Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo (Spanish for "I've got it"; also abbreviated as YLT) is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals). In 2015, original guitarist Dave Schramm rejoined the band and appeared on their fourteenth album, Stuff Like That There.
Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential critics' band" and maintains a strong cult following. Though they mostly play original material, the band performs a wide repertoire of cover songs both in live performance and on record.
albums by Yo La Tengo
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The Main Mix
Through the open window I can hear a crow "singing". It wonderfully fits in with the organ sound. Probably it's just my imagination that the crow is singing along. But I like the idea.
Don't think so, Sugar. Someone identified this as a Farfisa compact; all I know is that's too thin a sound for a Hammond B3. Hammonds have a big throaty sound, as in deep South gospel, Jimmy Smith (jazz), or Allman Brothers first album — article here, and here. The variable-speed rotating Leslie speaker cabinet (actually the internal speaker horns did the spinning) produces a vibrato sound when driven at high speed, and a dirty, gutter-dwelling growl when rotated slowly. Rock/Blues players often strip away the speaker cabinet walls to expose the rotating horns, I think intentionally to mesmerize audience members that have partied a bit much.
Not that I'm an expert; just a big, big fan of their sound. Especially that low, nasty growl. It's mesmerized me often enough.
First Yo La Tengo song I've grown to LOVE. I'm a sucker for rock violins.
At some point it does indeed sound like a feeline got it's tail caught in the organ gears... Other than that quite...RP'esque :)
Wow, a Keller Williams reference. I ended up getting a copy of his album Home and liked it very much.
Much as you and I spar, I admire your grit and love of literature for reading through that work again...I only got 100 pages or so into the first book and got distracted.
You should post your thoughts on "In Search of Lost Time." You probably have some great insights. Give it a thought, seriously.
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I'm sorry, rdo. To the people who love them, cats are so much more than pets .