Metafilter Radio Set A Raving Success! April 20, 2009 9:28 AM Subscribe
Thank You To Anyone Who Contributed To This Thread
It went on the air today at WSCAfm.org from 10am to Noon EST and this was the playlist for anyone curious:
Yes - Starship Trooper paired with The Dark Is Rising by Mercury Rev
Elton John - Crocodile Rock paired with Take Your Mama by Scissors Sisters
Help Me - Joni Mitchell paired with You're No God by Laura Marling
Next Train - Miracle Fortress paired with Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
Call Me - Blondie paired with Number 1 by Goldfrapp
Explorers of the Heart -- Music Go Music paired with Super Trooper by ABBA
Mykonos - Fleet Foxes and Magnolia Electric Co's Farewell Transmission paired with Neil Young's Sugar Mountain
Dream Police - Cheap Trick paired with Jackie, Dressed in Cobras by New Pornos
Search and Destroy - Iggy Pop paired with Pine On by the Obits
Immigrant Song by Led Zep paired with Woman by Wolfmother
Hardwood Floor by Annuals paired with 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon
Stuck Between Stations by The Hold Steady paired with Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
Thank you to anyone who contributed their pairings to that thread, and for introducing me to bands like Marah, Miracle Fortress and Elvis Perkins.
It was a great show by all accounts and I couldn't have done it without you Metafilter! WOOT!
It went on the air today at WSCAfm.org from 10am to Noon EST and this was the playlist for anyone curious:
Yes - Starship Trooper paired with The Dark Is Rising by Mercury Rev
Elton John - Crocodile Rock paired with Take Your Mama by Scissors Sisters
Help Me - Joni Mitchell paired with You're No God by Laura Marling
Next Train - Miracle Fortress paired with Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
Call Me - Blondie paired with Number 1 by Goldfrapp
Explorers of the Heart -- Music Go Music paired with Super Trooper by ABBA
Mykonos - Fleet Foxes and Magnolia Electric Co's Farewell Transmission paired with Neil Young's Sugar Mountain
Dream Police - Cheap Trick paired with Jackie, Dressed in Cobras by New Pornos
Search and Destroy - Iggy Pop paired with Pine On by the Obits
Immigrant Song by Led Zep paired with Woman by Wolfmother
Hardwood Floor by Annuals paired with 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon
Stuck Between Stations by The Hold Steady paired with Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
Thank you to anyone who contributed their pairings to that thread, and for introducing me to bands like Marah, Miracle Fortress and Elvis Perkins.
It was a great show by all accounts and I couldn't have done it without you Metafilter! WOOT!
Man, I'm sorry I missed that. Like, that Black Sabbath kept coming up for Black Mountain. Sure, yeah, but what's important to note about that is that it's "Caravan Black" Sabbath to songs like "Bright Lights."
Oh, and Yeasayer is biting Peter Gabriel's afro-beat dabblings, not Talking Heads. The other problem is that the '70s have mostly fallen off for inspiration—the '80s and '90s are showing up in indie more now. It's the Big Brother problem, where folks who start bands want to sound like what their older siblings listened to.
There's also the problem, which I think that you did a good job of sidestepping, that people who listen to indie rock want to pretend that their favorite bands have cool influences (bands lie about this too). That's why you rarely see Starship namedropped, but everyone suddenly knows who Gang of Four was, or Au Pairs if they've got a girl.
posted by klangklangston at 10:07 AM on April 20, 2009 [3 favorites]
Oh, and Yeasayer is biting Peter Gabriel's afro-beat dabblings, not Talking Heads. The other problem is that the '70s have mostly fallen off for inspiration—the '80s and '90s are showing up in indie more now. It's the Big Brother problem, where folks who start bands want to sound like what their older siblings listened to.
There's also the problem, which I think that you did a good job of sidestepping, that people who listen to indie rock want to pretend that their favorite bands have cool influences (bands lie about this too). That's why you rarely see Starship namedropped, but everyone suddenly knows who Gang of Four was, or Au Pairs if they've got a girl.
posted by klangklangston at 10:07 AM on April 20, 2009 [3 favorites]
That's a great thread, but it's only a week old. Surely the followup could have gone in there?
posted by dersins at 10:45 AM on April 20, 2009
posted by dersins at 10:45 AM on April 20, 2009
Joni Mitchell --> Joanna Newsom
No.
