From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@ecto.org To: fegmaniax-digest@ecto.org Reply-To: fegmaniax@ecto.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@ecto.org Subject: Feg Digest V5 #154 Fegmaniax Digest Volume 5 Number 154 Thursday July 3 1997 To post, send mail to fegmaniax@ecto.org To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@ecto.org with the words "unsubscribe fegmaniax-digest" in the message body. Send comments, etc. to the listowner at owner-fegmaniax@ecto.org FegMANIAX! Web Page: http://remus.rutgers.edu/~woj/fegmaniax/index.html Archives are available at ftp://www.ecto.org/pub/lists/fegmaniax/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Topics: ------- ------- the good, the bad, & the ugly Re: more most hated Robyn songs (re: feg #152) Re: the good, the bad, & the ugly Bad News SeaTac II-tape Re: Electric Globe of Frogs on CD? Furry Green Atom Blah... Robyn's worst? Re: Bad Robyn Songs Re: Good Samaritans Needed Jimmy's films (0% Hitchcon) Re: Bad Robyn Songs Really Bad Songs... not so bad...? Re: Movies Elvis having too much fun on stage *Completely* Off any sort of Topic Re: shameless (well, not entirely...) self-promotion with bits for effect Re: Jimmy's films (0% Hitchcon) Stupidman, er, uh, Superman May Thoth bless you Film... Lurking quails in the netsufer ghost Re: Punky Garfunkel and Really Bad Songs Re: Punky Garfunkel and Really Bad Songs Re: Punky Garfunkel and Really Bad Songs Re: Punky Garfunkel and Really Bad Songs ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 17:13:08 -0400 From: kenster@MIT.EDU (Ken Ostrander) Subject: the good, the bad, & the ugly >> To bring our attention back to Mr. Hitchcock (remember him?), which of >> his songs do you consider his worst? > > I'll start the bidding with Furry Green Atom Bowl. yada yada yada...let me predict what i remember from the last time we had this thread: superman, wafflehead, luminous rose... it's all tasty. furry green atom bowl got a lot of slagging, but i really like the wordplay and the whole universe recycling itself thing. "spell a brand new world with the same old letters - om". it's almost like an mystic embryonic manifesto for the old world order or entropy or how similar people are to plants. "there's roots in the earth and kidneys in the body" i can't help singing along. >"Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus" is God awful. I get a reaction when I hear >it. "god awful"? that's funny. actually, it's one of my favorites. maybe it's because i was brought up as a staunch pentecostal and enjoy anything irreverant or because the dismal world view is so all encompassing. it takes everything ugly in the world and makes a joke out of it. paint it black; my kind of song. besides, there's something to be said for anything that gets "a reaction". >>...Mellow Together... >I always thought this was a pretty funny song. The vocals remind me of the >hippie character on the early 80's English TV show "The Young Ones". Anyone >else? what about the gumbys? >> Muskrat Love - Captain and Tennille (a tender, poetic ballad about rodents >> having sex) > >I may have this backwards, but isn't their version a cover? I thought >America (not the song, the band) did the original. I've heard a version >where the muskrats do some rather noisy lovemaking in the background. If >interested (you're sick), contact me off list. I think I know where to find >it. > that noise is some twisted synth stuff that sends shivers up my spine. i think the sound can be reproduced by pinching both cheeks and pulling outward briskly. willis alan rumsey actually wrote it. i'm not sure if america redid it first but the decision was fucking genius! almost as cool as barry manilow doing a whole album of remakes from the summer of '79. mr. rumsey also wrote songs for jimmy buffet and waylon jennings. ergo... > (who finds Jimmy Buffett inexplicable) some things just can't be explained. all i can say is every time my friends dragged me to see jimmy buffet i got so drunk in the parking lot beforehand that i passed out during the show. i do enjoy that 'margaritaville' experience though. just ask mitch. KEN ------------------------------ From: Terrence M Marks Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 18:26:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: more most hated Robyn songs (re: feg #152) What I hate about Superman: Andy