Friday, March 04, 2005
Hon. Mention:
"High Plains Drifter," the Beastie Boys
Is it only the B-boys who could sing a song about a "kleptomaniac K-mart shoplifter" robbing and murdering his way across New York and make it sound appealing and listenable, even though it repeatedly samples a shotgun chambering a round and the garbled echo of a woman in the throes of sexual passion? Yes, I think it is.
This is off the Paul's Boutique album, BTW, which I'm pretty sure is the 'Boys' best work. Hilarious and revolting, hideous and magnificent to behold, I'd have to say it's some of the most creative music of the '80s. "Is your name Michael Diamond?" "No, mine's, uh, Clarence."
"High Plains Drifter," the Beastie Boys
Is it only the B-boys who could sing a song about a "kleptomaniac K-mart shoplifter" robbing and murdering his way across New York and make it sound appealing and listenable, even though it repeatedly samples a shotgun chambering a round and the garbled echo of a woman in the throes of sexual passion? Yes, I think it is.
This is off the Paul's Boutique album, BTW, which I'm pretty sure is the 'Boys' best work. Hilarious and revolting, hideous and magnificent to behold, I'd have to say it's some of the most creative music of the '80s. "Is your name Michael Diamond?" "No, mine's, uh, Clarence."
