From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V12 #164 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, June 24 2006 Volume 12 : Number 164 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] car-crash [adamk@zoom.co.uk] Any ectos in The Barb? [cyo ] Re: car-crash [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] Re: car-crash [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] (not exactly a) car crash song ["Chris Stack" ] Re: car-crash [Doug ] Re: car crash songs ["Xenu's Sister" ] Re: car crash songs ["Country Mouse" ] Re: incongruous songs (was oh, humpe) [breinheimer@webtv.net (bill)] Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects ["Xenu's Sister" ] Re: incongruous songs (was oh, humpe) ["Xenu's Sister" ] Re: incongruous songs (was oh, humpe) [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] The Infant Kiss "video" (Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects ["Xen] Re: catatonia/ do you believe in me? [Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************** Teresa VanDyne (no Email address) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Teresa VanDyne Thu June 23 1960 Cancer Dave Torok Mon June 24 1968 Cancer Ethan Straffin Thu June 24 1971 Cancer Kevin Dekan Mon June 27 1960 Cancer Samantha Tanner Tue June 30 1970 Wild Goose BunkyTom Tue July 02 1968 Cancer Anders Hallberg Tue July 03 1962 Cancer Kevin Harkins Thu July 05 1973 Cancer Laurel Krahn Mon July 05 1971 Cancer John J Henshon Mon July 05 1954 The Year Of The Horse / Ruled By The Moon Jim Gurley Mon July 06 1959 Cancer Lisa Rouchka Fri July 08 1960 Moonchild with Java Rising Courtney Dallas Fri July 09 1971 Catte Michael Peskura Sat July 09 1949 HallOfFamer Finney T. Tsai Sat July 09 1966 Cancer Larry Greenfield Tue July 11 1950 Virgo Rising; Gemini Moon Marion Kippers Tue July 13 1965 Kreeft Ellen Rawson Thu July 13 1961 Double Cancer Mitch Pravatiner Mon July 14 1952 Cancer R. Rapp Wed July 14 1954 On a Gray Eye Sojourn John Zimmer Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Dan Stark Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Cathy Guetzlaff Mon July 18 1955 Cancer Vlad Sat July 18 1970 Warning: severe tire damage Jani Pinola Thu July 20 1972 Jonquil - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:19:12 +0100 From: adamk@zoom.co.uk Subject: car-crash Ironic that Harry Chapin is cited, given the circumstances of his demise. But, here's my bit: "Crawling from the Wreckage" by Dave Edmunds. I was never a huge fan of his, but I loved this song, equating it with the act of falling in love. And it's a boppy one! "Queen of the May" by Veda Hille ends with a car crash and the resigned (and I think very funny) line "Enough, already, with this awkward casing" as she flies through the windscreen. There's also Vienna Teng's "Passage" which definitely does not bop. BTW, if you're into this kind of song by subject, you should join in the Guardian's "Readers Recommend" column, where they ask people to send in suggestions per whatever theme they suggest they week. They'll open a new subject on Friday, deadline is around noon on Monday, and print the resultant "Top 10" in the following Friday's paper as well as on their website. It's a bit random, though: after asking for songs on fashion, PJ Harvey's "Dress" didn't make the list, but Jenny Lewis' "Rabbit Fur Coat" somehow did. Now, when i make suggestions (via their website) I have started adding a "Snowball's Chance in Hell" selection of songs I know won't even get considered. Which is often any of the ones I suggest. adam k. - ----------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://webmail.zoom.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:48:01 -0700 From: cyo Subject: Any ectos in The Barb? if there be any Santa Barbara ectoheads around this weekend, this is Cyoakha Grace of Cyoakha Grace et all.... My all girl celtic trance-dance band Druid Sisters Tea Party is the closing act at the Santa Barbara Solstice Festival on Main Stage, Saturday night June 24th @ Alameda Park, Anacapa & Micheltorena St. 7pm til 8:30. Killer tribal drummer Claudia Paige (Linda Perry, Grateful Dead), Celtic fiddler Kathy Buys, Kate Aragon on bass and me, Cyoakha, (Land of the Blind, Azigza) on dreamy vocals ala Mouth Music and harmonium, flute & melodica. Please come up and say hi afterwards if any ectos are out there, we are coming from SF (& me from Portland) and love friendly faces. http://www.solsticeparade.com/ and http://www.druidsisters.