doesn't get back into that cool bassline during the second verse. He just plays the root note all the way through.. Terrence Marks Remember-Jesus is your friend. normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 17:42:15 -0500 From: pokey@uti.com (Greg Landry) Subject: Re: the good, the bad, & the ugly >>> To bring our attention back to Mr. Hitchcock (remember him?), which of >>> his songs do you consider his worst? >> >> I'll start the bidding with Furry Green Atom Bowl. > > yada yada yada...let me predict what i remember from the last time >we had this thread: superman, wafflehead, luminous rose... it's all tasty. > I agree with Mr. Ken. This stuff sounds like something one would come up with in the seventh hour of a ten hour car trip in an attempt to make the time pass more quickly. After this would probably come lisence plate bingo or some other such thing. Greg Greg Landry Morris, IL U.S.A. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Showed up late, still we played Bert's Bar, then the hurricane came . . . so it ain't there now. SeAsHeLLs 4 haLLiE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 20:26:51 -0500 (CDT) From: John Littlejohn Subject: Bad News The banana man told me that Jimmy Stewart is dead. It's funny how everyone here was talking about him just a few days ago. JL -* "Si vous m'obstaclerez, je vous liquiderai" - Churchill -* ------------------------------ From: oskjefte@online.no Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 23:22:21 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: SeaTac II-tape I'm told that there's a DAT-version around. Please email me privately if YOU got a copy to trade. See ya Ole **************************************************************************** Next song is the hitsingle of 1989 - It's "Eat the fucking rich"....Now, wait a minute...It's "Untitled" ( Michael Stipe introducing an early version of Pop Song '89 at Bren Events Center, Irvine, CA 14.11.87 ) **************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:10:44 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: Electric Globe of Frogs on CD? Do 3" CDs play in the CD Rom drive? Ours has a pretty large hole in the middle.. I'd love to see one.. bet they're cute. haha.. Cup holders.. LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:16:10 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Furry Green Atom Blah... > To bring our attention back to Mr. Hitchcock (remember him?), which of > his songs do you consider his worst? > > I'll start the bidding with Furry Green Atom Bowl. I second this motion!!! I saw the title and i thought "Oh, this is gonna be a good one" and, I have to honestly say, I was disappointed. It's just an annoying song... Superman, on the other hand....... Ahh, nevermind.. I won't start... LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 16:24:22 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Robyn's worst? >> "Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus" is God awful. I get a reaction when I hear it. > >My reaction is to play it loud and sing along. It's excellent! 'course, you have to be in the right mood. It's like the Byrds' "America's Great National Pastime" or "Drug Store Truck Driving Man" (or whatever the hell it's called). Tongue so far in cheek that it makes a dent in the wardrobe*. For a real baddie, one that I always skip by,. there's always crunchy little Superman. Just sort of lurches along like a car with square wheels. James (whose metaphor and simile circuits seem to be out of whack today) RIP, Jimmy Stewart and Robert Mitchum :( ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:22:24 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: Bad Robyn Songs >>> I'll start the bidding with Furry Green Atom Bowl. >> >>My bid is for a song from the same incredible album...Mellow Together. I >>tend to cringe everytime I forget to skip over this one. And the >>inclusion of the demo on the Rhino reissue is equally troubling. This is on...... which album? I have FGAB, from a (vinyl) IODOT, but not "Mellow Together" Come to think of it, there's a lot of songs I don't have still.. Hmm.. LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:07:40 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: Good Samaritans Needed >Hi everyone, I'm been a lurker around these parts for quite a bit. Since >list members seem to be a very