In retrospect the very first few notes of the verses Marvin sings in What’s going on (C#-G#-B-C#) still the most beautiful single moment in the history of recorded music. Especially the second verse coming right after of the Cmaj bridge (Mother, mother)
I came across a great little description of Thorstein Veblen in the work of C. Wright Mills this morning. Grouping him with the Wobblies, Mills wrote that Veblen was “the best social scientist America has produced, who probably... was at heart an anarchist and syndicalist.”
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I guess it’s a good thing Pitchfork broadened their horizons and allowed acts like Olivia Rodrigo on their “top 100 rock songs of all time” lists, but it leaves you wondering why other children’s music such as The Wiggles remains unacknowledged. “Hot Potato” was a phenomenon.