From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V5 #266 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Tuesday, July 18 2000 Volume 05 : Number 266 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] RE: High Fidelity ["Grant Goggans" ] RE: [AVALON] discography. ["Turner, Chris (cturner)" ] Re: [AVALON] Truly, Ragley, Deeply... [KB Porter ] RE: [AVALON] Truly, Ragley, Deeply... ["Turner, Chris (cturner)" ] RE: [AVALON] Mystery lyric ["Turner, Chris (cturner)" ] Re: [AVALON] Mystery lyric ["Reecey" ] [AVALON] Loved By The Sun ["van Lammeren, Anton" ] [AVALON] Firestorm for Chris ["Simon Galloway" ] Re: [AVALON] BF Approved ["Martin Stockman" ] Re: [AVALON] Mystery lyric [Heather James ] Re: [AVALON] BF Approved ["Andrew Shearer" ] Re: [AVALON] They Might Have Peaked Too Early... ["Ivor Canning" ] Re: [AVALON] Damp squib... ["Ivor Canning" ] RE: [AVALON] Roxy Cover ["Rob Edwards" ] Re: [AVALON] Chart ["Jane Collard" ] Re: [AVALON] BF Approved ["Robert Whiteford" ] [AVALON] Re; The tour [MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty)] Re: [AVALON] BF Approved ["Han Snijders en Willy v/d Geest" Subject: [AVALON] RE: High Fidelity >Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 08:19:45 +0100 >From: "Johnny Reece" >Subject: [AVALON] RE: High Fidelity (snip) >As for the film itself, I won't be going to see it, and that is on solid >advice from a range of my listeners, all from the USA, who had read the >book >first, then seen the film. "It doesn't transfer over to the USA well" is >their battle cry, and, as they are from the States, I guess they know what >they are talking about (in the movie, the Shop is based in Chicago, not >London, so the sarcasm of English music humour has been altered >dramatically). You're joking! If you know this kind of shop, as indeed I do, how could you not love this film? My record store of choice is Wuxtry in Athens, which has employed more local musicians of fame and notoreity -- most notably the Woggles, Hillbilly Frankenstein and Peter Buck of REM -- than any shop on Earth, and I'm pals with some of the current employees (since I used to work part time in Wuxtry's comic shop). When some friends and I saw High Fidelity in Atlanta, we said "It's Wuxtry, the movie!" I guess if you buy all your CDs at the mall, and never go out looking for vinyl, you won't "get" this film, but I thought it was dead-on, and so far it's in my top 5 movies of the year list. Grant ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 02:58:52 -0700 From: "Turner, Chris (cturner)" Subject: RE: [AVALON] discography. Hello Derek and welcome, There is a Japanese only Bryan Ferry album called The Greatest, released in 1998 and available on import, which contains most of the 12" remixes from his career, although not the more esoteric dance mixes. You can find details of this release at www.roxyrama.com under "Releases" The singles discography there should be completed by this coming weekend. The Right Stuff was the first official Ferry single release on CD, although some of the earlier releases have subsequently become available. There are some notable omissions - for example, the beautiful instrumental version of Windswept has yet to appear on CD. Perhaps this will be rectified by the BF box set which is in development. Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Derek A. Chilcote Bacco [SMTP:derek@chilcotebacco.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 10:52 PM > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: [AVALON] discography. > > Hi all, > > Is there a complete discography on the Web somewhere? Specifically, I'm > seeking a > list of 12" singles and remixes ranging through the Boys and Girls and Bete > Noire > time period including the full-length version of "Is Your Love Strong > Enough"... > which was a very rich period of Bryan's career in terms of 12" singles and > dance > mixes. > ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:20:10 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: [AVALON] The STL TV ad I've seen it! It was in the 19.45 ad break during last Friday's Coronation Street. I was in the HTV Wales region (on holiday, and it didn't rain, if you're interested). It's basically snippets of a few videos, but given a black and white/bluey effect to look like the album sleeve. It's also given an "available at Woolworths for £12.99" tag on it too. And how many emails were waiting from me upon my return? 523!!!! It's taken me about 4 hours to get through them all. Thanks! SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:55:01 -0400 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] Truly, Ragley, Deeply... <> Complete "freeze out"? I'm surprised any non contract recording medium is ever allowed to pass the ticket take. Aren't there supposed to be armed guards playing airport security at all gigs? ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 06:56:36 -0700 From: "Turner, Chris (cturner)" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Truly, Ragley, Deeply... Ha Ha. They didn't even ask for my ticket...shame I bought one really... Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: KB Porter [SMTP:kbporte@attglobal.net] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 2:55 PM > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Truly, Ragley, Deeply... > > < completely unnecessary, and a big distraction from the gig for us near > the front.