What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (digital)



Whoulda thunk it? Album #20 and these guys are still hangin' tough. Having never achieved any major success, most would have hung it up long ago. Not the Mael brothers. Still as witty as ever. For a newcomer to put this album on, the first reaction would be, wtf? But hang on for a trip. The song titles alone are enough to make you want to hear what that could possibly sound like. Even the ones I don't like are so damn catchy. I don't mean catchy is the hook sense, but in the lyrics. Been walking around singing Baby, Baby, Can I Invade Your Country, for days now. And it's so friggin stupid. Such simple songs and yet such complex arrangements. Check out the live performance of Dick Around to see what I mean. Worth the price of admission. All these live clips are just fantastic. The album reached #66 in the U.K. and failed to chart in the states. A single of Perfume did not do too well, and the follow up of Dick Around was banned by the BBC on release. The ban was later lifted, but the momentum had by then subsided.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Here Kitty

Best Track - Metaphor

A metaphor is a glorious thing,
A diamond ring,
The first day of summer
A metaphor is a breath of fresh air,
A turn-on,
An aphrodisiac

Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors,
Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors,
Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors

Use them wisely,
Use them well,
And you'll never know the hell of loneliness

A metaphor is a popular place,
A pocket space,
A multiplex showing,
A remake whose action is louder than words,
She whispers "can we be going, going?"

Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors,
Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors,
Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors

Use them wisely,
Use them well,
And you'll never know the hell of loneliness

Whose up for a metaphor?
(We're up for a metaphor)
Are you chicks up for a metaphor?
(Yes, we're up for a metaphor)

Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't mix them
(We, we, we won't mix them)
Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't mix them
(We wouldn't dream of mixing them)

Use them wisely,
Use them well,
And you'll never know the hell of loneliness

A metaphor is a glorious thing,
A diamond ring,
The first day of summer
A metaphor is a fresh air,
A turn-on,
An aphrodisiac

Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors,
Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors,
Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors

A metaphor is a glorious thing,
A diamond ring,
The first day of summer
A metaphor is a breath fresh air,
A turn-on,
An aphrodisiac

Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors,
Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors,
Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors

Use them wisely,
Use them well,
And you'll never know the hell of loneliness

A metaphor is a glorious thing,
(Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig)
A metaphor is a breath of fresh air,
(Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig)
A metaphor is a glorious thing,
(Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig)
A metaphor is a breath of fresh air,
(Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig)

Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors,
Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors,
Chicks dig, dig, d-i-g, dig, dig metaphors

Use them wisely,
Use them well,
And you'll never know the hell of loneliness


1) Dick Around - ** - live
YouTube - RELAX Live! presents: SPARKS Dick around
2) Perfume - ** - live
YouTube - RELAX Live! presents: SPARKS Perfume
3) The Very Next Fight - *** - live
YouTube - RELAX Live! presents: SPARKS Very next fight
4) (Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country - *
5) Rock, Rock, Rock - ** - live
YouTube - RELAX Live! presents: SPARKS Rock Rock Rock
6) Metaphor - *** - live
YouTube - Sparks - Metaphor (live)
7) Waterproof - *** - audio
YouTube - Waterproof (SPARKS)
8) Here Kitty - * - audio
YouTube - Here Kitty Sparks with Bloebloe and Gligli
9) There's No Such Thing As Aliens - * - audio
YouTube - There's no such thing as aliens
10) As I Sit To Play The Organ At The Notre Dame Cathedral - * - audio
YouTube - Sparks - As i sit down to play the organ at the Notre Dame cathedral

3's - 3
2's - 3
1's - 4

Rating - 1.9