From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-moderated-digest) To: seven-seas-moderated-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #137 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-moderated-digest Thursday, May 8 2003 Volume 02 : Number 137 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 06:24:14 -0500 (CDT) From: amyr@jump.net (Amy Moseley Rupp) Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas Slideling Review > Good god the reviewer forgot to mention those two chaps from C******Y > !! Maybe he didn't feel they were worth mentioning any more than the various studio artists who were employed for the job! Though I'm trying to figure out why this reviewer thinks the album is 'tinged with Americana.' Okay, so there are some VU-reminiscent songs, but I also hear the Beatles-updated sound done more subtly than Oasis could. There's the "la"s and chiming piano a la (groan) "Ob-La-Di" and "Back In The USSR" in a couple of places, including "Slideling." In fact, I think the use of vocals-as-textural-instrument is well done -- Mac has the best sounding "la"s since "Hey Jude." The vocal bridge to "A Day In The Life" is found in "Seasons," which if you consider the two titles is appropriate ;-) The end of "Playgrounds and City Parks" reminds me of a pull-out- the-stops Beatles ending mixed with the end of "Ocean Rain," though it quiets to an ending like the abandoned merry-go-round in a park slowly comes to a halt when the kids go home. My thruppence ;-) - --Amy ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 06:55:42 -0600 From: "K. F. Smith" Subject: seven-seas-moderated Newsday review http://www.nynewsday.com/entertainment/local/newyork/ny-p2tope3268947may06,0 , 5870827.column?coll=ny-nyc-entertainment-headlines Like Blur, Echo and the Bunnymen front man Ian McCulloch has tapped into a new vibe to freshen up his brand of Britpop on his latest "Slideling" (spinART/ Cooking Vinyl) CD. The bulk of the focus is going to the first single "Sliding" and "Arthur" because they feature Coldplay's singer/keyboardist Chris Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland. Both collaborations work well, with "Sliding" sounding more like a McCulloch classic and "Arthur" more like a new Coldplay ballad. Though both those songs could give McCulloch a short-term boost, it's his rediscovered flair for guitar pop that may help him more in the long run. "Love in Veins" sounds as energized as old-school Bunnymen romps like "The Cutter" or "The Back of Love." On quieter moments like "Another Train" and "Kansas," McCulloch recaptures the majestic, ornate pop feel that made "The Killing Moon" and "Bring on the Dancing Horses" new wave standards. After years of stagnation, it looks like Britpop may finally be enjoying a revival. Can an Oasis breakthrough be far behind? ("Think Tank," in stores today; Grade: A. "Slideling," in stores today; Grade: B+) ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 10:05:30 -0500 (CDT) From: amyr@jump.net (Amy Moseley Rupp) Subject: seven-seas-moderated Re: seven-seas Slideling Review > Good god the reviewer forgot to mention those two chaps from C******Y > !! Not to worry, Steve, the review from Newsday that Kristin posted features a mini-mini-bio of the pair, but it does well by suggesting that the tracks they *aren't* on are the best/most Bunnymen-like/most Mac-like of the album. Frankly, I think that the name recognition is the only reason to release Slideling as first single. It is not the best track on the album; in fact I don't even think it's in the top three. - --Amy ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 00:13:44 +0100 From: "Noose Boy" Subject: seven-seas-moderated FW: BBC E-mail: Apple music service hits right note ** Apple music service hits right note ** Apple has sold more than a million songs since the launch of its online music service a week ago. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/technology/3003279.stm > ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 09:11:47 -0600 From: "K. F. Smith" Subject: seven-seas-moderated Ian interview -- Coldplay, mostly From Unercover, an outfit in deep need of a proofreader. http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2003/20030507_ianmccullough.html Echo and the Bunnymen To Continue On After 25 Years Although Ian McCullough has just released his solo album 'Slideling' he insists there is no end in sight to Echo and the Bunnymen. "Oh no not at all" he tells Undercover News. "It is our 25th anniversary this year. I think we have re-established ourselves, more so with the Coldplay connection and Chris Martin talking about us in every interview. That helped. We played a lot of gigs around the world and became a great band again. I think around 2001 / 2002 we reaffirmed for ourselves what we are about and all you can hope after that is that everyone sees that as well. Luckily for us Chris Martin did. It meant we bypassed every journalist to become the firmly established band. Having Chris sing your praises is not a band thing. That's why we got the Q Award. Q liked Coldplay, we got the Q award in November and I can't even get an interview". The pairing of the minds of McCollough and Martin came about in Ian's hometown of Liverpool. "Coldplay were recording in Liverpool" he says. "It was the second half of the "Rush of Blood To The Head" album. Before that he had gotten totally into the boxed set by the Bunnymen. I turned up, glass in one arm, and Chris said "hey man, you are the best band in the world" and I said "tell me something I don't know". (laughs) I didn't really. Actually I said "I think your band is great as well". I actually bought 'Parachutes'. It was kind of good because I didn't feel like I was bluffing. He played me some of the new stuff and it blew me away. Then he asked me for some advice and apparently I helped with some things. Those were the days when I had a glass in one hand and another glass in the other". For Ian, the admiration from Chris is a damn fine thing. "It is great and that's what it is all about. I am looking back to all the cheques coming in" he says. 'Slideling' is released now on Cooking Vinyl ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #137 ******************************************