Tractionless pop music guilty pleasure youtube video thread

[swag]

Here's one I like from the vile Dandy Warhols (warning: male and female breasts!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU7V1pNMEFw

[ghostsofgiants]

1. I had no idea that song was by them.

And does Zia ever wear a shirt?

[swag]

2. I saw her wearing a shirt and a jacket a few months back.

[ghostsofgiants]

3. Well i'll be damned.

[swag]

4. And I'll be dipped in shit.

It was in a snotty little grocery 'round these parts.

I should have asked her to take her shirt off, I guess, but everybody's already seen 'em anyway.

[swag]

5. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" - Bob Dylan to Donovan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZezmDPn6t0

[speedoo]

20. Trying to read Dylan is risky, but....

it just occurs to me that the way he looks at someone off to his right with that grin, is he dissing Donovan here? There's definitely something more going on, and the lyrics of the song would fit, as well.

I'm thinking maybe before Donovan showed up, Dylan was saying to whoever he's grinning at in this scene, something like... "Do I really have to spend time with this guy Donovan? Who is he anyway?"

[swag]

23. In the film, Donovan had just sung a relatively wanky composition

of his own to the folks in Dylan's hotel suite. Dylan is most definitely dissing Donovan by following up with a couple verses from "Baby Blue."

If you haven't seen it yet, please rent or buy DA Pennebaker's documentary "Don't Look Back." You of all people, with your Dylan roots, should see it. It's fantastic.

[speedoo]

25. Yeah, I gotta own it, much less see it.

I've seen a lot of clips from it and I know Dylan doesn't like it at all.

I also saw a hilarious out take from it, with Dylan playing word games with some street signs in London. It's in this exhibit that's traveling around the country:

http://www.weisman.umn.edu/exhibits/upcoming.html

I recommend it highly. I think it will be in Los Angeles later in early 2008. Here's more info...

http://www.emplive.org/exhibits/index.asp?categoryID=21&ccID=83

Have you been to EMP in Seattle? I'm thinking of visiting when I come out to Portland.

[swag]

26. Have not been to EMP, but a brother-in-law was recently there.

Will try to get his take on it.

Have heard varying reports.

Thanks for the clips!

[graywarrior]

63. Ha ha ha ha ha ha : Never ever EVER fuck with Dylan.

[blitzen]

6. Ukelele Pop from Melvern Taylor and his Fabulous Meltones

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1xZqIKJg00w

[swag]

11. Nice band.

Is that a baritone uke he's playing?

Good stuff. You know them?

[blitzen]

14. here's a link to some music on his site...New CD is great

http://www.melverntaylor.com/music.html

The New CD is "Fabuloso"--and it really is fabulous...one of my favorite new discoveries. Slaid Cleaves covered one of his tunes on his new CD--that's how I learned about him.

[jonnyblitz]

7. i like the dandy's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga41P9IstUo&mode=related&search=

[swag]

9. Wow, great song (sounds like Burt Bacharac wrote it!) and great video.

I wish there were a video for "Nietzsche" from the same album:

I
want a god
who'll stay dead
not play dead

I guess they had to repent for that Jesus song from "Come Down."

[jonnyblitz]

45. i love "nietzsche"

and their version of AC/DC's Hell's Bell's is also Burt bacharac-esque. Swag, you NAILED it with that comparison. i couldnt "pinpoint" that sound and you did.

the dandy's are my quilty pleasure band. i saw them for the first time in november of 2005 at webster hall in nyc. it was memorable for me tho most people I know scratch their heads in confustion because i like them. they satisfy the sugary psuedo psychodelic naval gazer pop thing i have. i like brian jonestown massacre also...besides those two bands i pretty much like more brutal stuff.

[deucemagnet]

8. Belle and Sebastian - Funny Little Frog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvS902DLEVI

[deucemagnet]

10. the jessica fletchers - summer holiday & me

I guess I have more tractionless pop music guilty pleasures than I originally thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCnVCqahe8Y

[swag]

12. Christ Jesus, that's a sweet-assed little number.

For my personal reference, I will again post the url:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCnVCqahe8Y

[Redstone]

47. Is this a new genre, Tit Rock?

Redstone

[Zookeeper]

13. I love the Dandy Warhols, but lately I've been a bit obsessed...

with TV on the Radio and Eagles of Death Metal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe6p-5tUh3M (Look for Jack Black.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku74U19vRNs&mode=related&search=

On edit: I just found this video of "Dirty Little Whirlwind" which is my favorite song of theirs next to "Providence."

[swag]

17. Okay, I need to finally go see TV on the Radio.

Hope they're still a going concern.

Thank you kindly.

[swag]

15. Ciccone Youth, "Addicted to Love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQTD76XxJRE

[deucemagnet]

16. Here's another.

This is so tractionless, I was surprised I could even find this bootleg on youtube.

Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos - Dress Me Like a Clown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN0VrLGZaSM

[speedoo]

18. Billy Joel... Uptown Girls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve9AFbwG0X0

Can't help it. I dig the goofy choreography. And Christie Brinkley is so easy on the eyes....

[swag]

19. Stereolab - "Noise of Carpet"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il4cvsEiJJg

[deucemagnet]

22. Now that was a cool f***ing video.

German expressionism meets good music. :thumbsup:

[Zookeeper]

24. Beautiful.

Stereolab is so consistently good. And that video is so 1920's Berlin.

Thanks, Swag.

A little off-topic, but when I am asked, "What do you want for your birthday/x-mas/Mother's day?" I keep suggesting this movie. No luck so far, though. :shrug:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpD7KQlhqyc

[swag]

67. Oh, fuck yeah.

What a great trailer. I think I need that!

[swag]

21. An old yet timely pop song from the Fall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEOtckaZtLg

[enigmatic]

28. I saw Husker Du open up for The Fall in Clevo in 1982

Theis was after "Metal Circus" for Husker Du, and the 2 drummers lineup for The Fall; that was amazing to see. Mark E. Smith is a genius.

[swag]

29. Very good!

I also saw the Wolstoncroft/Burns dual drummer line-up, albeit 12 years later in Portland, Oregon.

I had telephone-interviewed Brix for an article for a terrible now-thankfully-defunct local music rag (but I got the cover story!), Brix who had rejoined the band for a brief stint for the tour of Middle Class Revolt and the recording of Cerebral Caustic, and was happy to finally see one of my favorite bands. The evening they played Portland was the autumnal equinox of that year. Their set began on the very minute that the fall began on the west coast that year.

Funny now watching that "Telephone Thing" video. I could swear that the blonde in it is Brix, even though she was famously out of the band then.

[enigmatic]

31. Brix is a Goddess

I met her when she was doing The Adult Net and was floored by her, she was so devastating.

The Fall were great that night; they played in The Pop Shop, which was a "college rock" basement club underneath The Agora. Mark talked a little about Pere Ubu and how much he liked how bleak Cleveland looked; that got a knowing laugh from the crowd..

[tigereye]

59. when we played in Youngstown a few times

I was struck by how post-apocalyptic (driving down into the foggy post-industrial, deserted bowl) it looked at night. I didn't really get that feeling when we played in Cleveland, but I never saw much of it at night.

[atomic-fly]

55. I made pizza for Husker Du.

Later that night they played at the club i was working.
great show!

[enigmatic]

27. "Hypnotist"- Lullaby For The Working Class

A criminally underappreciated band w/ one of their best songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hzL9IoF8I0

[swag]

37. That's quite a vid.

Say, let me know if you ever scare up a feed of The Government's "How Many Fingers?" video.

Saw it once in 1982 at the 930 Club in DC and have been looking for it ever since.

[deucemagnet]

30. Just because I think Jenny Lewis is cute as a button...

...how about a Rilo Kiley video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_viDwgasxs

[enigmatic]

32. Her new record is great

I'm playing "Melt Your Heart" on my overnight show this week...

[aaronbees]

38. Thanks for posting that

I'm in love with her now. And that's a kick ass song.

[idgiehkt]

33. Foxy Brown - I'll Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJRDBOHaGj8

Smokin hot

[swag]

35. goddamn, kilogram

[idgiehkt]

57. she's atomic, no?

[swag]

34. Stranglers - "Get a Grip on Yourself"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jGqx3sqq-4

[atomic-fly]

54. great video/song...they are the next oasis!

jet black is still drumming like a machine @ 70 years old!
even though no hugh. the last two albums they put out
are very good.
Norfolk Coast
Suite XVI

[billyskank]

36. Love is a Yamaha DX7

and a DeLorean. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLB0ODP8QIc

[aaronbees]

39. Hazel, "Comet"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsJwNI1yiUY

or there's Rage Against the Machine, "Testify": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPToZBpzf-0

[swag]

65. Wow, that Hazel video takes me back to my first years in Portland.

I was walking downtown one day and came across Hazel on the back of a flatbed truck in the middle of 14th Ave playing a benefit show for "Outside/In" which aids all the homeless kids here. Good show.

Don't know what Brady the bassist is up to, but I saw Fred (the dancer) at the Team Dresch reunion show (where Jodi was really rocking hard on the bass and guitar.

And I accidentally saw Pete, the guitarist, at one of the first shows of the Stolen Sweets at a wine shop a few blocks down the road. They play Django Reinhart style jazz, really great stuff. The place was so crowded, I was forced to stand practically right next to Pete's music stand, two feet away from the whole band. Great musicians, all of 'em.

Thanks for posting that.

[aaronbees]

68. Cool story ... they were so great live

They were one of the bands I saw a lot in my first Portland years, as well (I was there from '93 to '99). Those were great times for PDX music. Fred was crazy fun on stage. Did you ever see Hitting Birth? That's another band I recall fondly from those days, along with The Spinanes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIodcvaclvg).

[swag]

73. Golly, you were prime time.

Never saw Hitting Birth, but remember them being prominent and ubiquitous. I have some spectacular minutes of them on video somewhere.

