Discosadness (2002)
Less than two days until the latest release from Say Hi. In order to celebrate the release of Um, Uh Oh, I am posting my ten favorite Say Hi tracks. Today I will be posting number two, below you will see my previous posts.
#3 – “Maurine”
#4 – “I Think I’ll Be A Good Ghost”
#5 – “These Fangs”
#6 – “Your Brains vs My Tractorbeam”
#7 – “Northwestern Girls”
#8 – “Yeah, I’m in Love with an Android”
#9 – “Blah, Blah, Blah”
#10 – “Let’s Talk About Spaceships”
I think it is always important to list early work of an artist when making these top ten lists. It is in my opinion that the first album of any artist defines their musical career. We hear a lot of talk about how if a record company doesn’t promote an album it is doomed to fail. The problem is than in those examples in order to succeed the album needs to sell, but honestly selling copies doesn’t determine if the content is a success. I will say though there needs to be at least some sort of potential, other wise the artist wont get a second chance.
Today’s tune comes from Say Hi‘s very first album, Discosadness (2002). If this were the only album you ever heard from Say Hi, it would be enough. Every album after has had pieces of this work incorporated into it, much like any other first album. That is not to say the music hasn’t evolved but to really appreciate what Say Hi has done over the years you must know and understand Discosadness. Please enjoy my favorite track off Discosadness, “They Write Books About this Sort of Thing”
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