I have to really try to keep focus when writing M2G2. "
The Pillows" article shows that the most, where I go from video games about music to music to anime and back around again. I often have to take a step back (while sitting?) and say, "This is on a video game website." Too often I start feeling like I'm writing a blog entry here.
(Strangely, though, the one where I strayed the most was the one that got the most attention of all.) Go Tech!
Still, with all that in mind, I made a tough decision to not include a second image in
my post today. It was so close to making a cool connection, a great point, and an intriguing thought, but it just wasn't working.
So I thought I'd throw it up here. The real shame is just that, when you put it with SMB and the rest of the article, it just doesn't sit well. You can't look at Spike and listen to "Swingtown" without feeling strange. He epitomizes the song "Space Cowboy", for sure, but contrasts with the more lubby-dubby.
It would work if the focus was inverted, if it was about the show and its influences.
In essence, Steve Miller Band provides one layer of Spike's character, but certainly not all of it. And this makes sense when paired with the fact that every episode of Cowboy Bebop is a different band, genre, theme, feel. But, again, my column isn't about comparing and contrasting anime.
...Heh, and
he didn't work, either.
