From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #15 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, January 18 2001 Volume 10 : Number 015 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice ["Irish Airman" ] SonicNet article about Burns/Jazz [17% converts, evangelism and messiah content] [Eb ] Re: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice [Brett Cooper ] Re: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice [Michael R Godwin ] Millions of music consumers ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: nice records, eh? ["Russ Reynolds" ] Black Snake Diamond Role ["brian nupp" ] RE: Black Snake Diamond Role ["Brian Hoare" ] RE: Black Snake Diamond Role ["brian nupp" ] Re: Black Snake Diamond Role [Viv Lyon ] RE: Black Snake Diamond Role [Viv Lyon ] Happy the Golden Prince [Viv Lyon ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:00:24 -0500 From: "Irish Airman" Subject: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice I can do Wagnarian versions of "Only Women Bleed" and "Schools Out"--but Bowie's still smarter and poses better. Burn's jazzy thingy, thou highly edifying, is dead in the water cause its style is so dissonent to its contents. The next time he moves his camera round a still photo, can he at least give it some rhythm, syncopate it? Jazz, when its not about wanking is about pushing the envelope. Not about ponderous platitudes. Assigned reading for Burns: Coleridge on organic unity. Favorite Young LP>--almost impossible to say since I always love as many songs as I hate per record. I think Neil Young, with The Loner, What Did you Do To My Life(first draft of A Man Needs a Maid)and Ive Been Waiting for You might takes my crown, thou I hate passing up on Cinnamon Girl, Till the Morning Comes or The Needle and the Damage Done. Most people probobly say after the Gold Rush cause it was gatefold so thats where you rolled your dope fore going back one album and listening to Cowgirl in the Sand while muttering "heavy, thats reaaalllly heavy" to yourself or sundry (or was it everyone Knows This is Nowhere which was gatefold,-- where has my memory gone of those days)? Im still waiting to see Neil Young do his Elvis Imitation K _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:31:23 -0900 From: Brett Cooper Subject: Re: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice on 1/17/01 11:00AM, Irish Airman at drinktomeonly@hotmail.com wrote: > I can do Wagnarian versions of "Only Women Bleed" and "Schools Out"--but > Bowie's still smarter and poses better. Where would Bowie be without Alice? 'nuff said. Brett ******************************************** Cooper Collections http://home.gci.net/~coopercollections ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:38:13 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice >Where would Bowie be without Alice? 'nuff said. No, that's not nearly 'nuff. I think you need to repeat this platitude *another* 20 times. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:40:28 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice and Fweddie K: >Burns' jazzy thingy, thou highly edifying, is dead in the water cause its >style is so dissonent to its contents. The next time he moves his camera >round a still photo, can he at least give it some rhythm, syncopate it? >Jazz, when its not about wanking is about pushing the envelope. Not about >ponderous platitudes. Yes, exactly. The *filmmaking* ought to "swing," too. Someone (Steve?) sent me a really neat review of the program, which echoed exactly what I've been saying. The quote which I especially liked was, "Burns deadens everything with his wonder." Yes! That's the problem with Burns in a nutshell, for me. The article also confirmed a nagging suspicion I had: It mentioned Burns admitting he only owned about two jazz albums, before starting the project. CASE CLOSED! I'm still watching, just because it's "good for me" and all. In other words, "edifying." But it really is a labor. My latest, growing gripe is that Burns seems to view jazz as consisting of LOUIS ARMSTRONG, DUKE ELLINGTON...and oh yeah, there were some other musicians too. Every time he needs to fill a bit of time, he compulsively returns to another 10 minutes of swooning about Armstrong or Ellington. OK, they *are* indisputable giants, but my gawd, so far it seems like 15% of the entire program has been about only these two men! (Meanwhile, he devoted about a *minute* to George Gershwin....) His dreamy idol worship needs to be spread around, more. FegBrett has a very similar problem. ;) And heeeeere's the LA Times' synopsis for tonight's episode: "Benny Goodman is the first musician to integrate his band; Louis Armstrong goes Hollywood and swing bands scale the height of popularity." Oh good...YET MORE ARMSTRONG! "Puff! Witchiepoo's got Fweddie!!" Eb, who coincidentally saw "Bob, Carol, Ted & Alice" for the first time only a few weeks ago PS Flash...Jason Newstead has quit Metallica.... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:25:50 -0800 From: "Randy R." Subject: Re: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice and Fweddie From: Eb > PS Flash...Jason Newstead has quit Metallica.... I knew this was going to happen, even though I don't even keep up on Metallica news. Onstage, he's the most arrogant and least talented person in the band, yet he continued to *step* on Hetfields lead vocals by attempting to take over when he shouldn't. I wonder if he wasn't eased out of the band, or was just pissed because they kept burying his bass lines in the mix of the Met releases. Or maybe he realized that Metallica pretty much suck these days. I'm sure all Fegs are interested in this news ; ) Vince (NP "Creeping Death, Metallica, Woodstock 99) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:41:41 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice and Fweddie I'm not watching any more Burns until the Bebop starts. I doubt if he can capture the feeling that the movie 'Round Midnight had or if he even explores the Paris Jazz scene. Michael - -----Original Message----- From: Eb [mailto:ElBroome@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 2:40 PM To: Fgz Subject: Re: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice and Fweddie K: >Burns' jazzy thingy, thou highly edifying, is dead in the water cause its >style is so dissonent to its contents. The next time he moves his camera >round a still photo, can he at least give it some rhythm, syncopate it? >Jazz, when its not about wanking is about pushing the envelope. Not about >ponderous platitudes. Yes, exactly. The *filmmaking* ought to "swing," too. Someone (Steve?) sent me a really neat review of the program, which echoed exactly what I've been saying. The quote which I especially liked was, "Burns deadens everything with his wonder." Yes! That's the problem with Burns in a nutshell, for me. The article also confirmed a nagging suspicion I had: It mentioned Burns admitting he only owned about two jazz albums, before starting the project. CASE CLOSED! I'm still watching, just because it's "good for me" and all. In other words, "edifying." But it really is a labor. My latest, growing gripe is that Burns seems to view jazz as consisting of LOUIS ARMSTRONG, DUKE ELLINGTON...and oh yeah, there were some other musicians too. Every time he needs to fill a bit of time, he compulsively returns to another 10 minutes of swooning about Armstrong or Ellington. OK, they *are* indisputable giants, but my gawd, so far it seems like 15% of the entire program has been about only these two men! (Meanwhile, he devoted about a *minute* to George Gershwin....) His dreamy idol worship needs to be spread around, more. FegBrett has a very similar problem. ;) And heeeeere's the LA Times' synopsis for tonight's episode: "Benny Goodman is the first musician to integrate his band; Louis Armstrong goes Hollywood and swing bands scale the height of popularity." Oh good...YET MORE ARMSTRONG! "Puff! Witchiepoo's got Fweddie!!" Eb, who coincidentally saw "Bob, Carol, Ted & Alice" for the first time only a few weeks ago PS Flash...Jason Newstead has quit Metallica.... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:48:30 -0500 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: year 2000 ok, i know that you've all been waiting for this. it's taken me this long to make up my mind. so, without further delay: albums that i loved: pj harvey stories from the city, stories from the sea le tigre le tigre sleater kinney all hands on the bad one the the naked self lou reed ecstacy patti smith gung ho neko case and her boyfriends furnace room lullaby damn personals driver/driver robyn hitchcock a star for bram billy bragg & wilco mermaid avenue volume II albums that gave me a thrill: idlewild 100 broken windows superfurryanimals mwng shelby lynne i am shelby lynne queens of the stone age rated r mekons journey to the end of the night chumbawamba wysiwyg (international) noise conspiracy survival sickness elliott smith figure 8 go betweens the friends of rachel worth joseph arthur come to where i'm from at the drive-in relationship of command albums