- when there may be forces pulling in other directions.
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not quite teen, and was into music before this, but i remember madonna's 'true blue' vinyl 45 being quite a get. we all crowded around my jack and jill (was that a thing?) record player, removed my large lp of the 6 million dollar man, & watched the little blue disc go round 'n round
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is that like when the audience starts singing auld lang syne during the nye concert at the nyphil?
(dont judge me for my limited cult outings)
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Will you be replying exclusively with references to people named toby?
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(to be clear, i mean the magician, not a waxed dickensian figure)
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I went to the one in London many moons ago and was freaked out by a flying david copperfield -- as in, his wax figure was suspended in air wearing a slightly menacing expression.
(shudder)

did i say cereal? i meant surreal...ity.
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ok, fine. i'll play.
lalitha. opalite. the album is about cereal(s). #popplaypod
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on an umpteenth rewatch, and same... same.