Fegmaniax Digest Volume 2 Number 7 [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 01:18:58 EST From: woj@remus.rutgers.edu (world serve your own needs) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: the digest reborn! i've just finished the finishing touches on the digestifying script that i've been neglecting to work on for the past few months. if you would like to switch from the reflector to the digest, please drop me a line and i'll take care of it. currently, the digest is manually created and sent out (albeit it with one swell foop of a command line) and will be sent out whenever there is enough substance to justify it. this can range from daily to weekly depending on the traffic load. since this sorta marks a new beginning for the digest, i'm numbering these as volume 2. whoopie. they will be archived, as always (or as mostly always) on cs.uwp.edu in pub/music/lists/fegmaniax (though they will languish in pub/incoming/lists/fegmaniax after i upload them until dave datta moves them into the regular heirarchy). i've just sent out the first five digests of the new volume which cover the period from the beginning of last december till the begin- ning of this week. number 6 will be forthcoming soon. your ever-loving blue-eyed listowner, +woj [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 09:24:22 GMT From: J.W.Davies@reading.ac.uk (Jim Davies) To: lroberts@bellahs.com Cc: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: wake up wake up it's friday we can go home now re: ice cream bands Cocteau Twins (according to legend, from an early Simple Minds song) if i were you, i'd take legend outside and have a quiet word with him. There aren't really that many bands that have covered Hitchcock songs that I can think of. REM, The Replacements... that guy who called himself the Prince Of Luxemborg covered Where Are The Prawns, though I've never heard his version. the king of luxembourg, who doesn't really exist, like el records, who were a figment it seems of mike alway's fever-pitch imagination. where are the prawns was on a twelve inch single that i could never find. don't you hate it when that happens? the chrysanthemums did a version of `innocent boy' but i don't know whether that's a robyn original. i only have a tape of `two halves for the price of one' so i can't read the credits. the mod-psych-pop revival threw up another band, grief, what were they called? something with a number in, anyway. who did a version of `i wanna destroy you'. but covers are a waste of time unless you make the song your own, or add something. and robyn's stuff is pure craftmanship, mate. his songs are like footpaths and country lanes which map out routes and feelings that are a joy to discover. you can't pick up a map and recite local history. although you can say `oh look, an ancient burial mound. and some roman remains. ah, there's the road junction. we should have turned left here, you know'. so the odds are against an interesting cover, even though they are interesting songs. (have your own debate on why most of these tribute albums have been absolute shite, as my jazzer friend dominic would say). of course, the principle most certainly *does not* work the other way 'round. robyn's cover versions are often more beautiful than the originals. love jim -> ah, fuck, it was mood six [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 07:56:49 -0600 From: "Chuck Tomlinson" To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: 'Mats Cover RH? > There aren't really that many bands that have covered Hitchcock songs > that I can think of. REM, The Replacements... News to me, apparently. What RH did the 'Mats cover? chuck [][][][][][][][][][] From: seven@dbis.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (Susan Johanna Even) Subject: melody maker To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu (pleasure of the aching void) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 15:49:28 MET Melody Maker, January 29th, has a review of the Soft Boys gig at the London Astoria last month. The reviewer describes Robyn as: "an alternative energy source... with a mind like a light snow" The review is a good one. Did anyone in the UK happen to purchase of copy of this issue? Or am I stuck buying the import? It's still on our news stands, which are always late. Susan [][][][][][][][][][] From: Weirdo Subject: Re: 'Mats Cover RH? To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 11:32:37 -0500 (EST) > > > > There aren't really that many bands that have covered Hitchcock songs > > that I can think of. REM, The Replacements... > > News to me, apparently. What RH did the 'Mats cover? > > chuck > The Replacements covered 'Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus' on their official bootleg, _When_The_Shit_Hits_The_Fans_. I don't think they play the whole song (I don't think they finished any of their songs that night :) Its one of the more memorable things on it to me. Uncle Tupelo covered 'I Wanna Destroy You' on the b-side of their single for 'Gun.' An OK Tupelo-ized version. I've seen them play this full throtle distortion and also acoustic & folky. I love dem boys. Local guy, Vic Chestnut, covers 'She Doesn't Exist.' Kinda dancy. Woj, I still don't have a copy of this, but I am going to make it a top priority! (Ahhh... I think I may have a good lead...) My old band, Basement Saint, use to cover 'Listening to the Higsons' occasionally desperately trying to get the crowd to sing "Woe-oh-oh." Never quite worked. :) I'm sure there's more. cya! Weirdo - peoples@moe.coe.uga.