Fegmaniax Digest Volume 2 Number 36 Today's Topics: ------- ------ My 2 cents on covers! "Chinese Water Python" on NPR Clique LP/covers Covers I would like to hear Robyn Play Hwo did you first discover RH?? Mrs. Wafflehead Ms. Wafflehead's address My 2 cents on covers! Orange peel Robyn Covers Robyn covers The final word on "Superman"? Wafflehead address? ahi0jfsaws covers wishes on bed linens [][][][][][][][][][] From: RAdams7@aol.com To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Date: Wed, 25 May 94 23:09:03 EDT Subject: Robyn covers Saw a couple on other folks' lists that I have to add my vote to. The Rolling Stones' "Child of the Moon" is tailor-made for Robyn; I can hear him performing it acoustically in my mind even now. And the idea of him doing Pink Floyd's "If" is pure genius. I've always felt that "If" was Roger Waters' most successful attempt at imitating Syd Barrett. It moves beyond an imitation and shows what Syd might have done if he hadn't lost his marbles. Let's see, what can I add to this list? How about "Care of Cell 44" or "A Rose for Emily," both by the Zombies? Robyn could do amazing versions of both. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 22:06:38 -0500 (CDT) From: HIST1A@jetson.uh.edu Subject: Robyn Covers To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu I've got four songs I'd like to hear him cover. 1)I Want Tto be Your Cowboy (that 80's techno-dance thing) 2) the Who's A Quick One While He's Away 3) Donovans Season of the Witch 4) and what list would be complete without Manilow's COPACABANA! IOK, so, if ya think about it he could do a whole show with just these four. :) Jay [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 21:53:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Michael Rosen Subject: Re: wishes on bed linens To: Susan Even Cc: pleasure of the aching void On Wed, 25 May 1994, Susan Even wrote: > Anybody know idea where this song originates? > "Superman" was done originally by a band called The Clique (I think I have that right) possibly in the 60's...I'm not positive on that though. -- Michael Rosen, CPA mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu George Washington University (Fall '92) Tau Epsilon Phi, Tau Theta 381 "Paint your bald spot?" -- alt.fan.don-n-mike [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 21:57:51 -0600 (MDT) From: Michael Rosen Subject: Re: wishes on bed linens To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Some covers that Robyn has done that I love are The Psychedelic Furs song whose name escapes me now... Day in the Life (Beatles) Wild Mountain Thyme (as Nigel and the Crosses) I've also got a 45 I left at home of him doing a Jimi Hendrix tune I think...I can't remember the title right off... Mike -- Michael Rosen, CPA mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu George Washington University (Fall '92) Tau Epsilon Phi, Tau Theta 381 "Paint your bald spot?" -- alt.fan.don-n-mike [][][][][][][][][][] From: Fred_M_Hamilton@cup.portal.com To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: "Chinese Water Python" on NPR Date: Tue, 24 May 94 18:06:04 PDT I was listening to NPR on the radio today (KQED in the San Francisco Bay area), and they played the last few bars of "Chinese Water Python" (from Eye) as one of their short musical interludes. They were playing it off and on a year or two ago, but it's good to hear it back. So Robyn's getting some big-time uncredited, instrumental airplay... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Hamilton fred_m_hamilton@cup.portal.com [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 26 May 94 01:05:51 CDT From: "Cullen Grace" To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: My 2 cents on covers! This is fun! Special award to the one who suggested 'Quicksand.' Lessee... "French Film Blurred" Wire "A Child's Christmas in Wales" John Cale Positively anything from Brian Eno's "Taking Tiger Mountain" album. Oh, and just for fun, "Joan of Arc" by OMD. Cullen [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 00:11:17 +0800 From: mrtoad@mercury.sfsu.edu (BENJAMIN KENNETH PARKE) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Orange peel Just a little tidbit of information: A couple of days ago, I was listening to a program on American Public Radio called "Marketplace". In one of the musical interludes common to such information programs, they used a section of "Chinese Water Python". Hitchcock catering to the mainstream?? Also, in contrast to what Bayard Catron said (that Hitchcock is tired of doing Barrett covers), he did do a cover of Dominoes in 1992 at a concert in San Juan Capistrano, CA. It was even creepier than Syd's. mrtoad [][][][][][][][][][] From: ruppen@qal.berkeley.edu Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 00:29:39 -0700 To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: My 2 cents on covers! Cullen writes: >Positively anything from Brian Eno's "Taking Tiger Mountain" album. Burning Airlines would be perfect then. The Egyptians could end it up acapella on the "...left them in Japan" chorus. There's still a couple of Dylan covers I'd like to see