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:47:08 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: car-crash " PJ Harvey's "Dress" didn't make the list, but Jenny Lewis' "Rabbit Fur Coat" somehow did." Maybe that's just 'cause she's such hot shit right now? On 6/23/06 3:19 AM, "adamk@zoom.co.uk" wrote: > PJ > Harvey's "Dress" didn't make the list, but Jenny Lewis' "Rabbit Fur Coat" > somehow did. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:48:46 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: car-crash P.s. Someone should've recommended that Jonatha Brooke album where she has like 15 different songs (actually it's just two... But it's always seemed excessive) about dresses. On 6/23/06 3:19 AM, "adamk@zoom.co.uk" wrote: > Ironic that Harry Chapin is cited, given the circumstances of his demise. > > But, here's my bit: > > "Crawling from the Wreckage" by Dave Edmunds. I was never a huge fan of his, > but I loved this song, equating it with the act of falling in love. And it's > a > boppy one! > > "Queen of the May" by Veda Hille ends with a car crash and the resigned (and I > think very funny) line "Enough, already, with this awkward casing" as she > flies > through the windscreen. > > There's also Vienna Teng's "Passage" which definitely does not bop. > > BTW, if you're into this kind of song by subject, you should join in the > Guardian's "Readers Recommend" column, where they ask people to send in > suggestions per whatever theme they suggest they week. They'll open a new > subject on Friday, deadline is around noon on Monday, and print the > resultant "Top 10" in the following Friday's paper as well as on their > website. It's a bit random, though: after asking for songs on fashion, PJ > Harvey's "Dress" didn't make the list, but Jenny Lewis' "Rabbit Fur Coat" > somehow did. Now, when i make suggestions (via their website) I have started > adding a "Snowball's Chance in Hell" selection of songs I know won't even get > considered. Which is often any of the ones I suggest. > > adam k. > > > ----------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through http://webmail.zoom.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:17:42 -0400 From: "Chris Stack" Subject: (not exactly a) car crash song I had another accident last night I tripped over a soul in flight Must've dented the ship 'Cause my memory fades While I patch the damage Tell me of your escapades Chris www.stackdigital.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:20:10 -0500 From: Doug Subject: Re: car-crash That would be Steady Pull, I think (great CD!) - --Doug On 6/23/06, Timothy Jones-Yelvington wrote: > P.s. > > Someone should've recommended that Jonatha Brooke album where she has like > 15 different songs (actually it's just two... But it's always seemed > excessive) about dresses. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:59:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "Xenu's Sister" Subject: Re: car crash songs Oh my, what hath I wrought? :) - --- DanS <2005.carnivore99@verizon.net> wrote: > Victoria Williams - Crazy Mary (which of course was also a big > hit for Pearl Jam who covered it) Really? To be honest I've never listened closely to the lyrics. I'll have to do that. Shona Laing's song "Highway Warriors" on the album South is pretty tragic. Not boppy (few of these are, of course). I remember "DOA." I had that single. It used to freak me out too. I have to say I love most of the Dead Teenager songs from the 50's and 60's. Here's a good list of DT songs (though the writer is insane, because Clarence Carter's "Patches" is one of the best songs of the 1960's, and he calls it a bad song): http://www.nyx.net/~anon52ea/DeadTeenSongs.html I like the other "Patches" too, but not because it's a good song...but because I'm way weird. V - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Music, all I hear is music, guaranteed to please... Happy's MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/happyrhodes Happy Rhodes song samples and rarities: http://wretchawry.com - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:22:13 -0400 From: "Country Mouse" Subject: Re: car crash songs Oh geez, Dead Teenager songs of the 50's and 60's. The one that always comes to mind for me is the Everly Brothers' song "Ebony Eyes", regarding the narrator's girlfriend who dies in a plane crash. Eep. Definitely the opposite of "boppy". fleur On 6/23/06, Xenu's Sister wrote: > > Oh my, what hath I wrought? :) > > --- DanS <2005.carnivore99@verizon.net> wrote: > > > Victoria Williams - Crazy Mary (which of course was also a big > > hit for Pearl Jam who covered it) > > Really? To be honest I've never listened closely to the lyrics. > I'll have to do that. > > Shona Laing's song "Highway Warriors" on the album South is > pretty tragic. Not boppy (few of these are, of course). > > I remember "DOA." I had that single. It used to freak me out > too. > > I have to say I love most of the Dead Teenager songs from the > 50's and 60's. Here's a good list of DT songs (though the writer > is insane, because Clarence Carter's "Patches" is one of the > best songs of the 1960's, and he calls it a bad song): > > http://www.nyx.net/~anon52ea/DeadTeenSongs.html > > I like the other "Patches" too, but not because it's a good > song...but because I'm way weird. > > V > > > > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > Music, all I hear is music, guaranteed to please... > > Happy's MySpace profile: > http://www.myspace.com/happyrhodes > > Happy Rhodes song samples and rarities: > http://wretchawry.com > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:22:31 -0400 From: breinheimer@webtv.net (bill) Subject: Re: incongruous songs (was oh, humpe) This thread about boppy songs about car crashes reminds me that there are other songs where the music seems incongruous vis a vis the lyrics. Case in point is Tom Paxton's wonderful little ditty "Mr. Blue". Over the bouncy (dare I say jaunty) theme is a song about... well, Tom says it so much better than I ever could. last verse and chorus: "don't worry Mr. Blue we'll take good care of you just think of it as sense and not surrender but never think again that you can ever think again or you'll get something you'll remember what will it take to whip you into line? a broken heart? a broken head? it can be arranged" An otherwise forgettable band called Clear Light turned this into a long, slow menacing dirge with a chilling effect not unlike the previously mentioned DOA by Bloodroot. A theatrical version of this phenomena might be Jim Carey's "The Truman Show" While Peter Weir makes it a nice feelgood movie about the triumph of the little guy over the all powerful megacorporation, the backdrop, in which the average citizen adores the ultimate reality show wherein a real live human being is denied a life of free will and people who oppose this are considered to be an extremist fringe group, is downright scary and hopefully not prophetic. Viewed in the larger context this probably should have been a much darker movie. Think Terry Gilliam's brilliant "Brazil". Come to think of it, Paxton's presumably ironic Mr. Blue might have fit right in with that film. Any other examples, anyone? np: Laurie Freelove- Songs from the Nineline one more reason why Austin cannot possibly be part of Texas :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:37:35 -0700 (PDT) From: "Xenu's Sister" Subject: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects Veering off of car crashes, I just came across a really good one. In an upcoming show I play a group called Waterlillies, their song called "Sunshine Like You." I love the song but I just now looked at the lyrics. Imagine the Sandra Bernhardt character from the movie King of Comedy here. The song is slated for maybe SIG 12, but here's a sneak preview of the lyrics. Believe me, it's a pretty, sunshiny song. Waterlillies "Sunshine Like You" Clip out your pictures and drift off to sleep And dream, I dream of you It's so queer, 'cause if I had you I wouldn't know what to do Wouldn't know what to do Could I watch you, maybe bathe you If you promise our eyes won't meet 'cause if they did I'd surely combust or Deflate, deflate at your feet Chorus: In my sky of yellow and blue Though heaven's the weather There's no sunshine like you A sun worshiper, what more can I do I'd climb Everest 'cause there's no sunshine like you Could you stay, sign a picture I'd do anything to please I'd tear off each limb And love you limblessly So pick me, de-bud me, before this flower fades And save me from this melodrama Sung from center stage Chorus Blinded by your rich personality You're the center Around which my world turns My fatal attraction Quite simply Too much for words Chorus ========= Geez! What a great song though. Trying to think of others. Kate's "Army Dreamers" is a happy-seeming, waltzy tune about a mother losing her son in the war. I have no idea whatsoever what Happy's beautiful and ethereal (though not boppy) "Summer" is about, but it always sounded vagely creepy to me, like it's sung from the pov of a stalker or something. Of course, "Runners" is about how everything we eat, breathe, drink and inhale is killing us (or at least being afraid of the perception). "Lay Me Down" is a pretty, sing-songy tune about death. Happy does death and destruction, suicide, alienss and monsters so well, boppy or not. - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Music, all I hear is music, guaranteed to please... Happy's MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/happyrhodes Happy Rhodes song samples and rarities: http://wretchawry.com - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:20:36 -0400 From: DanS <2005.carnivore99@verizon.net> Subject: Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects Aren't the Ditty Bops famous for putting some pretty dark lyrics to some of the boppiest melodies you'll hear, in many of their songs? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:57:00 -0700 (PDT) From: alan Subject: Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Xenu's Sister wrote: > Veering off of car crashes, I just came across a really good > one. [snip] Some of my favorite dark and happy songs... "Cask of Amantilado" by the Alan Parsons Project anything by the Tiger Lillies (Esp. "Banging in the nails") "Mack the Knife" (Richard Nixon's favorite song) "Waitress" by Tori Amos I could think of a few more, but I am at work... - -- "Waiter! This lambchop tastes like an old sock!" - Sheri Lewis ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:46:47 -0700 (PDT) From: "Xenu's Sister" Subject: Re: incongruous songs (was oh, humpe) fleur (it's good to see you posting), I don't think I've heard "Ebony Eyes." I might recognize it if I heard it, but it's not ringing any bells. - --- bill wrote: > This thread about boppy songs about car crashes > reminds me that there are other songs where the > music seems incongruous vis a vis the lyrics. Ha, looks like we cross-posted. > A theatrical version of this phenomena might be Jim > Carey's "The Truman Show" Excellent film, and very underrated, I think. As far as it, or something like the good, but chilling movie Series 7: The Contender being in some way prophetic, nothing would surprise me at this point. They'd both get very high ratings is they were real shows. > Viewed in the larger context this probably should > have been a much darker movie. Think Terry Gilliam's > brilliant "Brazil". That's my all-time favorite film, but it being in some way prophetic wouldn't surprise me either. Oh well. You're born, hopefully you get to hear some good music and watch some good movies, then you die. Vickie - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Music, all I hear is music, guaranteed to please... Happy's MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/happyrhodes Happy Rhodes song samples and rarities: http://wretchawry.com - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:35:47 -0500 From: "Kim Justice" Subject: Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects Pretty much the bulk of They Might Be Giants' songs are boppy and horrible. I learned early on to listen to their CDs *before* reading the lyrics because the lyrics would depress me horribly sometimes, absent the cheery music. Turn around, turn around, there's a human skull on the ground, kj - -- Kim Justice justicekw@gmail.com 615.406.4579 (uses no mins if you have Verizon Wireless!) "[...] all these weird creatures who lock up their spirits, drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets." -- Radiohead ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:39:24 -0700 From: Greg Bossert Subject: Re: catatonia/ do you believe in me? On Jun 20, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Neile Graham wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Timothy Jones-Yelvington wrote: >> I don't think "Oyster" is even one of Heather's best records. There's >> something inconsistent and kind of off about it. Altho "Island" is >> breathtaking. >> >> These days "Glow Stars" and "Storm" are my favorite Heather. > > I still really like _Oyster_ (and _Glow Stars_) but I've found that > the > production on recent albums (and a turn toward more consciously > "pretty" > songs) has ruined recent Heather for me, so I've stopped paying > attention > to her new releases. i also like Oyster. for that matter, i think the songs on Siren are worth it, regardless of the occasionally slick production. i haven't heard anything after _South_, given that the new stuff is import-only and _South_ was mediocre. anyone have any opinions? > The consensus on ecto a few years back was that the live stuff is > best of > all. yah -- if you are just discovering Heather, by all means keep your eyes out for "Blow" or "Live from the Milky Way" or "Wonderlust". - -g n.p. gloria estafan -- abriendo puertas (a great great great album) - -- www.suddensound.com -- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:32:36 +1000 From: andrew fries Subject: Re: catatonia/ do you believe in me? Greg Bossert wrote: > i also like Oyster. for that matter, i think the songs on Siren are > worth it, regardless of the occasionally slick production. i haven't > heard anything after _South_, given that the new stuff is import-only > and _South_ was mediocre. anyone have any opinions? I think 'Blow' and her other early stuff was her best (I *love Blow!); Oyster was a transition to the 'slick' era of Siren, and maybe some others I no longer bothered with. But then, after a little break, I got her more recent ones: Storm and Redbird - and I quite like these two again! