{"id":453,"date":"2007-06-21T14:14:48","date_gmt":"2007-06-21T14:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/wordpress\/?p=453"},"modified":"2007-06-21T14:14:48","modified_gmt":"2007-06-21T14:14:48","slug":"paste_30_sample","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2007\/06\/paste_30_sample.html","title":{"rendered":"Paste 30 Sampler, a girl (song-by-song) reaction."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overall feeling: <\/strong> More on the country, folksy side of things than some of their discs.  No songs I absolutely can&#8217;t stand (woot).  Generally diggin&#8217;.<br \/>\n<strong>Track by track:<\/strong><br \/>\n<UL type=\"square\"><LI>&#8220;We&#8217;re from Barcelona&#8221; I&#8217;m from Barcelona:  <I>pop-y and fun.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Can&#8217;t Stop&#8221; Ozomatli: <I>OK. Kinda weird.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Everyone Gets a Star&#8221; Albert Hammond Jr.: <I>Monotone vocals. Cool sound. But not a fave.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Nowhere Warm&#8221; Kate Havenick: <I>For the Sarah McLachlan\/Beth Orton\/Jem lovers out there.  Pretty voice.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Four Winds&#8221; Bright Eyes: <I>Very country.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Memories of Home&#8221; Umphrey McGee: <I>Even more country.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Remember Me&#8221; Zach Brooke:<I> Country, but more up, with a real driving beat.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;With You&#8221; Stars of Track and Field:<I> Synth\/electronic. Wistful.  Pleading.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Soft Aslyum (No Way Out)&#8221; Grant-Lee Phillips: <I>Soft. A little droan-y. I tend to like his stuff, even though I&#8217;ve never listened beyond random singles that come my way.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Into Brooklyn, Early in the Morning&#8221; The Innocence Mission: <I>Real Suzanne Vega feel to it.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Blue Jeans Pizza&#8221; Moe: <I>Jazzy sounds.  Very goofy falsetto vocals.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI><B>&#8220;A Good Start&#8221; Maria Taylor: <I>Spooky, layered beginning.  Nice lyrics!<\/I><\/B><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blus&#8221; Bruce Hornsby &#038; Ricky Skaggs: <I>Feels like bluegrass.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Trans Am&#8221; Nathan: <I>Female vocal? Sweet. But feels a little frantic.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Happy&#8221; Martin Sexton: <I>Very sharp, distinctive edge to the lead.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;Save Myself&#8221; Willy Mason: <I>Lyrics vs. music feels disconnected. Droan-y.<\/I><br \/>\n<LI><B>&#8220;Come Undone&#8221; Jackson Water: <I>Can&#8217;t tell if the lead vocal is male or female but love the thick, rich tone to it.  Anthemic feel.<\/I><\/B><\/UL><br \/>\nThere ya have it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overall feeling: More on the country, folksy side of things than some of their discs. No songs I absolutely can&#8217;t stand (woot). Generally diggin&#8217;. Track by track: &#8220;We&#8217;re from Barcelona&#8221; I&#8217;m from Barcelona: pop-y and fun. &#8220;Can&#8217;t Stop&#8221; Ozomatli: OK. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2007\/06\/paste_30_sample.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,26,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listenin","category-rags","category-tunes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}