From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V10 #8 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Monday, January 10 2005 Volume 10 : Number 008 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] Leaders of the pack ["Guy Lawley" ] [AVALON] Roxy Magic [Mandy ] Re: [AVALON] Roxy Magic gig bristol [Chris Turner ] RE: [AVALON] Leaders of the pack ["Arnold Schulberg" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:26:33 -0000 From: "Guy Lawley" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Leaders of the pack Well, naturally, I expected some responses along those lines! Everyone's opinions will be different and nominating just one band from each decade is *so* arbitrary. In the 80s, while the Smiths have to be the outright winner for me, the Wedding Present are right up there with them in my book. (The Smiths win only because they had far more impact on the wider world.) Even the decade of my fave band of all time, Roxy, also had all those great punk (or "punk") bands, of whom Buzzcocks, Magazine and XTC especially will always be huge favourites for me. In the 90s, I never took to Blur or Oasis or Massive Attack. Only Suede (early stuff with B Butler) really grabbed me. And I couldn't really put them up there with the greats. Pulp had some moments. Sorry if this is a bit Off-Topic but it is fun! Now, what about these Kaiser Chiefs?? Are they at all Roxy-esque? Guy - -----Original Message----- From: Arnold Schulberg [mailto:aschulberg@charter.net] Sent: 08 January 2005 20:28 To: Guy Lawley Subject: RE: [AVALON] Leaders of the pack Don't want to start a firestorm but from the left side of the Pond can I nominate Oasis as the classic British band of the 90s? Arnie - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Guy Lawley Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:39 AM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: RE: [AVALON] Leaders of the pack Thanks for spotting that, Kari. Excellent quote; seriously good to see Roxy getting that kind of recognition. But: who the heck are Kaiser Chiefs? Sounds as if I should be listening to them. (Maybe!) Also: the list of classic British bands should actually go like this: 60s: Kinks 70s: Roxy Music 80s: Smiths 90s: there wasn't one :O) Guy - -----Original Message----- Kaiser Chiefs' singer-songwriter, Ricky Wilson: ..... "We are trying to be a classic British band. There has been one every decade for the past 40 years. In the Sixties it was The Beatles; in the Seventies it was Roxy Music; in the Eighties it was Madness; and in the Nineties it was Blur."..... http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/story.jsp?story=598511 A better New Year to Every One of You!! From Kari. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:49:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Mandy Subject: [AVALON] Roxy Magic Well done the band. Fabulous night out. Lee, as ever was wonderful. Roxy Magic deserve promoting so if you're not interested in Tribute bands at all, then just don't read this. They've obviously done their homework and worked very hard at getting it together. The venue was absolutely packed, probably around 250 people and they loved it. From the sound check - LST - we knew it was going to be fine. Kevin Hackett does have the right kind of voice, the mannerisms, actions etc. He's very confident in the 'Ferry' kind of way. Avalon was outstanding regarding the voice, but my favourite of the night has to be Out of the Blue. I hope a few more of you will give them a chance and do yourselves a favour by having a good night out. At #3 a head you haven't much to lose even if you're not impressed, which I would doubt. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:22:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Chris Turner Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy Magic gig bristol I also attended the Roxy Magic gig last night (on my old student stamping ground of Gloucester Road, Bristol), and thought them excellent. The singer does a plausible imitation of BF, both visually and vocally (nice vibrato...) and the rest of the band provide faithful renditions of the songs we know and love, even being ambitious enough to attempt These Foolish Things. Our very own Sax man Mr Sullivan was particularly excellent. The place was absolutely jam-packed. Great fun. Nice to see the ubiquitous Mandy, and to be reacquainted with Nigel Hollis; sorry I missed you Richard. Chris --- Richard Evans wrote: > It was wonderful great vocals great sax/oboe - well done chaps good to > hear Pyjamarama > > Cheers > > Richard ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:18:49 -0500 From: "Arnold Schulberg" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Leaders of the pack Don't want to start a firestorm but from the left side of the Pond can I nominate Oasis as the classic British band of the 90s? Arnie - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Guy Lawley Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:39 AM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: RE: [AVALON] Leaders of the pack Thanks for spotting that, Kari. Excellent quote; seriously good to see Roxy getting that kind of recognition. But: who the heck are Kaiser Chiefs? Sounds as if I should be listening to them. (Maybe!) Also: the list of classic British bands should actually go like this: 60s: Kinks 70s: Roxy Music 80s: Smiths 90s: there wasn't one :O) Guy - -----Original Message----- Kaiser Chiefs' singer-songwriter, Ricky Wilson: ..... "We are trying to be a classic British band. There has been one every decade for the past 40 years. In the Sixties it was The Beatles; in the Seventies it was Roxy Music; in the Eighties it was Madness; and in the Nineties it was Blur."..... http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/story.jsp?story=598511 A better New Year to Every One of You!! From Kari. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:45:50 EST From: DEAGLERR@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Love/War thread from before the dreaded holidays This was written before I closed my shell against the holiday onslaught, you're free to delete it. Many of you listed Scissors Sisters as a top ten 2004 fave, I picked up a handful of the local (NYC) free bar mags because of, the interview & pix. Anyone NEED one, I'll mail it. kbporte@attglobal.net writes: > "Love War".B > "It's sweet inside the bitter pill"B Meaning, the only plus to this > bitchfest's is > the heated sex that follows during the make-up.B > Not necessarily. There's no note of reconciliation. The reverse of love is not hate, it's indifference. In a way the protagonist of Love/War likes the pain & turmoil that has set the song in motion. Usually in Ferry's songs he is content to pine away from a distance at those bring-down -goddesses with swimming pool eyes, (insert your choices here). L/W is markedly different in BF's oeuvre as there's so much violence involved. "Love it that he also has a grudge against those "signifying" friends talking to "her" on the phone." > "Win or lose, you refuse and accuse me.B But I don't know why." > Meaning, regardless of this fight's outcome, 'Lucy, you hold > a grudge and we don't make-up' > Give the lady a break! It's convenient to assume that this is strictly autobiographical, but I rather doubt Mr. Ferry ever actually had a blow-up doll (mail order or otherwise), spoke to nightingales, or lived out many of his other literary conceits. (Though I can see him driving around LA coked-up and defiant, or calling out for his thorny Prairie Rose.) See MY version of Love/War, culled thru countless ears-bleeding, headphone-wearing hours of listening, below. Regards, R Deagle Love / War Love War, Love War, Love War And it's do or die in the neighborhood Canbt you feel therebs a fever risinb Ibd kill you if I could Need a space to think about it Just a chance to dream Boo-hooo on the telephone line Makes you wanna scream Love War, Love War, Love War And Itbs sweet inside, like a bitter pill Get a taste for the fizzy water and you want it still Oh no down the, road now No way to turn Boo-hooo on the telephone line Will you never learn? like flowers in the rain Ibm twisted up inside Ibll never be the same I hear the same old lines you played me for a fool you really hurt my pride Win or loose, blow a fuse, then accuse me but I donbt know why I can feel a fever rising Burning up the sky All the pride and the pain and the fighting Thought itbd never end Boo-hooo on the telephone line There she goes again Love War ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 19:49:14 +0100 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: RE: [AVALON] Leaders of the pack At 12.18 -0500 05-01-09, Arnold Schulberg wrote: >Don't want to start a firestorm but from the left side of the Pond can I >nominate Oasis as the classic British band of the 90s? I think that they are overrated, but I'm neither British nor working class, therefore I'm a w**ker or something like that according to their lead singer. A very British act from the 00's is Badly Drawn Boy, also because of his Springsteen worshipping. Springsteen being as popular in the UK and in Sweden as in New Jersey. - -- Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V10 #8 *************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest