Writer's Block: Dynamite with a laserbeam
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It depends on my mood. I used to yearn for the sixties with my oldies music, but I don't ever really get that urging anymore. I'm still mildly fascinated by the sixties era, but I don't particularly have a desire to visit it like I did then. Now I just sometimes yearn for an era I remember, like the early nineties. Rockapella songs can sometimes still have that effect on me, though not as much as they did two years ago. And when it happens, it's not so much that I want to go back to that time, but that I wish that what happened during that time was happening now, instead.
Actually, as far as Rockapella is concerned, I find myself yearning more for the late nineties era. I wish I'd been into the group then. I was very stubbornly against the Kevin era at first, when I rediscovered them two years ago, but it didn't take long to soften me to it. That era, especially between 1997-2001, seems so fresh and homey somehow. I love watching clips of the group performing and being interviewed during those years. The Kevin era Christmas albums are so magical! And I still wonder what would have happened if I could have only recognized Scott and Elliott on the cover of the Comfort and Joy album when I saw it in Borders. I'm sure I would have bought it if I'd only realized. I was so bad at recognizing people back then, if they looked a bit different from what I remembered.
And speaking of the different eras, I've mostly been listening to the From N.Y. Zombie Jamboree lately because it's the one I have the easiest access to. I was thinking Friday that overall I really didn't like the From N.Y. album as much as I used to and had another burst of yearning for the 1997-2001 era. (And mind you, that's the era and its songs as a whole; I still generally don't like the Kevin era Zombie Jamboree. Except the one I heard last year with the interlude about swallowing a bug. That was epic. LOL.) Tonight I had the chance to get out my other Zombie Jamboree versions and I discovered that From N.Y. is probably the version I like least. XD; And while I used to dislike the Primer version, I like it a lot now. Interesting.
It depends on my mood. I used to yearn for the sixties with my oldies music, but I don't ever really get that urging anymore. I'm still mildly fascinated by the sixties era, but I don't particularly have a desire to visit it like I did then. Now I just sometimes yearn for an era I remember, like the early nineties. Rockapella songs can sometimes still have that effect on me, though not as much as they did two years ago. And when it happens, it's not so much that I want to go back to that time, but that I wish that what happened during that time was happening now, instead.
Actually, as far as Rockapella is concerned, I find myself yearning more for the late nineties era. I wish I'd been into the group then. I was very stubbornly against the Kevin era at first, when I rediscovered them two years ago, but it didn't take long to soften me to it. That era, especially between 1997-2001, seems so fresh and homey somehow. I love watching clips of the group performing and being interviewed during those years. The Kevin era Christmas albums are so magical! And I still wonder what would have happened if I could have only recognized Scott and Elliott on the cover of the Comfort and Joy album when I saw it in Borders. I'm sure I would have bought it if I'd only realized. I was so bad at recognizing people back then, if they looked a bit different from what I remembered.
And speaking of the different eras, I've mostly been listening to the From N.Y. Zombie Jamboree lately because it's the one I have the easiest access to. I was thinking Friday that overall I really didn't like the From N.Y. album as much as I used to and had another burst of yearning for the 1997-2001 era. (And mind you, that's the era and its songs as a whole; I still generally don't like the Kevin era Zombie Jamboree. Except the one I heard last year with the interlude about swallowing a bug. That was epic. LOL.) Tonight I had the chance to get out my other Zombie Jamboree versions and I discovered that From N.Y. is probably the version I like least. XD; And while I used to dislike the Primer version, I like it a lot now. Interesting.
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Date: 2010-10-19 09:20 pm (UTC)Not sure I can add much more that we didn't talk about already... Other than the From NY version of Zombie is my favorite since it's the only Carmen-era one I own. I do like part of the Groovebarbers' version--there's a part in the end where Sean suddenly starts listing/belting out the the five boroughs of Newkirk... NEW YORK! (Actual typo...XD). "Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, hey-hey-hey!" I love that line--totally one they should've done in the Carmen era since it's geography-related. XD; (Is the actual Carmen version still your favorite, though?)
(LOL... swallowing the bug... I think my favorite was when they were in Las Vegas and he rasped out for water. XD)
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Date: 2010-10-20 04:14 am (UTC)**snarks.**
That would have been epic if Sean had done that during the Carmen version.
Good question. At this point, I'm actually not sure. I have very warm feelings for the Primer version at the moment.
LOL. That is definitely amusing too. I loved the bug one because they were here and it tied in to some jokes they were cracking about this area. The bugs kept bothering them throughout the show.