The Weasel is our King

[rj_anderson]

At present I am about as far out of HP fandom as it is possible to be without actively loathing (or, I suppose, not having read) the series, but that being said --

I have just spent half the afternoon listening to Wizard Rock and it is entirely lizbee's fault.

The last time I checked out any WR it was Harry and the Potters and I thought it was lame, so I never bothered to listen further. But this guy -- he's actually good -- like, professional-quality-I-could-imagine-hearing-this-on-the-radio good.

The first one I listened to (and which grabbed me right away) was "The Flying Motorbike", but "Luna" has a zany Scissor-Sisters-meet-the-Bee-Gees vibe that made me laugh out loud, and "What You Believe" is my current favorite. And it really doesn't matter if you haven't read the books, either; you might even enjoy the lyrics more if you haven't.

Is that a rec? Why yes, it is. Go now and check out the album preview of Musical Decree Number Twenty-Four.

Comments

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Sounds like this guy might make an excellent addition to the book store's playlist! *bookmarks to show husband*

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

The last time I checked out any WR it was Harry and the Potters and I thought it was lame. . .

This reminds me of my colleague's 10-year-old son's comment when we had Harry and the Potters play at the library. "They're geeks", he said - or words to that effect. "Yes," his mother and I agreed. "They are geeks. That's the point!"

But seriously, charming boys though Paul and Joe are, they can't sing. No arguments there. There is, however, a lot of good and clever and funny stuff out there in Wizard Rockdom. Some of it is even very musical. I'd recommend Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons - Amy has a lovely voice. And my sister just recommended a really, really clever band called Peeved. He wrote a song called "the Ballad of Percy Weasley". You can find both of them on myspace - and I will go forthwith and check out the singer you have mentioned.

Oh - others we've been positively impressed by recently, in addition to Whompy (the Whomping Willows), who's got some of the cleverest lyrics going - Swish and Flick and Nagini We both love Nagini's "James isn't cool".

[cesario.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAH. From pegkerr, to me, to Liz, to you. Oh, Internetz, your cyclical approach to reality fills me with vaguely Hindu religious leanings. He is quite decent though. Peg hooked me in by recommending "Already Dead" which I listened to and then wanted to DIE, so I downloaded the rest to feel less like dying.