http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/posts/tags/brian+eno/page/1/ In which I say little and post even less. en Vox Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:08:26 -0500 Copyright 2006 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brian eno http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/qotd-in-heavy-rotation.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/qotd-in-heavy-rotation.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/qotd-in-heavy-rotation.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:08:26 -0500 <blockquote><p>What albums are in heavy rotation for you right now?<br /></p></blockquote><p> Heavy Rotation... that sounds like a good name for a bimonthly music collection....<br /> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251c21cb549d" at:format="small" at:align="right" class="enclosure enclosure-right enclosure-small audio-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: right;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item audio-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251c21cb549d.html"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251c21cb549d-120pi" alt="Surprise" title="Surprise" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251c21cb549d.html" title="Surprise">Surprise</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <br />Anyway, the big surprise that has popped back into my lineup is Paul Simon&#39;s <em>Surprise</em>. It&#39;s an appropriate title. I&#39;ve been starting to enjoy a little more of Simon&#39;s music - eccentric as he is - and took a gamble on this. It&#39;s solid. It&#39;s textured and mature, and has a lot of great, deep hooks that stick in my head for days. Plus, lyrics that are just fabulous (&quot;Who&#39;s gonna love you when your looks are gone?&quot;, &quot;You can not walk with the holy if you&#39;re just a halfway decent man&quot;) The whole thing does indeed have Brian Eno written all over it, but that&#39;s good: it&#39;s a solid combination of Simon&#39;s pop sensibilities (and near-misses, of course) with Eno&#39;s layering and diverse instrumentation.</p><p>I guess the biggest surprise about it is that it&#39;s held up well for me over the past few months. I suspect I&#39;ll be able to return to it in a few years and still feel strongly about it. It&#39;s speaking more to my Adult-with-a-capital-A side, versus a lot of the pop music I enjoy that just speaks to the here and now.<br /> <p><br /></p></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/qotd-in-heavy-rotation.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00c225229c338fdb?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd paul simon surprise brian eno heavy rotation