#the ballad of el goodo

[jt1674]

[razorsadness]

Years ago, my heart was set to live, oh And I've been trying hard against unbelievable odds It gets so hard in times like now to hold on But guns they wait to be stuck by, at my side is God

And there ain't no one going to turn me 'round Ain't no one going to turn me 'round

[manitat]

Big Star - The Ballad Of El Goodo

[rolloroberson]

Big Star - The Ballad of El Goodo

[hoppkorv]

big star 🌟

basic…. but one of the greatest songs of all time ever. second choice would be ballad of el goodo

[babydillpickle]

tagged by @elgooso which makes for an amazing coincidence

i'll tag @mashmouths, @kahki820, @ninja-yogurt & @shiverandqueeef if ya like

[watchitnowulala]

soundtracking a laguna game/movie let's go!

i love music and i love laguna from ff8. i listen to tons of songs and think of moments from the game they could possibly fit. this 'soundtrack' is not feasible, exhaustive, has no overarching theme (aside from me listening to each song) and very much not realistic! i just love talking about music and ff8 so why not have both?

i digress though....

specific songs i'd pick from ff8 itself-

the man with the machine gun -> ofc!!! would be the recurring motif throughout the game, would probably play in the opening scene. can see it being played as soon as he pushes adel into the sorceress chamber.

any location themes -> laguna essentially embarks on a massive world tour to find ellone. there's no point in me trying to find specific songs for each location when we already have the amazing tracks composed by nobuo uematsu.

fragments of memories -> how can i not include this beautiful but haunting song from the third dream sequence. obviously there would be greater elaboration on his time in winhill, and what better song to represent that than the literal song that plays. personally, i wouldn't play it for long, maybe just when ellone is introduced. then, on his mission to find her he pulls out a photo with him, elle and raine and this song plays. idk.

and last but not fucking least we got eyes on me -> ofc!!!!! this song is canonically about my man right here, there is no way this would not be in any sort of material regarding laguna. i can definitely see different arrangements for the two different relationships he has, just to separate them.

songs i would personally include (in chronological order)

tubthumping - chumbawamba -> WEIRD START BUT YOU HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME. i can not not include this absolute piss up anthem. would probably play at the start with him, kiros and ward getting absolutely wasted in dollet or deling city. (also typing out that name and making it look cute gave me whiplash lmfao)

we've only just begun either the carpenters or the grant lee buffalo version (both are great!) -> laguna and raine's wedding! (after eyes on me plays of course!) i imagine it a small affair: ellone, kiros, ward and some winhill villagers who don't completely detest laguna. can see it playing in the background of their reception maybe?

a kiss for luck and we're on our way

the ballad of el goodo - big star -> plays when laguna embarks on his journey to find ellone. i don't have a big analysis on this one, just listen to the song. your life will be better for it.

and there ain't no one going to turn me around.

wide open road - the triffids -> a bit out of left field but as an aussie i gotta include this song. winhill is isolated, this song so beautifully encapsulates this. raine is alone and pregnant, her daughter and husband are gone. it just encapsulates the harrowing yet haunting isolation, and the emotions that run with it. idk i just take any opportunity to talk about this song lmao.

how do you think it feels? / sleeping by yourself?

once in a lifetime - talking heads -> montage time! i have sorely neglected esthar so far and laguna's reign as president of the nation. i chose this song because of its meaning. laguna has had an absolutely insane life, like dude was the main character in multiple different stories. this song is upbeat, quirky and most of all deals with life itself and how we're essentially on autopilot all the time (david byrne's words not mine!) very much a laguna song.

letting the days go by/water flowing underground

father and son - cat (yusuf) stevens -> tbh i'm not that into this song, but it seems like a no brainer for his relationship with squall. reconnecting with his son would be difficult, heart wrenching and emotionally taxing for both parties.

there's so much you have to know

sennen- ride -> laguna visiting raine's grave as an adult. sennen is about a small town in england which, knowing what we know about the winhill (a small town with a very english design) fits super well! i do love ride dearly and their sound, which in this song specifically sounds both hopeful, dreamy yet tinged with melancholy.

and all they see's a strange shaped stone / they'll never invade her now.

sunsets - powderfinger -> stop trying to make ff8 aussie okay okay, hear me out on this. sunsets = end of day, right? sunsets is a laid back sounding ballad, about regret, loss and ultimately moving on from it. it would be a very fitting credits song in my opinion.

slow burn watching the world turn/in my arms

anyway i'm finished now. my fingers are very sore from speed typing this shit all out lmfao. hope you all liked it :)

edit: fixed a typo

[fortheturnstiles]

The kinks....and todd rundgren....and let's see ummmm big star :)

already answered for kinks hehe 🤗💫

todd is probably couldn't i just tell you or long flowing robe

and for big star it's gotta be september gurls. and ballad of el goodo

[folksy]

tagged by @godflesh for a url playlist 🖤

“up my sleeves” by death grips

“rhinestone cowboy” by madvillian

“the ballad of el goodo” by big star

“alameda” by elliott smith

“new morning” by nick cave & the bad seeds

“last” by nine inch nails

“elevation” by television

“geyser” by mitski

“everyday” by weyes blood

“noid” by yves tumor

“dracula’s wedding” by outkast

“the sacred linament of judgement” by lingua ignota

I tag: @cannibalmutual @lonesomecowboybill @liam-summers @revddaughter @punksouthie and anyone else :-)

[popentertainmentconcertreviews]

Big Star – Ardmore Music Hall – Ardmore, PA – December 6, 2022

Perhaps you’ve heard the legend. An unknown rock band puts out a debut album on an imprint on of a record label more well-known for rhythm-based artists. The album gets good critical buzz, but only sells a handful of copies. The group releases a follow-up, which also barely makes a ripple. Members of the band split off, and the third release turns out to be essentially a solo album by the original lead singer.

The albums start showing up in record store cutout bins. They still don’t do all that well, but it seems that just about everyone who buys their records ends up starting their own band. And years after the band had broken up, they became a cult favorite band, beloved by a passionate base.

No, we’re not telling the story of the Velvet Underground. Well, okay it is the VU’s story, but it is also the tale of Big Star. The Memphis foursome, made up of former Box Tops lead singer Alex Chilton, guitarist Chris Bell, bassist Andy Hummel and drummer Jody Stephens, put together a sweet and spicy sound, mixing rock and swooning ballads and becoming one of the first power pop bands.

It has now been 50 years since the release of the debut album #1 Record, which has become considered a bit of a lesser-known classic, as did the second album Radio City. Guitarist Bell left the band to go solo after the release of Radio City, although his solo album I Am the Cosmos was not released until after his 1978 death in a car crash. Hummel also left the band after Radio City to finish college, eventually working for Lockheed Martin for decades before his death of cancer in 2010.

Chilton and Stephens reunited in 1993 and toured on and off for many years until Chilton had a fatal heart attack, also in 2010. Stephens returned to his day job – running Ardent Records, the formerly Stax-distributed label that Big Star had recorded for all those years earlier. It seemed like Stephens would never play the music again, until he announced this limited 50th anniversary tour celebrating the band.

However, this isn’t just the case of a classic band touring with one surviving member and a bunch of kids young enough the be the sons (or grandsons) of the original artists. For the Big Star 50 tour, members of some of the most respected alt-rock bands of the 90s – and all Big Star fans – came together to make up the rest of the band. These included Mike Mills (of REM), Pat Sansone (of Wilco), Chris Stamey (of the dBs) and Jon Auer (of the Posies).

In fact, Auer (and his former Posies cohort Ken Stringfellow) had toured with Chilton and Stevens in the revamped Big Star on and off from 1993 to 2010, when Chilton died. They even did a 2005 album together called In Space. (Stringfellow is no longer involved with Auer or Big Star due to fall out from a series of 2021 sexual abuse allegations.) Therefore, Auer has been playing this music well longer than half of the original Big Star members ever did.

