From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #325 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, August 25 1999 Volume 08 : Number 325 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #322 ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: white album/long long long ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: "I'm the Greatest" ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: MMT ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: Les Boys [four episode lesbian ] Re: "I'm the Greatest" [hal brandt ] RE: MMT [tanter ] Pet Zounds! ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Re: Dwarfbeat, and an old song question [James Dignan ] Re: King Elvis ["JH3" ] Re: Ob [Eb ] Shoodly Bee Shoodly Wasp (token RH content) [Michael R Godwin ] All I have to say about Brian Wilson is... [lj lindhurst ] Re: White Album [normal@grove.ufl.edu] RE: "I'm the Greatest" ["Partridge, John" ] RE: White Album ["Chaney, Dolph L" ] Re: White Album [Joel Mullins ] Re: "I'm the Greatest" [Joel Mullins ] Re: Blight Album ["Chris!" ] Re: MMT/Costume Rockers/Maccavox [fred is ted ] Re: Blight Album [Terrence M Marks ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:44:48 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #322 >NY/NJ area metal/industrial shock band with major lable interests >George Is Dead is looking for dwarves, midgets or any sub 4'6" humans >to augment live performances. We are very serious!!! An excellent >opportuntiy for little people looking to break into showbusiness! "no one knows who they were...or..wot they were doing...but their legacy remains" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:52:50 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: white album/long long long >Maybe "Long, Long, Long" could get the axe -- sorry, no! Maybe in the middle of a CD it sounds out of place, but at the end of a record side, following "Helter Skelter" the effect is awesome. I used to wait several minutes before flipping the record over just so I had a chance to absorb it all completely in my head. This of course was back when my head was much more absorbant. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:20:35 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: "I'm the Greatest" >And by the way, Paul *is* the world's greatest singer (of rock n roll at >least). Listen to "Yesterday." Actually, listen to the White Album. >I've never heard anyone else go from beautiful (Blackbird) to intensely >screaming (Helter Skelter) so quickly. His voice is beautiful, he has >an outstanding range, and he's the king of versatility. you know what? I'll give you "Blackbird", and I'll throw in "I'm Down" and "Hey Jude", but I'll take Lennon any day. I find Paul's voice actually comes off somewhat weak a good deal of the time, including on "Yesterday" IMO. Lennon sang from the soul. Of course you accentuate the word *is* in much the same way we once heard that "there *is* no improper relationship", so that rules out Lennon. And Elvis. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:35:07 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: MMT >3. There's a certain faction of people (not including me) who trash "Hello >Goodbye" as one of the ultimate examples of idiotic Paul lyrics. "Your >Mother Should Know" is great fodder for McCartney-bashers, as well. Hello Goodbye has always bothered me (not 'cause of the lyrics tho) but to me "Your Mother Should Know" is even more infectuous than "ob-la-di ob-la-da". Awfully tuff to get that one out of your head without the aid of a foul ball or a sixteen ton weight. whooa! I'm way past my posting limit! too many freakin' digests today. - -rUss np: The Who/A Quick One ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:49:53 -0400 From: four episode lesbian Subject: Re: Les Boys when we last left our heroes, Eb exclaimed: >*Exactly* my thoughts. And Marcy, I'm going to excuse your anti-Beach Boys >rant because I figure you're loopy with estrogen. ;) no, no...*i'm* the only one around here who's allowed to be loopy with estrogen! woj "new tori amos single today" the wojster ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:54:35 -0600 From: hal brandt Subject: Re: "I'm the Greatest" > you know what? I'll give you "Blackbird", and I'll throw in "I'm Down" and > "Hey Jude", but I'll take Lennon any day. I find Paul's voice actually > comes off somewhat weak a good deal of the time, including on "Yesterday" > IMO. Lennon sang from the soul. Agreed about John, but Paul weak?! More examples to the contrary (in addition to the one's you named): Oh! Darling, Why Don't We Do It In The Road, Lady Madonna...there's plenty more. Examples of (relatively) weak John are there as well. Bungalow Bill, Yes It Is, Girl...to name but three. But you know what? Call me 'fanboy'...I love the entire catalogue. They could do no wrong. Well, besides "If You've Got Troubles" (see Anthology 2). /hal ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:04:35 -0500 From: tanter Subject: RE: MMT >===== Original Message From Russ Reynolds ===== >>3. There's a certain faction of people (not including me) who trash "Hello >>Goodbye" as one of the ultimate examples of idiotic Paul lyrics. "Your >>Mother Should Know" is great fodder for McCartney-bashers, as well. Strangely enough, they tend to be people who never had mothers.... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:51:12 -0400 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Pet Zounds! >From: Paul Christian Glenn >>hey, the cure have lots of happy songs. like "friday i'm in >>love" and, errm, eh, well, the one on the last album that >>sounded just like "Friday i'm in love" and ummmm the mariachi >>pastiche one on the last album. > >"Doing the Unstuck" from _Wish_ is pretty damn happy. :) Lately Robert seems to be really trying for these happy songs. Sometimes they work ("The 13th," "Friday I'm in Love," "Mint Car," and less recently "Lovecats"), and other times, IMO, they really don't ("Doing the Unstuck," "Return," and "Strange Attraction"). >From: MARKEEFE@aol.com >as, or better than, some Beatles albums. I mean, "Pet Sounds," "SMiLE," and You've gotta mean "Smiley Smile." If not, can I come over? >From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com >2. I must respect the opinions of my pals on this list which seem >undefendable and unfathomable, yet seem so absolute. It is difficult >enough thing for me to do to listen to all of Pet Sounds, let alone >understand how others have formed religions about it. It could truly >be that, frightening as it may sound, Brian Wilson's music is just >too deep for me. Frankly, I think it's just that the appeal of the Beatles and the appeal of the Beach Boys are pretty different, when you get past the whole totally-fucking-brilliant similarity, and the fact that each band admired the other greatly. _Pet Sounds_ aims for the heart and _Sergeant Pepper_... doesn't. "She's Leaving Home" notwithstanding. >From: Joel Mullins >For me, Buddy Holly is the epitome of 50's rock. Woo-hoo! Drew - -- Andrew D. Simchik, wyrd@rochester.rr.com http://home.rochester.rr.com/wyrd/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:05:53 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: Dwarfbeat, and an old song question >>NY/NJ area metal/industrial shock band with major lable interests >>George Is Dead is looking for dwarves, midgets or any sub 4'6" humans >>to augment live performances. We are very serious!!! An excellent >>opportuntiy for little people looking to break into showbusiness! > >I remember that Wayne Hussey (Sisters of Mercy, Mission UK) used >to say that the "height of cool" for him would be to have his drugs >delivered to him onstage (on a silver platter) by a tuxedo-clad dwarf. >So these guys aren't even being all that original... What's more, I >don't think ol' Wayne ever had another hit, after saying that. yeah, but George Is Dead probably want them to dance around an eleven inch high model of Stonehenge... a silly naff song question. I'm trying to track down a song which I suspect may be by Cat Stevens (!). All I can remember of it is that it was released during the VietNam era, and had a chorus with the line "Rachael's coming home, Rachael's coming home, and I don't think... [something]". I just get that bit running around in my head, and it won't go away. The only thing I can do to stop it is to start singing - at the top of my lungs: "I can point to Norway, I can point to Norway with my fist!" James (who's not wearing any of the mighty Cap's undies. In fact...) James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:49:01 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #323 sigh. I see someone beat me to the punch with the Spinal Tap comparison. Serves mne right for not reading through all the digests before replying. >>And I don't think I hear many people mention Magical >>Mystery Tour, which I think is just wonderful. > >Yeah, why IS that? possibly because, to a true Beatle Weeniespotter, it was never an original album. Its original release was in the form of 2 EPs, and an album it is often not included in the 'original canon'. Sad, because - as you so rightly say - it has its delights: the big hits, of course (Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane, All you need is Love) but also the likes of I am the Walrus, Fool on the Hill, Baby you're a rich man, and even the weird little instrumental, Flying. >You're right that if Ob-La-Di had been written and released by some no >name band, it probably wouldn't have ever been heard. although it was undoubtedly carried at least in part by the names of the writers, its