From: owner-velvet-station-digest@smoe.org (velvet-station-digest) To: velvet-station-digest@smoe.org Subject: velvet-station-digest V3 #52 Reply-To: velvet-station@smoe.org Sender: owner-velvet-station-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-velvet-station-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk velvet-station-digest Monday, November 20 2000 Volume 03 : Number 052 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [VS] bands [Wmvrrvrrmm@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:54:12 EST From: Wmvrrvrrmm@aol.com Subject: Re: [VS] bands In a message dated 07/11/2000 15:50:44, Philippa.Demonte@bmg.co.uk writes: >> Other than that - just went to Paris last week (working) and picked up some really good music over there >>- the latest St. Germain album (which has a nice jazzy vibe to it) I've had to stick it out with albums sold on British soil . I just picked up Badly Drawn Boy today, it's actually interesting in some places. There's one track that sounded a little inspired by an Angelo Badalamenti piece (of Twin Peaks fame). I'm quite surprised with this little album, I bought it because of the words on poster in the underground. Although it's not particularily ambient as such, it fits into my melancholy dream music collection which a good dose of Norwegian music seems to exist within. I bought the soundtrack for Guinevere because of the petite Canadian actress Sarah Polley's ethereal vocals, because I enjoyed her singing on the Sweet Hereafter album. I checked out with Jeff Buckley fans what they thought of Passing Thing, and those who listened to this rather poor quality MP3 from over Napster loved it very much and loved what they heard of Anne-Marie's voice. Maybe I've listened to it six or seven hundred times on my computer or in my mind. One person went as far as to transcribe the lyrics for a Jeff Buckley message board. When people in the NG issue out the list of people who have covered Jeff's songs or composed a song as a tribute to him, from now on Velvet Belly is on their list. I hope that one day when there's an official tribute album to Jeff made, that someone will approach Velvet Belly to contribute. In view of your discovery a little while back regarding the extreme level of influence from Talk Talk in Velvet Belly's work, some people in te Radiohead NG are pointing out the Talk Talk influence in Radiohead's Kid A (whether they're correct about this issue is a thing I can't presently state.) >>and the new Vanessa Paradis album. >> I've wondered a little about the new V Paradis album, but not a great amount because I kicked that obsession years back, I adore her second album the most, since Serge Gainsbourg produced it and wrote the lyrics, but they've all been produced well in the past anyway. Who's the lyricist and music writer this time? The Wmmvrrvrrmm Place ! The art and writings of Dominic (wmmvrrvrrmm) Kulcsar The Velvet Belly Page An unofficial fansite dedicated to the Norwegian band Velvet Belly ------------------------------ End of velvet-station-digest V3 #52 ***********************************