From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #329 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, August 28 1999 Volume 08 : Number 329 Today's Subjects: ----------------- cover me ["Ghost Surfer" ] Re: Covers that are bigger [Tom Clark ] Speaking of soundtracks [Tom Clark ] JH3Lit watch ["JH3" ] Re: Speaking of soundtracks [Capuchin ] Watts barred [DDerosa5@aol.com] A short absence, a long journey, a happy ending (or is it only the beginning...?) [Vivien Lyon ] Re: Speaking of soundtracks [Mark_Gloster@3com.com] Re: A short absence, a long journey, a happy ending (or is it only the beginning...?) [Ross Overbury ] Re: Covers that are bigger ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: cover me ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: cover me [Eb ] speaking of Bis... [um, ouch?] [Eb ] A short absense, a long journey, a happy beginning (or is it just the beginning of the end...?) [Capuchin] PS [Eb ] Re: PS [Capuchin ] Re: PS [Eric Loehr ] Re: PS [MARKEEFE@aol.com] wow! I just found out the coolest rh info! [**twofangs** {randi} ] 69 . . . 12, so far [MARKEEFE@aol.com] trade for Robyn 3-11-93 soundboard? [dlang ] Re:peanut butter and... ["Russ Reynolds" ] Queen ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: cover me [Aaron Mandel ] Re: nother question (5% RH!!!) [Aaron Mandel ] Re: A short absence, a long journey, a happy ending (or is it only the beginning...?) [Christopher Gross Subject: cover me All this talk of covers that are better than the originals... Anything that Dinosaur Jr. have covered. Aztec Camera - "Jump" Cowboy Junkies - "Sweet Jane" & "Blue Moon" Yo La Tengo - "Dreaming" (actually, all YLT cover versions) The Squirrels - "seasons in the sun" Jody Grind - "Speeding Motorcycle" Luna - "sweet child of mine" R.E.M. - "Arms of love"----------------************************************************------------ "There are times when i can't think about the future, when all my days seem so dark and life seems cruel" - Mojave 3 & "Make a moment last forever, gaze across the ocean to the sun" - Unknown !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:05:21 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Covers that are bigger On 8/27/99 12:17 PM, Joel Mullins wrote: >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. The Cowboy Junkies version got a whole lot of airplay after appearing on the "Natural Born Killers" soundtrack, which kicks ass IMO. - -tc "Whole world's coming to an end, Mal..." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:10:25 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Speaking of soundtracks What is up with Neil Young's "Dead Man" soundtrack? It captures the essence of the film really well with Neil's guitar and the dialog spliced in, but what's with the truck driving all over the place? I mean, the movie is set in the 1880's and there isn't a truck to be seen, yet the soundtrack sounds like it was recorded on Neil's ranch and somebody was driving a '52 Chevy pickup outside the window!! - -nobody ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:14:05 -0500 From: "JH3" Subject: JH3Lit watch In an odd bit of synchronicity, and at the risk of being seen as a self-serving narcissist, I just came across this last night: "The box, whose fastenings were broken by the stroke which had unearthed it, contained many papers and objects of value, but I had eyes for one thing alone. It was the porcelain miniature of a young man in a smartly-curled bag-wig, and bore the initials J.H. The face was such that as I gazed, I might well have been studying my mirror." - - H.P. Lovecraft, "The Tomb" It's almost enough to make me rethink my "No .SIG-file" policy! (Of course, I'm not so young anymore, but I'm still wearing that ridiculous wig.) - -JH3 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:16:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Speaking of soundtracks On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Tom Clark wrote: > What is up with Neil Young's "Dead Man" soundtrack? It captures the > essence of the film really well with Neil's guitar and the dialog spliced > in, but what's with the truck driving all over the place? I mean, the > movie is set in the 1880's and there isn't a truck to be seen, yet the > soundtrack sounds like it was recorded on Neil's ranch and somebody was > driving a '52 Chevy pickup outside the window!! I think part of this is related to the fact that the album was recorded on Neil's ranch and somebody was driving a '52 Chevy pickup outside the window. J. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:31:12 EDT From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: Watts barred terrence wrote: I thought David Watts was an original, though, written about a friend of the Davies. I'll assume who covered who has been cleared up, but I would point out that this song was not about a friend, but rather about an "older" (40s?) guy who tried to pick up Dave Davies once. Ray, who wasn't getting along with his brother, offered to trade a night with him for help getting a gig. "for he is so gay and fancy free." Great but silly song. dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:52:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Vivien Lyon Subject: A short absence, a long journey, a happy ending (or is it only the beginning...?) All- As some of you know, and many of you don't, and several of you don't care: I'm moving to Portland, Oregon in but a few days. In fact, our own Mr. J. A Brelin is arriving here (Chicago) in approximately fifteen hours, and shall accompany me and my stuff in a fifteen-foot Ryder truck across half of this majestic continent. We estimate the journey will take four days, four wonderful days of total bliss and ecstasy- four days in which to get to know each other better than we ever thought possible, or necessary. Four days. Four whole days. In a truck. So, at any rate, I'll be unsubbing in the interim, and shall be back in no time at all to regale you all with stories of our passage through this great, big, large, extensive land. Vivien __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:55:17 -0700 From: "victorian squid" Subject: Re: Covers that are bigger Michael R Godwin wrote: > Susan, I can't believe that there is a better-known >version of 'SweetJane' than the definitive 'Loaded' >version. Well, the Cowboy Junkies' version was definitely something of a hit here in the US, which is not true of any version by the VU. You might like the Cowboy Junkies. I'm not sure how to describe the sound. "Ethereal country"? The singer has a lovely voice. I saw them on tour with Townes Van Zandt opening about 7 or 8 years ago. Otherstuff from random posts: The Slade song that Quiet Riot had a huge hit with was "Come on Feel The Noise". I have no idea if it was an album track or not, not being all that familiar with Slade. - ------- "Three Little Words" was by the songwriting team of Bert Kalmar (Kalamar? not sure) and Harry Ruby. There is a charming musical about them starring Fred Astaire as one half of the team. I think Vera Lynn was in it too :). "Body and Soul"- looking at the record of the same title by Zoot Sims and hootin' Al, hootin' Al, hootin' Al Cohn, I see the song credited to Green/Heyman/Sour. Oddly enough, I've heard this a billion times, but never actually heard the -words-. - -------- I hate Queen. It is very unlikely that a Queen song exists which would not cause me tension headaches :). Love on ya, Susan Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:58:42 -0700 From: Mark_Gloster@3com.com Subject: Re: Speaking of soundtracks Tom and Jeme put their heads together and minced: >> What is up with Neil Young's "Dead Man" soundtrack? It captures the >> essence of the film really well with Neil's guitar and the dialog spliced >> in, but what's with the truck driving all over the place? I mean, the >> movie is set in the 1880's and there isn't a truck to be seen, yet the >> soundtrack sounds like it was recorded on Neil's ranch and somebody was >> driving a '52 Chevy pickup outside the window!! >I think part of this is related to the fact that the album was recorded on >Neil's ranch and somebody was driving a '52 Chevy pickup outside the >window. Sounded like a '57 Ford with a small exhaust leak to me, which might make it sound a little more like a Chevy. It probably wasn't a Dodge of any vintage, tho. I haven't heard the soundtrack in a while and I yield to your collective four ears. - -Mark "no, I would never even think of making a mockery about things to be geeky, nerdy, or obsessive about" the Gloster ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:16:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Ross Overbury Subject: Re: A short absence, a long journey, a happy ending (or is it only the beginning...?) On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Vivien Lyon wrote: > I'm moving to Portland, > Oregon in but a few days. In fact, our own Mr. J. A > Brelin is arriving here (Chicago) in approximately > fifteen hours, and shall accompany me and my stuff in > a fifteen-foot Ryder truck across half of this > majestic continent. [snip] > Four days. Four whole days. In a truck. Travelogue! Travelogue! Travelogue!!! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:22:02 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: EbLit watch this week's ava was even more entertaining than usual. publisher/editor bruce anderson is having a feud with his lead investigative reporter. their bickering led to their lawyers --who'd been working pro bono-- bowing out of a slapp suit filed against the two of them. so, anderson went out and hired an attorney. says he used money he didn't have, except in the form of a magic plastic card, and that he was expecting y2k to wipe out these debts in a few months' time. well, it's very funny in the context of the story. trust me. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:45:21 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: Covers that are bigger this is kind of a different case, i think. while the junkies' definitely had a bigger hit with the song, it was a good thirty years after the fact - --thirty years in which the velvets came to be much more widely regarded than they'd been when they were actually making records. So, as mike mentions above, it's pretty unbelievable that the junkies' version is better known than the velvets'. although it may have been among that consituency which made the junkies' version a hit. i can vividly recall the first time i ever heard it, in fact. i was at the country club, getting ready for a banquet, putting ice into water glasses, and the song came onto the radio. i just sort of stopped everything and stared, agog, at the very same radio. this guy called erik wilson, who was probably 17 or 18 at the time, said, knowingly, "this was originally a lou reed song." by the way, the "'heavenly wine and roses' bit" is restored to both the PEEL SLOWLY AND SEE and the FULLY LOADED versions of the song. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:47:26 PDT From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: Re: cover me holy moly! another squirrels fan exists in fegLAND! the squirrels have lots of great and/or nutty covers, actually. they even cover kansas to great effect. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:56:15 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: cover me Eddie: > > >holy moly! another squirrels fan exists in fegLAND! the squirrels have >lots of great and/or nutty covers, actually. they even cover kansas to >great effect. A few months ago, I developed a bit of a piano fixation on "Alone Again, Naturally," after hearing the Squirrels' version on a best-of compilation. I can't say that I'm much of a fan on the whole, however. I still like the Young Fresh Fellows a lot, though.... (Eddie likes the Squirrels? Quelle surprise. ;)) Mike, you haven't heard of the Cowboy Junkies?? Yeesh! I guess it must be a continental thing. Turn around views within the stomach confirmed the previous mentioned findings. Eb, hoping the new Bis album isn't as much of a sell-out as it appeared to be on first skimming ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:38:54 -0800 From: Eb Subject: speaking of Bis... [um, ouch?] JOHN DISCO INJURED IN GO-KART CRASH Bis' John Disco suffered a horrific injury to his testicles last week after crashing a go-kart in Spain (August 6). Disco needed 30 stitches after ripping open his scrotum during early Sunday morning festivities at Spain's Benicassim Festival, but delayed the operation for an hour because he wanted to catch a set by Les Rythmes Digitales. The 21-year-old singer/guitarist was unaware of the injury he had caused himself and it was only on arriving at Benicassim's local hospital the full implications of his go-kart crash were revealed to him. Hospital staff were unable to give Disco anaesthetic because of the amount he had drunk that night but he gritted his teeth and took the stitches anyway. A spokesman for the band told NME: "Originally he thought he damaged his ribs and he felt queasy, but didn't go to hospital immeadiately. He'd had a drink. It will probably take a week or so to heal so at the moment he's walking gingerly." Luckily for Bis, the band had already played their set Friday night, but later at the Benicassim Festival, fellow Scots The Delgados dedicated a song to Disco in sympathy for his painful condition. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:52:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: A short absense, a long journey, a happy beginning (or is it just the beginning of the end...?) As all of you know, and many of you don't care: I'm helping our own L. J. "Vivien" Lyon move to Portland, Oregon in but a few days. In fact, I am arriving there (Chicago) in approximately thirteen hours, and shall accompany her and her piles and piles of stuff in a fifteen-footRyder truck across three quarters of this majestic continent. We estimate the journey will take four days (but the real toll on our souls remains to be estimated); four wonderful days of total bliss and ecstasy- four days in which to get to know each other better than we ever thought possible, or necessary. Four days. Four whole days. In a truck. So, at any rate, I'm not a wimp and will definitely not be unsubbing in the interim and shall be back in my own sweet time to regale you all with stories of our passage through this great, big, large, extensive land. And then I'll be too self-conscious to post them. Have fun. Don't wreck the place while I'm gone. Nobody's more terrified than I am. But it's a good terror. J. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:03:42 -0800 From: Eb Subject: PS A new Richard Thompson album came out this week, right? Mock Tudor? Why aren't all the RT fanatics commenting? Eb, who doesn't have a copy yet ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:13:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: PS On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Eb wrote: > A new Richard Thompson album came out this week, right? Mock Tudor? > Why aren't all the RT fanatics commenting? Um... cause there aren't any? I got the new Dance Hall Crashers last night and it's great fun. Though I miss the horns of the previous album. Purr (the new one) is a bit like Lockjaw in that. I wish it were more like Hi, Honey I'm Homely or their old 89-92 compilation. I also got a copy of Short Music For Short People. This album kicks so much ass, it's sure to ensure my death by Tuesday. Imagine being in the cab of a truck for three days with me and a cd with 101 tracks by 101 different bands, none more than thirty seconds in duration! Oh, what folly! > Eb, who doesn't have a copy yet Well, get one! Oh... you're talking about Richard Thompson? Eh. J. - -- ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:14:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Loehr Subject: Re: PS On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Eb wrote: > A new Richard