>> > > Complete "freeze out"? > > I'm surprised any non contract recording medium is ever allowed to pass > the ticket take. Aren't there supposed to be armed guards playing > airport security at all gigs? > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:05:26 +0100 From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: RE: [AVALON] Truly, Ragley, Deeply... Send it to Martino - he hasn't seen one all tour. Jocelyn - -----Original Message----- From: Turner, Chris (cturner [mailto:cturner@sequent.com] Sent: 17 July 2000 14:57 To: 'avalon@smoe.org' Subject: RE: [AVALON] Truly, Ragley, Deeply... Ha Ha. They didn't even ask for my ticket...shame I bought one really... Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: KB Porter [SMTP:kbporte@attglobal.net] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 2:55 PM > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Truly, Ragley, Deeply... > > < completely unnecessary, and a big distraction from the gig for us near > the front.>> > > Complete "freeze out"? > > I'm surprised any non contract recording medium is ever allowed to pass > the ticket take. Aren't there supposed to be armed guards playing > airport security at all gigs? > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:27:36 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: [AVALON] Mystery lyric I've been sent one of those "guess the song from the obscure lyric" quizzes, and this one is really bugging me. Anyone know this "My name is blue canary" Answers on a £50 note to...... SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:34:20 -0700 From: "Turner, Chris (cturner)" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Mystery lyric Birdhouse in your soul - The Might Be Giants Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Galloway [SMTP:SIMONG@jazzfm.com] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 3:28 PM > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: [AVALON] Mystery lyric > > I've been sent one of those "guess the song from the obscure lyric" > quizzes, and this one is really bugging me. Anyone know this > > "My name is blue canary" > > Answers on a £50 note to...... > > SimonG > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:20:31 +0100 From: "Reecey" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Mystery lyric Isn't it the Buggles ? (Video killed...) Seems to ring a bell somehow. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Simon Galloway To: Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 3:27 PM Subject: [AVALON] Mystery lyric > I've been sent one of those "guess the song from the obscure lyric" quizzes, and this one is really bugging me. Anyone know this > > "My name is blue canary" > > Answers on a £50 note to...... > > SimonG > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:21:39 +0100 From: "Reecey" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Mystery lyric Ha ! Nice one Chris - spot on. Whatever happened to TMBG ? - ----- Original Message ----- From: Turner, Chris (cturner) To: Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 3:34 PM Subject: RE: [AVALON] Mystery lyric > Birdhouse in your soul - The Might Be Giants > > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Simon Galloway [SMTP:SIMONG@jazzfm.com] > > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 3:28 PM > > To: avalon@smoe.org > > Subject: [AVALON] Mystery lyric > > > > I've been sent one of those "guess the song from the obscure lyric" > > quizzes, and this one is really bugging me. Anyone know this > > > > "My name is blue canary" > > > > Answers on a £50 note to...... > > > > SimonG > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > > unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:20:19 +0200 From: "van Lammeren, Anton" Subject: [AVALON] Loved By The Sun Hi avalonians, I came across this link: http://people.we.mediaone.net/yesman/lyrics/LovedByTheSun.txt. I hadn't heard about it. Anyone knows what it is? Is Bryan singing on this track? > - Anton van Lammeren > http://huizen.dds.nl/~avl with some Roxy Folly > > "Next time is the best time, we all know" ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:20:20 +0200 From: "van Lammeren, Anton" Subject: RE: [AVALON] This Love Hi, Got a copy of STL at Norhtsea. This Love: good for slow moods indeed. Anyone on the poem you can hear in the background? Or did I miss that too. I heard of postings on that other poem on ATGB. Who can repost? Tara, Anton - -----Original Message----- From: Martin Stockman [mailto:martinstockman@btinternet.com] Sent: woensdag 5 juli 2000 18:02 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] This Love <<...>> This love is a strange love, a faded kind of day love, I think I'm gonna fail again....This love doesn't mean a thing love, doesn't mean to be love, doesn't mean a thing... Good. Very good indeed. More Byron than Ferrari, and that's not to everyone's taste. I know. pip pip Martino ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 08:38:40 -0700 From: "Turner, Chris (cturner)" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Mystery lyric Not to put too fine a point on it - they never fulfilled their ambition...Eels have now adopted the 'quirky rock crown' after Beck dropped it. That last comment should start a firestorm... Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Reecey [SMTP:johnny.reece@virgin.net] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 4:22 PM > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Mystery lyric > > Ha ! Nice one Chris - spot on. Whatever happened to TMBG ? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Turner, Chris (cturner) > To: > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 3:34 PM > Subject: RE: [AVALON] Mystery lyric > > > > Birdhouse in your soul - The Might Be Giants > ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:46:26 +0100 From: "Reecey" Subject: [AVALON] RE : Loved By The Sun The Ferry bit they refer to from 'Legend' will be 'Is your love strong enough' and possibly 'Help Me' too. The 'loved by the sun' must be surely Jon Anderson, formerly of vile prog-rockers Yes, who of course will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes. Reecey... ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:33:36 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: [AVALON] Firestorm for Chris I'm not an angry person, so I can't muster any nastiness to flame you! But Eels are a bit more angsty than quirky, and a lot blander than Beck. In fact, they're goddamn boring!! Beck is probably closest in SPIRIT (not style) to Bowie in the 70s and Prince in the 80s in the way he experiments with different styles, and not being second guessed. But as much as I like him, I find each successive album less vital. A quick Beck albums top 3: 1, One Foot In The Grave 2, Mellow Gold 3, Mutations So there SimonG >>> "Turner, Chris (cturner)" 07/17 4:38 pm >>> Not to put too fine a point on it - they never fulfilled their ambition...Eels have now adopted the 'quirky rock crown' after Beck dropped it. That last comment should start a firestorm... Chris ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 18:06:31 +0100 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF Approved - ---------- >From: "Simon Galloway" > Beck is probably closest in SPIRIT (not style) to Bowie in the 70s and This brings to mind an interesting, and probably fairly short, thread. Bry seldom says anything about other contemporary artists, usually affecting disinterest in names thrust at him*, but who has he spoken well of in the past, say ten years. I can name Beck Edwyn Collins Portishead Prince ..err, that's it. Anyone ? Martinet * "Morrisey ? Didn't he say something about being miserable ?" ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:16:43 -0700 From: "eman96" Subject: [AVALON] MP3's vs CDR's >>Metallica have been especially cool over the mp3 thing, haven't they? :-) obviously you missed my other message: the context is specifically BOOTLEG CDS OF AN OBSCURE OLD ARTIST (IN THE STATES) NAMED BRYAN FERRY. mp3's of still popular bands here, are a totally diferent issue. have you ever heard of "apples and oranges???" electronic distribution of millions of copies of a song is different than snail mailing a few hundred CDRs. and specifically because MP3 issues or so cogent and to the fore, no one gives a crap about the bootleg/CDR issue right now. there is much more fear of electronic distrubtion, where in a matter of days, millions of copies can be distributed that can then be burned in to cdr's by home users. but you'll notice that flock of seagulls and talk talk are not suing napster; in the states, bryan ferry is nearly in the same category. in fact the venues he played where only slightly larger than "flocks" reunion tour. home spun CDR bootlegs, distributed by snail mail, are low tech bootlegging all the sudden. not a lot of loss in that. MP3's, could short an artist millions in sales. e ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:24:54 -0400 From: Heather James Subject: Re: [AVALON] Mystery lyric "A little Birdhouse in your soul" ... They Might be Giants - from the older album ... Flood Be careful - its one of those pop songs that will get in your head and repeat forever (they write REAL catchy stuff) -= )-(eather =- >------------------< hjames@thewebgal.com MCC NOVA's Website: http://www.mccnova.com/ Heather's Website: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/ My Roxy Music site: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ >-----------------------------------------------------< Simon Galloway wrote: > > I've been sent one of those "guess the song from the obscure lyric" quizzes, and this one is really bugging me. Anyone know this > > "My name is blue canary" > > Answers on a £50 note to...... > > SimonG > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon - -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:33:57 GMT From: "Andrew Shearer" Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF Approved I seem to remember Radiohead and The Verve too Andrew >From: "Martin Stockman" >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org >To: avalon@smoe.org >Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF Approved >Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 18:06:31 +0100 > > > > >---------- > >From: "Simon Galloway" > > Beck is probably closest in SPIRIT (not style) to Bowie in the 70s and > >This brings to mind an interesting, and probably fairly short, thread. Bry >seldom says anything about other contemporary artists, usually affecting >disinterest in names thrust at him*, but who has he spoken well of in the >past, say ten years. I can name > >Beck >Edwyn Collins >Portishead >Prince > >..err, that's