giving lot, I was wondering if there is >anyone out there willing to trade live/rarity Feg tapes for blanks + >dough? I'm new to the whole tape trading scene and thus have nothing to >offer (plus no way to dub anything) in trade. I'm especially interested >in the much discussed Netsurfer Ghost thing or recent live stuff. Sorry >to interrupt the flow with my pleadings, but I thought I'd give it a >whirl. Well, we tend to shy away from monetary exchanges, but I don't see a problem in trading for equivalent blank tapes.. Anyone have a prob with this? I have several live shows I'd be willing to copy off for you If you so desire--each running around 60-90 mins.. Maybe one or 2 for starters, you think? Mail me privately if you're interested.. Setlists are available if necessary LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:40:45 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Jimmy's films (0% Hitchcon) >RIP, Jimmy Stewart and Robert Mitchum :( *sniff* My dad and I are planning a Stewart film-fest this weekend.. Gonna rent as many of his films as we can get our hot little hands on.. (except the westerns.. I just don't do westerns..) Anyone else want to join in our vigil? LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ From: "Baker, David(KWI-C09)" Subject: Re: Bad Robyn Songs Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 00:53:00 -0400 >>> I'll start the bidding with Furry Green Atom Bowl. >> >>My bid is for a song from the same incredible album...Mellow Together. I >>tend to cringe everytime I forget to skip over this one. And the >>inclusion of the demo on the Rhino reissue is equally troubling. > This is on...... which album? I have FGAB, from a (vinyl) IODOT, >but not "Mellow Together" Mellow Together is one of the bonus tracks on the CD issue of IODOT. I found it pretty funny the first few times I heard it but skip over it now. The other bonus tracks (from memory: Winter Love, The Bones In The Ground, My Favourite Buildings and I Used To Say I Love You) are uniformly excellent and well worth getting hold of. On the topic of FGAB, I really like it and find it pretty groovy for a song with no instruments. It is the other accapella (sp?) song on the album, Uncorrected Personality Traits, that gets on my nerves nowadays, although I initially thought it was pretty cool. Dave. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:52:00 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Really Bad Songs... not so bad...? So call me a freak, but i went through this list and found quite a few songs that i like, and heck some of them love!! People are certainly different.. :) LSDiamond >16- In The Year 2525/Zager & Evans 1969 >18- Seasons in the Sun/Terry Jacks 1973 >24- I'm Henry VIII, I Am/Herman's Hermits 1965 >33- Kung Fu Fighting/Carl Douglas 1975 >43- The Night Chicago Died/Paper Lace 1974 >46- A Horse With No Name/America 1972 >49- Under The Boardwalk/Bruce Willis 1987 >53- Dream Weaver/Gary Wright 1975 !!!!! What's wrong with this one?? >60- Incense and Peppermints/Strawberry Alarm Clock 1967 >70- One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)/Coven 1971 >72- Brand New Key/Melanie 1971 >93- Saturday Night/Bay City Rollers 1975 However, most of those (what I've heard of them, anyway) I can certainly agree with.. just my 2 pesos... LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:56:05 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Re: Movies >[snip bit by Eddie Tews on how Forrest Gump was ...] >>closest i ever came in my life to walking out of a movie.] > >Why? It's a bit sappy, but I think it's one of the best >things that's been put out in years. AMEN!!! I *loved* FG, for many reasons... (The book, if you could make it G-rated, would be better, though. :) >Closest I ever came to walking out was "Natural Born >Killers". If I wasn't watching it on HBO, I would've demanded >my money back. 89 minutes of pointless violence. 