worth noting that Obladi Oblada was a big hit for the Marmalade. Also, it's definitely worth noting that if it had been written and released in 1968 by others, it may still have been a huge hit. If it had been written and released in 1999by others, it probably wouldn't have. For me, it's a happy, catchy song (I prefer the anthology version) and I love the switch in the last verse where Desmond and Molly swap roles. Oh, and FWIW, I'd rank the Beatles above anyone else recording in the 60s, and their legacy still casts its shadow over almost all rock music in some way or another. Below the Beatles I'd rank about a dozen bands equally, one of which would be the Beach Boys (the Who, Rolling Stones, Byrds, Doors, Kinks, Velvet Underground, Cream, and Hendrix would be among those). Below that again would be all other bands arranged in a hierarchy from the good to the not so good to the not at all good. These bands were not only good in an of themselves, but were massively influential over the music which was to follow them, and... I'm rambling again. ><< Except for maybe certain baroque composers, there's no melodist in history > who relies so heavily on non-tonic bass notes to communicate his musical > ideas. For instance, instead of playing a C under a C major chord, Brian is > likely to play a third (E), a fifth (G) or a seventh (Bb). (I must confess > that I've observed an unexplainable,ferocious passion for the major/seventh > combination in my own tastes, not only in Wilson's music but in various > other artists who followed.) >> > > Who are some fo these various other artists? And what do you think it >is about this that would be more engaging than if, say, the guitarist played >a seventh chord to begin with, and the bass player just followed along on the >tonic? not sure I follow all of the music theory here, but Neil Finn's songs often follow a structure whereby the bass does not hit the expected notes. The perfect example would be one of his earliest songs, Split Enz's "One step ahead" - then again, Nigel Griggs is one of the best bass players going (no, I'm not just sayiong that because Split Enz were from NZ!). XTC use this sort of technique in their bass parts too, IIRC. >Burt >Bacharach, though his biggest twists are more in the area of rhythm, >phrasing and sheer *quantity* of chords. oh Eb, you old chord counter, you! ;) >>oh yeah, and if you look closely, in the background there's a curly >>haired chick wearing nothing but a pair of oversized boxers! hmmm. Didn't Livia say she was wearing oversized boxers? James James Dignan___________________________________ You talk to me Deptmt of Psychology, Otago University As if from a distance ya zhivu v' 50 Norfolk Street And I reply. . . . . . . . . . Dunedin, New Zealand with impressions chosen from another time steam megaphone (03) 455-7807 (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:12:09 -0500 From: "JH3" Subject: Re: King Elvis >Elvis was no different than Ricky Martin or any of these boy-groups >around these days. Someone wrote a song and he sang it while all the >young girls looked at his crotch. ... What a huge accomplishment! Hey, he did a lot better than most of us can do! I've been trying to get young girls to stare at my crotch for years, with maddeningly little success... I remember the one time I thought I finally had it figured out, it turned out I'd spilled spaghetti sauce on my pants. Then again, I wonder if THAT was Elvis' secret? Maybe the whole birth of rock 'n' roll was based on some strategically-placed Ragu spaghetti sauce. John "La Vida Suede-Shoesa" hedges ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:37:51 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Ob James, regarding Ob La Di: >If it >had been written and released in 1999 by others, it probably wouldn't have. The Offspring might disagree with you. Incidentally, I recently learned that there's an old jazz tune called "In the Land of Oo Bla Dee." Huh! Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:54:38 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Shoodly Bee Shoodly Wasp (token RH content) Gosh! Start at the beginning. Without Elvis, none of these subsequent acts would ever have got into show business. Without Elvis, there is no rock'n'roll in a lasting sense - Bill Haley may have had the first rock'n'roll hit, but he was still too close to western swing. Elvis powered the whole music industry in a new direction, and 'Mystery Train', 'That's Alright', 'Blue Moon of Kentucky' and 'Heartbreak Hotel' still sound great. The fact that Robyn Hitchcock performed 'Mystery Train' regularly on the tour with Billy Bragg suggests that he recognises this. Buddy Holly certainly started as an Elvis copyist, but went in a different direction. Along with Norman Petty and Jerry Allison, he began to make records where the sound and the harmonies were more important than the energy level. A lot of his rock records sound lame ('Rock around with Ollie Vee' etc) but those things like 'Everyday', 'Wishing', 'Listen to me' and 'It's so easy' are great. And yes, he and his outfit wrote the stuff. Nevertheless, I'd see Buddy Holly as an innovator in the pop field rather than in rock'n'roll. (To me, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran and Little Richard _are_ rock'n'roll. Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers are pop music). The main reason I didn't like the Beatles in the early 60s was that their rock'n'roll playing was so weedy (listen to 'Beatles for Sale' if you don't believe me). Although they attempted to cover some Chuck Berry tunes, they were much more influenced by Buddy Holly, the Shirelles and Arthur Alexander. And they had that clever-clever producer. I was only interested in rock'n'roll in those days and so I preferred to listen to the Animals, the Yardbirds and the Kinks (did anyone mention that 'Dead End Street' is a great protest song?). In retrospect, I can see that the fact that the Beatles were so open to a wide range of musical influences was a great strength. And by the end of their career, they were even making respectable rock'n'roll records like 'Get Back' and 'One after 909' (though the latter still has a tinge of 'Rock around with Ollie Vee' about it). As you know, I don't think that the Beach Boys cut it. If you have to have American 60s beat groups, give me the Byrds any day. Or the McCoys. Or the Shadows of Knight. Oh, and in this discussion of the relative merits of Love albums, several people have mentioned their eponymous first album and 'Forever Changes'. My favourite has always been 'da Capo', which was album number 2 (but you have to remember not to turn it over). On the Bonzos front, their only hit 'I'm the urban spaceman' was produced by Paul McCartney (under the name Apollo C Vermouth). They should have stuck with that producer! - - Mike "Hiya Fellows!" Godwin n.p. Donovan, 'Sunny Goodge Street' PS James has already picked up on the point that 'Ob-la-di Ob-la-da' was a hit single for the Marmalade. What other examples are there of albums containing an obvious hit which was not released by the original artiste and was then covered successfully? The only example I can think of off the top of my head is Stevie Wonder's 'Isn't she lovely?', and I can't even remember the name of the bloke who covered it. David something? PPS Really interesting about the 'Ob-la-dee' jazz track, Eb. Does the tune bear any resemblance? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:43:22 -0400 From: "jbranscombe@compuserve.com" Subject: underrated Elvis Elvis ran most of the sessions he sang at. He in effect played a large part in producing a lot of the greatest rock songs of all time. Most producers he worked with have agreed this to a greater or lesser extent. Chips Moman is probably the exception to this state of affairs, and admittedly those collaborations produced some of the very best stuff Elvis ever released. I think another measure of his greatness is encapsulted in a little bit of footage that I saw again recently after a few years - this is from his welcome home show after the army stint. It was hosted by Sinatra, and to be quite Frank (ho,ho), Elvis pissed on him. They were each supposed to sing a little bit of the other's repertoire and then meet in harmony. Sinatra's stab at Love Me Tender was pretty poor, Elvis's Witchcraft is beautiful. On screen at that point Sinatra looks tiny, old and out-classed - Presley radiant. Presley could sing every flavour of American popular music (he used to amaze bands like the Blackwoods when they got together for informal sing-a-longs with his encyclopaedic knowledge of tracks) He played a pretty nifty piano, could dance and some of his acting was very good. His live performances at a time when Lennon, Wilson et al were up their own arses in the studio (that's a little joke) were often superb (often disastrous as well...). Over-rated? Au contraire. He also died a proper American death not one of those oh so easily mythologizable plane crash efforts... I've just looked at Scaruffi. Boy, the word erratic was invented for the chap. (He does allow that El was best male singer of 1957. Ta, pal.) Someone who doesn't separate his awards for drums/bass and wind/strings until three decades into rock history has to be making a tacit admission that he doesn't know quite as much as he thinks he does. Just a quickie on Paul McCartney. A friend of mine who thinks 'The Beatles are shite. Macca's no better than George Formby.' Has heard Paul's forthcoming Rock'n'Roll album and says that it's superb. This probably due to some extent to the presence of guitarist Mick Green, formerly of Johnny Kidd