Z: i just scoffed about a band being called CSS yesterday
A: yep
A: same band
Z: but not a design reference
A: you’d think they were portland webdesigners commenting on
how the structure of indie rock is the same and is only shaped by
applying style attributes.
A: But no
Z: hahaha
A: the cascading style sheets
A: would be a good band name though
Z: that would be amazing
Z: agreed
A: dude
A: concept alert!
Z: hahaha ok
A: start a band
A: called the cascading style sheets.
A: write and arrange verse chorus bridge etc
A: and do the same song in like ten different styles
A: Literal!
Z: hahaha
Z: normal people would just think they were remixes
A: ah true
Z: and would not understand its nerdy gravitas
Comments
8.21.06
Joe says:
The band is actually called Cansei De Ser Sexy and they’re from Brazil. They are only called CSS in the U.S. from what I’ve been told.
10.21.06
drewheyman says:
And though CSS doesn’t stand for the web thing, they are still a band you might be interested in from a referential standpoint.
To whit: their hit song is called “Let’s make love and listen to death from above”, however, the lyrics and meter of the song turn it into “let’s make love listen death from above”.
This is interesting because it consists of 2 major points for those of us interested in music, but not that adept at writing (good) lyrics:
First, it could have easily been changed to “let’s make love to death from above” and been gramatically correct and more catchy -singable.
Secondly, it would be included in a list of song titles which are meant to be lyrics, but didn’t quite work out rhythm-wise to be exact lyrics. I can’t think of any other songs off the top of my head that this applies to, but i’m sure there are several.
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