And the other new “band” members here obviously had the chops and the love for the music to make this show rock. There was also a guest appearance for this show on two songs by Adam Weiner, lead singer of the band Low Cut Connie.

The concert was split into two acts. First, they played the entirety of the #1 Record album – in order. Then after a brief intermission they came back and played a bunch of fan favorites – a great deal of which came from Radio City, but they also did some cool unexpected rarities – including a simply gorgeous version of Bell’s solo single “I Am the Cosmos.”

All five musicians (six if you count special guest Weiner, who played on two songs and sang one) traded off on lead vocals and instruments. Band favorites like “Don’t Lie to Me,” “Ballad of El Goodo” and “Jesus Christ” sounded fantastic, peaking with a stellar version of “September Gurls” featuring Mills on vocals.

Still, to this day, it’s a complete mystery that this band never became huge. At least we got the opportunity to bask in their stellar songbook for one more night.

Copyright ©2022 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: December 10, 2022.

Photos by Jay S. Jacobs © 2022. All rights reserved.

[fodderstompferz]

Hi everyone. its been a minute since i did a tag game, major thanks @left-handed-leftist 👍

Rules are to put your 'on repeat' playlist (assuming thats a spotify thing?) on shuffle and put the first ten songs

1, knack - your number or your name, 2, english beat - doors of your heart, 3, frank zappa - wind up workin' in a gas station, 4, knack - maybe tonight, 5, tsol - wash away, 6, big star - the ballad of el goodo, 7, they might be giants - kiss me, son of god, 8, flesh for lulu - postcards from paradise, 9, 808 state - cübik, 10, they might be giants - number three

I tag @glass-blown-eyes @plasticguillotine @w1zardcore @0nlytheatreofpain @denimjacketjesus have fun go wild be awesome

[wrongemboyo]

You could quadruple my lexapro dose I still wouldn’t be able to handle the ballad of el goodo

[fatalfangirl]

Shuffle Tag Game 🎶

rules: put your music on shuffle and list the first 10 songs that come up, then tag ten other people

Liability (Reprise) by Lorde

Symphony of Boreal Wind by Yu-Peng Chen, HOYO-Mix

kokoro by Toraboruta

The Ballad of El Goodo by Evan Dando

Mi Gente by J Balvin, Willy William

Infections of a Different Kind by AURORA

To You by Young Wonder

Comfort Crowd by Conan Gray

Edge of Two by Middle Kids

Love Scenario by iKON

What a mix! This captures me super well. Few stand out notes:

Symphony of Boreal Wind is a fucking banger of a boss battle theme. It's one of my favorite songs from Genshin Impact and I listen to it all the time.

I'm so happy a vocaloid song ended up in the mix. Kokoro is iconic and despite having fucked up lyrics (as most of the best vocaloid songs do), it triggers fond memories of late nights at anime conventions and arcades in Japan playing Project Diva. (If you understand any of what I'm saying, we are now friends for life.)

It only makes sense that a song from the Empire Records soundtrack shows up (I have been actively listening to this album since high school) and The Ballad of El Goodo is a good one.

I don't listen to as much kpop these days as I used to, but Love Scenario is a vibe and the only song from iKON I care about.

Tagging @moodandmist, @cutestkilla, @iamamythologicalcreature, @shrekgogurt, @alexalexinii, @valeffelees, @ivelovedhimthroughworse, @whogaveyoupermission, @blackberrysummerblog, and @theearlgreymage.

[bungitonthen]

15/1/23

my best dub ... third world ... heavy duty dub ... musical arena ... mackarus serenade ... jamaican grass  -  joe gibbs & the professionals  (african dub chapter 2)

electronic news … intergalactic radio guri broadcasting … raumschiff galaxy gleitet im sonnenwind … interstellar rock: kosmische musik …. raumschiff galaxy saust in die lichtbahnen … der planet des sternenmadchens  -  the cosmic jokers  (planeten sit-in)

o my soul ... september gurls ... back of a car ... ballad of el goodo  -  big star  (excerpts from radio city / no. 1 record / shaft: promo record)