It won't let me reply to The Arist Formerly Known as Y's comment for some reason, but he changed the lyrics to Cypress Ave.? I didn't notice that. I absolutely love the version from It's Too Late to Stop Now, but it almost seems like a different song than the Astral Weeks one. I love that Van is constantly changing up…

Very true—I guess I'll stick to my YouTube video. Suuuch a good song.

Very true—I guess I'll stick to my YouTube video. Suuuch a good song.

OK, is there any word of whether the originally titled "You Were Cool" is one of these songs? Maybe "Amy AKA Spent Gladiator #1"? Because man, I love that song.

OK, is there any word of whether the originally titled "You Were Cool" is one of these songs? Maybe "Amy AKA Spent Gladiator #1"? Because man, I love that song.

I hope all the Mountain Goats fans on here have heard "You Were Cool." I first caught wind of it at a show back in January. It's the kind of song only JD could get away with. Check it out on YouTube!

I hope all the Mountain Goats fans on here have heard "You Were Cool." I first caught wind of it at a show back in January. It's the kind of song only JD could get away with. Check it out on YouTube!

The guy's brilliant. Why does he need to be charismatic to be a great musician? For Pete's sake, he wrote Astral Weeks at age 23.

The guy's brilliant. Why does he need to be charismatic to be a great musician? For Pete's sake, he wrote Astral Weeks at age 23.

He cracked me up in his portions of Video Capture Device, the Weezer DVD. Poor guy.

The line is
"You've got a bit of a shoplifting problem. You are REALLY bad at it."

Hmm
I'm surprised I Love Lucy didn't get brought up here. It's obviously dated when it comes to things like the Ricardos' marriage and certain feminist issues, but I think the brilliant timing of the cast and the character-based humor mostly transcends that. Compared to Friends, where the jokes became so strained and…

I guess
the Gang from Paddy's wouldn't really be considered functional…

Nah, that was Greg Daniels

Yeah, Becky's definitely come into her own. I love it. The only thing I'm dreading about Riggins' return is how she's going to devolve.