Comments on: When I say Lazy Saturday, you say get up. http://citizendick.org/2009/08/22/when-i-say-lazy-saturday-you-say-get-up/ a cleveland/brooklyn based music blog, new music reviews, live music reviews, fashion, art, and walrus pelts Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:07:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: still life still – girls come too :: indie shuffle [beta] http://citizendick.org/2009/08/22/when-i-say-lazy-saturday-you-say-get-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4781 still life still – girls come too :: indie shuffle [beta] Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:01:33 +0000 http://citizendick.org/?p=5523#comment-4781 [...] “Much like the EP, Girls Come Too is a big messy swirl of poppy hooks, tangled and tortured lyrical content and sweeping, catchy tunes.  Singer/guitarist Eric Young’s plaintive, often tender, delivery belies the anarchic edge to many of the songs. For gently nuanced power-pop with a bit of a snarl, Still Life Still is a can’t miss proposition.” – citizendick.com [...] [...] “Much like the EP, Girls Come Too is a big messy swirl of poppy hooks, tangled and tortured lyrical content and sweeping, catchy tunes.  Singer/guitarist Eric Young’s plaintive, often tender, delivery belies the anarchic edge to many of the songs. For gently nuanced power-pop with a bit of a snarl, Still Life Still is a can’t miss proposition.” – citizendick.com [...]

]]> By: Neil Cake http://citizendick.org/2009/08/22/when-i-say-lazy-saturday-you-say-get-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4576 Neil Cake Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:56:15 +0000 http://citizendick.org/?p=5523#comment-4576 I know what you mean (about The Roots and sponsorship). I was a little perturbed recently when I listened to a recording of a radio show called The Roots 101, which was a documentary following The Roots around just after the release of their first album. I was a little perturbed to hear that they really wanted to "get a Sprite commercial", that they did eventually get one (in which they rapped about drinking Sprite), and to hear Tariq say [something along the lines of]... "I don't really like making albums that much; I'd rather do commercials". That's a real problem for me, as I'm quite into the whole "keeping it real" aspect of music. I want my musicians to be in it for the creativity and the art instead of for the money. I would have thought that The Roots would be one hip-hop act you could rely on for integrity... obviously not. Well, I'm not as young and naive as I used to be, so I'm just going to suck it up, and let it be. I will still like The Roots in spite of my disapproval. As long as they turn out good music... Good work on the Neil Young example, too. At least we will always have him: "I don't sing for Pepsi. I don't sing for Coke. I don't sing for nobody. Makes me look like a joke". I know what you mean (about The Roots and sponsorship). I was a little perturbed recently when I listened to a recording of a radio show called The Roots 101, which was a documentary following The Roots around just after the release of their first album. I was a little perturbed to hear that they really wanted to “get a Sprite commercial”, that they did eventually get one (in which they rapped about drinking Sprite), and to hear Tariq say [something along the lines of]… “I don’t really like making albums that much; I’d rather do commercials”.

That’s a real problem for me, as I’m quite into the whole “keeping it real” aspect of music. I want my musicians to be in it for the creativity and the art instead of for the money. I would have thought that The Roots would be one hip-hop act you could rely on for integrity… obviously not.

Well, I’m not as young and naive as I used to be, so I’m just going to suck it up, and let it be. I will still like The Roots in spite of my disapproval. As long as they turn out good music…

Good work on the Neil Young example, too. At least we will always have him:

“I don’t sing for Pepsi.
I don’t sing for Coke.
I don’t sing for nobody.
Makes me look like a joke”.

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