Isn't it funny how fickle we are? For example one of my favourite groups of the 00s was Animal Collective, now I don't think I could bring myself to listen to them even if you paid me. Is it because of all the turds that followed in their wake. I couldn't even name them but there was a time I'd put on the radio and every second band seemed to be an acolyte. Did I just get sick of 'em? Did my tastes change? Dance Manatee, Here Comes The Indian, Person Pitch and some of the others would have featured in my 00s top 100 if I'd done one. Is it because they went overground with their last LP as a collective and all of a sudden your cult band of the last 7 or 8 years was adopted by others outside the cult because a magazine told them to. Am I that teenage and/or snobby? My favourite artist of the 00s was Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and I still listen to him. Six of his records would have been in my make believe top 100. His last LP from 2011 went overground and I loved it, so some of those snob theories may have to be dropped. Lots of people are influenced by him and I like a lot of those artists. I'm still trying to work it out. Maybe Animal Collective were the conclusion of something and Ariel Pink began something.
These first two from this classic.
For Kate I Wait from possibly the best
album realeased this Century.
Menopause Man from the best album
of the 2010s!
These last 3 from probably the
greatest album of this Century.
**Haven't seen any of these videos. I didn't realise he made so many or any for that matter. The only thing I ever saw was him doin' a crackin' version of Round and Round live on Jimmy Fallon but that's been taken off the youtubes.
