Did anyone enjoy Paulelujah after the first time?

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I'm not sure why I thought I would, but I didn't. Even after I stopped it, got pissed on jaeger, and tried again.

Except "Bleeding Brain Grow". It's got quite a nice beat.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 January 2003 20:58 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm not sure I could enjoy it a first time.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:01 (twenty-three years ago)

It gets worse than the first time?

― Adam A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Actually, I liked some of the beats quite a bit, and in theory I don't dislike Paul Barman, but I just can't listen to a full CD of that. Definitely not twice.

― Adam A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:05 (twenty-three years ago)

I am alone in my appreciation of this record, apparently. There's some filler on it (*two* Anarchist Bookstore songs are not necessary, and the guitar folk-y thing doesn't work) but all in all I love it. Especially the pro-choice protest/sex song and "Cock Mobster"... and "Bleeding Brain Grow" too (I heart Prince Paul).

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:07 (twenty-three years ago)

You may like Paul Barman, that's all fine and good, but I guarantee you'd like the Grodeck Whipperjenny, and you need to get that pronto, Shakey.

{/hijack}

― hstencil, Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:10 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought it appealed a lot more after the first listen, really. First listen it's just a "ha ha", over and done with kinda deal. After you read the accompanying newspaper, though, you kinda get to understand the album more, different textures get revealed each time you listen to the album, little sneaky things, it's kinda like Lolita, insofar as the more effort you put into deciphering it, the more you receive in return.

And the folk track is rubbish, yeah.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Grodeck Whipperjenny? How is it possible I've never heard of this before! I thought I had almost everyone from the People Records roster in my collection...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:23 (twenty-three years ago)

anarchist bookstore part I rules my world. it's so obviously about people i know in my town. i could listen to that all day. as for the rest of it ... blech.

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:26 (twenty-three years ago)

do you live in SF?

Because I'm 99% positive that song is about the Anarchist Bookstore on Haight St.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Although I can't enjoy this album again, I must admit that for some odd reason the line "you make my karma puke!/you who would refuse to disarm a nuke!" actually gives me goosebumps.

I guess I was more into the potential of Paul B. than the actual Paul B.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:32 (twenty-three years ago)

no no no, what i meant is that the song is so "on point" and universal that it could be about any town where there's pretentious university people. so therefore it's my town.

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Wednesday, 22 January 2003 21:33 (twenty-three years ago)

It's pretty fun if you want to listen to a comedy album instead of actual music. I do like how he seems to be one of the few people who actually bothered to sample a song from one of those Cinemaphonic comps ("Vulture Shark Sculpture Park" samples Fernando Antonio Pearson's "Street Corner Talk", which is weird+grebt). But as far as stuff that works as simultaneously comedic and musically interesting, it only hits about half the time. (And, as most of the things I have given positive write-ups of in City Pages, I have since sold/stopped listening to it.)

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Thursday, 23 January 2003 00:34 (twenty-three years ago)

If I'm going to listen to the man, I'm more likely to reach for IT'S VERY STIMULATING. PAULELLUJAH was hilarious the first few times, but I don't find myself listening to it often in its entirety (although I will play "Cock Mobster" repeatedly).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 23 January 2003 00:35 (twenty-three years ago)

well, geez I hardly listen to *anything* in its entirety (aside from 3rd/Sister Lovers over and over). Cock Mobster is endlessly entertaining tho, definitely the gem of the album. It was great when he did it live, he had some verses that didn't make it on the record. Unfortunately, I can't remember his rhyme for Madeleine Albright...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 23 January 2003 00:38 (twenty-three years ago)

"Burping & Farting" is fucking awesome too.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Thursday, 23 January 2003 00:41 (twenty-three years ago)

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