From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V2 #183 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Thursday, April 24 2003 Volume 02 : Number 183 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:18:09 -0400 From: "Chris Adams" Subject: Re: seven-seas Back on Sevenseas and Ian'snew album Radiohead--I don't get 'em. That prog-rock shi!t that they started doing...indulgent wankfest, like punk never happened, etc. And Thom Yorke, he's an ugly fukker, and too non-charmingly self-obsessed. He's the miserable guy out with the fellas at the bar who always brings the convo down, mulling over some acne-scarred worthless pig of an ex-girlfriend or something. Pasty bastard needs a bit of sun and a good cocktail with an umbrella in. That said, "The Bends", IMO, is one of the best rock records ever. No, really, EVER. Top 50, easily. Oh, and "Love In Veins" is one of the best songs on Slideling, I think. Total Lou vibe, nice tossed-off lyrics, implied swagger. You kidz is from Mars or sumthin. - --Chris A. "Barry Whiting" Sent by: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org 24-Apr-2003 07:02 AM Please respond to seven-seas To: cc: Subject: Re: seven-seas Back on Sevenseas and Ian'snew album - ----- Original Message ----- From: > > i noticed someone menitongin radiohead...i was able to hear an advanced copy > of hail to the thief...i dunno, it is not great and not horrible....about > equal to the last two albums...intersting but kinda disapointing overall... It's not. It's fantastic -- so long as they continue to stay away from the Yes-tribute act they became post-The Bends, that's fine by me. - -- Barry - -- Barry Whiting barry@urquell.freeserve.co.uk ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:31:35 +0100 From: "Matt H" Subject: Re: Re: seven-seas Back on Sevenseas and Ian'snew album >That said, "The Bends", IMO, is one of the best rock >records ever. No, really, EVER. Top 50, easily. Agreed >Oh, and "Love In Veins" is one of the best songs on >Slideling, I think. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Personally I think the lyrics are the worst part. >You kidz is from Mars or sumthin. Ever thought it might be *you* that's out there? ;-) Echo and the Bunnymen | the official website: http://www.bunnymen.com ___________________________________________________________ Get your own Web-based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:39:55 -0400 From: "Chris Adams" Subject: Re: Re: seven-seas Back on Sevenseas and Ian'snew album "Matt H" Sent by: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org 24-Apr-2003 12:31 PM Please respond to seven-seas To: seven-seas@smoe.org cc: Subject: Re: Re: seven-seas Back on Sevenseas and Ian'snew album >That said, "The Bends", IMO, is one of the best rock >records ever. No, really, EVER. Top 50, easily. Agreed Agreed, agreed. >Oh, and "Love In Veins" is one of the best songs on >Slideling, I think. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Of course. No matter how wrong it is. Personally I think the lyrics are the worst part. Yeah, they're totally tossed off, but there's wit in there, and it doesn't matter, to me, given the whole vibe of the song. If it were sung as some kinda confessional ballad, then it would be trite trash, but what it is, as it stands, is this life-affirming burst of confident groove. >You kidz is from Mars or sumthin. Ever thought it might be *you* that's out there? ;-) UP THERE, baby, UP there. - --Chris A. Echo and the Bunnymen | the official website: http://www.bunnymen.com ___________________________________________________________ Get your own Web-based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:44:31 +0100 From: "Noose Boy" Subject: RE: seven-seas Back on Sevenseas and Ian'snew album Can't really see where the new one differs much from the last two 'knob twiddlers' meself - -----Original Message----- From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Barry Whiting Sent: 24 April 2003 16:48 To: seven-seas@smoe.org Subject: Re: seven-seas Back on Sevenseas and Ian'snew album - ----- Original Message ----- From: > >It's not. It's fantastic -- so long as they continue to stay away from the > >Yes-tribute act they became post-The Bends, that's fine by me. > > Yet again, such diversity of opinion....keeps the list colourful! > > Do I assume then, Barry, that you're not an OK Computer fan? "Ok Computer" plummets rapidly downhill after, oh, "Airbag", the first track. "Paranoid Android" was a "Bohemian Rhapsody" for the Nineties....and that's not a complement. To be fair, there's some decent tracks on the album -- it just reeks of Progressive Rock, which as we all know, is not a good thing - pay attention, Muse. It's not as turgid as that woeful effort The Verve put out at the same time, though. A bucketful of albums sold on the back of one looping Stones sample. Tut tut. - -- Barry - -- Barry Whiting barry@urquell.freeserve.co.uk ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:47:02 +0100 From: "Noose Boy" Subject: RE: seven-seas Back on Sevenseas and Ian'snew album A friend who was at the same college as Yorke, in/near Oxford, told me that the squint it a put on - -----Original Message----- From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Chris Adams Sent: 24 April 2003 17:18 To: seven-seas@smoe.org Subject: Re: seven-seas Back on Sevenseas and Ian'snew album Radiohead--I don't get 'em. That prog-rock shi!t that they started doing...indulgent wankfest, like punk never happened, etc. And Thom Yorke, he's an ugly fukker, and too non-charmingly self-obsessed. He's the miserable guy out with the fellas at the bar who always brings the convo down, mulling over some acne-scarred worthless pig of an ex-girlfriend or something. Pasty bastard needs a bit of sun and a good cocktail with an umbrella in. That said, "The Bends", IMO, is one of the best rock records ever. No, really, EVER. Top 50, easily. Oh, and "Love In Veins" is one of the best songs on Slideling, I think. Total Lou vibe, nice tossed-off lyrics, implied swagger. You kidz is from Mars or sumthin. - --Chris A. "Barry Whiting" Sent by: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org 24-Apr-2003 07:02 AM Please respond to seven-seas To: cc: Subject: Re: seven-seas Back on Sevenseas and Ian'snew album - ----- Original Message ----- From: > > i noticed someone menitongin radiohead...i was able to hear an advanced copy > of hail to the thief...i dunno, it is not great and not horrible....about > equal to the last two albums...intersting but kinda disapointing overall... It's not. It's fantastic -- so long as they continue to stay away from the Yes-tribute act they became post-The Bends, that's fine by me. - -- Barry - -- Barry Whiting barry@urquell.freeserve.co.uk ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V2 #183 ********************************