From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #328 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, August 27 1999 Volume 08 : Number 328 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Covers that are bigger, beta, banana! ["Sedgwick, Gary" ] Lovecats and Caterpillars ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Come out to show them [Natalie Jacobs ] Being just contaminates the void... [Michael Wolfe ] Flesh No. 1 (Hurricane Dennis) ["Russ Reynolds" ] Waits a minute [Minky Sponge ] Re: Multiple Songwriters ["D B" ] Re: Multiple Songwriters [Eb ] Re: Multiple Songwriters ["D B" ] Re: Multiple Songwriters ["D B" ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #327 [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] nother question (5% RH!!!) [digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan)] EbLit watch [dmw ] Re: EbLit watch [Eb ] RE: Covers that are bigger, beta, banana! ["Sedgwick, Gary" ] RE: fegmaniax-digest V8 #327 ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: Covers that are bigger [Michael R Godwin ] Re: EbLit watch ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: Lovecaterpillars ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Wooster repertoire [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Covers that are bigger [Joel Mullins ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 18:16:17 +0100 From: "Sedgwick, Gary" Subject: Re: Covers that are bigger, beta, banana! There are a number of Dylan songs - all those that were hits for The Byrds, and also some from the Basement Tapes (offhand, This Wheel's On Fire, The Mighty Quinn). Probably quite a few more - did Joan Baez have hits with any? The Kinks - David Watts, and there must be a few more... Was Michael Jackson's Ain't No Sunshine bigger than the original (and was that a single?? I dunno...) Must be some Prince songs as well - I've heard a Prince version of Nothing Compares 2 U. There must be some Beatles songs apart from Ob-La-Di as well... ah, With A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker. Surely there are some more... Gary ____________________________________________________ Gary Sedgwick MKIRisk Midas-Kapiti International 1 St. George's Road Tel: +44 (208) 879 1188 Wimbledon Fax: +44 (208) 944 7963 London Direct: +44 (208) 486 1662 SW19 4DR Email: sedgwicg@midas-kapiti.com UK ____________________________________________________ (The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the view and opinions of Midas-Kapiti International Ltd. This message and/or any attached documents may contain Privileged and Confidential Information and should only be read by those persons to whom this message is addressed.) .:. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:27:41 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: Puff Daddy, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls At 12:18 AM 8/26/99 PDT, you wrote: >The Viper fucking RULES! i used to have a Viper key chain and everything. >seems to me they slowed it down, though, somewhere between christmas '91 and >christmas '92. still rules, but not as much as it did before that. Viper was my favorite ride of the day, easily, followed closely by the Riddler's Revenge. The fact that you had to stand up on Riddler was a tad distracting. I skipped Superman: The Great Escape because straight up and straight down rides don't do much for me - plus, it was loud as hell. It's been so long since I've been to Magic Mountain... the last time I was there the newest ride they had was some luge contraption which I guess is no longer in existence. The first time I went, one of those huge furry polka-dot guys that they used to have running around there made me cry in fear. - --Jason "but it's legal in Siam" Thornton ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:35:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence M Marks Subject: Re: Covers that are bigger, beta, banana! On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Sedgwick, Gary wrote: > The Kinks - David Watts, and there must be a few more... I thought David Watts was an original, though, written about a friend of the Davies. