Two songs today, because 52 a year isn't enough. The first is "She Doesn't Exist Anymore" by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians. Basically a song about a guy who screwed up a relationship. Robyn puts it much more eloquently than me. Michael Stype of R.E.M. provides some background "La, la, la, la"s. I did a cover of this song in 1999 playing all the instruments and doing all the vocals (Michael Stype couldn't pop by to do the "La, la, la, la"s for me). Alas, it is only available on cassette. Your loss (ha!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inAulpKNoSo
The second tune is a live performance of "Pattern Against User" by At the Drive-In. They were a high-energy semi-progressive outfit that broke out in the early 2000s. Unfortunately, they also broke up around that time, with the more proggy guys going on to form The Mars Volta, and the more, I don't know, emo guys going on to form Sparta. But, they've gotten back together and are touring on Lollapalooza this summer. They have a lot of time changes and musical dynamics that give us prog rock guys goosebumps. But the song's only four minutes long. Don't worry, it's not 2112 or Close to the Edge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Q2wS6sGQI
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