Thompson album came out this week, right? Mock Tudor? Why > aren't all the RT fanatics commenting? > > Eb, who doesn't have a copy yet > Because we don't have out copies yet? Eric np in my mind: "March of the Cosmetic Surgeons" (although I don't think Mock Tudor will sound anything like it) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:11:07 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: PS In a message dated 8/27/99 2:36:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, capuchin@teleport.com writes: << > A new Richard Thompson album came out this week, right? Mock Tudor? > Why aren't all the RT fanatics commenting? Um... cause there aren't any? >> Oh, there are, too. I'm not a fanatic, but definitely a fan. Yes, that's the correct title, btw. It's quite good, although it hasn't really roped me in. For all you anti-Froomers out there, he didn't produce it. The resulting sound is more straightforward (as you might imagine), a la "Daring Adventures." In fact, I'd say it's about on par with that album, which means, for me, fair to middlin'. I claim to not care for Mitchell Froom's production style; on the other hand, I think I like all of RT's other 90's albums more than "Mock Tudor." I'm slightly disappointed, but I only because I had *really* high expectations . . . for no particular reason, either. And, heck, someone else I was just talking to the other day thinks it's fantastic. So, give it a go! - -------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:48:13 -0400 From: **twofangs** {randi} Subject: wow! I just found out the coolest rh info! Hi everyone, I will not pretend to have read the last 10 feg-digs... I've been - kinda... - ill. Anyway, I just got this cheery piece of news.... The photo - courtesy of a lifetime... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.robynhitchcock.com/courtesylifetimephoto.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...the portrait is of actress Ann-Marget! Robyn posed with it for reasons he cannot remember - yes, it's true... However - she was on a show being done by the "Lifetime TV Channel" - and the portrait was was something of theirs. So their is your Randi / Robyn news of the day :-} Enjoy...and much love to all you wonderful fegs :-} :-} :-} :-} what scares you most will set you free, Randi Toronto, Ontario, Canada * I'm looking for tomorrow... not for yesterday * ~ See Spot Run * I'll fade back into yesterday before tomorrow comes * ~ Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:51:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: RE: Covers that are bigger, beta, banana! Sedgwick, Gary" wrote: > 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. "David Watts" is on the Kinks single comp i have though, so it would seem it was. "Stop Your Sobbing," on the other hand.......... === "America's greatest natural resource, still, to this day, is the moron" --Martin Mull __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:27:33 -0400 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Nothing compares 2 Lou? >From: "Sedgwick, Gary" [covers bigger than originals] >Must be some Prince songs as well - I've heard a Prince version of >Nothing Compares 2 U. Speaking of the Bangles: wouldn't you love to hear O{-+-> perform "Manic Monday"? >From: Natalie Jacobs ["The Other End of the Telescope"] >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. Aimee Mann kicks ass, too, and her version is freakin' awesome. >From: Eb >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!" ;) That's what makes them so great. Though I hated Queen for a long time when I was a kid, somehow not realizing that the band performing "I Want It All" (or is it "Now"? from Innuendo) was the same band behind such brilliant camp-rawk as "Another One Bites the Dust," "We Are the Champions," and "We Will Rock You." (Okay, "We Will Rock You" sucks too, I guess.) Naturally, I like the glammy stuff in the middle the best. "Killer Queen" and all that. >From: Michael R Godwin >Susan, I can't believe that there is a better-known version of 'Sweet >Jane' than the definitive 'Loaded' version. Yup. It was my first real introduction to both the song and the Cowboy Junkies. The combination of the song itself and the sound of the Junkies seemed pretty fabulous at the time. And I first heard "Femme Fatale" on, if you can believe it, a Tom Tom Club record. I'd never heard the Velvet Underground at all until I started college. Then -- mutha! >I don't know anything about the Cowboy >Junkies. Are they famous? Think Mazzy Star, but even more humorless. I love _Lay It Down_ but can take or leave the rest of what I've heard. >From: "Jason R. Thornton" >- --Jason "'Disintegration' is the best album ever!!!!" Thornton A surefire argument against the claim that the South Park creators are tasteless. >Heh heh. Exactly. And if OTC doesn't clench it, she also listens to Rufus >Wainwright now too. Margaret still hates him, so I have to play it for her and not tell her it's him at first. >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. I like the sounds I've heard from Love and Rockets, but they seem *so* chilly, and the lyrics so listless. I can't quite believe they have any emotion or ideas or anything to impart, but the outer-dimension quality that makes their lyrics so alien is good for the music. I thought _Lift_ was really groovy. >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.