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:48:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Loehr Subject: Re: Covers that are bigger, beta, banana! On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Terrence M Marks wrote: > On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Sedgwick, Gary wrote: > > > The Kinks - David Watts, and there must be a few more... > > I thought David Watts was an original, though, written about a friend of > the Davies. Yep -- maybe Gary's referring to the Jam's version as the cover? Eric ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:32:11 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Lovecats and Caterpillars > From: "Jason R. Thornton" > >I'm astonished to find that my Beach Boy-lovin', > >Morrissey-lovin', quasi-goth girlfriend is becoming > >infected with Hitchcock. > > My Ricky Martin-lovin', Erasure-lovin', quasi-mainstream > girlfriend > requested that I pop in an Olivia Tremor Control CD > during our recent trip > up to the Yosemite area. "Black Foliage" even. So > there. So mine gets Best New Artist and yours gets Most Improved? :) > You know, I'm a little pissed off that I was on vacation > for the whole > Bauhaus/Peter Murphy discussion. No time like the present to reopen it. It can't be much sillier than the one we're having now. > From: "Russ Reynolds" > What other bands were there that featured strong writing > & singing > contributions from all members? Speaking of "Going Down to Liverpool": The Bangles. > From: Eb > > AND THEN THERE WERE THREE: OASIS LOSES BASSIST Speaking of Queen: "Another one bites the dust..." All according to plan. This will simplify everything! > From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer > > I've always thought that "Friday I'm in Love" was about > manic > depression, cheery soul that I am. Which is a relatively cheery topic for the Cure. "Return" is an ode to bondage, filled with as much vertigo as ecstasy. In "Catch" she's gone; ditto "Just Like Heaven"... Drew, whose (unintentional) Robert Smith doppleganger photo appears at http://home.rochester.rr.com/wyrd/photos.html === Andrew D. Simchik, schnopia@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:47:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Natalie Jacobs Subject: Come out to show them >Just over two weeks after Oasis lost founding >guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (allstar., Aug. 9), >the band was reduced to three as another founding >member, bassist Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan, announced his >departure from the group as well. You know, the only reason Oasis was worth listening to was because there was a guy named "Bonehead" in the band. Now there's just no point. >And Aimee Mann turned 39 a couple of weeks ago. I think I'll listen to >'Til Tuesday's "The Other End (Of The Telescope)". Aimee and Elvis wrote >it together and Elvis sings on it as well. I heard Elvis's version (on "All This Useless Beauty") is way better. True or false? I've only heard his rendition, which is exquisite, of course, because it's Elvis and Elvis kicks ass. I tried to do an Elvis tribute set on my show on Sunday, but I foolishly grabbed the Elvis vinyl instead of CD's, and they were all scratched as fuck, which made it sound like early Steve Reich doing Elvis's greatest hits. ("High fid - High fid - High fid - High fid...") People who don't take good care of their Elvis Costello records should be shot. Or at least scolded. Fortunately I managed to salvage the birthday celebration through judicious use of modern digital technology. Anyway. I should go. n. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:02:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: Being just contaminates the void... >The sentence reads: "Though neither a critic's nor a public >favorite, Spinal Tap continues to fill a much needed void" >This is a brilliantly worded sentence, providing the verbal >equivilant of an optical illusion. While at first glance the >sentence seems to be saying that while nobody gives a crap about >this band they are still to be heralded for filling a void. >This is hilarious enough for its moronic assumption. But what >is actually being stated is that that the void itself is the >thing that is "much needed", yet there's this cruddy band >filling the void. We need the void but instead we have Spinal >Tap! That's funnier still! Actually, Moses Hadas (1900-1966), the noted literary critic, said this first in a book review: "This book fills a much-needed void." Don't ask me how I know this. BTW, I'm sending this Thursday morning at 10 AM, PST. It may not reach the list for several days, at least if my last post is any indication. *sigh* It was timely when I hit the "send" key... Some days, it's better to just put a stamp on it. - -Michael Wolfe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 18:33:03 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Flesh No. 1 (Hurricane Dennis) I wished I had something to say so I could use that subject line. But I didn't. Then I thought, "fuck it, I'm using it anyway." - -Mark's cat. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:41:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Minky Sponge Subject: Waits a minute greetings, any fegsters going to the tom waits show on friday in chi-town? e-mail me off list if you wanna meet or something. ~~dave __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:49:19 PDT From: "D B" Subject: Re: Multiple Songwriters >Queen is one of those bands I've always wanted to hear more of. I've >only heard some of their greatest hits, all of which I love. And I >wasn't aware that they all wrote. Can anyone else suggest good Queen >albums? At the risk of getting Eb-ed to death, I'll say that I have always enjoyed "News of the World." Sure, some of the tunes are downright embarrassing ("Fight From the Inside," and "Get Down,l Make Love" [which I can hear Susan enjoying, for some strange reason]), but there's enough there to justify the time and money... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:00:56 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: Multiple Songwriters >At the risk of getting Eb-ed to death, I'll say that I have always enjoyed >"News of the World." Sure, some of the tunes are downright embarrassing >("Fight From the Inside," and "Get Down,l Make Love" [which I can hear Susan >enjoying, for some strange reason]), but there's enough there to justify the >time and money... I can't quite manage to call myself a Queen fan, because there's no album of theirs which I can stomach in its entirety. But I do have a 90-minute homemade tape of the best stuff, which I made after borrowing a stack of the Hollywood reissues from a chum. I tend to like Queen's cute little piano songs, and that type of thing. I think Queen is kinda embarrassing, when they try to Rawk. A lot of their heavier songs just make me think, "Oh, shut UP, you silly poofs!" ;) Eb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:09:26 PDT From: "D B" Subject: Re: Multiple Songwriters >I can't quite manage to call myself a Queen fan, because there's no album >of theirs which I can stomach in its entirety. But I do have a 90-minute >homemade tape of the best stuff, which I made after borrowing a stack of >the Hollywood reissues from a chum. > >I tend to like Queen's cute little piano songs, and that type of thing. I >think Queen is kinda embarrassing, when they try to Rawk. A lot of their >heavier songs just make me think, "Oh, shut UP, you silly poofs!" ;) > >Eb All of us are so scared of being decimated by the weight of the future. And those who are not are in major denial… "I'll never be your beast of burden…" - Mick Jagger ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:17:15 PDT From: "D B" Subject: Re: Multiple Songwriters >All of us are so scared of being decimated by the weight of the future. And >those who are not are in major denial… > > > >"I'll never be your beast of burden…" - Mick Jagger Whatevuh, DB. Just try to imagine how little we all care... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:40:35 +1200 (NZST) From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #327 >"Where Have All The Good Times Gone"- I dunno if it was a hit, but >certainly the Van Halen cover is a lot better known than the Kinks' >original Didn't Quiet Riot have a huge hit with what had been a very minor hit for someone like Slade? Sorry - my memory for this type of music is miniscule at the best of times. > What other bands were there that featured strong writing & singing > contributions from all members? OOO! I sense a nother thread! Someone's going to object to me mentioningan obscure New Zealand band again, but Sneaky Feelings were one such band. I think the Bangles may have been another. Then there's Crosby Stills Nashwith or without Young. And their precursors, Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds just about qualify too, I think. Any more for any more? On the other hand you get unmitigated, erm, experiments, where bands let everyone write tracks - Ummagumma, Synchronicity, and Split Enz's See Ya Round spring to mind. 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: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:41:26 +1200 (NZST) From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: nother question (5% RH!!!) I have another question for y'all... I know some of you are TMBG fans, so... what can you tell me about MonoPuff? Is there just the one album ("Unsupervised"), or was it a 'one-off' side project? Bought a copy of it on a whim in a cutout bin and was more than marginally impressed. It's got the same TMBG sound (as you might expect with one of the Johns involved) but it's, if anything, a little more eclectic, ranging from the Costelloesque "Don't break the heart" to the Zappa-like instrumental "Distant antenna". For good measure it features a Gary Glitter cover ("Hello hello") and a ska track based arounf the theme to 'Dr. Kildare'. BNTW - I hate to brung up the name of Robyn Hitchcock on this Dennis versus John list, but anyone else see a stylistic similarity between Elizabeth Jade and Dylan's Rita Mae? 