that were cool: radiohead kid a mediaeval baebes undrentide kimberley rew tunnel into summer yo la tengo and then nothing turned itself inside out mermen the amazing california health and happiness show neil young silver and gold cure bloodflowers amy correia carnival love madonna music elastica the menace jeff buckley mystery white boy mekons new york: on the road 86-87 waco brothers electric waco chair king crimson construkction of light xtc wasp star u2 all that you can't leave behind albums that didn't suck: kelly hogan and the pine valley cosmonauts beneath the country underdog lavay smith and her red hot skillet lickers everybody's talkin' 'bout miss thing aimie mann bachelor number 2 6ths hyacinths and thistles dandy warhols thirteen tales from urban bohemia de la soul art official intelligence: mosaic thump morphine the night maceo parker dial: m-a-c-e-o moby play: the b sides sinead o'connor faith and courage saint etienne sound of water blonde redhead melody of certain damaged lemons sunny day real estate the rising tide fatboy slim halfway between the gutter and the stars autumns russet gold of this vain hour bebel gilberto tanto tempo common like water for chocolate apples in stereo the discovery of a world inside the moone superhoney no standing the go whatcha doin' albums i really tried to get into (but couldn't): oasis standing on the shoulders of giants sonic youth nyc ghosts and flowers pearl jam binaural black box recorder the facts of life steely dan two against nature paul simon you're the one smashing pumpkins machina/the machines of god no doubt return of saturn veruca salt resolver nina gordon tonight and the rest of my life concerts: *yuk moby sleater kinney yo la tengo/go-betweens magnetic fields lou reed neko case/kelly hogan mekons michelle shocked robyn hitchcock sonic youth/stereolab donnas damn personals jazz butcher kids in the hall santana/macy gray superhoney beatlejuice mary lou lord robbie krieger catherine wheel* oasis* movies: i didn't see as many flicks as i would have liked to. there are plenty that i still have to see: crouching tiger, state & main, traffic, gladiator, patriot, american psycho, billy elliot, wonder boys, nurse betty, and meet the parents. anyhow: almost famous high fidelity o brother where art thou? steal this movie finding forrester beautiful people erin brockovich quills dancer in the dark x-men men of honor storefront hitchcock small time crooks the cell red planet ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:06:31 -0700 From: Eb Subject: SonicNet article about Burns/Jazz [17% converts, evangelism and messiah content] [a few editorial comments added ;)] http://www.sonicnet.com/news/story.jhtml?genreNameForDisplay=Jazz&genreDirectoryName=jazz&id=1435881 Highlights: "I made this film for everybody who says, 'I'm not quite into jazz,'" Burns [who owned just two jazz albums, previously] said of the 10-part continuation of his American documentary trilogy that began with his award-winning programs on the Civil War and baseball. "I want to make converts to jazz. There is an evangelical dimension to this [no shit?]." "I didn't do it to celebrate the music [and there's the problem!]," he added. "I did it to ask this question about America, and I think that jazz is this incredible mirror that reflects where we've been and who we are. But just as battlefield attendance skyrocketed after the Civil War series, I'd like to see people coming back to jazz music. It's so much more elegant and satisfying than the sort of junk that passes for pop music today [such *enlightened* criticism...reminds me of what I read on newsgroups]." - ------- Responding to criticisms that the program shortchanges contemporary jazz: "I ask, 'Who today is as important as Armstrong, Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and John Coltrane?' and there's absolute silence," Burns contends in an interview from the New Hampshire offices of his company Florentine Films. "Jazz has splintered into so many diverse groups it's hard to know what's going to emerge as the defining trend [especially for someone who isn't even a fan of the music]. There's not even going to be one trend or one messiah [for the *third* time, he switches to inappropriate religious terminology...quite telling, isn't it?]." The article also observes that Charles Mingus receives only "brief" mention, during the series. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:21:13 -0500 (EST) From: Terrence Marks Subject: RE: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice and Fweddie So, does anything on the Command label (Dick Hyman, Provocative/Persuasive Percussion and the variants thereon) count remotely as jazz? Terrence Marks Unlike Minerva (a comic strip) http://www.unlikeminerva.com HCF (another comic strip) http://www.mpog.com/hcf normal@grove.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:39:59 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com Subject: reap Auberon Waugh, and possibly Laurent Kabila James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:37:48 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com Subject: Oh? Canada? (5% mouth harp) >(Two Siberry albums listed, yet neither was When I Was a Boy?) >And where the hell are Kate & Anna McGarrigle? two distinct ommissions. Surprised not to see at least something by Gordon Lightfoot creeping into the lower reaches of the top 100 - the same with Steppenwolf. Also, no Crash Test Dummies, Bruce Cockburn, Loreena McKennit, or even Heart. And I'm quite astonished (though moderately pleased) that Alanis Morrisette only got to the low 60s - this makes me suspect it ain't a sales chart, too All this talk about mouth harps and no-one's mentioned Larry Adler... James np - East of Edson - Captain Tractor James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:23:53 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Oh? Canada? (5% armpit) On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 grutness@surf4nix.com wrote: > two distinct ommissions > [...] or even Heart. Isn't Heart from Seattle? That's what I always thought, anywho. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:06:38 -0900 From: Brett Cooper Subject: Re: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice on 1/17/01 10:38AM, Eb at ElBroome@earthlink.net wrote: >> Where would Bowie be without Alice? 'nuff said. > > No, that's not nearly 'nuff. I think you need to repeat this platitude > *another* 20 times. When you finally concede a bit then maybe--because it's the friggin' truth!!! My bottom line is this (and this is my final post for this latest round of Alice & Brett vs. Eb): if you cannot see that Alice has had both visual *and* at least some musical impact, then you are truly denying an irrefutable fact in the history and development of rock and roll. Simple as that. Do I think Alice has spawned every rock act (notable and not-so-notable) since 1970? Not at all. Do I think it is reasonable to say that Alice has inspired some of the more notable rock acts in the past quarter century? Absoultely. Do I think he is the end-all and be-all of popular music and culture? No. Do I think Alice deserves some respect for his accomplishments? Yes. Apparently, Eb, Alice has never been and will never be your style, and I can respect that. What a boring world this would be if we all had the same tastes. But considering a person such as yourself that seems to have so much knowledge about music in general, I would think you could look beyond your own personal tastes and admit (if grudgingly) that Alice Cooper deserves some credit. My best friend, who is so far from an Alice fan and pretty much has the same opinion of him that you do, Eb, will even concede Alice's role in rock history. Alright, I'm outta here for the time being. Chew on that and we'll see you next time. Brett ******************************************** Cooper Collections http://home.gci.net/~coopercollections ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:27:33 -0600 From: steve Subject: Fwd: Audities Top 20 poll results Since I know Eb must have been wondering, here's the power pop mavens faves for the year. - - Steve - ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Audities Top 20 for 2000 114 voters and 486 different records received votes Tsar beats the Star - film at 11. 1. Tsar - TSAR (595 pts) 2. XTC - WASP STAR (555) 3. Aimee Mann - BACHELOR NO. 2 (537) 4. The Jayhawks - SMILE (413) 5. Superdrag - IN THE VALLEY OF THE DYING STARS (407) 6. Myracle Brah - THE MYRACLE BRAH (325) 7. Teenage Fanclub - HOWDY! (317) 8. The Masticators - MASTICATE! (315) 9. Steve Ward - OPENING NIGHT (313) 10. The Churchills - YOU ARE HERE (304) Frisbie - THE SUBVERSIVE SOUNDS OF LOVE (304) 12. Michael Carpenter - HOPEFULNESS (303) 13. Elliott Smith -- FIGURE 8 (285) 14.Apples In Stereo -- THE DISCOVERY OF A WORLD INSIDE THE MOONE (264) The Davenports - SPEAKING OF THE DAVENPORTS (264) 16. Doug Powell - MORE (259) 17. The Drowners - IS THERE SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND? (251) 18. Big Hello - THE ORANGE ALBUM (241) Lolas - BALLERINA BREAKOUT (241) 20. Michael Penn - MP4 (Days Since A Lost Time Accident) (222) The next 30: 21. Steve Earle (203) 22. The Dandy Warhols (200) 23. The Waxwings (197) 24. The Kennedys (193) 25. Badly Drawn Boy (191) 26. Supergrass (185) 27. Mayflies USA (170) 28. Travis (169) 29. Eytan Mirsky (161) 30. The Heavy Blinkers (151) 31. The Spongetones (149) 32. Mark Johnson (144) Ken Sharp (144) 34. The Flashing Lights (143) Tahiti 80 (143) 36. The Sugarplastic (138) 37. Stew (135) 38. Sun Sawed In Half (125) 39. The Jupiter Affect (120) 40. E'Nuff Z'Nuff (118) Papas Fritas (118) 42. Jon Brion (112) Ultimate Fakebook (112) U2 (112) Chris Von Sneidern [Too Cute..] (112) 46. Radiohead (108) 47. Fastball (103) 48. evan & jaron (102) 49. The Shazam (100) 50. Nina Gordon (95) - ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- ___________ Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - B. Banzai ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:36:37 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Burning a Young Bob and Carol and Eb and Alice On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Brett Cooper wrote: > Where would Bowie be without Alice? 'nuff said. Where would Alice be without the Crazy World of Arthur Brown? Where would the Crazy World of Arthur Brown be without Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages? Where would Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages be without Screamin' Jay Hawkins? [Thinks: Was Screamin' Jay Hawkins totally original?] Anyway, they were all performance acts which worked well in the theatre, even if they didn't leave particularly memorable records. Recordings don't matter except as a souvenir of a decent performance. It's the live show that counts. - - Mike Godwin n.p. Some Hungarian woman playing Screamin' Jay Hawkins on a cassette player ("He's my main man") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:17:10 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Oh? Canada? (5% mouth harp) On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 grutness@surf4nix.com wrote: > All this talk about mouth harps and no-one's mentioned Larry Adler... Well, I wouldn't put him at the forefront of the blues revival! - - MRG PS I think that the McGarrigle sisters are the only Canadian act I've ever seen. Unless you count Bernard Braden ... n.p. The soundtrack from "Genevieve" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 06:39:45 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Millions of music consumers > Millions of music consumers can't be > wrong. Would you like a list? Eb offered a couple of examples, I'll throw out one more to officially make it a thread. Milli Vanilli ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 06:40:17 -0800 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: Re: nice records, eh? >>np: Ken Burns' Jazz/5 CD set. Not quite sure what the hell is going on with >>Disc 5 but the first four have rounded out my jazz collection nicely. > > Is that the one that covers the last 40 years? That seems to be the case. As one might imagine, it flows about as well as...well, as well as the shower massager I had to replace last weekend because water was spraying every which way from the head and handle alike. - -rUss ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:43:13 -0500 From: "brian nupp" Subject: Black Snake Diamond Role I just wanna say Black Snake Diamond Role rocks! I listened to it in my car this morning for the billionth time. Still sounds awesome. Songs I think would've been good on BSDR: Black Snake Diamond Rock Give me a Spanner, Ralph (but not the version on Invisible Hitchcock) and 3 more songs that were never written (just cuz I'm greedy for music from this era). Nuppy ps I had the back cover of Captain Sensible's 45 single Spider scanned. I'll try to get it posted. Paging Bayard... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:05:03 -0800 From: "Brian Hoare" Subject: RE: Black Snake Diamond Role [demime could not interpret encoding binary - treating as plain text] >I just wanna say Black Snake Diamond Role rocks! I listened to it in my car >this morning for the billionth time. Still sounds awesome. > Absolutely. A long time back by entire RH collection consisted of BSDR, Hen and Fegmania. To me BSDR lacks an overall unifying vibe. Fegmania oozes its fegginess from every track as if all the songs were written to belong together, but BSDR seems like a collection of songs that had gathered over a period of time/emotion and mental states and were then gathered, arranged and recorded together. In this way it