1 minute >of clips of the media, showing how "it's a parody of the way >media violence really is". If I want parody, I'd like it done >quickly and *without* graphic and disgusting violence. Know who I like? Jackie Chan... We just rented whichever one it is that last came out... That was HILARIOUS.. Can't wait for Operation Condor.. Excellent parody of pointless violence... >And I guess I'm the only dude who likes "Harvey" around here. >(did "Mr. Smith goes to Washington" get any votes?) !!!!!! I love BOTH of these!!! On the list for this weekend, in fact!! LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:58:05 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: Elvis having too much fun on stage Catchy subject, eh? Hey, you opened it didn't you??? Okay, get this straight.. I can't *stand* Elvis... Don't like him... Or his music, either... But once, about, ohhh... 4 or 5 years ago, I heard a version of a song in which he *completely* screwed up onstage... He's stoned or drunk, singing about ahh... "when i walk into your parlor, you're missing all of your hair" where it should say something like "I miss you cause you're not there"... I know i'm wrong here, but it's about the funniest thing I've heard.. LSDiamond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 00:08:16 -0500 From: LSDiamond Subject: *Completely* Off any sort of Topic I'm going to bed now. No more posts to bug anyone with tonight *grin* LSDiamond, who's glad Holyfield won.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you been exceptionally bad lately? Come serve your penance at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1542/penance1.html You'll never commit THAT sin again! ------------------------------ From: SydneyC33@aol.com Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 01:29:24 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: shameless (well, not entirely...) self-promotion with bits for effect Anton Barbeau writes: << wanted to let any san francisco area feg-folks know about a couple shows i'm doing with me new RAWK BAND, the anton barbeau drag team 3. weds july 2nd (whoa...that's tomorrow, eh!) we're at the hotel utah, 4th and bryant in s.f. we're on after 10. don't know who the other band(s) might be. sat august 9, again at hotel utah, we're allegedly playing with the always incredible loud family. this show ain't confirmed, though it seems like a "go". >> Bay Fegs, and anyone else in the area at the time... If you can, you should heed Anton's shameless self-promotion and catch them at Hotel Utah. His group opened up for Tim and Robyn here in Sacramento and they were great! I'm awaiting receipt of their disc "Waterbugs & Beetles", described by Anton as a bit darker and more twisted (I *would* pick that one) than his other disc, "The Horse's Tongue". They have a new one coming out in the fall. Eddie and Chris? You agree? Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 23:52:15 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Jimmy's films (0% Hitchcon) >>RIP, Jimmy Stewart and Robert Mitchum :( > > *sniff* My dad and I are planning a Stewart film-fest this >weekend.. Gonna rent as many of his films as we can get our hot little >hands on.. (except the westerns.. I just don't do westerns..) > >Anyone else want to join in our vigil? I'd gladly dig up Rear Window, Vertigo and a bunch of other Jimmy flicks, but you know, I have NEVER understood what is so great about It's a Wonderful Life. What use is a big sappy feel-good picture if the bad guy gets off scot-free? Screw that! :P Eb ------------------------------ From: Ed Doxtator Subject: Stupidman, er, uh, Superman Date: Thu, 03 Jul 97 11:57:00 PDT Randi vollyed (it is Wimbeldon fortnight after all): >>Ed Doxtator commented: >> Most Hated Robyn Hitchcock Song >>"Superman" (Queen Elvis version-- loathe it. Programmed it OUT of the >>playlist on my CD player.) >I love this song...it is one of my faves...Ed, why do you hate it so? I wish there was a rational answer to your question, but there just ain't. It's not the music, it's not the lyrics, it's the song itself. It grates on me. Instantly rubs my nerves raw. You know, some things just don't work within your psyche? This is one of them. (Bob Dylan is another one, but that's my problem...) No big deal, lots of other people don't like "Wafflehead", and I love that. So it goes... Look after yerselves... -Ed, Doc, _not_ really a whiner... N.P. Peter Murphy, "Cascade" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 09:08:54 -0400 Subject: May Thoth bless you From: grahampenn@juno.com (Graham C Penn) Just wanted to thank all of the people who (so quickly) responded to my newbie plea for Robyn tapes. Now I've got to figure what exactly I want! :) Thanks again everyone, you've proven that Fegs are truly a giving lot! Graham _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:28:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Eugene