Robyn do, particularly "Idiot Wind" and "Fourth Time Around". Perhaps "Everybody's Got Something to Hide but Me and my Monkey" by the Beatles? Maybe "Free Man in Paris" by Joni Mitchell? That song from the Sound of Music that goes "These are some of my favorite things", with Robyn of course inserting his favorite things into the song? Someone should be saving these cover suggestions and then pick the best, write 'em out in magic marker in swoopy handwriting on white paper and bring 'em to a show of his, get right up close to the stage and right when he/they come on, shout "Look everybody - it's a fucking miracle!" and point to one of the darker corners in back. Then, while everyone's distracted trying to make out what was being pointed at, sneak up on stage and swiftly switch our set list for the real one. I'll pay $20 bucks to the first person who pulls it off and gets a tape of the show. Andy / ruppen@qal.berkeley.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 26 May 94 11:30:26 BST From: smeats@lincoln.gpsemi.com (Sad Git on the Internet) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Covers I would like to hear Robyn Play I vote for Shouting in a Bucket Blues ( Kevin Ayers ) and Out of My Mind on Dope and Speed ( Julian Cope ) but feel free to ignore anything I say today. I'm feeling far too silly. Syd Meats, Lincoln ( actually quite Happy Git on the Internet really) [][][][][][][][][][] From: RAdams7@aol.com To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Date: Thu, 26 May 94 10:20:12 EDT Subject: The final word on "Superman"? I manage a used recod shop. In the last couple years I've had the Clique's album with "Superman" come through twice. Both times I've sold it for around $15 - $20 by sticking it in the REM bin. It's a pretty decent album, though overall a bit "tin-cannish" as Woj said. It's got a kind of saffron yellow cover, with just the band name in red letters, nothing else. Can't recall what the back cover looks like. "Superman" is also on a single, so get out to your local used record shops and start digging around. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 09:17:51 CST From: s_swank@venus.twu.edu To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Cc: s_swank@venus.twu.edu Subject: Clique LP/covers When "Life's Rich Pageant" first came out - I remember seeing an album by the Clique for sale at Collector's Records in Dallas that had the original "Superman" on it. They wanted $30. I can't remember the title. The cover was orange. I realize how valuable that info is to collectors out there ;-) :-( ... Maybe I'll give em a call when they open later & see if they remember anything about it. I never heard the original but I remember a picture of the guy who wrote it after he'd joined REM onstage playing tamborine w/ them when they did it. He's a computer programmer or something like that now. As for Robyn covers -- how about my personal favorite eerie oldie "Sally Go Round the Roses" or Dylan's "Leopardskin Pillbox Hat" The Eno idea is good -- can you hear him do "Driving Me Backwards" ?? "Nooooooowwww I've got a sweeeeeeeeet heeeeaaaaart....treats me gooooooooooooooooood ... just like an aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrmm chairrrrr " [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 11:00:09 -0500 (EST) From: VHAWKINS@oise.on.ca Subject: covers To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Let's face it, Robyn could probably get up on stage and recite the tele- phone book, or classified ads, and make it highly entertaining. --VAH. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 12:30:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Lance Corporal Bluebottle Subject: Re: My 2 cents on covers! To: Fegmaniax List > "French Film Blurred" Wire Nah, 'd much prefer Marooned from the same album. For that matter, I think Robyn could really do a number on Wire's more upbeat stuff, like "Cheeking Tongues", say. Of course, the silly song/serious song thing has already been discussed here... Aaron [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 16:14:55 -0400 From: bj835@cleveland.freenet.edu (Tim Connors) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: "Chinese Water Python" on NPR Reply-To: bj835@cleveland.freenet.edu (Tim Connors) Fred Hamilton reports that NPR played "Chinese Water Python." I hear this frequently during the show "Marketplace" which is actually an APR show, I think. Other favorites I hear often: Bob Mould, Sunspots Jonathan Richman, Lonely Financial Zone (The beautiful intro) XTC, Humble Daisy I'm sure there are more. All the NPR/APR news shows have nice music in between songs, nice like those I listed I mean. They also have good songs that comment on the story just finished. What a great job that guy/gal has... think of an appropriate song fo rthis news story! Eno, Been There Done That is another... -- TJC "Surprisingly tasty..." The Jazz Butcher ("JB v. Prime Minister") Internet: bj835@cleveland.freenet.edu [][][][][][][][][][] From: Tankfoot@aol.com To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Date: Fri, 27 May 94 01:13:59 EDT Subject: ahi0jfsaws what is