Michael Showalter Knows Wilco Is The Best Band That Was Once Uncle Tupelo
Michael Showalter is blogging for SPIN now, and I have to say, his first entry is pretty damn funny:
First Album:Astral Weeks by Van Morrison (stole it from a library)
Second Album:Mudslide Slim & The Blue Horizon by James Taylor (stole it from my sister)
Third Album:Synchronicity by the Police (bought it with cash money, yo!)
Favorite Band of All-Time: U2 (can you tell what decade I was teenager in?)
Least Favorite Band of All-Time: The Grateful Dead (Date-rapey dudes and rich girls in tye-dyes, smoking bongs that look like roller coasters at Great Adventure. Not cool.)
Best Song to Do “The Rock Lobster” To: “Rock Lobster” by The B-52′s
Second Best Song to Do “The Rock Lobster” To: N/A
Best Strokes Solo Project: Albert Hammond Jr.
Second Best Strokes Solo Project: N/A
Third Best Strokes Solo Project: N/A
Best Dry Humping Song: “99 Luftballons,” by the German chick who sings that song.
Best Kick A Rusty Can & Contemplate Suicide Song: “Wave of Mutilation” by The Pixies
Fourth Album: Al Jarreau’s Best Of (file under: “Michael Expands Musical Horizons.”)
Second Least Favorite Band of All-Time: Guns & Roses (One good song. I’m sorry but it’s true. Please send hate mail to: Michaelshowalter@GNRSUX.com)
Best Band That Was Once Uncle Tupelo: Wilco
Worst Band That Was Once Uncle Tupelo: Sun Volt
Best Slow & Sleepy Fuck Music: Sade
Best Really Fast & Socially Conscious Fuck Music: Fugazi
Best Off-Key Hyper Lead Singer Fuck Music: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Worst Fuck Music: Weird Al Yankovic
Second Worst Fuck Music: Insane Clown Posse
Third Worst Fuck Music: Eddie Murphy’s first solo album
Best Cover of Phil Collins’ Song “Against All Odds” by Quirky Indie Band: “Against All Odds” by the Postal Service
To My Knowledge, the Only Cover of Phil Collins’ Song “Against All Odds” by Quirky Indie Band: “Against All Odds” by the Postal Service
First CD:3ft High and Rising by De La Soul (stole it from college roommate)
Second CD:Spike by Elvis Costello (stole it from Tower Records got caught and had ass-kicked by security outside of store in full view of onlookers)
Favorite Band That Is Radiohead: Radiohead
Favorite Band That Sounds Like Radiohead: Doves
Least Favorite Band That Sounds Like Radiohead: Keane
Posted: May 3rd, 2008 under Misc.
Tags: Michael Showalter