Subject: Film... Does anyone know when the film will come out, or when the soundtrack is schedualed for release? -Eugene ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Lounge Soot: A night of alternative comedy Every Thursday at 10:30 at the Green Street Grill in Central Square 280 Green Street Cambridge, MA $3 "One of the smartest comedy nights in town." - The Boston Phoenix My homepage: http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~ebmF92 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Subject: Lurking quails in the netsufer ghost Date: Thu, 3 Jul 97 13:13:01 -0000 From: The Great Quail Eddie writes, >when the quail was chirping in with >whole-digest length works of fiction? Wow! I know that this is pretty late - I haven't posted in over a week, which in Internet time means death. On most mailing lists, you probably would have forgotten me by now. (Well, of course I have no proof that you have not,so. . . . ) I just wanted to say that I am still here, but lately I have been working *very* hard - day and night - on two projects. One, a complete revision of my postmodern literature website, which should be online after July 4th; and two, I have been attending a seminar on technology for my school district. The fools have just decided to place me in charge of my whole district's web network, which means I am something of a coordinating *authority!* Ha! Me, an authority figure for a whole school district! Don't worry - I have already embedded secret links to both the Fegmaniax! site and the Naked Monkey Dope-Fiend Sex Acts Page in the text of district financial reports, etc. I gladly welcome any ideas for the abuse of this power - please email me privately. But, I am back! I just thought I would mention all this so those of you who have been correspondingly privately with me know that I am still alive. (I promise that I will attend to all your taper requests, love letters, and bomb threats shortly.) I haven't checked my email in a week, and I have at leat 500 messages, half of them Feggy. Gah. Cheep. Oh, yes, just a little RH so you don't think I am totally wasting your time. Yesterday I was listening to Tori Amos' "Under the Pink" album. During the song "Happy Phantom," I had something of a revelation - she's Robyn's "dead wife," from "My Wife and My Dead Wife!" Ok, so it wasn't much, but I needed some excuse. . . . The Quail ---------------------------------+-------------------------------- The Great Quail, K.S.C. | TheQuail@cthulhu.microserve.com | "Keeper of the Libyrinth" | Sarnath - The Quailspace Web Page: riverrun Discordian Society | http://www.microserve.net/~thequail 73 De Chirico Street | Arkham, Orbis Tertius 2112-42 | ** What is FEGMANIA? ** "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." -- H.P. Lovecraft ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:46:03 -0500 (CDT) From: Mississippi Malcolm McDowell Subject: Re: Punky Garfunkel and Really Bad Songs I really hate the song "American Pie". Just so you all know. On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, LSDiamond wrote: > But come on, people.... Not American Pie... Yes. "American Pie". That revolting piece of schlock which is EVEN WORSE than "Vincent", even worse than "Castles in the Air", one of the worst songs by one of the most awful curses ever inflicted on the world of music. > I agree, it's > WAYYYYYYY too long, 5 seconds of this song is way too long. Halfway through I am ready to safeword. I have never cared about the length of a piece of music. That is not the problem. The problem is that Don McLean is an absolutely crapulous MOR adult contemporary "lite" music driveller. The idea of the likes of him writing rock and roll elegies is gross. The idea of him writing about my beloved Buddy Holly is almost too much for me to bear. Aside from the saccharine insincerity and pitifully obvious attempts at nostalgia string-pulling, he's got to go and attempt lameass wannabe Dylan symbolism on top of it. Well it probably got him laid a lot in the 70s but that's no fucking excuse. This song enrages me. Don McLean outrages me. If he ever comes within strangling range of me I am not answerable for my actions. To paraphrase Paul Weller, I hate him, Mr. Clean, and I think it's pretty well seen. The above is just MY opinion, of course. > anyway.. What about Hey Jude? Anyone ever counted the Na's in that > thing????? No, but ONE of them is worth the entire recorded output of Don McLean. He makes Lionel Richie seem almost palatable in comparison. Love on ya, Susan ******************************************************************************* "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, "Lothair", lxxvii ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:34:34 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Punky Garfunkel and Really Bad Songs >The problem is that Don McLean is an absolutely crapulous MOR >adult contemporary "lite" music driveller. The idea of the likes of him >writing rock and roll elegies is gross. The idea of him writing about my >beloved Buddy Holly is almost too much for me to bear. Aside from the >saccharine insincerity and pitifully obvious attempts at nostalgia >string-pulling, he's got to go and attempt lameass wannabe Dylan symbolism >on top of it. Well it probably got him laid a lot in the 70s but that's no >fucking excuse. This song enrages me. Don McLean outrages me. If he ever >comes within strangling range of me I am not answerable for my actions. To >paraphrase Paul Weller, I hate him, Mr. Clean, and I think it's pretty >well seen. All right, Susan! Gettin' bitchy, for once! ;) I can't remember the exact story, but I've heard that McLean is kind of a jerk in concert nowadays. Complains and gripes between all the songs, or something like that. Maybe someone else can fill in the gaps.... Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 15:01:24 -0500 From: Hal Brandt Subject: Re: Punky Garfunkel and Really Bad Songs Eb wrote: > I've heard that McLean is kind of a > jerk in concert nowadays. Complains and gripes between all the songs, or > something like that. Maybe someone else can fill in the gaps.... ...preferably on the Don McLean list or via private email. FLAME ON! (if you must) ( ) () @@ ) (( ( ( ( )( @@ ( )) ) ( ( ( ( ()( /---\ (()( ( _______ ) ) )(@ !O O! )@@ ( ) ) ) < ____) ) ( ( )( ()@ \ o / (@@@@@ ( ()( ) /--| |( o| ( ) ) ((@@(@@ !o! @@@@(@@@@@)() ( | > \___| ) ( @)@@)@ /---\-/---\ )@@@@@()( ) | /---------+ (@@@@)@@@( // /-----\ \\ @@@)@@@@@( . | | \ =========______/|@@@@@@@@@@@@@(@@@ // @ /---\ @ \\ @(@@@(@@@ . ------------------------------ From: Aidan Cully Subject: Re: Punky Garfunkel and Really Bad Songs Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 16:06:05 -0400 (EDT) > I really hate the song "American Pie". Just so you all know. > > On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, LSDiamond wrote: > > > But come on, people.... Not American Pie... > > Yes. "American Pie". That revolting piece of schlock which is EVEN WORSE > than "Vincent", even worse than "Castles in the Air", one of the worst > songs by one of the most awful curses ever inflicted on the world of > music. > > > I agree, it's > > WAYYYYYYY too long, > > 5 seconds of this song is way too long. Halfway through I am ready to > safeword. > > I have never cared about the length of a piece of music. That is not > the problem. The problem is that Don McLean is an absolutely crapulous MOR > adult contemporary "lite" music driveller. The idea of the likes of him > writing rock and roll elegies is gross. The idea of him writing about my > beloved Buddy Holly is almost too much for me to bear. Aside from the > saccharine insincerity and pitifully obvious attempts at nostalgia > string-pulling, he's got to go and attempt lameass wannabe Dylan symbolism > on top of it. Well it probably got him laid a lot in the 70s but that's no > fucking excuse. This song enrages me. Don McLean outrages me. If he ever > comes within strangling range of me I am not answerable for my actions. To > paraphrase Paul Weller, I hate him, Mr. Clean, and I think it's pretty > well seen. > > The above is just MY opinion, of course. > > > anyway.. What about Hey Jude? Anyone ever counted the Na's in that > > thing????? > > No, but ONE of them is worth the entire recorded output of Don McLean. He > makes Lionel Richie seem almost palatable in comparison. > > Love on ya, > Susan > > > ******************************************************************************* > "The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy"- Benjamin Disraeli, > "Lothair", lxxvii > ******************************************************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The End of this Fegmaniax Digest. *sob* .