Listening Station: The New Happy Mondays Song Nearly Breaks Us

noah | May 31, 2007 3:10 am
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maura@idolator (2:41:40 PM): oh my god maura@idolator (2:41:43 PM): this new happy mondays song JesshM4M (2:40:53 PM): uh oh maura@idolator (2:42:07 PM): can we have an IM CONFERENCE about it maura@idolator (2:42:11 PM): please JesshM4M (2:41:11 PM): im supposed to be working! JesshM4M (2:41:15 PM): ok send it to me maura@idolator (2:42:22 PM): it’ll take the length of the song

JesshM4M (2:41:52 PM): it sounds like… JesshM4M (2:41:56 PM): fuck what does it sound like… maura@idolator (2:43:03 PM): wait maura@idolator (2:43:22 PM): oh man JesshM4M (2:42:18 PM): it sounds like “wild wild west”! maura@idolator (2:43:26 PM): what? JesshM4M (2:42:26 PM): will smith maura@idolator (2:43:31 PM): i don’t hear wild wild west JesshM4M (2:42:27 PM): the beat maura@idolator (2:43:40 PM): but with mark e smith screwed and chopped over it JesshM4M (2:42:55 PM): this is already the worst IM conference in history JesshM4M (2:43:06 PM): you have to publish it verbatim maura@idolator (2:44:15 PM): it’s the song’s fault JesshM4M (2:43:14 PM): i, too, blame the song JesshM4M (2:43:29 PM): it’s not “wild wild west.” it’s something though. maura@idolator (2:44:40 PM): i don’t want to hear shaun ryder talking about pressing his tits to the floor. JesshM4M (2:43:39 PM): i’m gonna restart it and see if i can figure it out. maura@idolator (2:44:46 PM): and yet, it has happened JesshM4M (2:44:32 PM): pfork wanted me to interview shaun ryder JesshM4M (2:44:36 PM): but i didnt have time JesshM4M (2:44:40 PM): unforunately maura@idolator (2:45:48 PM): aw JesshM4M (2:44:51 PM): apparently he had just gotten out of court that day or something maura@idolator (2:46:04 PM): of course. JesshM4M (2:45:00 PM): “that should make for a good icebreaker” JesshM4M (2:45:13 PM): this song is sapping my will to live maura@idolator (2:46:33 PM): it sounds like everything bad about the ’90s JesshM4M (2:45:36 PM): world party JesshM4M (2:45:41 PM): bad ii maura@idolator (2:46:53 PM): new old rave? maura@idolator (2:46:57 PM): or just old JesshM4M (2:45:58 PM): there is nothing ravey about this maura@idolator (2:47:16 PM): i meant just old old, not old rave JesshM4M (2:46:26 PM): man other critics make this look so easy maura@idolator (2:47:38 PM): they edit. JesshM4M (2:46:34 PM): i find it hard to be “on” in IM JesshM4M (2:46:39 PM): well we won’t edit maura@idolator (2:48:00 PM): we won’t? JesshM4M (2:46:59 PM): will we? maura@idolator (2:48:09 PM): we can JesshM4M (2:47:10 PM): we should probably edit a little maura@idolator (2:48:18 PM): yeah JesshM4M (2:47:24 PM): somehow this is more interesting than this song JesshM4M (2:47:31 PM): wait wait is he saying press HIS tits to the floor? maura@idolator (2:48:41 PM): yes maura@idolator (2:48:46 PM): I TOLD YOU JesshM4M (2:47:45 PM): oh my JesshM4M (2:48:48 PM): omg wtf is he talking about JesshM4M (2:48:54 PM): “i make crazy babies”?? maura@idolator (2:50:12 PM): it’s his ozzy phase JesshM4M (2:49:15 PM): maybe he’ll bite bez’s head off JesshM4M (2:49:44 PM): “i made some mistakes, man” maura@idolator (2:50:53 PM): there’s your kicker JesshM4M (2:49:49 PM): that just about says it all doesn’t

Happy Mondays – Jelly Bean [MP3, link expired; via Pitchfork]