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: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 01:22:25 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: EbLit watch "Normally, Big Eb wouldn't have been caught _dead_ up at this hour, this hour being about three in the afternoon. But the combination of jet lag, weird drugs, and the ministrations of a bevy of energetic young groupies saw him this afternoon lounging on a deck chair beside the rooftop pool, a pale, hairy sausage in a casing of black leather and dark sunglasses. Eb, feeling delicate, was scoffing peanut butter and oyster sandwiches from the room-service trolley by his side and barely enduring the happy squeals of the evites cavorting in the water." Linda Jaivin, _Rock'n'Roll Babes from Outer Space_ p. 70 - -- d. p.s. aside to Bayard. gah, too late to think about it tonight. will write tomorrow, ok? - - "seventeen!" cried the humbug, always first with the wrong answer. - - oh no!! you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net dmw@mwmw.com - - get yr pathos:www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 22:51:53 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: EbLit watch >"Normally, Big Eb wouldn't have been caught _dead_ up at this hour, this >hour being about three in the afternoon. But the combination of jet lag, >weird drugs, and the ministrations of a bevy of energetic young groupies >saw him this afternoon lounging on a deck chair beside the rooftop pool, a >pale, hairy sausage in a casing of black leather and dark sunglasses. Eb, >feeling delicate, was scoffing peanut butter and oyster sandwiches from >the room-service trolley by his side and barely enduring the happy squeals >of the evites cavorting in the water." > >Linda Jaivin, _Rock'n'Roll Babes from Outer Space_ p. 70 I'm not very hairy, but the rest of that is basically accurate. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:25:27 +0100 From: "Sedgwick, Gary" Subject: RE: Covers that are bigger, beta, banana! No, I meant songs on Kinks albums released as singles by others i.e. the Jam version which was a single - I don't think the Kinks ever released it as a single. Gary - -----Original Message----- From: Terrence M Marks [mailto:normal@grove.ufl.edu] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 6:35 PM To: Sedgwick, Gary Cc: 'Fegmaniax' Subject: Re: Covers that are bigger, beta, banana! On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Sedgwick, Gary wrote: > The Kinks - David Watts, and there must be a few more... I thought David Watts was an original, though, written about a friend of the Davies. Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://grove.ufl.edu/~normal normal@grove.ufl.edu .:. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:25:57 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: Re: EbLit watch On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Eb wrote: > >pale, hairy sausage in a casing of black leather and dark sunglasses. Eb, > >feeling delicate, was scoffing peanut butter and oyster sandwiches from > > I'm not very hairy, but the rest of that is basically accurate. > > Eb peanut butter and oyster!? ahh, los angeles. the end times must indeed be at hand. - -- d. - - "seventeen!" cried the humbug, always first with the wrong answer. - - oh no!! you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net dmw@mwmw.com - - get yr pathos:www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:52:57 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: fegmaniax-digest V8 #327 I suppose we should mention Fleetwood Mac at somepoint. I still perfer the band when Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwin were in it. All three wrote and sang. I guess you can say the same about them when Bob Welch was in the band after Green and Spencer left. He wrote and sang as did Christine and Danny Kirwin was still with them for Future Games and Bare Trees. And the same can be said of the 1975 to present version with Nicks, Buckingham and McVie. Michael - -----Original Message----- From: digja611@student.otago.ac.nz [mailto:digja611@student.otago.ac.nz] Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 12:41 AM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V8 #327 >"Where Have All The Good Times Gone"- I dunno if it was a hit, but >certainly the Van Halen cover is a lot better known than the Kinks' >original Didn't Quiet Riot have a huge hit with what had been a very minor hit for someone like Slade? Sorry - my memory for this type of music is miniscule at the best of times. > What other bands were there that featured strong writing & singing > contributions from all members? OOO! I sense a nother thread! Someone's going to object to me mentioningan obscure New Zealand band again, but Sneaky Feelings were one such band. I think the Bangles may have been another. Then there's Crosby Stills Nashwith or without Young. And their precursors, Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds just about qualify too, I think. Any more for any more? On the other hand you get unmitigated, erm, experiments, where bands let everyone write tracks - Ummagumma, Synchronicity, and Split Enz's See Ya Round spring to mind. 