From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V5 #86 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Thursday, June 12 2003 Volume 05 : Number 086 Today's Subjects: ----------------- OV: OT: other stuff [SngWrite1@aol.com] Re: OV: OT: other stuff [debbsc67 ] OV: Dels in the Papers ["Chris Fleming" ] Re: OV: Dels in the Papers ["scott wallace" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:00:54 EDT From: SngWrite1@aol.com Subject: OV: OT: other stuff Got my copy of Lloyd Cole's new album, Music In A Foreign Language, today - excellent stuff, and includes a choice cover of Nick Cave's "People Ain't No Good". In Lloyd's words, "No, you can't dance to it." Very much focused on acoustic guitar, piano, and vocals. There was supposed to be a single out last week (with two versions of a b-side called "Clairefontaine") but I can't find it anywhere. And again I'll re-new my request for a copy of the b-sides from the deleted "That Boy" singles. Anyone? Also picked up the new Minibar, Fly Below The Radar, and... well... it's good, but it's not hitting me like Road Movies did. It's probably a grower. Mine came with a 5 song bonus EP (live stuff, including a well played/horribly recorded version of The Smiths "Ask") and was on sale at Tower for $10.99. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:33:10 -0700 (PDT) From: debbsc67 Subject: Re: OV: OT: other stuff - --- SngWrite1@aol.com wrote: > Got my copy of Lloyd Cole's new album, Music In A > Foreign Language, today - > excellent stuff, and includes a choice cover of Nick > Cave's "People Ain't No > Good". In Lloyd's words, "No, you can't dance to > it." Very much focused on > acoustic guitar, piano, and vocals. Well, that sounds wonderful, then, Dave. I don't dance anyway, so that's no bother. ;-) Amazon...here I come. On the topic of Del Amitri, I read a discussion in another group (Colin Vearncombe) and one person had asked a set of questions including one that asked who had people gone to see this past year. Well, I was surprised (pleasantly) that Del Amitri was among the list of one person answering the question. So, I guess there is still some interest outside of us diehard fans. Now if only the guys would/could get some new stuff out there for us... debbie __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:40:02 +0100 From: "Chris Fleming" Subject: OV: Dels in the Papers From Scottish Daily Record Wed 11-06-2003 DEL BOYS STILL CUT IT IN STATES Scots band Del Amitri have had their 1985 self-titled album re-issued in America. And the disbanded group have added four new tunes, including a cover of Van Morrison's classic Brown Eyed Girl. Justin gives some clue to the reason behind the band;s failure to live up to their early promise-he put his best tunes on the band's debut and they grew their hair. He Said "We had a philosophy so strict that it eventually strangled us. No Chords, no choruses, no distortion, no synthesizers and definitely no long hair." Del Amitri were dropped by universal records because of poor sales of Can You Do Me Good?, but it looks like in America, at least they are still a much loved group. Justin was a teenager when he wrote the songs on Del Amitri and added, "There are more tunes between the twin guitars and bass lines in one backing track from this era of Del Amitri than in every top-line melody I have written since. It was, of course, a crackpot idea, but in my rock and roll dotage it holds a lot of charm." Hope this is ok for you folks, Dels still kicking, a tiny bit!! ChrisF ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:48:26 +0100 From: "scott wallace" Subject: Re: OV: Dels in the Papers Check the article, it calls them "disbanded", as did the radio, so it's not exactly news of them still kicking, just someone's finally realised the 1st album's re-released. >From: "Chris Fleming" >To: >Subject: OV: Dels in the Papers >Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:40:02 +0100 > >From Scottish Daily Record Wed 11-06-2003 > >DEL BOYS STILL CUT IT IN STATES > >Scots band Del Amitri have had their 1985 self-titled album re-issued in >America. >And the disbanded group have added four new tunes, including a cover of Van >Morrison's classic Brown Eyed Girl. >Justin gives some clue to the reason behind the band;s failure to live up to >their early promise-he put his best tunes on the band's debut and they grew >their hair. >He Said "We had a philosophy so strict that it eventually strangled us. No >Chords, no choruses, no distortion, no synthesizers and definitely no long >hair." >Del Amitri were dropped by universal records because of poor sales of Can You >Do Me Good?, but it looks like in America, at least they are still a much >loved group. >Justin was a teenager when he wrote the songs on Del Amitri and added, "There >are more tunes between the twin guitars and bass lines in one backing track >from this era of Del Amitri than in every top-line melody I have written >since. It was, of course, a crackpot idea, but in my rock and roll dotage it >holds a lot of charm." > >Hope this is ok for you folks, Dels still kicking, a tiny bit!! >ChrisF - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's fast, it's fun and it's free! Click here to download MSN Messenger. ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V5 #86 *********************************