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:35:12 +0100 From: "Summoner Marc" Subject: Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects Okay it's not "Boppy" per SAY, but 'The Infant Kiss' by Kate Bush does seem quite...creepy. On 6/23/06, Kim Justice wrote: > > Pretty much the bulk of They Might Be Giants' songs are boppy and > horrible. I learned early on to listen to their CDs *before* reading > the lyrics because the lyrics would depress me horribly sometimes, > absent the cheery music. > > Turn around, turn around, there's a human skull on the ground, > kj > > -- > Kim Justice > justicekw@gmail.com > 615.406.4579 (uses no mins if you have Verizon Wireless!) > > "[...] all these weird creatures who lock up their spirits, drill > holes in themselves and live for their secrets." -- Radiohead > - -- From Marc! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:10:51 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: car-crash Yep, it is "Steady Pull," but it seemed much funnier to call it "that Jonatha Brooke album where she has like 15 different songs about dresses." I agree that it's great -- I though she did a really good job there balancing her mainstream pop inclinations with distinctive and sophisticated songwriting (the electric guitarist she toured that album with was absolutely killer), whereas some of the production on "10 Cent Wings" was more cloying. I digs her open tunings and minor chords. tim On 6/23/06 9:20 AM, "Doug" wrote: > That would be Steady Pull, I think (great CD!) > > --Doug > > On 6/23/06, Timothy Jones-Yelvington wrote: >> P.s. >> >> Someone should've recommended that Jonatha Brooke album where she has like >> 15 different songs (actually it's just two... But it's always seemed >> excessive) about dresses. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:24:07 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: incongruous songs (was oh, humpe) Warren Zevon was the master of incongruous songs. I also think there were a lot of pop songs from the 50's/60's/70's that weren't necessarily intended to be incongruous when written, but became so because of the lightness applied during recording and production. A lot of the Bacharach/David stuff covered by Dionne Warwick is like this.... For instance, I never realized how intense and heartbreaking the song "Walk on By" is until I heard Cyndi Lauper's absolutely stunning and gut-wrenching rendition in 2003. And I can't help but wonder if that tone is closer to Bacharach/David's original intentions. I also think of a lot of the Carole King songs covered by girl groups during the Brill Building era are more intense than may be entirely realized by their original recordings. "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," for instance, gains weight in the more somber readings by folks like Laura Nyro or even in King's own version from "Tapestry." On the subject of Nyro and King, I think it's kind of fascinating how the Motown girl-group-type sound that King's early compositions were such an important part of was one of Nyro's earliest influences, as she performed those songs on NY street corners as a high schooler. And then I wonder if Nyro then influenced King in reverse by being a performer who was often better known as a songwriter -- did she influence King to start recording her own material with "Tapestry"?? (the release of which postdates Nyro's first releases) And while I'm at it, mad props to Laura Nyro who is in so many ways a crucial forebear/root/seminal figure for the Ecto lineage. tim On 6/23/06 1:22 PM, "bill" wrote: > This thread about boppy songs about car crashes reminds me that there > are other songs where the music seems incongruous vis a vis the lyrics. > Case in point is Tom Paxton's wonderful little ditty "Mr. Blue". Over > the bouncy (dare I say jaunty) theme is a song about... well, Tom says > it so much better than I ever could. > last verse and chorus: > "don't worry Mr. Blue > we'll take good care of you > just think of it as sense and not surrender > but never think again > that you can ever think again > or you'll get something you'll remember > what will it take to whip you into line? > a broken heart? a broken head? > it can be arranged" > An otherwise forgettable band called Clear Light turned this into a > long, slow menacing dirge with a chilling effect not unlike the > previously mentioned DOA by Bloodroot. > A theatrical version of this phenomena might be Jim Carey's "The Truman > Show" > While Peter Weir makes it a nice feelgood movie about the triumph of the > little guy over the all powerful megacorporation, the backdrop, in which > the average citizen adores the ultimate reality show wherein a real live > human being is denied a life of free will and people who oppose this are > considered to be an extremist fringe group, is downright scary and > hopefully not prophetic. > Viewed in the larger context this probably should have been a much > darker movie. Think Terry Gilliam's brilliant "Brazil". Come to think of > it, Paxton's presumably ironic Mr. Blue might have fit right in with > that film. > Any other examples, anyone? > > np: Laurie Freelove- Songs from the Nineline > one more reason why Austin cannot possibly be part of Texas :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:59:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Xenu's Sister" Subject: Fwd: Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects Ooops :) - --- meredith wrote: > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:28:36 -0400 > From: meredith > To: Xenu's Sister > Subject: Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects > > Hi, > > Xenu's Sister wrote: > > Trying to think of others. Kate's "Army Dreamers" is a > > happy-seeming, waltzy tune about a mother losing her son in > the > > war. > > ... and don't forget "Coffee Homeground", a lovely little > ditty about > Murder Most Foul. ;) > > A couple others off the top of my head: > > Rachael Sage's "93 Maidens" is a *very* dance-able number > about a young > Warsaw girl who, along with her 92 classmates took poison > rather than > allow herself to be raped by Nazi soldiers. > > The Nields' "I'll Meet You In The Sky" is a toe-tapping song > about > someone who's just died too young. > > And yes, DanS, the Ditty Bops have all sorts of, well, boppy > songs about > death etc. It's kind of their signature. :) > > -- > =============================================== > Meredith Tarr > New Haven, CT USA > mailto:meth@smoe.org > http://www.smoe.org/meth > =============================================== > hear at the HOMe House Concert Series > http://hom.smoe.org > =============================================== > - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Music, all I hear is music, guaranteed to please... Happy's MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/happyrhodes Happy Rhodes song samples and rarities: http://wretchawry.com - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:12:43 -0700 (PDT) From: "Xenu's Sister" Subject: Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects - --- Summoner Marc wrote: > Okay it's not "Boppy" per SAY, but 'The Infant Kiss' > by Kate Bush does seem quite...creepy. Oh it doesn't just seem, it definitely is. It's based on the movie The Innocents, which is based on the book The Turn of the Screw. It's about a governess who looks after two children, a brother and sister, who start acting awfully strange after, if I have this right, the former groundskeeper and former governess die (they were having an affair, but I forget the circumstances of their deaths). To the governess (played in the movie by Deborah Kerr) it's as if the two children have been possessed by those dead adults. Her fears are compounded when the little boy gives her a good night kiss that isn't like a little boy's at *all*. For most of the movie (I haven't read the book) you're not quite sure if all this is in the governess's head or if there really are ghosts possesing the children. It's a pretty good movie. I have to tell this story (when else am I going to get to tell this story?)... Chris (and I) made a video out of the movie set to the song, many years ago (1984ish?). Chris did the bulk of the work, but I helped! I'm pretty proud that I did some of what I think are the most striking images, such as when the boy is standing at the fire and turns to look at the governess, or when she finds a locket with a picture of the dead man, and a few others. Anyway, we sent a copy of it on VHS to Kate and, one day when I was at work but Chris was home because he was starting a new job the next day, Kate called! She loved it! We heard later, via a friend who knew her brother John, that she watched it over and over again. This may be a very cheeky thing to say...ok, I *KNOW* it's a very cheeky thing to say, but after that, Kate's videos became more cinematic and less "video-like." My biggest regret regarding my Kate fandom is that