Melanie --> Joanna Newsom
posted by Sys Rq at 11:11 AM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
No.
Melanie --> Joanna Newsom
posted by Sys Rq at 11:11 AM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
Surely the followup could have gone in there?
Yes but then all the folks who didn't see that awesome thread, like me, would never have seen it.
posted by ORthey at 11:16 AM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
Yes but then all the folks who didn't see that awesome thread, like me, would never have seen it.
posted by ORthey at 11:16 AM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
Excellent. I see you used some of my suggested bands. Woohoo!
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 11:24 AM on April 20, 2009
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 11:24 AM on April 20, 2009
Sounds like a fantastic show. Any chance there will be a podcast later?
posted by marsha56 at 11:25 AM on April 20, 2009
posted by marsha56 at 11:25 AM on April 20, 2009
I can't believe I forgot to mention The Black Angels who always remind me of The Doors.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 11:27 AM on April 20, 2009
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 11:27 AM on April 20, 2009
Ah, glad you used Blondie --> Goldfrapp. Any way to listen to this online?
posted by Jaltcoh at 11:33 AM on April 20, 2009
posted by Jaltcoh at 11:33 AM on April 20, 2009
it's only a week old. Surely the followup could have gone in there?
I was glad to see the follow-up in this new thread, and I probably wouldn't have seen it if it'd been posted in the old thread.
posted by Jaltcoh at 11:38 AM on April 20, 2009
I was glad to see the follow-up in this new thread, and I probably wouldn't have seen it if it'd been posted in the old thread.
posted by Jaltcoh at 11:38 AM on April 20, 2009
To anyone interested in hearing the show online: sadly, the station isn't quite to the archiving past shows level in tech savvy, and I am still building the website for the show I do entitled The Brave New Opry, so I haven't gotten podcasting up yet.
If anyone would like me to put this set up somewhere, I'd be happy to or send a CD along via snailmail etc.
It was truly a great show and a perfect excuse to play classic rock in a way that didn't devolve into a local station's version of Your Favorite 70's HITS JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE 'EM! type format.
Oh, and Dersins - yeah, for some reason, I thought the grey was the most commonly-used page for shout outs and metafilter-related thank you stuff, so I posted here.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 11:43 AM on April 20, 2009
If anyone would like me to put this set up somewhere, I'd be happy to or send a CD along via snailmail etc.
It was truly a great show and a perfect excuse to play classic rock in a way that didn't devolve into a local station's version of Your Favorite 70's HITS JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE 'EM! type format.
Oh, and Dersins - yeah, for some reason, I thought the grey was the most commonly-used page for shout outs and metafilter-related thank you stuff, so I posted here.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 11:43 AM on April 20, 2009
Call Me - Blondie paired with Number 1 by Goldfrapp
Heh, on the MP3 player I listen to when driving, I have Goldfrapp's Strict Machine, and every time it comes on my wife asks if it's Blondie.
And since I've fallen woefully behind the times when it comes to music, that thread is a resource I'll find great value in when trying to find new bands to listen to.
posted by quin at 11:48 AM on April 20, 2009
Heh, on the MP3 player I listen to when driving, I have Goldfrapp's Strict Machine, and every time it comes on my wife asks if it's Blondie.
And since I've fallen woefully behind the times when it comes to music, that thread is a resource I'll find great value in when trying to find new bands to listen to.
posted by quin at 11:48 AM on April 20, 2009
There's also the problem, which I think that you did a good job of sidestepping, that people who listen to indie rock want to pretend that their favorite bands have cool influences (bands lie about this too). That's why you rarely see Starship namedropped, but everyone suddenly knows who Gang of Four was, or Au Pairs if they've got a girl.
