tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post408433390167354785..comments2024-01-11T08:23:44.552-05:00Comments on Humanizing The Vacuum: Doin' The Things That They Want ToAlfred Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465449057630241820noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post-12835806585537544922008-06-24T21:33:00.000-04:002008-06-24T21:33:00.000-04:00You already mentioned The Go-Betweens, but I'll no...You already mentioned The Go-Betweens, but I'll nominate Robert Forster's "Let Your Light In Babe" from his new solo CD and "Six O'Clock News" by Kathleen Edwards.Simon Crowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16558004166061051312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post-955732399100742552008-06-23T15:12:00.000-04:002008-06-23T15:12:00.000-04:00Ha! Still works if you listen carefully.Ha! Still works if you listen carefully.Alfred Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10465449057630241820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post-65154441003892001102008-06-23T14:05:00.000-04:002008-06-23T14:05:00.000-04:00That's Taxi as in Sly & Robbie, not the TV show.That's Taxi as in Sly & Robbie, not the TV show.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post-79922614775923109142008-06-23T13:45:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:45:00.000-04:00"Jaded" is a good example."Jaded" is a good example.Alfred Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10465449057630241820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post-91253482673779142562008-06-23T13:20:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:20:00.000-04:00"Here Comes the City"/"Gardenia"...what latter-day..."Here Comes the City"/"Gardenia"...what latter-day intensity<BR/><BR/>I'd personally nominate Elvis C's When I Was Cruel or maybe even Aerosmith's "Jaded" as wellkiss out the jamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227176850337042299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post-20849795730362351962008-06-23T04:15:00.000-04:002008-06-23T04:15:00.000-04:00I loved those mid-'80's albums at the time and sti...I loved those mid-'80's albums at the time and still do. The connection to Prince and the other songs mentioned at the end are also right on the mark. The difference between "Doing The Things We Want To" and the other examples is the "We" of the title. Reed is self-congratulatory in a way that none of the others are, even, amazingly, Morrison (that would be "Summertime in England").Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com