I wasn't home that day *boo hoo*. The video is on YouTube if anyone's interested in seeing it. We didn't put it up. I don't know who did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1n6zxgvkI Vickie - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Music, all I hear is music, guaranteed to please... Happy's MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/happyrhodes Happy Rhodes song samples and rarities: http://wretchawry.com - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:31:48 -0400 From: Robert Lovejoy Subject: Deadman XM 50 (The Loft) was running a program called "In Spite Of All The Danger" featuring a lot of excellent female vocalists. They played three in a row from a band called Deadman, sort of an alt.country band with a Julie Cruise meets Hope Sandoval (but much better) sensual vocal. They mentioned that the album's producer had worked with Dylan and Peter Gabriel, and I have to say I was impressed. I don't think I recall them being mentioned here, but if you get a chance to hear a cut, it's worth checking out. FWIW, YMMV, et al... Peace, Bob Lovejoy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:33:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "Xenu's Sister" Subject: The Infant Kiss "video" (Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects - --- I wrote: > Chris (and I) made a video out of the movie set to the > song, many years ago (1984ish?). I should have made it clearer that this was strictly a *FAN* video, made for fun and our own enjoyment. The friend who knew John Bush came over and saw it, and he was the one who talked Chris into sending it to Kate. It wasn't made with the expectation that Kate would ever see it. Vickie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:36:00 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: catatonia/ do you believe in me? I picked up "Storm" in the Netherlands last summer. It's a fairly mellow, back-to-basics acoustic affair that I think is quite lovely. tim On 6/23/06 5:39 PM, "Greg Bossert" wrote: > On Jun 20, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Neile Graham wrote: >> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Timothy Jones-Yelvington wrote: >>> I don't think "Oyster" is even one of Heather's best records. There's >>> something inconsistent and kind of off about it. Altho "Island" is >>> breathtaking. >>> >>> These days "Glow Stars" and "Storm" are my favorite Heather. >> >> I still really like _Oyster_ (and _Glow Stars_) but I've found that >> the >> production on recent albums (and a turn toward more consciously >> "pretty" >> songs) has ruined recent Heather for me, so I've stopped paying >> attention >> to her new releases. > > i also like Oyster. for that matter, i think the songs on Siren are > worth it, regardless of the occasionally slick production. i > haven't heard anything after _South_, given that the new stuff is > import-only and _South_ was mediocre. anyone have any opinions? > >> The consensus on ecto a few years back was that the live stuff is >> best of >> all. > > yah -- if you are just discovering Heather, by all means keep your > eyes out for "Blow" or "Live from the Milky Way" or "Wonderlust". > > -g > > n.p. gloria estafan -- abriendo puertas (a great great great album) > > -- www.suddensound.com -- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:38:04 -0700 From: "Sue Trowbridge" Subject: Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects On 6/23/06, Xenu's Sister wrote: > The video is on YouTube if anyone's interested in > seeing it. We didn't put it up. I don't know who did. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1n6zxgvkI That is a fabulous video, Vickie! You & Chris did an amazing job. It's better than a lot of "professional" videos. Thanks for sharing that, and your story! - --Sue ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:29:30 -0700 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: Fun, boppy songs about creepy subjects Agreed. Nice work (20 years after the fact!). I didn't really know the story behind the song either, so even though I've been listening to it for 20 years, it's nice to know what it is about! neal At 8:38 PM -0700 6/23/06, Sue Trowbridge wrote: >On 6/23/06, Xenu's Sister wrote: >>The video is on YouTube if anyone's interested in >>seeing it. We didn't put it up. I don't know who did. >> >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1n6zxgvkI > >That is a fabulous video, Vickie! You & Chris did an amazing job. It's >better than a lot of "professional" videos. Thanks for sharing that, >and your story! > >--Sue ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V12 #164 ***************************