That's quite a leap in logic you're making. Seems to me that it's obvious that Gang of Four has staying power and Starship does not. Yeah, the latter was way more popular in its day, but that doesn't mean it's worth listening to or that people who weren't alive then but are into good music now would have heard of them. We Built This City didn't help. I'm sure in 20 or 30 years the hot indie musicians (if there is such a thing) will be citing Animal Collective, Pavement, Circle, Akron/Family, or Smog more than they will Radiohead and U2.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 11:50 AM on April 20, 2009
That's quite a leap in logic you're making. Seems to me that it's obvious that Gang of Four has staying power and Starship does not. Yeah, the latter was way more popular in its day, but that doesn't mean it's worth listening to or that people who weren't alive then but are into good music now would have heard of them. We Built This City didn't help. I'm sure in 20 or 30 years the hot indie musicians (if there is such a thing) will be citing Animal Collective, Pavement, Circle, Akron/Family, or Smog more than they will Radiohead and U2.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 11:50 AM on April 20, 2009
I can nearly forgive Starship for their many, many grievous excesses because they did Red Octopus, and the song Miracles, which is one of the best songs ever. I will gladly listen to any new band who takes that song as it's launching point.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 11:57 AM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 11:57 AM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
Oh, and Dersins - yeah, for some reason, I thought the grey was the most commonly-used page for shout outs and metafilter-related thank you stuff, so I posted here.
Look, LT, I'm not trying to pick a fight here. Your question was really interesting, the answers were great, and the radio show sounds like one that I would have loved listening to.
Your passive aggressive response to me notwithstanding, I think that there's a genuine slippery slope argument to be made here. I just got some great and helpful suggestions for my "Tiny Foods Party" question last week. The party was on Sunday; should I post a new Metatalk thread with pics and thankyous, or should I post them in the original thread? How about the 40+ other people whose questions were successfully answered in the last three days? Should they post Metatalk threads, too?
I'm certainly not saying that no-one, ever should post a Metatalk followup to an AskMe question.. But the question was only a week old. It's still going to pop to the top of recent activity for anyone whom you're thanking.
posted by dersins at 12:18 PM on April 20, 2009
Look, LT, I'm not trying to pick a fight here. Your question was really interesting, the answers were great, and the radio show sounds like one that I would have loved listening to.
Your passive aggressive response to me notwithstanding, I think that there's a genuine slippery slope argument to be made here. I just got some great and helpful suggestions for my "Tiny Foods Party" question last week. The party was on Sunday; should I post a new Metatalk thread with pics and thankyous, or should I post them in the original thread? How about the 40+ other people whose questions were successfully answered in the last three days? Should they post Metatalk threads, too?
I'm certainly not saying that no-one, ever should post a Metatalk followup to an AskMe question.. But the question was only a week old. It's still going to pop to the top of recent activity for anyone whom you're thanking.
posted by dersins at 12:18 PM on April 20, 2009
I can nearly forgive Starship for their many, many grievous excesses because they did Red Octopus
That was Jefferson Starship not Starship. And Miracles (and four other tracks on Red Octopus) was written by Marty Balin, who was never a member of Starship.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 12:23 PM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
That was Jefferson Starship not Starship. And Miracles (and four other tracks on Red Octopus) was written by Marty Balin, who was never a member of Starship.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 12:23 PM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
dersins, something that mefites contributed to is now going to be available to the public. Unless you're going to mail me a tiny corndog, pipe down and just enjoy the music.
posted by hermitosis at 12:25 PM on April 20, 2009
posted by hermitosis at 12:25 PM on April 20, 2009
Not to nitpick, but it aired before LT posted. (It's to his credit, I might add, that he waited until after it aired to post about it).
There weren't any tiny corndogs left, but if you memail your address I'll send you a tiny cupcake.
posted by dersins at 12:28 PM on April 20, 2009
There weren't any tiny corndogs left, but if you memail your address I'll send you a tiny cupcake.
posted by dersins at 12:28 PM on April 20, 2009
Dersins - first of all, my response was not passive-aggressive in the least. You asked me why I posted this here, and I told you. This is the first time I've ever even posted to the grey area of Metafilter. If people don't usually do this kind of thing on the grey, I guess I shouldn't either. I'm not used to all the various in's and out's of proper posting here yet.
Also - this was a live radio show, that went on the air in a slot that has hundreds of people listening, so yeah, I thought it deserved a special thanks to the people who helped in making it go so well. And people could check back to see the original post who might not have read it before. If it weren't this kind of event, I never would have done any follow-up.
You Should See The Other Guy - you're right. My mistake. Starship is the little thing that the interns carried to the dumpster in a sterilized baggy after the corpse of the Jefferson Starship exhaled it's last breath. My mistake.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 12:36 PM on April 20, 2009 [4 favorites]
Also - this was a live radio show, that went on the air in a slot that has hundreds of people listening, so yeah, I thought it deserved a special thanks to the people who helped in making it go so well. And people could check back to see the original post who might not have read it before. If it weren't this kind of event, I never would have done any follow-up.
You Should See The Other Guy - you're right. My mistake. Starship is the little thing that the interns carried to the dumpster in a sterilized baggy after the corpse of the Jefferson Starship exhaled it's last breath. My mistake.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 12:36 PM on April 20, 2009 [4 favorites]
"That's quite a leap in logic you're making. Seems to me that it's obvious that Gang of Four has staying power and Starship does not. Yeah, the latter was way more popular in its day, but that doesn't mean it's worth listening to or that people who weren't alive then but are into good music now would have heard of them. We Built This City didn't help. I'm sure in 20 or 30 years the hot indie musicians (if there is such a thing) will be citing Animal Collective, Pavement, Circle, Akron/Family, or Smog more than they will Radiohead and U2."
Well, that's because The Killers are already trying to rip off U2 (along with an assload of other bands), just like how Radiohead has now entered their crappy-REM influenced period. What will happen is that in 20 years, no one will be citing My Chemical Romance or Fallout Boy even though their MOR will have a broader reach and bands will sound more like them than Animal Collective. This is in part because everyone will sound influenced by those bands, so they don't even need to name-drop, and, if things continue as they have, that music will still be readily available. My Morning Jacket talks up Neil Young and elides the late-'70s Eric Clapton and Molly Hatchet and Starship that they actually sound more like.
posted by klangklangston at 2:58 PM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
Well, that's because The Killers are already trying to rip off U2 (along with an assload of other bands), just like how Radiohead has now entered their crappy-REM influenced period. What will happen is that in 20 years, no one will be citing My Chemical Romance or Fallout Boy even though their MOR will have a broader reach and bands will sound more like them than Animal Collective. This is in part because everyone will sound influenced by those bands, so they don't even need to name-drop, and, if things continue as they have, that music will still be readily available. My Morning Jacket talks up Neil Young and elides the late-'70s Eric Clapton and Molly Hatchet and Starship that they actually sound more like.
posted by klangklangston at 2:58 PM on April 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
Well, that's because The Killers are already trying to rip off U2 (along with an assload of other bands)
Chameleons. They're ripping off the Chameleons.
posted by Sys Rq at 4:33 PM on April 20, 2009 [2 favorites]
Chameleons. They're ripping off the Chameleons.
posted by Sys Rq at 4:33 PM on April 20, 2009 [2 favorites]
Ya sure no problem I was glad to help out *eyedart*
posted by turgid dahlia at 4:35 PM on April 20, 2009
posted by turgid dahlia at 4:35 PM on April 20, 2009
Dersins - I want a tiny corndog, too. Actually, I would 7 of them, so I can make a Tiny Corndog Mobile to hang from my ceiling.
posted by Ostara at 7:24 PM on April 20, 2009
posted by Ostara at 7:24 PM on April 20, 2009
I would like, even. See, my lack of tiny corndogs is causing me to make typos!!!!
posted by Ostara at 7:25 PM on April 20, 2009
posted by Ostara at 7:25 PM on April 20, 2009
I want to apologize for my shit answer in that thread. Not only did it not match your criteria, but it made it look like I'd recommend Vampire Weekend, which is untrue.
Glad the set went well!
posted by piedmont at 8:31 PM on April 20, 2009
Glad the set went well!
posted by piedmont at 8:31 PM on April 20, 2009
I find it funny that the only comment that had anything negative to say about a band mentioned was pxe2000's jab at Bright Eyes. Has there ever been a mention of that band on Metafilter that didn't get a negative response? I mean, even the Jonas Brothers got a pass.
posted by SAC at 8:50 PM on April 20, 2009
posted by SAC at 8:50 PM on April 20, 2009
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