it. Anyone ? > >Martinet > >* "Morrisey ? Didn't he say something about being miserable ?" > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing >selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:54:10 +0100 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] They Might Have Peaked Too Early... Reecey is 'Particle Man' ("does whatever a particle can..."): > Ha ! Nice one Chris - spot on. Whatever happened to TMBG ? The two Johns (Linnell and Flansburgh) are still going as far as I know, but I gave up on them after the fifth album 'John Henry' in 1994 - they became more of a band thing and (I think) lost a lot of their charm. I fully concur with Heather, 'Flood' really was a high water mark with supremely silly, clever songs as 'Birdhouse', a smart cover of 'Istanbul (not Constantinople)' and the bizarre 'Particle Man'. But in the midst of all this glorious foolishness, they still managed to hit home hard on the song 'Your Racist Friend' ("Can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding"). Just brilliant. > Jon Anderson, formerly of vile prog-rockers Yes, who of course will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes. Nothing 'former' or 'vile' about him or them, glam-boy !! S;^). Currently doing very well on tour covering classic material. Before you say too much, remember Phil Manzanera was a fan of theirs and has recorded in Chris Squires' basement studio... Regards, Ivor. BTW I have nearly all of Yes's albums - that should just about see us to Blickling Hall and back, I reckon...S;^) n.p. Tangerine Dream 'Poland' ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:08:42 EDT From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] They Might Have Peaked Too Early... In a message dated 07/17/2000 2:57:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ivor.canning@cwcom.net writes: << Jon Anderson, formerly of vile prog-rockers Yes, who of course will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes. Nothing 'former' or 'vile' about him or them, glam-boy !! S;^). Currently doing very well on tour covering classic material. >> It seems to me that every second or third movie out this summer has been scored by Trevor Rabin. Arnie ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:14:09 +0100 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF Approved Martin looks for recommendations: > Bry seldom says anything about other contemporary artists, usually affecting > disinterest in names thrust at him*, but who has he spoken well of in the > past, say ten years. I can name > > Beck > Edwyn Collins > Portishead > Prince > > ..err, that's it. Anyone ? I seem to recall Bryan commenting favourably on The Orb in the early 1990's (he was one of the judges that gave them a 'Q' award for 'U.F.Orb') saying they were one of the few acts doing anything genuinely new and interesting (or words to that effect). Recently he said something positive about Macy Gray, too. Regards, Ivor. n.p. Yes - 'Fragile' (just for Reecey)... ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:58:39 +0100 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Damp squib... Pub-rock man gets quirky in his old age: > Not to put too fine a point on it - they never fulfilled their > ambition...Eels have now adopted the 'quirky rock crown' after Beck dropped > it. That last comment should start a firestorm... Hmm, I always got the impression 'TMBG' were rather bemused by their success with 'Flood'. Although (IMO) successive abums weren't as good, I think they managed to achieve something unique with 'Flood'. Eels and Beck are certainly interesting too (I particularly like Eels) but I don't see that they're anything like as distinctive. I'm left particularly non-plussed by the hype surrounding Beck who shows his influences too clearly for me to accept his critical status as ground-breaking or innovative. As far as quirky rock goes, you can't beat Eno's 'Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)' or Bjork's 'Post'. Regards, Ivor. n.p. The Orb 'U.F.Orb' ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:50:23 +0100 From: "Rob Edwards" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Roxy Cover Info. My contact at Virgin Records tells me the cover for 'Roxy Music - The Early Yeas' will be an out-take from the Manifesto cover. Odd? Surely that would be better for 'Roxy Music - The Later Years'??? More as I twist it out of him!!! ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:50:46 +0100 From: "Jane Collard" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chart My local branch of OurPrice (presumably reflecting national trends) has STL at number 18! A travesty if ever there was one. However, watching satellite channel VH1 this evening has proved to be a true Ferry feast. Firstly an interview on 80s fashion with that dodgy designer David Emmanuel (one of the few designers who, in my opinion, made the exquisite Princess Di look positively frumpy) - he waxed lyrical about the "Mr Style" of the 80s, none other than BF (excuse me, but doesn't that also apply to the 70s, 90s and the 00s, or whatever we now find ourselves in?). Interviewer Clare Grogan (Altered Images - remember them, anyone?) did say that she was a real Roxy/Ferry fan and that she thought that Jerry Hall was completely mad (but don't get me started on that thread.....). Anyway, that comment was accompanied by a