And The Pirates (Scaruffi's top band of 1961). The Pirates are playing their final gig ever (they've said that before) at The Grey Horse, Kingston-Upon-Thames on Sept. 3rd. I'll be there. JMBC " Some Italian hack is not going to change my mind" The JMBCSTER ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:12:40 -0400 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: King Spin For those of you shockwave-enabled, check out http://www.mockensturm.com/kingspin/ It helps to answer that age-old question of who's the wiser King. - -f. > _________________________________________ > Ferris Scott Thomas > programmer > > (860) 409-2612 > McGraw-Hill Technology Division > Farmington, CT > mailto:ferris_thomas@mcgraw-hill.com (work) > mailto:ferris@snet.net (home) > http://pages.cthome.net/hellhollow/ > Capitalism is man exploiting man, while socialism is the reverse. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:29:52 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: All I have to say about Brian Wilson is... In the tv documentary about Brian Wilson, they were saying how he had a sandbox underneath his piano so he could always have his feet in the sand when he wrote. But when they asked him about it, he admitted that there were other things in there too: Apparently, the cat had begun using his sandbox for a litterbox, so his feet were always in there mingling with CAT TURDS. blech! I do believe, however, that if the Beatles and the Beach Boys got in a rumble, George Harrison would kick EVERYONE's ass, including his own bandmembers, just for the fun of it. l "fulla commas" j * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LJ Lindhurst White Rabbit Graphic Design http://www.w-rabbit.com NYC ljl@w-rabbit.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:19:52 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Little stick of Blackpool rock On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, jbranscombe@compuserve.com wrote: > Just a quickie on Paul McCartney. A friend of mine who thinks 'The Beatles > are shite. Macca's no better than George Formby.' Has heard Paul's > forthcoming Rock'n'Roll album and says that it's superb. When he was with Wings, Macca claimed that he was singing 'Long Tall Sally' better than ever before. On the gig I saw he sang it really well, whoos and yeah yeah yeahs all absolutely spot on. Great singer, but I can understand the Formby comparison. The only time I saw Little Richard, he kept poncing around the stage shouting 'Are you ready for Long Tall Sally yet?'. He shouted it so many times that the audience lost interest. McCartney 1, Penniman 0, I'm afraid. - - Mike Godwin n.p. 'Useless information' by the Move PS Is this carciofi character anyone I should know about? I usually gauge rock encyclopaedias by the Peter Green ref (not Mick, although they have recorded together). Anything less than 'Britain's premier blues guitarist, outstanding singer and songwriter' and I don't bother. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:37:33 -0400 (EDT) From: normal@grove.ufl.edu Subject: Re: White Album On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Joel Mullins wrote: > What about Pet Sounds? All I ever hear is how brilliant Pet Sounds is > and then when I finally heard it, I couldn't figure out what all the > fuss was about. Sure, the harmonies are great, but the songwriting is > nowhere near as good as the White Album. Compare "Don't Talk" or "Caroline, No" to "Everybody's Got Something To Hide" or "Don't Pass Me By", please. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:09:53 -0700 From: "Partridge, John" Subject: RE: "I'm the Greatest" > you know what? I'll give you "Blackbird", and I'll throw in > "I'm Down" and > "Hey Jude", but I'll take Lennon any day. I find Paul's > voice actually > comes off somewhat weak a good deal of the time, including on > "Yesterday" > IMO. Lennon sang from the soul. > Yeah I have to agree. Pauls' range and versatility impress the hell out of me but Lennon's voice just seemed to carry more weight. It's a crying shame Paul wouldn't let Lennon sing Oh, Darling. OTOH, Lennon singing Penny Lane, Golden Slumbers, Helter Skelter, etc., woulldn't have worked. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:42:17 -0400 From: "Chaney, Dolph L" Subject: RE: White Album > ---Original Message--- > From: normal@grove.ufl.edu [SMTP:normal@grove.ufl.