From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V7 #181 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Monday, November 2 2009 Volume 07 : Number 181 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:36:43 +0000 From: "Raj" Subject: RE: seven-seas Bad Lieutenant / Bunnymen Album Nice write up Charles. I think I'll give the Fountain another crack. BTW anyone know of any decent boozers/clubs in downtown Vancouver? Cheers Raj - -----Original Message----- From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Charles Pham Sent: 31 October 2009 15:57 To: seven-seas@smoe.org Subject: Re: seven-seas Bad Lieutenant / Bunnymen Album agreed, the bad lieutenant record is pretty fresh sounding and jake the second vocalist is a grower. "shine like the sun" is my song of the month (a bit of 'love vigilantes' w/ the doves mixed together). seeing them in nyc mid-november. they're doing a couple of headline shows in nyc & chicago, and opening for the pixies in the same cities. glad to see they're mixing in NO and JD songs, interested in seeing how they sound minus-hooky. let's hope bernard has eased up on the old-man jolly dances and the bizarre tourette-like screams and hollers. coincidently, a rerun of jools holand was on yesterday w/ NO promoting the last album...it was unlistenable IMO with bernard's screaming between versuses. as for the bunnymen album... * i think 'forgotten fields' is a classic. * 'i think i need it too' is a good single. * 'the fountain' would have been great minus the 'down downs' and 'hallelujahs'. and mac's 'oh ahs" during the intro is annoying, similar to how it ruined "seasons" on his solo record (such a great song otherwise). * i really get excited whenever 'do you know what i mean' begins, but the lyrics really ruin it all. * when i listen to the record on random mode, i find myself skipping through many songs, but never 'shroud of turin'...i like it musically, a song that could have fit on "flowers", but very well-produced...though the lyrics are a bit ridiculous. * 'everlasting neverendless' is a pretty good, but mac reverts back to 'don't look down' lyrics which again ruin it. the song builds really well, but the fade-out ending makes it feel unfinished. * 'life of a 1000 crimes' is a mix of slideling-era mac and siberia, but not as good for either. i skip it everytime. * the intro to 'proxy' is annoying, but kicks into a decent pop tune. but i would never have characterized it as a bunnymen song...even post-reformed bunnymen. * 'drivetime' picks up where siberia left off. it's not bad, but the lyrics get repetitive and i end up skipping it mid-song. a bummer because i actually really like to piano outro...it's very sad feeling. * 'the idolness of gods' sounds like a demo, a mac solo b-side, 'slideling' era. * i'm inches away from saying i love 'november', but the 'down down' lyrics completely ruin it. there are small parts of the song that reminds me of 'kiss me kiss me kiss me' album (in a good way) even though i know it sounds nothing like the cure. On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Raj wrote: > I liked the Bad Lieutenant album almost straight away but it was more > enforced by seeing it done live. The Heaven gig was a cracker. > The other fella (Jake) singing in the band works really well. > They also did Crystal, Temptation, Out of Control (The Chems were in the > house apparently) and finished with Transmission and Love Will Tear Us > Apart. They could easily have done without doing the covers with some in the > crowd shouting for more BL stuff. A Hook-less New Order for sure but fine > tunes. > > It s interesting that the two album releases and gigs were so close together > from favourite artists of mine from the same era but the results so > different. Perhaps they should tour together and alternate headliners... > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org [mailto:owner-seven-seas@smoe.org] On Behalf > Of Pete T > Sent: 31 October 2009 10:29 > To: Seven Seas > Subject: RE: seven-seas Echo And The Bunnymen are to release a live album > > I bought the bad luitenant album at the same > time and thats a bit of a grower. got a brilliant air of melancholy about it > (no enforced jollity there) - sounds similar to the last two NO albums to me > but then thats a good thing. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > **************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://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************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://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************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://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:25:20 -0500 From: Red Subject: RE: seven-seas Bad Lieutenant / Bunnymen Album At 11:36 AM 11/2/2009, you wrote: >* 'the fountain' would have been great minus the 'down downs' >* 'everlasting neverendless' is a pretty good, but mac reverts back to >'don't look down' >* i'm inches away from saying i love 'november', but the 'down down' >lyrics completely ruin it. and don't forget the 'down da down da down' bits on Do You Know Who I Am? too... i was just thinking the other day in the car what is up with all the down down down stuff? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************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://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V7 #181 ********************************