January 2012
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“(Dreamily)
How are you getting home
It’s on my way
So let me take you...”
– Sparks
“How Are You Getting Home?”
I can listen to this song until my ears bleed. The shifts between the dreamy, the hard-driving, and the caressing aspects kill me every time.
He’s coming on strong to his romantic interest, but the most caressing parts of the song are...
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The word I would use to describe Sparks' music...
I’ve heard Sparks’ songs described as funny and clever and poignant and theatrical and european. And they are all those things. But the music is very aggressive and somehow competitive, as if you are watching a fast-moving sport like basketball.
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I wish Tori Amos would do an overwrought and...
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“All the Good and the Bad
And the Ugly survive
With the thought that tonight...”
– Sparks
“Get Laid”
Ron Mael’s lyrics from this song remind me of Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love”.
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Les Baricades Misterieuses
The most elegant performance of Les Baricades Misterieuses I’ve ever heard is by a tuba sextet. It is delicate and hypnotic.
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