the point of this stupid conversation? does robyn hitchcock not have a huge amount of his own songs at his at his fingertips? imaginary cover songs? this is a moronic notion. i say what he does with his own songs is plenty enough to catch my attention. the man has a few thousand albums out, and every time i've heard him, he puts a new light on each of the songs. let cover songs, but let it ah nevermind tankfoot [][][][][][][][][][] From: seven@cs.utwente.nl (Susan Even) Subject: Re: ahi0jfsaws To: Tankfoot@aol.com Date: Fri, 27 May 94 16:14:53 MET DST Cc: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu (pleasure of the aching void) hey, have a heart, denise. I'm sure everyone on the list shares your sentiment about Robyn's songs being preferable to anything else on the planet. it is merely an amusing game. susan p.s. we could just as easily play the inverse now: what artist would you like to hear cover what Robyn tune...? [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 09:16:02 -0500 To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu From: gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Gene Hopstetter) Subject: ahi0jfsaws tsk tsk. >what is the point of this stupid conversation? it's FUN. it's as simple as that. don't like it? tough. delete the messages. you see, by introducing this covers subject, we, as intelligent, tactful, and considerate conversationalists, have introduced the work of other artists who are important to us into the conversation, and made it possible to draw comparisons between those artists and Robyn, whom we both enjoy, admire, and respect. that way we learn more about Robyn and the other artists. pretty neat, huh? imagine, having fun, using your imagination, and learning something, all at the same time. I myself have already learned something about Eno, Wire, and Joni Mitchell. I like that, and I think it's a cool thread. >does robyn hitchcock not have a huge amount of his own songs at his >fingertips? imaginary cover songs? this is a moronic notion. i say what he >does with >his own songs is plenty enough to catch my attention. the man has a few >thousand >albums out, and every time i've heard him, he puts a new light on each of the >songs. >let cover songs, but let it ah nevermind yeah, yeah, yeah, we all know that. in spades. the point you're missing, though, is that we (or at least I) think it's fun to IMAGINE (ever heard that word?) applying the Robyn Hitchcock idiom/paradigm to other peformers' work. "a moronic notion?" hardly. silly, facetious, whimsical, yes. but moronic? no. apres moi, la deluge. "Mr. Rogers and I have done nothing but sigh ever since you walked into the shop..." =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Gene Hopstetter, Jr. + gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Writer/Layout/WWW Guy + Tulane Computing Services =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ "Give me some more terminology!" -- Slovenly [][][][][][][][][][] From: mrd@world.std.com (Mitchell R Dickerman) Subject: Mrs. Wafflehead To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Fegmaniax) Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 12:13:36 -0400 (EDT) So I got my _Give It To The Thoth Boys_ tape the other day. It's pretty good; I'd post the track listing but it's at home. Anyway, along with it came a scribbled note thanking me for my order and requesting further comments and questions. Now, I only have an autograph to compare it to, but the handwriting does look suspiciously like Robyn's. Does anyone have a definitive 'yea' or 'nay' as to wether Mrs. Wafflehead is, indeed, the Man? Mitch [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 12:14:18 -0300 (EDT) From: Bayard Catron Subject: Re: Orange peel To: BENJAMIN KENNETH PARKE Cc: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu On Thu, 26 May 1994, BENJAMIN KENNETH PARKE wrote: > > Also, in contrast to what Bayard Catron said (that Hitchcock is tired of doing Barrett covers), he did do a cover of Dominoes in 1992 at a concert in San Juan Capistrano, CA. It was even creepier than Syd's. (sorry, my mailer seems to have cut off the rightmost bit of your text) I don't think he's tired of playing Syd's songs. I think he still likes them a lot. I think he may not cover them as much due to the fact that he was traditionally hounded by interviewers who would ask him, "What's the Syd Barrett connection?" and other such silly things. I think this was the first question he came up with in an interview in which he was asked, "What's the worst question, the one you're most tired of being asked?" Others were "How did you hook up with Peter Buck?" and this beauty: "Given that you're not the next John Lennon, do you think you could be?" The media is a grotesque monster indeed. By the way, you may call me by my first name... we're all friends here. :) Still looking for Syd covers but greatly enjoying the dialogue. Anyone who doesn't should probably keep it to themselves. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 12:39:25 -0300 (EDT) From: Bayard Catron Subject: Re: Mrs. Wafflehead To: Mitchell R Dickerman Cc: Fegmaniax I don't have a definitive answer, but I got my Wafflehead catalog yesterday (thanks Vashty! ;)) and happened to notice that it asks we make all checks payable to Robyn Hitchcock. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... Normally I would not expect him to take the time to do something like this, but now that he has no more major label obligations, I suppose he is returning to his independent roots. I hope he takes them back into the basement and sheds his more recent production values. Yours most sincerely. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 10:01:32 -0700 From: Andy Ruppenstein To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: ahi0jfsaws 7 wrote: >we could just as easily play the inverse now: what artist would you like >to hear cover what Robyn tune...? We did play this once, but a couple of years ago, which by net standards is several eons... Suggested: "Ted, Woody, and Junior" - Elton John "Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus" - Lyle Lovett "Chinese Bones" - Suzanne Vega (yes, I know, she has covered it...) "If you were a Priest" - Psychedelic Furs (or "Tell Me About Your Drugs") etc... Andy / ruppen@qal.berkeley.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 13:52:20 -0500 (EST) From: VHAWKINS@oise.on.ca Subject: Hwo did you first discover RH?? To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu This is sort of an open question, hopefully it will create some responses. If this subject has come up before, let me know; I'm fairly new to this group. The question is: how did you first hear of RH and his music?? Was it through seeing him perform, word of mouth, a good review in a magazine, etc ... I first heard of him in 1986, after reading a glowing review of "Fegmania" in Spin magazine likening him to Lennon, Barrett etc. As I have always been a HUGE Beatles and Barrett-era Pink Floyd fan, my interest was piqued. I bought "Fegmania" and absolutely fell in love with it, played it to death and starting purchasing other Hitchcock stuff wherever I could find it. Its funny, I *do* remember the Soft Boys from my new-wave loving teenage years, but didn't really put two and two together until later. Oh ... I could hear Sarah McLaughlin doing "The Moon Inside". Peace, Vashty. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 15:11:05 -0500 To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu From: gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Gene Hopstetter) Subject: Re: ahi0jfsaws >>we could just as easily play the inverse now: what artist would you like >>to hear cover what Robyn tune...? Ooh, I like this thread! I'd like to imagine one of those indy rock tribute compilations, like the "I'm Your Fan" or "The Bridge" records: "Fatman's Son" - The Pixies (would have been cool...) "Underwater Moonlight" - Stereolab "The Lizard" - Glass Eye "I Wanna Destroy You" - Pavement "Globe of Frogs" - His Name Is Alive "Mellow Together" - The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience "Tonight/You'll Have To Go Sideways" - Shrimp Boat "Insanely Jealous" - Christine Lavin "I Wanna Destroy You" - Red Kross "Sandra's Having Her Brain Out" - Jellyfish Sorry, I got carried away. And after all of Peter Buck/REM's raving about the Soft Boys, I think they oughta cover, say, "Human Music" or "Dreams". (Well, this in itself would be a good thread...) =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Gene Hopstetter, Jr. + gene@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Writer/Layout/WWW Guy + Tulane Computing Services =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ "Give me some more terminology!" -- Slovenly [][][][][][][][][][] From: RAdams7@aol.com To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Date: Fri, 27 May 94 21:22:23 EDT Subject: Wafflehead address? Can someone please post the Mrs. Wafflehead address? I'm pretty new to the thread, and this has taken me aback. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 15:31:30 -0300 (EDT) From: Bayard Catron Subject: Ms. Wafflehead's address To: Steven Goldstein Cc: pleasure of the aching void I received a couple of requests for this, so here it is made public for everyone. MRS. WAFFLEHEAD C/O PO BOX 2042 MADISION SQUARE STATION NEW YORK NEW YORK 10159 USA Invisible Hitchcock, EoL, Feg!, GLTHO and DecOy are all $19 for CD, Eye, Feg!, GLTHO, and DecOy are $15 on vinyl, the 12" Priest and Eaten by her own Dinner are $10 (also vinyl) and on cassette, she offers Eye and the "special souvenir tape" GIVE IT TO THE THOTH BOYS (LIVE ODDITIES) for $12 each. T shirts: "Respect" album cover on white w/american dates on reverse in black "Respect Hamburger Man/Head" Grey shirt with black print- with RH&E on reverse in black. $20, XL and short sleeved. All prices include postage an packing and are in American $. allow six to eight weeks for delivery and there is a *free gift* with four or more purchases!! Speculations, anyone? One would hope it is something moribund and/or biological. Make your cheque or money order payable to the man ROBYN HITCHCOCK. [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. 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