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: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:30 +0000 From: mrrunion@palmnet.net Subject: Re: Flesh No. 1 (Hurricane Dennis) >I wished I had something to say so I could use that subject line. But I >didn't. Then I thought, "fuck it, I'm using it anyway." > >-Mark's cat. Damn, I should have thought of that! Anyway, they've got us all scurrying like mad down here getting the Space Center battened down...so in honor, I've got Jewels For Sophia blasting up and down the hall, annoying everyone is earshot. HURCON III MIKE *see, I bring you colored ones!* THE RUNIONSTER ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:49:01 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: RE: fegmaniax-digest V8 #327 On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Bachman, Michael wrote: > I suppose we should mention Fleetwood Mac at somepoint. I still perfer the > band when Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwin were in it. All three > wrote and sang. In that case, you must get the remastered and remixed 'Fleetwood Mac live at the Boston Tea Party', which is being released as three (count'em) CDs instead of the original single LP. I've only heard the first one so far, but it sounds fine, and it has the Green-Kirwan-Spencer line-up on top form in Feb 1970. The change in the band between '68 and '69 was astounding - they discovered Orange amplification, the Grateful Dead and LSD (not necessarily in that order) and this record catches them in full flight post-blues mode. - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:41:00 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Covers that are bigger Tony Blackman reminds me that it was David Parton who had the hit version of 'Isn't she lovely?'. No relation of Dolly! He also suggests that it may not have been a hit outside the UK, and I think that this UK / US divide may also apply to some of my comments below. Gary, As far as 'Mighty Quinn' and 'Wheels on fire' are concerned, Dylan hadn't released them at the time the Manfreds and Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger had hits with them - he had just sent a demo tape round the music biz to see if anyone wanted to record them (see also 'Songwriters, Neil Diamond' below). Mike d'Abo was on TV talking about Mighty Quinn the other day: apparently he now has a band called The Mighty Quinntet! On Beatles covers, there was a hit version of Michelle by the Overlanders, and a rotten record it was too. There was a cover of 'Girl' by somebody (David and Jonathan? Twice as Much?). And of course innumerable versions of 'Yesterday', which was not released by the Beatles as a UK single. Susan, I can't believe that there is a better-known version of 'Sweet Jane' than the definitive 'Loaded' version. The only other released versions I know are the degraded Lou Reed performance on (?)Rock'n'Roll Animal and the version on the VU live double LP which includes the 'Heavenly wine and roses' bit. I don't know anything about the Cowboy Junkies. Are they famous? I've got a copy of 'Where have all the good times gone?' by the Kinks on a Pye single, but I think it was a B-side. I would concede that the David Bowie version is better known (I didn't know there was a version by Eddie Van Halen). The fact that the Kingsmen's version of 'Louie Louie' outsold Richard Berry's version is interesting, but doesn't qualify for this game, which is "Unnoticed album tracks which were picked up and made hits by other people". Same with the Perkins and Presley versions of 'Blue Suede Shoes' (I prefer the Perkins version with the extra b'doom booms in the intro). (And incidentally, while I like the original Junior Parker record of 'Mystery Train', it isn't a patch on the Presley rendition). James, on the subject of Neil Diamond, 'Red Red Wine' by UB40 was much bigger than Neil's original - but ND is a professional songwriter, so he ought to have lots of covers of his material. I can see what you mean about 'Rita May' and 'Elizabeth Jade' but isn't the similarity only that they are 12-bar blueses with girls' names in the title? (And by the way, the Jerry Lee Lewis reading of 'Rita May' is fab). David, there was a cover of the Bee Gees' 'Craise Finton Kirk' by Johnny somebody - great record, wish I had a copy. I've only