Friday, March 4, 2011

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  1. ChaucerMarch 4, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    The people who argue this is a better video than SLEDGEHAMMER are the same people who argue that FRANNY AND ZOOEY is better than CATCHER IN THE RYE.

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  2. Mattie-OMarch 4, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    Well put. Before rewatching it, prior to posting this, I was prepared to label it "as good or better" -- the ESTRANGED to SLEDGEHAMMER's NOVEMBER RAIN -- but yeah, my memories of MTV from 1987 were tainted by age.

    Still, on its own merits, the song itself is a beast.

    And I show them round my house, to my bed
    I had it made like a mountain range
    With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head
    And my heaven will be a big heaven
    And I will walk through the front door

    That's gold, Jerry.

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  3. The NaturalMarch 6, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    Solsbury Hill!

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  4. StomperMarch 7, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    And then like an alchemist, from gold to radioactive thallium: perhaps the greatest song about family weirdness:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnQvJND0aCo

    "Light creeps from her secret tunnels
    Sucked into the open spaces
    Burning out in sudden flashes
    Draining blood from their well-fed faces"

    All of which is to say, there is no better road for the blog to travel down right now than a temporary detour through Peter Gabriel's ouvre.

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