From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V4 #110 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Sunday, April 28 2002 Volume 04 : Number 110 Today's Subjects: ----------------- OV: Dels in the toilet? [Debbie Cushing ] OV: Chart entry [ThomasBraunMJ@aol.com] OV: 3 weeks, 30 spins, 2nd review ["Phil Denson" ] OV: Re: 3 weeks, 30 spins, 2nd review ["S Meyer" ] OV: Just Before You Leave ["William Kates" ] OV: Off Topic - Keyboards ["Andrew Douglas" ] OV: does anybody know? ["Joe Brady" ] OV: Reminder - Dels on UK Radio tomorrow ["Jane Armstrong" Subject: OV: Dels in the toilet? Hey guys. I haven't been very active here lately. I'm working long, hard hours here in Denver (far away from my Dallas home) and haven't heard the new album yet. It's waiting for me at home, which I won't get to until the 4th of May. Woe is me. Anyway, the building I'm working in here plays music in the bathroom and in the last couple of days I've heard "Not Where it's At" and "Be My Downfall." It's odd to have to go to the toilet to hear the Dels, but so be it. :-) Also, the Denver paper made mention of the new CD as being newly released. Has it been released in the U.S.? I've already got mine ordered, but if it's available here and will count for chart position, I'd consider buying a copy in a record store here in Denver. Well, I'd better get back to wrapping things up here at work. These 11+ hour days are starting to get old. Have a great weekend! debbie Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 05:18:05 EDT From: ThomasBraunMJ@aol.com Subject: OV: Chart entry Hello outthere, bad news from Germany, Can You Do Me Good enter the German Charts on Monday 29.04.02 only at position 89. Cheers Thomas ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:33:26 -0500 From: "Phil Denson" Subject: OV: 3 weeks, 30 spins, 2nd review OK....my first review was a bit harsh. I'm happy to say CYDMG has moved ahead in the polls...up one, passing the Dels self titled album, it is now in 5th place (where it will stay). After three weeks and non-stop listens these are my final thoughts on the new album. 5 really good songs (not in any order)... 1-Drunk in a Band...should be release in the US modern market. 2-Wash Her Away...it's similar to Cash & Prizes, which is similar to Paper Thin but a better song than both...LOVE the GUITARS and chorus. 3-Last Cheap Shot at the Dream...my favorite of the "new dels" style, catchy with some good harmonies. The only other song from CYDMG that should be released in the US. 4-She's Passing This Way...PURE Dels, enough said. 5-Just Getting By...classic Justin singing about his classic pathetic life...Classic. That's it...those are the 5 good songs on the album. ...Just Before You Leave, Cash & Prizes and Buttons On my Clothes are average songs...Buttons would have been a better song without the drum machine...maybe better live? These four I can do with out............. One More Last Hurrah...I love the guitar intro then Justin starts to sing and it falls apart for me. Baby It's Me...makes me squirm. Out Falls The Past...I skip over this one the most. Jesus Saves...an angry, confused Justin singing about something he doesn't understand...skip. As an album...there is no flow. Songs start funny and end even worst. When listening to it from beginning to end they sound as if the are crashing into each other. I have nothing against this style of music and have an assortment of different styles in my CD collection. But there are to many bands/artists that can do this style much better and call it there own. If the band really wanted to change...they should have tried something REALLY different. So there you have it...5 GOOD songs, 3 AVERAGE and 4 BAD. I give the album as a whole a 6 out of 10 (average). I could see people who have never heard of the band liking CYDMG. As for me...I know what I know, have heard what I've heard, seen the Dels play the Dels and this isn't the Dels. It's an average attempt to be average...finally they have succeeded...at being AVERAGE. Phil ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:06:49 -0500 From: "S Meyer" Subject: OV: Re: 3 weeks, 30 spins, 2nd review > I could see people who have never heard > of the band liking CYDMG. As for me...I know what I know, have heard what > I've heard, seen the Dels play the Dels and this isn't the Dels. It's an > average attempt to be average...finally they have succeeded...at being > AVERAGE. I totally agree with this statement, although I would probably give it a 4 out of 10. I admit, I have not listened 30 times yet. In truth, I look at the CD laying here and put off more listens as it disappoints me so. Cindy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:52:37 -0400 From: "William Kates" Subject: OV: Just Before You Leave I've got to throw in my two cents to counter all the slagging of JBYL. So far all I've gotten are the singles (thank you amazon.uk) but I do like Just Before You Leave. It's got some soul, it's got some strings, it's got some chirping keyboard reminiscent of Timmy Thomas' Why Can't We Be Together, and most importantly for a first single trying (hopefully) to grab new audience, its got the feel of the chilled beats/fat beats style of music that seems to be the trend of the moment (not that I know all that much about it). If the prevailing OV opinion that this is the worst song on the cd is true, then I think I'm really going to enjoy the cd when I get it (please amazon.uk, soon!). Cheers. - - William _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 17:13:24 +0100 From: "Andrew Douglas" Subject: OV: Off Topic - Keyboards Sorry for bothering you all with this, but I figure since there are quite a few muso's on this list I'd ask. I'm getting a Keyboard for school, want to be able to programme songs on it but it MUST have a good piano sound. We ain't got much money, so I'm looking at the Casio WK1800 and the Yamaha PSR550. Does anybody use these or know anything about them? Or does anyone have other suggestions? email off list, thanks Andrew andrewdouglas@nireland.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 20:03:18 +0100 From: "Joe Brady" Subject: OV: does anybody know? Does Anybody know where i could write to the band and make sure they will recieve it? Thanks for any feedback Joe. Love you do........ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:52:23 +0100 From: "Jane Armstrong" Subject: OV: Reminder - Dels on UK Radio tomorrow Just a reminder to all Brits (and any insomniac Americans!) to listen out for a live interview and performance on your local radio station tomorrow at 10 am. Del Amitri will be performing on the Sunday Music Cafi presented by Mark Dennison, which is syndicated out to local independent radio stations. Since my last mail about it, the website for these stations has gone live so you can go to www.koko.com and click on the map to go to your local radio station site - where you can listen on line, or at least check that they're broadcasting it. Incidentally - according to this site it is National Bottom Week this coming week!! But I'm not getting my bum out for anyone!!! http://www.koko.com/page.cfm?station=nottingham&s=5&program=national_bottom_ week&p=3940&channel=today to find out dozens of facts you never knew about bums. Speaking of radio, I have just checked Bob Harris' playlist and he's played JBYL a couple of months ago and Last Cheap Shot two weeks ago on his Radio 2 Saturday night show. Unfortunately there's no Del Amitri scheduled for tonight's show - but there are some great tunes planned. Jane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit my home page: http://www.delamitri.co.uk/~janea Del Amitri pages: http://www.delamitri.co.uk/~janea/Delpage.html Why not join the chat every Thursday at 9pm UK time: http://www.delamitri.co.uk/~janea/chat.html The Devlins discussion list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheDevlins ICQ No: 34643730 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V4 #110 **********************************