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 11:38 AM > To: Joel Mullins > Cc: fegmaniax@smoe.org > Subject: Re: White Album > > On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Joel Mullins wrote: > > > What about Pet Sounds? All I ever hear is how brilliant Pet Sounds is > > and then when I finally heard it, I couldn't figure out what all the > > fuss was about. Sure, the harmonies are great, but the songwriting is > > nowhere near as good as the White Album. > > Compare "Don't Talk" or "Caroline, No" to "Everybody's Got Something To > Hide" or "Don't Pass Me By", please. > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh, come on... this is an unfair tactic, Terry. Compare equals. Don't compare the linchpins, acknowledged peaks of _Pet Sounds_ with the comic relief of the White Album (at least you didn't compare "God Only Knows" to "Bungalow Bill"...). It could easily have gone the other way -- compare "Julia" or "Blackbird" to "Here Today" or "That's Not Me." Put "Julia" against "Caroline, No." Put "Back In The U.S.S.R." against "Sloop John B." When looked at that way, it's much more fair. Personally, I love both, but I have a lot more affection for the White Album because I like big, messy, long, all-over-the-place double albums, because I've known it much longer, and because I spent my first year of guitar learning about half of it. And I like _Smile_ better than either (I have the version from http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~annew/smile/index.htm) -- but if you were to compare individual songs from it, it would suffer. _Smile_ is a lot about the cumulative effect of the album rather than the sum of parts. And, really, so are the other two rekkids in question. I like po-tah-toes, Dolph ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:21:23 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: White Album normal@grove.ufl.edu wrote: > Compare "Don't Talk" or "Caroline, No" to "Everybody's Got Something To > Hide" or "Don't Pass Me By", please. Why? How about let's compare "Alright Yeah" to "I Feel Beautiful". Hmm. I think I like "I Feel Beautiful" better. Does that mean JfS is better than Moss Elixir? Not by a long shot! Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:23:26 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: "I'm the Greatest" Partridge, John wrote: > Yeah I have to agree. Pauls' range and versatility impress the > hell out of me but Lennon's voice just seemed to carry more > weight. It's a crying shame Paul wouldn't let Lennon sing > Oh, Darling. OTOH, Lennon singing Penny Lane, Golden Slumbers, > Helter Skelter, etc., woulldn't have worked. Oh Darling is amazing. I love the way Paul sings it. I'm sure John could have done a good job as well, but I'm happy with the way it sounds. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:45:35 -0700 From: "Chris!" Subject: Re: Blight Album > > > Compare ... to ... or ..., please. > > Why? How about let's compare ... to .... > Hmm. I think I like .... Does that mean ... is > better than ...? Not by a long shot! This debater stinks of a good Nissan vs. Toyota debate. OR... > > > Compare apples to oranges or grapes, please. > > Why? How about let's compare bananas to watermelons. > Hmm. I think I like prunes. Does that mean a mango is > better than tomatoes? Not by a long shot! Carry on... .chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:02:19 -0700 (PDT) From: fred is ted Subject: Re: MMT/Costume Rockers/Maccavox - --- JH3 wrote: > Joel M. writes: > >And I don't think I hear many people mention > Magical > >Mystery Tour, which I think is just wonderful. > Yeah, why IS that? Magical Mystery Tour is my > favorite Beatles > album - maybe not a hands-down, nothing-comes-close > favorite, > but definitely my favorite. I mean, it's got "I Am > the Walrus," > "Blue Jay Way," "Your Mother Should Know"... but the > critics > keep ranking it in the middle of the pack at best, > sometimes > lower. I could never understand that. (Maybe if > they'd included > "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" on it, it would > get more > respect...) When I look at MMT and Sgt. Pepper's, I don't feel a need to place one above the other, although I have sentimental reasons for liking MMT more--it was the first album I bonded with as a kid :) I liked all the costumes they wore--like a sinister Banana Splits, not that the Splits weren't a little suspect in their own right. Can we blame them for GWAR (via KISS)? Costume Rock Bands: MMT Beatles to Banana Splits to KISS to GWAR to Rob Zombie? Who am I forgetting? (heehee) Stevie Nicks doesn't count. Macca's voice: I love the siamese cat burr he sometimes puts in his voice when he wails out a rocker--almost as good as Kim Deal's! Ted "Yeah, we get high on music" Kim Deal __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 14:02:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Blight Album On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Chris! wrote: > > This debater stinks of a good Nissan vs. Toyota debate. Nah. Let's have a nice Nilsson vs. Tomita debate instead. (With, of course, me for both of them and Eb against both.) Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #325 *******************************