brief clip of the original STL video, and was followed swiftly - to end the tribute to the 80s - by the video of Jealous Guy. The programme moved on to the VH1 album chart, which had our man at No 10, and showed the full Slave to Love video. Presenter Paul King also mentioned the current tour (Blicking and Castle Howard still to come). Still haven't seen these TV ads yet though - despite Simon G's viewing on HTV, I'm sure they've yet to permeate the London/South East region. Best wishes Jane - ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Whiteford To: Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 8:25 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chart > Slave to Love is number eleven in the official UK chart. > > Not bad but I had hoped for a few places higher. > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:51:26 +0100 From: "Robert Whiteford" Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF Approved He likes Jarvis Cocker and said in Q he would really like to work with him. Could be interesting as Jarvis works at about the same speed. Rob - ----- Original Message ----- From: Ivor Canning To: Sent: 17 July 2000 20:14 Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF Approved > > > > Beck > > Edwyn Collins > > Portishead > > Prince > > > > ..err, that's it. Anyone ? ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:00:39 +0100 From: "Robert Whiteford" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy Cover Given recent packaging it's probably "Roxy Music - the early years - of Bryan Ferrys' career" > Info. My contact at Virgin Records tells me the cover for 'Roxy Music - The > Early Yeas' will be an out-take from the Manifesto cover. Odd? Surely that > would be better for 'Roxy Music - The Later Years'??? More as I twist it out > of him!!! > ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:02:58 +0100 From: "Robert Whiteford" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chart Isn't "Our Price" owned by Virgin ? - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jane Collard To: Sent: 17 July 2000 21:50 Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chart > My local branch of OurPrice (presumably reflecting national trends) has STL > at number 18! ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:24:04 +0100 From: "Jane Collard" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chart Rob - yes, I think you're right. Seems the only general consensus is that the album is top 20. Cheers Jane - ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Whiteford To: Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chart > Isn't "Our Price" owned by Virgin ? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jane Collard > To: > Sent: 17 July 2000 21:50 > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chart > > > > My local branch of OurPrice (presumably reflecting national trends) has > STL > > at number 18! > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:22:09 -0500 (CDT) From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty) Subject: [AVALON] Re; The tour Everyone's post about the concerts is in agreement that Bryan is very much on top of things & having a great time of it all. Could it be that he's at the end of the tour & just happy to be getting some down time? Or perhaps, he's happy in LOVE? Still sweltering, right now its past ten at night, & its still a mere100 degrees. To tell the truth, I can take the heat , a lot better than the cold. BTW,are you familiar with CAT STEVENS. who is now Yusuf Islam. he'll be discussing his life as a Muslim, Thurs. on 20/20 Downtown, Marlana.......................................................... ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 09:57:27 +0200 From: "Han Snijders en Willy v/d Geest" Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF Approved Macy Gray Han > This brings to mind an interesting, and probably fairly short, thread. Bry > seldom says anything about other contemporary artists, usually affecting > disinterest in names thrust at him*, but who has he spoken well of in the > past, say ten years. I can name > > Beck > Edwyn Collins > Portishead > Prince > > ..err, that's it. Anyone ? > > Martinet > > * "Morrisey ? Didn't he say something about being miserable ?" > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 01:02:30 -0700 From: "Turner, Chris (cturner)" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Firestorm for Chris Yeah, whatever...It's like counting your top three toenails in my view.... :-) Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Galloway [SMTP:SIMONG@jazzfm.com] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 5:34 PM > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: [AVALON] Firestorm for Chris > > I'm not an angry person, so I can't muster any nastiness to flame you! But > Eels are a bit more angsty than quirky, and a lot blander than Beck. In > fact, they're goddamn boring!! > > Beck is probably closest in SPIRIT (not style) to Bowie in the 70s and > Prince in the 80s in the way he experiments with different styles, and not > being second guessed. But as much as I like him, I find each successive > album less vital. A quick Beck albums top 3: > 1, One Foot In The Grave > 2, Mellow Gold > 3, Mutations ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V5 #266 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest