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The Capitol Years 1995–2007
''The Capitol Years 1995–2007'' (also released as ''The Best of the Capitol Years 1995–2007'') is a greatest hits album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released in the UK on July 19, 2010, and in the United States on August 24, 2010. It comprises their years with Capitol Records, before the band left the label and started their own, Beat the World ''Beat the World'' (also known as ''You Got Served: Beat the World'') is a 2011 Canadian dance film written and directed by Robert Adetuyi. It is a loose sequel to the American film ''You Got Served'' (2004). It was produced by InnerCity Films and .... It also features one original composition, "This Is the Tide," for which three different music videos were produced. Track listing Release history References External links ''The Capitol Years 1995–2007''at The Dandy Warhols' official website * * The Dandy Warhols albums 2010 compilation albums {{2010s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were later joined by keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent DeBoer. The band's name is a play on the name of American pop artist Andy Warhol. The band gained recognition after they were signed to Capitol Records and released their major label album debut, '' ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down'', in 1997. In 2001, the band rose to new levels of fame after their song "Bohemian Like You" enjoyed extensive exposure due to being featured in a Vodafone advertisement. The Dandy Warhols were the subject of the 2004 documentary film '' Dig!'', along with San Francisco psychedelic outfit The Brian Jonestown Massacre. They have released 10 studio albums, two compilation albums, six EPs, and 27 singles to date. Biography Early years (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boys Better
''...The Dandy Warhols Come Down'' is the second studio album by American rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on July 15, 1997, by Capitol. Three singles were released from the album: " Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth", "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" and "Boys Better". This is the final studio album to feature drummer Eric Hedford, who quit the band during the tour, and was replaced with Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent DeBoer. Recording and ''The Black Album'' The band's first effort for Capitol Records was an album which was recorded before ''Come Down'' called ''The Black Album'', which was rejected by Capitol for, according to frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor, containing "no hit songs". It was later released as a double album in 2004 with ''Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols'', an album composed of B-sides and previously unreleased material. After rejecting "The Black Album" Capitol reached out to Tony Lash, who had co-produced ''Dandys Rule OK'', to produce. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique while others talk of a "plurality of worlds". Some treat the world as #Monism and pluralism, one simple object while others analyze the world as a complex made up of many parts. In ''#Scientific cosmology, scientific cosmology'' the world or universe is commonly defined as "[t]he totality of all space and time; all that is, has been, and will be". ''#Theories of modality, Theories of modality'', on the other hand, talk of possible worlds as complete and consistent ways how things could have been. ''#Phenomenology, Phenomenology'', starting from the horizon of co-given objects present in the periphery of every experience, defines the world as the biggest horizon or the "horizon of all horizons". In ''#Philosophy of mind, philosop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smoke It
''Odditorium or Warlords of Mars'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was recorded from April 2004 to January 2005 in the band's own Odditorium studio, and was released on September 13, 2005, through Capitol Records; their final album before parting ways with the label. The album is a return to the psychedelic, guitar-based sound of the group's earlier records, following their foray into a New wave music, new wave style with 2003's ''Welcome to the Monkey House (album), Welcome to the Monkey House''. The album failed to meet up to the commercial success of its predecessors and received a mixed response from music critics. Two singles were released from the album: "Smoke It" and "All the Money or the Simple Life Honey". Background and production The album's title references the novel ''The Warlord of Mars'' by Edgar Rice Burroughs as well as the band's Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon pad The Odditorium, where the album was recorded from b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plan A (The Dandy Warhols Song)
"Plan A" is a song by American rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released as the third single from their fourth studio album, ''Welcome to the Monkey House'', on 24 November 2003. It peaked at No. 66 on the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s .... Track listing ; 7" vinyl # "Plan A" # "The Jean Genie" References External links * {{2000s-rock-single-stub 2003 singles The Dandy Warhols songs 2003 songs Songs written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor Capitol Records singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Dando
Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4, 1967) is an American musician and frontman of the Lemonheads. He has also embarked on a solo career and collaborated on songs with various artists. In December 2015 Dando was inducted into the Boston Music Awards Hall of Fame. Biography Early life and education Dando was born in Essex, Massachusetts, on Boston's North Shore, to Susan, a former fashion model, and Jeffrey, who worked as a real estate attorney. At the age of nine, his family moved from Essex to Boston; his parents divorced two years later. In his teens Dando attended Commonwealth School in Boston. In the fall of 1986 he enrolled at Skidmore College but dropped out after getting "four Fs and a D." The Lemonheads While at Commonwealth, Dando met Ben Deily and Jesse Peretz, and in 1986 they formed the Whelps before changing their name to Lemonheads, like that of the Lemonhead (candy), candy manufactured by Ferrara Pan Candy Company, Ferrara Pan. The Lemonheads debuted at the Meltdown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Were The Last High
"You Were the Last High" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released in July 2003 as the second single from their fourth studio album ''Welcome to the Monkey House''. Music video The music video is an almost exact recreation of Duran Duran's "Planet Earth" video: this was influenced by the fact that Nick Rhodes, keyboardist for Duran Duran, produced ''Welcome to the Monkey House''. Release Released in July 2003 as the second single from ''Welcome to the Monkey House'', "You Were the Last High" peaked at No. 34 on the UK Singles Chart. "You Were the Last High" was one of the titular "nine songs" in the film ''9 Songs'', which featured a live performance of the song by the band. The song also featured in the film '' Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life''. "You Were the Last High" appeared on the band's greatest hits album '' The Capitol Years 1995–2007'' under the shortened title "The Last High". Reception The song was favorably ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Used To Be Friends
"We Used to Be Friends" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album ''Welcome to the Monkey House'' on 23 April 2003. The single did not chart in the US but peaked at number 18 in the UK. Content The song bears a similar intro riff, chord progression and vocal melody to that of a Feeder song " Day In Day Out", and the band have listed Grant Nicholas as co-writer to avoid lawsuit. Reception ''NME'' praised the track, describing it as "a synthetic chatter of robotic handclaps and tweaky guitar fuzz, creamed off with a squeaky-clean chorus delivered in alarming falsetto". Cultural references The song is known for being the theme song to the TV series ''Veronica Mars'', and was also notably featured in episodes of ''The O.C.'' and ''Wonderfalls'', as well as the ''FIFA Football 2004'' soundtrack. It was also the theme song to Australian reality series ''My Restaurant Rules'', and was fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohemian Like You
"Bohemian Like You" is a song by American alternative rock band the Dandy Warhols. The song was written by frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor after seeing a woman pull up in her car to the traffic lights outside his apartment. It was released as the second single from the band's third studio album, '' Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia'', on July 11, 2000. Upon its original release, it failed to reach the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at 42, even after a yearlong tour. After featuring in a popular Vodafone advertisement, it was re-released on October 9, 2001, and peaked at No. 5 on the same chart. Background Lead singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor said the song was inspired when he saw a woman in a car stopped at the traffic light below his apartment window and began to fantasize about a relationship with her. He said, "My silly little brain ran amok with the dream of love and vintage motor malfunctions. It was only natural to weave it into a song on the spot." Critical recept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Off (The Dandy Warhols Song)
"Get Off" is a song by American rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released in 2000 as the first single from their third studio album, '' Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia'', and was re-released in 2002. Release "Get Off" peaked at No. 38 on the UK Singles Chart in 2000 and No. 34 when it was re-released in 2002. Reception ''NME'' wrote that the song sounds like "a thousand Sioux Indians invading the whorehouse at the High Chaparal for a bongs'n'blow jobs toga keg party", commenting "does it really take a major bastard ad campaign for the radio big knobs to spot a decent tune when it chews their fucking faces off?", in reference to The Dandy Warhols' relative obscurity prior to having their song "Bohemian Like You" featured in a Vodafone advert. Track listing All tracks written and composed by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where indicated. Music video The video was filmed in Portland in April 2000. Scenes of the band members riding horses were filmed on St. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