* Oh, I'm *so* sorry. I had to go see Marcy Playground, if it's any consolation... but I just can't pretend I didn't like the Spice Girls concert. She didn't have to drag me to that one at all. Speaking of the Spice Girls, has anyone heard the new Scritti Politti album? >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." Love it! Drew - -- Andrew D. Simchik, wyrd@rochester.rr.com http://home.rochester.rr.com/wyrd/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 21:05:47 EDT From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: 69 . . . 12, so far I'm currently giving my second listen to a sampler form the forthcoming Magnetic Fields 3-CD release, "69 Love Songs," due out 9/7. I like this a lot! But would it get boring over the course of 3 CDs?!? Hard to say. And will the rets of it be hookless filler? Don't know yet. But the material is both varied and somehow cohesive and occasionally makes use of guest vocalists (which worked so wonderfully on the Sixths album, I thought). There are some folksy leanings and those ever-present pop hooks that you get the feeling Stephen Merritt just can't help but write. Smartly, his deadpan baritone is often complimented by some nice female backup vocals and/or a nice high and plucky instrument like banjo. I've never been a Magnetic Fields fan (although I like them fine), but I'm definitely looking forward to hearing the rest of this project. Later, gators (and crocs, too)! - ------Michael K. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 11:20:27 +0930 From: dlang Subject: trade for Robyn 3-11-93 soundboard? Attention trader Fegs I have a dat sbd master of the Robyn show at Big Star records in Adelaide in 93. Its about as good as a live show can get. I'll trade it for top quality Robyn recordings, preferably ones which are not widely circulated- aud or Sbd's. dave ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 07:12:25 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re:peanut butter and... >> >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!? haven't tried it yet but I bet it's great. I haven't tried anything with peanut butter that wasn't. And if I ever have to actually eat shit (as has been suggested to me numerous times throughout my life) I will make a stop in the peanut butter aisle first. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 07:20:56 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Queen >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!" ;) in 100% agreement here. I wouldn't call the harder stuff on the earlier albums Rawk, though, as most of the time there was a lot more going on than yer basic three chord stuff. Let's call it "Prawg." But starting with News Of The World they just got stupid, aiming for the lowest common denominator (radio). Though it wasn't as heavy, A Day At The Races was actually the first Queen album I had trouble with because it just seemed like they were aiming too low. Obviously "Somebody To Love" was supposed to be the next "Bohemian Rhapsody" but it just doesn't work with a consistent beat running throughout the song. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 12:03:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: cover me On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Ghost Surfer wrote: > Yo La Tengo - "Dreaming" (actually, all YLT cover versions) i expect a detailed explanation of how YLT's slavish, uninspired cover of Wire's "Too Late" was an improvement over the original, on my desk by 9:00am Monday. aaron ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 12:07:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: nother question (5% RH!!!) On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, James Dignan wrote: > 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? there's a second one, It's Fun To Steal. better than the first; more fleshed-out songs. i disagree that Mono Puff are more eclectic than TMBG proper. Mono Puff are basically a party dance band, throwing in soul and funk allusions (plus the occasional song that John might as well have written for TMBG). TMBG seem a lot more interested in experimenting -- listen to Long Tall Weekend. i do not consider this a criticism of Mono Puff as such. Flansburgh really knows how to work a crowd, and i listened to It's Fun To Steal a lot last summer. aaron ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 12:44:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: A short absence, a long journey, a happy ending (or is it only the beginning...?) On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Vivien Lyon wrote: > As some of you know, and many of you don't, and > several of you don't care: I'm moving to Portland, > Oregon in but a few days. I'm surprised that Eddie hasn't already stepped in with the appropriate Dead Milkmen quote. (Or did I just miss it?) "Poke out your eyes and move to Portland Kill your wife and move to Portland Burn down your home and move to Portland C'mon everybody, we're moving to Portland!" --Dead Milkmen, "I Am the Walrus," _Bucky Fellini_ On a more serious note, have fun and drive carefully! Not that you'll read this before your trip is over. - --CHRIS "I'm the walrus, dammit!" THE GROSSTER ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #329 *******************************