is a little like Respect. Anyway its that lack of definate Snaky feel/theme that will cause me to hesitate over whether to play it (IODOT Fegmania usally win in the early solo picks). Having said that once I get to play it I enjoy every moment of it (until the "bonus" tracks hit the happy prince that is). It'd be great if the Soft Boy's reunion extended its remit and attacked some of the guitary tunes from this. Since the I Used to Love You, Syd connection was pointed out to me by the members of this list, (I doubt I would ever have noticed), my brain keeps trying to connect the Lizard with Jim Morisson. I know I'm mistaken but the song always conjures a picture of Jim in his pony skin jacket leading his disciples along a beach at dusk. Brian - ------------------------------------------------------------ - --== Sent via Deja.com ==-- http://www.deja.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:41:48 -0500 From: "brian nupp" Subject: RE: Black Snake Diamond Role >From: "Brian Hoare" < >Having said that once I get to play it I enjoy every moment of it (until >the "bonus" tracks hit the happy prince that is). Really? I love happy the golden prince! Incredibly unique and brillant. I get a chill up my spine every time around where the bass comes in and the lyrics go: ...when the cool arms of the woman vigorously unscrewed his head, and the toothpaste flowed out, as if it were gushing from a broken dam, into the very womb of the earth. (I get a big chill here) So that's who I am! he cried. I dunno but that track really moves me. >It'd be great if the Soft Boy's reunion extended its remit and attacked >some of the guitary tunes from this. Yeah! I'd love to hear Do Policemen Sing and Meat! >Since the I Used to Love You, Syd connection was pointed out to me by the >members of this list, (I doubt I would ever have noticed), my brain keeps >trying to connect the Lizard with Jim Morisson. I know I'm mistaken but the >song always conjures a picture of Jim in his pony skin jacket leading his >disciples along a beach at dusk. > I'd love to know what the faint lyrics are at the end of the Lizard. Nuppy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:59:28 -0800 (PST) From: Viv Lyon Subject: Re: Black Snake Diamond Role On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, brian nupp wrote: > I just wanna say Black Snake Diamond Role rocks! I listened to it in my car > this morning for the billionth time. Still sounds awesome. I agree. BSDR was the first Hitchcock album I listened to (well, that I listened to over and over again, that is) and it's one of my favorites. I don't think it's a masterpiece, but it always makes me extremely happy. Which is funny, because I have horrible memories of the period in which I first listened to it. I think BSDR, Respect, IODOT, and Eye are his best work (outside of the Soft Boys), by far. Vivien ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:01:40 -0800 (PST) From: Viv Lyon Subject: RE: Black Snake Diamond Role On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Brian Hoare wrote: > It'd be great if the Soft Boy's reunion extended its remit and > attacked some of the guitary tunes from this. Oh man, would it ever. If they played I Watch the Cars, with that guitar solo at the beginning, I would simply perish with delight. > Since the I Used to Love You, Syd connection was pointed out to me by > the members of this list, (I doubt I would ever have noticed), my > brain keeps trying to connect the Lizard with Jim Morisson. I know I'm > mistaken but the song always conjures a picture of Jim in his pony > skin jacket leading his disciples along a beach at dusk. Am I wrong, or has Robyn actually said that this song is in fact about Jim Morrison? Viv ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:03:06 -0800 (PST) From: Viv Lyon Subject: Happy the Golden Prince On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, brian nupp wrote: > Really? I love happy the golden prince! Incredibly unique and brillant. I > get a chill up my spine every time around where the bass comes in and the > lyrics go: ...when the cool arms of the woman vigorously unscrewed his head, > and the toothpaste flowed out, as if it were gushing from a broken dam, into > the very womb of the earth. (I get a big chill here) So that's who I am! he > cried. > I dunno but that track really moves me. I think it was this track that took me from "this is pretty okay music" to "this guy is fucking amazing." Vivien ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #15 *******************************