{"id":1765,"date":"2008-02-23T22:57:10","date_gmt":"2008-02-24T02:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1765"},"modified":"2008-03-02T10:56:24","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T14:56:24","slug":"moby-octopad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1765","title":{"rendered":"Moby Octopad"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span> brought Yo La Tengo<\/a>up Yo La Tengo a couple of times, skirmishly, I admit (previously on xsamplex<\/a>). I discovered the band via the ‘regular musical path’: As a fan of Sonic Youth I ended up listening to Yo La Tengo<\/a>. I’m not sure why that is: Yo La Tengo’s music style comes closer to ‘easy listening music’: edgy, experimental, yet, predictable and accessible. But fun, yes: the bandmembers are well-known for making fun<\/a> (“You Can Have It All, Live”) of themselves<\/a> (“Tom Courtenay”) and their ‘nerdy image’<\/a> (“Sugar Cube”). Maybe it’s because they are from New Jersey.\n<\/p>\n

So: Initially, I was thinking of throwing in their song ‘You Can Have It All’ (see link above for live performance) but I decided to go for a sample from YLT’s 1997 album ‘I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One’: Moby Octopad (sample 30+second)<\/a> is the second track on that album. For me, personally, it stands out because of the heavily pronounced bass and drum theme and the (band’s) typical multi-vocal melodic song style. Not brilliant, but definitely different and unique.\n<\/p>\n

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Update (03\/02\/08):<\/em> Yo La Tengo is murdering the classics 2008<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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