From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V4 #501 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, October 27 2005 Volume 04 : Number 501 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:35:37 +0000 From: "whitings@frontiernet.net" Subject: Re: seven-seas-digest V4 #498 I'm actually lukewarm on Radiohead and while I do have an appreciation for Pink Floyd, I abhor Led Zeppelin and most "classic" rock, so I hold an admitted bias, based on what I read. I'll try to keep an open mind and will probably catch their set...from the bar ;) . Quoting seven-seas-digest : > - -----Original Message----- > From: Red > To: seven-seas@smoe.org > Sent: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:20:18 -0400 > Subject: Re: seven-seas-digest V4 #498 > > >> On Oct 27, 2005, at 3:28 AM, David Whiting wrote: >> >>> Hmm, I'm not one to turn my nose up at opening acts, but anything >>> that lends itself to "classic rock" comparisons scares the shit out >>> of me, personally. > > What about the Radiohead comparisons, > and the fact that Stereolab's producer mixed their album? > No good? I'll have 3 chances to catch them...if they stink > the first time around......then it'll be longer drinks for me too! ;-) > > Red ===================================================================== Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ * http://www.villiersterrace.com * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ * http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-89-6 * ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:21:35 -0400 From: Red Subject: Re: seven-seas Glasgow setlist! At 10:42 AM 10/27/05, you wrote: I think you just gotta hear new stuff >like: All Because Of You Days, Parthenon Drive & Everything Kills You in the >mix, so hopefully, we will! Wouldn't even wanna hear any of those myself...... I think they chose the right ones to play live! Well, maybe All Because of You days just for the guitar solo.......but definitely not the other two! I think Over The Wall shouldn't be left out though! :-( Happy they've added All That Jazz back!!!!!!!!! Hope the newish drummer does it justice! Red ===================================================================== Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ * http://www.villiersterrace.com * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ * http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-89-6 * ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:34:01 +1300 From: "Kristin Smith" Subject: seven-seas blogcritics.org/ http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/27/142620.php CD Review: Echo And The Bunnymen - Siberia Posted by Wally Bangs on October 27, 2005 The front cover of the latest Echo And The Bunnymen album, Siberia, is a non-descript photo of pincipals Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant peering from what appears to be an abandoned building. The inside cover shows the word "verboten" written in red paint on the structure which left me wondering what the connection between a German word and Siberia would be. Trying to match an album cover up with the music inside may seem a bit much to some, but Echo is a band that always seemed to me to be wrapped up in symbols and mythology. They were more than a rock band during their halcyon days when they wore military anoraks to the stage and the promise of youth seemed eternal. An album like Porcupine lived up to its cover with music suggestively prickly and cold. Ocean Rain looked to be wondrous and enchanting and it was. Siberia's cover is prosaic with the only promise perhaps one of haunting echoes. The appearance of Hugh Jones as producer is notable. He co-produced Heaven Up Here. Another echo from the past. Which could be a very good thing. Since Ian and Will have revived the Bunnymen name each succeeding release has been a pale imitation of past greatness heavy on ballads and rockers that sound more of mid 90's Britrock than classic Bunnymen. Those albums were all of decent quality, but they all seemed to miss the mark. Where was the serpentine shards of guitar and the propulsive bass? The dynamic pauses had all been shunted aside for some seamless weld that held no spark. Siberia makes attempts at reconciling the old with the new making it the best release since Will and Ian decided to take Peaches and Herb's advice. McCulloch's vocals have long since transcended the days when they regarded as aping Jim Morrison. They possess a burnished sublime beauty all his own well showcased on "All Because Of You Days"; a slow burner of sentimentality given a real ache by Ian. "Parthenon Drive" is being touted as the song most like the past and it does have the muted slippy drive of old giving it a recoil and snap I wish they would embrace more often. Hints of the old dynamic tension surface fleetingly on "In The Margins"; a good example that it's the notes you don't play that sometimes makes a song. McCulloch also has a way with those "in between" songs; those tunes that are neither ballad nor rocker. "Of A Life" is the best of this sort. A mild Madchester bass lopes under the title track reminding me that Echo never got the proper credit they deserved for helping to inspire the "baggy" scene. Some hard rock flourishes show up in "Sideways Eight" and get full blown on "Scissors In The Sand" which manages to meld The Who, Joy Division, and Echo And The Bunnymen into one monolithic screamer. The album tumbles back down to a fitting soul searching end for "What If We Are?" where even the sappiest of questions deserves an answer. Siberia is less I'll meet you halfway there as it is taking a few steps back before going forward. We'll just have to accept that they sound more like "Bring On The Dancing Horses" than "The Cutter". The promise of youth may not be eternal, but McCulloch and Sergeant are aging gracefully without tarnishing their past. I bet they would still look cool in military garb though. Echo And The Bunnymen will begin a North American Tour in November. ===================================================================== Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ * http://www.villiersterrace.com * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ * http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-89-6 * ====================================================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V4 #501 ********************************