GLAD GIRLS/GAME OF PRICKS/UM...
I wrote about this one right at the beginning of September 2007, but this is the actual video:
...sort of hideous, isn't it? Still, a great song. Over time, I shifted a little, and I was pretty convinced this was their best song:
since, unlike most Guided By Voices songs, this one has some coherence in its lyrics.
I am now quite certain, however, that their best song is yet another--especially the album version, which is just lovely. Too bad it has such a bad title.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
3 comments:
I never cared that much for “Glad Girls,” but I'm with you on the other two.
It requires, I think, an unnatural love for Big Star, and thus any kind of Big Star rip-off.
I've missed Big Star completely, and I'll have to fix that someday. I've been advised by reliable authorities that I shouldn't have traveled this far without it.
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