Another Form of Relief

So it appears as if I may have written myself into something as a corner by doing a whole week of these. Following an in-depth investigation carried out today, wednesday and thursday are looking pretty shit. On the upside though, I guarantee you that the weekend set of posts will be full of awesomeness.

And so we reach tuesday, probably the day of the week with the least things to distinguish it from any other. Depressingly, the only unique tuesday thing I can think of is that it’s the day of a pub quiz that I sometimes take part in. Other than that, nothing. It’s just a nice holding day for the more eventful ones later on in the week. Or not for the likes of slackers like me, but that’s not really the point.

MP3 The Pogues - Tuesday Morning (expired) (from Waiting for Herb, 1993)
One of the few Pogues songs I actually like (I only really care for ‘Fairytale of New York’ if I’m honest), it’s a nice catchy song. It’s not the kind of song that needs any deep analysis, or more accurately I haven’t bothered trying to work out if it’s meant to happy or miserable. It seems to somehow swing both ways for me. It’s a great catchy song though, and that’s the most important part.

MP3 The Minders - Hooray For Tuesday (expired) (from Hooray for Tuesday, 1998)
Hey, you’ll never guess exactly where I got the title for this run of posts from. Well, you might have an idea now anyway. The Minders seem to be sadly overlooked to a certain part, their 60s psychedlic sound seemingly getting lost between the great material put out from others like Of Montreal, Beulah and The Apples In Stereo. ‘Hooray for Tuesday’ is their best album, this title song representing it perfectly. Much like the Wilco track from yesterday, it has a timeless feel, sounding exactly like something a bunch of bands would have been putting out in the 60s, yet so few are today.

MP3 Neutral Milk Hotel - Love Me On A Tuesday (expired) (from Yoyo A Go Go ‘94 compilation, 1994)
MP3 Neutral Milk Hotel - Tuesday Moon (expired) (Unreleased.. I think. Correct me if I’m wrong)
Finally, kudos to Neutral Milk Hotel for seemingly being the only band to really get behind tuesday, by making not one, but two songs, involving the day. Granted the songs are basically the same, using the same lyrics but reworking the music entirely. Which means they would have fitted perfectly on my post of bands covering themselves, but I didn’t have both of these back then. ‘Love Me On A Tuesday’ is a great little (literally given it’s 1:55 long) rock song, soaked in distortion. The fact the lyrics are pretty much indecipherable on the most part doesn’t really matter given how good it sounds. Get past the weird introduction of two kids talking on ‘Tuesday Moon’ and you’ll find another little gem, where you’ll actually be able to hear the words! Which means we can actually hear just how nice these songs happen to be.

..and finally

An amusing clip of a man who calls into QVC with a rather honest report of how he uses his new Dell PC.

I guess that’s it for tonight. I’ll be back tomorrow with an even weaker selection of songs (and if you think they are bad, wait until you see thursday!) for your enjoyment. Apparently I’m going outside to see V For Vendetta tomorrow. Which I’m actually kind of looking forward too. How very exciting.

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