Tuesday, December 15, 2009

PQ's Top 10 Songs of the 2000s: No. 5

Racing through now...

You were hoping I'd get through this list without Melt-Banana weren't you?*
Not likely!

But give it a shot. The last 45 seconds of this delighful little pop song sounds a little bit like, well, a song. You might like some of it.

Play it LOUD. Go on. It's less than two and a half minutes...

It is called 'Blank Page Of The Blind'.

*Except for Obtuse-A, who may very well have been hoping the opposite.



(NB: I do prefer Melt-Banana's medley of First Contact With Planet Q / Warp, Back Spin, but because it is technically two songs, it didn't make the Top 10 - below is that medley, but the dickhead who made the video missed the last minute of the second song. Funniest bit is in the comments bit where someone has written: "AHHH OMG WTF IS HAPPENING?! SOMEONE HELP ME!!! -falls and dies- ).

15 comments:

squib said...

I lasted 5 seconds. Still, I tried

Perseus said...

There's no sound until the 6 second mark, and even then it's just dogs barking.

TRY HARDER!

Or just skip to the 1.35 mark and listen to the bit that sounds like music.

obtuse-a said...

* Yes! Brilliant! Thank you.

One of the best live performances I have seen.

Ramon Insertnamehere said...

How did they fit the barking dogs into the live performance?

Perseus said...

Well, Suicide Girl was barking mad.

patchouligirl said...

The first one isn't as bad as the last melt banana song. The second bubble thing kept stopping to buffer which actually improved it. They both make me tense though.

Ramon Insertnamehere said...

Suicide Girl was barking mad.

I'd forgotten all about her.

Leilani said...

Gave it my best shot but I'm with Squib - out by 10 secs.

RandomGit said...

I could stand to hear more of that. I liked the whole thing but the guitar at 1:23 WAS FUCKIN SPOT ON.

I just hit the caps by mistake but dammit, it works for me.

Melba said...

I haven't listened to/watched any of the top 10 yet.

I'm going to sit and go through them all one after the other once all 10 are up. My own little project. I will listen to them all the way through and make a comment.

catlick said...

I feel very very old.

Cath said...

That was a song? Crap I am old. And given that Perseus is older than me, and he LOVES this, jesus, well, I am spent.

patchouligirl said...

Dont jump straight into self doubt Cath. Doubt Perseus first - its a safer bet.

Lewd Bob said...

I didn't mind Blank Page. At first glance - for 'tis mine - Melt Banana are kind of like a Japanese version of our very own The Meanies.

Here's their best song.


the dickhead who made the video missed the last minute of the second song

It's ok, because the second song was exactly the same as the first one.

Melba said...

NO.