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 09:47:58 PST From: lroberts@bellahs.com (Laurence Roberts RD) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: covers done by Hitchcock/Soft Boys Yes, I agree with the idea that cover versions should bring something new to a song. In most cases, Robyn's cover versions do that. At worst, they're faithful reproductions of the original -- or in the case of Heartbreak Hotel, a very similar version to John Cale's cover. The Soft Boys version of Astronomie Dominie is notable because they sing the guitar parts. (A.D. is on Two Halves) I've seen another record by the King of Luxemborg, but it wasn't the one with Where Are The Prawns on it. Well, I said the Replacements covered R.H., but that's just heresay. They would attempt covers of many things in live "performance". I've seen the claim that they covered R.H. in articles and/or liner notes. Larry-bob lroberts@bellahs.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 13:56:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy Partridge Subject: Covers To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Rumor, or at least Rolling Stone, has it that the Grateful Dead (of all bands) performed "Chinese Bones" for awhile. If memory serves correctly, RS noted something to the effect that RH fans shouldn't expect a reciprocal cover of "Truckin'" anytime soon. ***************************************************************************** * * * .Sig file Douglas W. Davis * * Under doug@ac.wfunet.wfu.edu * * Construction * ***************************************************************************** [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 11:32:02 -0800 From: David Librik To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Bizarre Hitchcock Covers According to hearsay (Dennis Hearsay, in fact) The Grateful Dead with Suzanne Vega have done a cover of "Chinese Bones". I would deeply love to have a listen to that, but I don't know enough deadicated deadheads to ferret out a boot tape. - David Librik librik@cs.Berkeley.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 10:41:49 PST From: lroberts@bellahs.com (Laurence Roberts RD) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Bands named after Hitchcock songs Oh yeah -- what about the Higsons? They're named after "Listening To The Higsons." :-) (Never actually listened to the Higsons myself -- what do they sound like?) Larry-bob lroberts@bellahs.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 17:24:05 -0500 (EST) From: Jordan M Anderson To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Bands named after Hitchcock songs Cc: >Oh yeah -- what about the Higsons? They're named after "Listening To >The Higsons." :-) That's funny. When I saw some Higsons albums in a record store here in Pitt., I assumed Robyn was "listening to the Higsons" when he wrote the song. I never did catch the copyright date of their material so I didn't have that point of reference. -Jordan [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 19:52:31 EST From: woj@remus.rutgers.edu (world serve your own needs) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: covers yes indeedy, the grateful dead have covered "chinese bones." as far as i know, there is only one recording of this: on a bootleg of a rainforest benefit concert that the dead did in new york - as an added twist, suzanne vega helps out with vocals on this track. the best word i can come up with to describe the result is "stringy." there's a scandinavian band (swedish, i think) called sator who covered "only the stones remain." it's a b-side on the "we're right, you're wrong" single on warner records. it's a fairly straight, if harder, version and okay (but the rest of the single ain't too hot). +woj [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 11:17 GMT From: andyh@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Andy Holyer) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Ice Cream Hands > On a quasi-related note (and to up the Hitchcock relevance of this post) -- > There aren't really that many bands that have covered Hitchcock songs > that I can think of. REM, The Replacements... that guy who called > himself the Prince Of Luxemborg covered Where Are The Prawns, though > I've never heard his version. > The Mood Six Covered "I Wanna Destroy You" [][][][][][][][][][] From: andyh@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Andy Holyer) Subject: Re: Bands named after Hitchcock songs To: lroberts@bellahs.com (Laurence Roberts RD) Date: Sat, 5 Feb 94 18:37:04 GMT Cc: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Recently, Laurence Roberts RD said: > > (Never actually listened to the Higsons myself -- what do they sound > like?) > I remember The Higsons very well. They were one of those bands who always played college balls. Imagine Simply Red from Norwich, sort of. But less musical. I have seen a copy of their "Gotta Let This Heat Out" 12", and it really *does* sound as if they're singing... well, you know... -- &ndy Holyer, COGS, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.## PGP Key by finger. ## "The English are the most tasteless nation on earth, which is why they set such store by it" - Joe Orton [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 6 Feb 94 10:40:16 EST From: woj@remus.rutgers.edu (the kind of spain) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: adminstrivia hey fegmaniax... your loyal and lovable listowner will be out of town for a week and a half so neither sub/unsub requests or the digest will be done until around the 15th of february. hopefully, nothing will go too wacky with the list while i'm gone...take care y'all. +woj [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. Archives can be found on ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lists/fegmaniax. For administrative questions, subscription requests, and all that boring crud, send mail to fegmaniax-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu. 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