got the Bee Gees' album version. It wasn't a hit, though. Today's entry: 'Out of time' by Chris Farlowe, which was a hit when he lifted it from a Rolling Stones album. My belief is that he used the Stones backing track and recorded over Mick Jagger's vocal part - quite a good idea, really. - - Mike Godwin n.p. Detroit Emeralds 'Feel the need in me' ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:51:07 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: EbLit watch At 08:25 AM 8/27/99 -0400, dmw wrote: >peanut butter and oyster!? Not quite as good as scallops and jam, or clams and honey, but a delicacy all the same. >ahh, los angeles. ahh, the rest of the world catches up to southern california eventually. >the end times must indeed be at hand. My grandparents are SERIOUSLY stocking up for the eminent Y2K disaster. They even gave me three different "how to stockpile food and supplies for earthquakes and similar events" printouts from various survivalist web sites. I've been living in earthquake country all my life, and now they fucking give me this information - because a couple of computers might crash? Sheesh (tm). - --Jason "'Disintegration' is the best album ever!!!!" Thornton n.e.: a mollusk and vegemite sandwich ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:08:06 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: Lovecaterpillars At 01:32 PM 8/26/99 -0700, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: >So mine gets Best New Artist and yours gets Most Improved? Heh heh. Exactly. And if OTC doesn't clench it, she also listens to Rufus Wainwright now too. But, as far as Robyn goes, she hates his acoustic stuff and can only somewhat tolerate anything he did with a backing band. >> You know, I'm a little pissed off that I was on vacation >> for the whole >> Bauhaus/Peter Murphy discussion. > >No time like the present to reopen it. It can't be >much sillier than the one we're having now. Nah, I'll skip it for now, for fear I'd just repeat something I missed during my Great Skimming of two weeks worth of fegmaniax. I will mention that my "most improved" sig.other attended a total of four Bauhaus related gigs with me (2 Bauhaus, 2 Love and Rockets) within a 12 month period. That's dedication. I won't mention the concerts I've ended up at as a result of reciprocation, but I might as well note that I've recently received Most Improved awards myself on both the Matchbox 20 and Sugar Ray lists.* >> I've always thought that "Friday I'm in Love" was about >> manic >> depression, cheery soul that I am. > >Which is a relatively cheery topic for the Cure. >"Return" is an ode to bondage, filled with as much >vertigo as ecstasy. In "Catch" she's gone; ditto >"Just Like Heaven"... I've always found the Cure all the more pleasant the more dreary they get: "Smear this man across the walls, like strawberries and cream." - --Franz "livin' la vida cucaracha" Kafka *=that's a joke y'all ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:54:49 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Wooster repertoire These are the songs that Bertie Wooster plays on the banjolele in 'Thank you Jeeves' (published 1934): Old man river The wedding of the painted doll Singin' in the rain Three little words Goodnight, sweetheart My love parade Spring is here Whose baby are you? I want an automobile with a horn that goes toot-toot Body and soul I lift up my finger and I say tweet-tweet Can anyone identify them for me (music, lyrics, composers)? 'Old man river' I know, it's by Jerome Kern. 'Singin' in the rain' is well-known, and I can hum the first four bars of 'Three little words'. 'Body and soul' is a jazz classic IIRC, but the rest are unknown to me, though I have a feeling that I'd recognise 'Wedding of the painted doll' if I heard it. All info welcomed! - - Mike Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:17:11 -0700 From: Joel Mullins Subject: Re: Covers that are bigger Michael R Godwin wrote: > Susan, I can't believe that there is a better-known version of 'Sweet > Jane' than the definitive 'Loaded' version. The only other released > versions I know are the degraded Lou Reed performance on (?)Rock'n'Roll > Animal and the version on the VU live double LP which includes the > 'Heavenly wine and roses' bit. I don't know anything about the Cowboy > Junkies. Are they famous? The Cowboy Junkies had one or two hits in the early 90's. Sweet Jane was probably their biggest hit. Just a couple of weeks ago, I played Sweet Jane on my guitar, only to hear someone say, "wow, you do it completely different than the Cowboy Junkies." Their version was definitely a bigger hit than the VU version, at least here in America. Joel ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #328 *******************************