I met Rebecca Gates briefly at a friend's art opening, and had reviewed the Spinanes 45 "Halloween Candy" for some local publication, and I don't know if that factored into it but she Rebecca very friendly. Never met Scott Plough, the drummer.

In my early 30s, I wasn't into going out much since I had gone out to see bands so much before. Little did I know that when I hit my late 30s and early-mid 40s, I would be again going out all the time to see musical performances.

Do you remember the noise artist Daniel Menche, who was also active back then? I'm going to see him two Sundays from now at a close-in East Burnside place called Doug Fir.

[Deja Q]

40. Video Killed the Radio Star

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjuGIVyP4Q

[shugh514]

41. Soda Shop

Warning; Full toilet garb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVuhdIK2E7o

[CrownPrinceBandar]

42. Tom Tom Club..........

Pure pop goodness that still tastes sweet even after *choke* Mariah ripped it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joApevYwJuk

[swag]

43. That is so good.

I don't recall having ever seen that video, though I've got the 12" single and the album.

Thanks.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

44. You're welcome........

and now I will taunt you a second time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDGeZWRQQRE

[Redstone]

46. Song is fair at best; cupcakes are pretty good, though.

Redstone

[WritingIsMyReligion]

48. Another place for me to put "Sledgehammer," Peter Gabriel.

Definitely a classic vid, though.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=riPHAFEJVA8

[jakefrep]

49. Meine Ohrwurme sind jetzt auf Deutsch...

...no thanks to this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOEIH3cC8uM

[Zookeeper]

52. Hilarious!

Your link led me to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_45luR7Oso&mode=related&search=

Check out the background dancers.

[Call Me Wesley]

50. Old, but good and funny stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0e1fklbrLc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRQYTpx2vOY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bOTYjuOiIk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osq0rJdt0Yc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBlDJooYl3w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt8tYLCB7Yk

[deucemagnet]

51. I haven't seen a Nina Hagen video in years!

[LSK]

53. Michelle Branch - Everywhere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFJzC84AfVk

[darkstar]

56. Translator--"Unalone"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BTWDKDS_Ah4

These guys got no traction. Shame, IMO. A quarter century ago. Makes me feel old.

[Tektonik]

58. M83- America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmLnFuLXloA

[tigereye]

60. I've never seen a woman musician playing without a shirt

(well, I suppose at some festivals, it's common)

The thought would never have occurred to me - it would probably have been worse if she was playing drums. ;) I take it this is common practice for her?

[swag]

62. As one gentleman from Brian Jonestown Massacre, referenced above by Jonnyblitz,

said,

"That one year it was all Zia's tits."

[tigereye]

64. I have no such pictures of my band days, alas

"good for her", says my husband.

[swag]

66. You've still got time.

Oh, look, I found the thread about when I saw Zia at the grocery store not long ago:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=5635806

[tigereye]

76. the seismic waves might frighten some people

:rofl:

and you know, you do seem to channel Hunter in that thread. Or maybe that's one of your specialties that I previously failed to notice. (I'm a little slow at times...)

[swag]

61. "Billy, Milley and the Rock Camp" by Music Mania

Crappy video (I shot it from the balcony), but the song is so great that it doesn't matter. If you want a good video of this performance, by the way, you can order the 2006 Session 2 DVD/CD set from http://www.girlsrockcamp.org/ , a great non-profit to support.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_As469qG6WQ

8 and 9 year old members of Music Mania perform a very Velvet Undergroundish original composition at the 08/12/2006 showcase of the Rock & Roll Camp for Girls, Bagdad Theater, Portland, OR.

Music Mania

Grace - Guitar
Raven Schofield - drums
Amelia Wall Babson - keys
Caitlin Gast - vocals
Band Manager: Cathy Foy

"Billy, Milley and the Rockcamp"

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh (x4)
I wore my coat
one chilly day
(a chilly day)
My name is Billy (Billy)
I am really silly (really silly)
And my wife's name
is Lilly my daughter's
name is Milley
I thought about the
past. (The past)
When Milley had
a blast (A blast)
At the rockcamp (Rockcamp)
They had a band
it was named the
Rocking Turtles (Rocking Turtles)
They were great!
They were rocken and rollen
(Rocken and rollen)
Rocken and rollen
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! (x a million
Oh yeah!
1.2.3. Girls Rule! ...

[Clinton_Co_Regulator]

69. Well, this thread made the whole registration process worthwhile.

:applause:

[swag]

75. Welcome to DU.

Thanks for posting the vids.

[rhino47]

70. Okay I am guilty of Novacaine for the Soul .. Eels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_31AAKCZfU
Jesus and his lawyer are coming back.

[Clinton_Co_Regulator]

71. Here's a few

The Thermals - Here's Your Future - Live @ Easy Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScxrWz7DK_M

Heartless Bastards - Searching for the Ghost

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6DBPDVDj3E

[Clinton_Co_Regulator]

72. be your own PET

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1FNd5ZS0Kk

[Strawman]

74. Blake Babies - Temptation Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4DAuHBh0XU