Laughing stock

Laughing stock or Laughingstock may refer to:

  • Laughing Stock (album), an album by Talk Talk
  • "Laughing Stock" (song), a song by Grandaddy
  • "Laughingstock", a song by American Music Club from California
  • "Laughing Stock", a song by Love, a non-album B-side from Forever Changes
  • "Laughingstock", a song by Sick of It All
  • "Laughingstock", a song by The Walkabouts
  • "Laughingstock", a song by [:SITD:]
  • Forever Changes

    Forever Changes is the third album by the American rock band Love. It was released by Elektra Records in November 1967 and would be the final album by the original band, as subsequent albums featured leader Arthur Lee backed by a variety of new players.

    Forever Changes failed to achieve commercial success when it was first released in 1967, but it has since become recognized as one of the finest albums to come out of the Summer of Love, ranking 40th on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 as well as being added to the National Recording Registry in May 2012.

    Recording

    After the previous album, Da Capo, keyboardist/drummer Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer and flautist/saxophonist Tjay Cantrelli were dropped from the band, leaving Love a quintet. The remaining personnel performed on nine of the eleven tracks on Forever Changes. The album was the first to be produced by Arthur Lee, with assistance from Bruce Botnick. Originally, the album was to be produced by Botnick and Neil Young, but Young bowed out due to his commitments to Buffalo Springfield. According to the liner notes of the 1995 compilation Love Story, Young stuck with the album project long enough to arrange the track "The Daily Planet." Young, however, has denied such involvement.

    Under the Western Freeway

    Under the Western Freeway is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Grandaddy. It was released on October 21, 1997 by Will Records.

    Release

    Under the Western Freeway was released on October 21, 1997.

    It was later reissued in the U.S. by V2 Records.

    Reception

    The album was fairly well-received critically. CMJ New Music Monthly described it as "an eccentric psych-pop collection". Andy Gill of The Independent called it "one of the most beguiling debuts of the year [...] a fortuitous collision of Brian Wilson, Neil Young and the Pixies which throws out a stream of understated pop gems".AllMusic noted similarities to the bands Pavement and Weezer, and described it as "a fairly brilliant album, combining a warm, earnest and rustic feel with sometimes goofy experimentation". Frontman Jason Lytle's vocal performance was also praised; Jason Josephes of Pitchfork said: "If the lonely vocals of 'Lineage' and 'Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegance' don't strike you there, you have no soul".

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    Laughing Stock

    by: American Music Club

    Laughing stock proves that the world is made of rock
    That some grow happily on, but that's hard for some
    You and your friend and
    all the rest of God's sweet children
    Never weak, always strong
    That's hard for some
    You ask me why
    You're just a couple of strangers in a bar
    Giving me the chance to explain myself away
    Some entertainment to give away
    In your eyes I see the rest of life just passes by
    And that's hard for some
    You ask me why
    That's your alibi
    Isn't everything clear
    No clouds in the sky
    The laughing stock proves that the world is made of rock




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