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Taxman · 01-06-2014, 09:55 AM

I HATE THAT LIST!!!!!

How can one decide what one includes and what one does not? Also I keep on finding more and more great music from the nineties. It was such a rich decade. Luckily that list is not called "Taxman's top ten records from the nineties", so I can write about those records I like and I also like to write about. So this is, by no means, not my nineties top ten, just ten good records from nineties that I enjoyed and so should you. It's easier on that way, ain't it?
However, my taste is not diverse, and I'm not pretending it is, so most of these records are well-known and I suppose most you know them. If you don't, you should. But I'm warning you, I probably will not say anything new about them. However....

TAXMAN'S TEN FAVOURITE RECORDS FROM THE NINETIES

PART IV

PARKLIFE

Released:1994
By whom: Blur
About the band: Easily the greatest Nineties Britpop band. No offence to the others, and I for some perverse reason even like Oasis, but still, Blur was much better. Period. And why?
Because Blur knew the importance of (not being idle) but being diverse. They tried pretty much everything and their every song does not sounds more or less the sane like Noel Gallagher's tunes do. They actually have arranging talent, unlike those Boasis guys who probably were too drunk and too full of themselves that they didn't even care.
Also Blur was blessed with two extraordinarily talented members. The main songwriter Damob Albarn, of course, but also Graham Coxon. He always found the perfect guitar tone and really played some magnificent lines. I'm willing to declare that he may be one of the most talented ( pop) guitarist from the nineties (yeah, contrary to the rumors, I DON'T think Curt Kobain should deserve this place. It is one of the most disgusting things ever how those ****ing Nirvana-HC- I'm so suicidal -OMG-****-you-kids once voted him as the best guitarist EVER. **** them) but then again, I may have not heard about the best ones.
Also Damon was good at penning solid catchy pop melodies. He may have not been very original songwriter, but he was good (and still is). His lyrics may have been heavily influenced by Ray Davies and vice-Ray Paul Weller, but then again, being influenced by great lyricists ain't a crime?

What I like about the album: There's no weak spots.No fillers. Every other Blur album has at least one of them, but Parklife has none. There's just 15 catchy pop songs. Some of them punkier, some of them poppier, all of them kinda sarcastic, all of them greatly produced and arranged. And ain't Damon have a magnificent voice. Especially that falsetto rules.
The first song and single Girls and Boys is nearly as simple as nursery rhymes and at least as catchy as them. It's so stupid it becomes great. Parklife is so British, British to the score that I can't resist it. Bank Holiday rocks as much as any punk song. To the End may actually be a personal song which is kinda rare when we talk about Blur - Damon is too clever to be truly emotional. You know, this may be a cliche but the cleverer you are the less emotional you are and vice versa. Magic America is kind funny.

What I don't like about that album: I DON'T KNOW. Maybe it is a bit too long, but then again, I dunno what should be taken off. Maybe Clover Over Dover is a bit weak but then again, I don't know.

Best songs: Girls & Boys, Tracy Jacks (sounds quite like a Ray Davies tune but it's merely a good thing), To the End, Magic America and This Is a Low.

Final Words: A nearly perfect pop masterpiece. I guess you have heard it already but if you have not, you should. Go and buy it now.

01-06-2014, 09:55 AM	#44 (permalink)
Taxman watching the wheels Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Finland Posts: 470	I HATE THAT LIST!!!!! How can one decide what one includes and what one does not? Also I keep on finding more and more great music from the nineties. It was such a rich decade. Luckily that list is not called "Taxman's top ten records from the nineties", so I can write about those records I like and I also like to write about. So this is, by no means, not my nineties top ten, just ten good records from nineties that I enjoyed and so should you. It's easier on that way, ain't it? However, my taste is not diverse, and I'm not pretending it is, so most of these records are well-known and I suppose most you know them. If you don't, you should. But I'm warning you, I probably will not say anything new about them. However.... TAXMAN'S TEN FAVOURITE RECORDS FROM THE NINETIES PART IV PARKLIFE Released:1994 By whom: Blur About the band: Easily the greatest Nineties Britpop band. No offence to the others, and I for some perverse reason even like Oasis, but still, Blur was much better. Period. And why? Because Blur knew the importance of (not being idle) but being diverse. They tried pretty much everything and their every song does not sounds more or less the sane like Noel Gallagher's tunes do. They actually have arranging talent, unlike those Boasis guys who probably were too drunk and too full of themselves that they didn't even care. Also Blur was blessed with two extraordinarily talented members. The main songwriter Damob Albarn, of course, but also Graham Coxon. He always found the perfect guitar tone and really played some magnificent lines. I'm willing to declare that he may be one of the most talented ( pop) guitarist from the nineties (yeah, contrary to the rumors, I DON'T think Curt Kobain should deserve this place. It is one of the most disgusting things ever how those **ing Nirvana-HC- I'm so suicidal -OMG--you-kids once voted him as the best guitarist EVER. ** them) but then again, I may have not heard about the best ones. Also Damon was good at penning solid catchy pop melodies. He may have not been very original songwriter, but he was good (and still is). His lyrics may have been heavily influenced by Ray Davies and vice-Ray Paul Weller, but then again, being influenced by great lyricists ain't a crime? What I like about the album: There's no weak spots.No fillers. Every other Blur album has at least one of them, but Parklife has none. There's just 15 catchy pop songs. Some of them punkier, some of them poppier, all of them kinda sarcastic, all of them greatly produced and arranged. And ain't Damon have a magnificent voice. Especially that falsetto rules. The first song and single Girls and Boys is nearly as simple as nursery rhymes and at least as catchy as them. It's so stupid it becomes great. Parklife is so British, British to the score that I can't resist it. Bank Holiday rocks as much as any punk song. To the End may actually be a personal song which is kinda rare when we talk about Blur - Damon is too clever to be truly emotional. You know, this may be a cliche but the cleverer you are the less emotional you are and vice versa. Magic America is kind funny. What I don't like about that album: I DON'T KNOW. Maybe it is a bit too long, but then again, I dunno what should be taken off. Maybe Clover Over Dover is a bit weak but then again, I don't know. Best songs: Girls & Boys, Tracy Jacks (sounds quite like a Ray Davies tune but it's merely a good thing), To the End, Magic America and This Is a Low. Final Words: A nearly perfect pop masterpiece. I guess you have heard it already but if you have not, you should. Go and buy it now. __________________ ...