Chalkhills Digest Volume 1, Issue 387
Date: Sunday, 23 October 1994
Chalkhills Digest, Number 387
Sunday, 23 October 1994
Today's Topics:
Re: Thugs with Crowbars
bunnnnng
hook, hook, gaze in the brook...
covers, etc.
answers to 385, plus the covers game
Aussie Vinyl For Sale
New York Times Sunday Crossword
New Subscriber--Hi!
Jammin'
Some items for trade or sale
Re: Drums & Wireless
Lack of interest in XTC
Huom: Re: Introduction
Was their latest album "Efilkrap"?
CDCONNECTION.COM
Stranglers
Re: Chalkhills Digest #386
7 inch singles
Re: the covers game
howdy
RE: What is a hook.
Q98
Andy & The Residents
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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 9:28:14 PDT
From: John Relph <relph@presto.ig.com>
Subject: Re: Thugs with Crowbars
Steve Levenstein <70750.1117@compuserve.com> writes:
>
> It's an elaborate production for a 7-inch single (VS 490),
>and on the Bee side you get "Chain of Command", "Limelight", and
>"Over Rusty Water". Ahhh, those were the days... XTC has put out
>more neat singles then any other band, am I wrong?
I think I'd have to agree. From early on, starting with the _Life
Begins at the Hop_ single with clear sleeve printed with a record
player tone arm to play the clear single inside, to the package of
postcards on the _This World Over_ 7-incher, to the crown-shaped
package on the _King For a Day_ CD-3, XTC's singles are usually pretty
interesting. I love the _Making Plans for Nigel_ gameboard (a sick
variation of snakes and ladders -- that's chutes/slides and ladders
for us Yanks), the undressable sailor on the cover of the _All You
Pretty Girls_ single, the unfolding riches of the limited edition
_Senses Working Overtime_ 7-incher, and all the rest.
But it wouldn't mean a thing if the music weren't also great.
james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) asks:
>
>Heard a suggestion recently that the song Rook was based on Kit Williams's
>puzzle book Masquerade (the one where various people all over Britain went
>searching for a buried golden hare). Any truth in that? there is certainly
>a picture in that book of a (seemingly omniscient) rook flying over a
>town...
Now that's one I haven't heard! It's a great idea, but I think it's
coincidence. Andy had this to say in an interview on WFMU in June
1991 (courtesy of Woj):
Andy: Oh yeah. There's one called "Rook" that I had a great
difficulty finishing. It was a really blank period for me,
I had a bit of writer's block, I couldn't find these songs
anywhere, the muse had deserted me. And "Rook" fell out at
a very low point in my life. I couldn't actually finish the
demo, I kept bursting into tears. Almost a mixture of
gratitude -- I don't know to who, the muse -- a mixture of
gratitude and just the joy at finding (I'm trying to be
modest here, it's going to sound really pompous) the joy of
finding of what I consider to be a personal little musical
jewel. It's very austere and very empty sounding and I
think when we record it for real it will retain a similar
emptiness. I played it to Dave Gregory who stopped by one
afternoon for a cup of tea and I said look I've got a new
song and I played it to him and he said, `Yeah, it sounds
like Hoenniger with lyrics.' So I'm very proud of "Rook"
and I really want to get to grips with that.
JPRICE@TrentU.ca writes:
>
>I'll be waiting expectantly for my first subscription issue and to
>meeting all you other XTCers (do we have a name?).
No.
-- John
--
http://www.bio.net/~relph/jmr.html
------------------------------ From: Kevin Carhart <ukevc@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu> Subject: bunnnnng Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 11:45:24 -0700 (PDT) I like Bungalow! It's probably my favorite Colin song. Yeah, I think it keys in some memory of a vacation house. Kind of similar to the beach from Seagulls Screaming. I think XTC have gotten better over the years. If Rook seems like a decline just because it's slow and plaintive, try listening to Battery Brides a few times. Kevin
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 16:21:49 EDT From: pete <PDRESSL@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU> Subject: hook, hook, gaze in the brook... Well, I thought I knew what a hook was... until I read the myriad responses in the last digest. And, by the way, I like Rook, which is taking almost as much abuse as the Big Bungle lately. I think Rook is pretty. Finally, the suggestion that XTC "quit while they're ahead" floored me. Scandal! Treason! I certainly hope not! To me, XTC is still in the prime it hit with Drums and Wires...
------------------------------ From: mallard@uclink.berkeley.edu (Chong Hyun Byun) Subject: covers, etc. Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 15:35:11 -0700 (PDT) In the last issue of Chalkhills, Kevin Carhart suggested that Duran Duran cover "Mayor of Simpleton". My first response was "oy vey!". :) But I like the idea of They Might be Giants doing "Ladybird" (I think) in polka style. The thought of that cracks me up. With all this discussion of hooks, I have another musical question--what is a bridge? Regarding the "No Thugs in Our House" 45 with the neat packaging--I love that single! I have two copies of it. Just out of curiousity--how much did you all out there pay for yours? I paid $15 and $6.99. I found an interesting copy of Go2 in a record store in Berkeley. Instead of the usual black cover with the type, the cover was of the poster that was included in some copies of the record. I also saw a street vendor selling an "XTC" t-shirt--it had the chemical structure of the drug ecstasy on it and above that was printed "XTC". Another couple of questions: I must have missed something here, but what is this BBC vol. 2 CD that was mentioned in the last issue? Is this different from the Radio One Sessions CD that I've heard about? Thanks all. Christie Byun
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 11:56:01 +1300 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: answers to 385, plus the covers game M.J.Mooney@bradford.ac.uk (Mike Mooney)wrote: >Bowie's "Sorrow" was a cover of a single by (I think) The Merseybeats Nah, it was the Merseys (although they may be the same band that were once the Merseybeats... Someone (sorry, I forget who, but welcome to the list anyway..., was... >...wondering if somebody's willing to tell me their feelings on the new >>A.Partridge/Harold Budd collarboration album. This has all been covered in depth quite recently. Try archiving #360-375. And play some Eno on your show! BSHIPKIN@cornell-iowa.edu... >...was wondering if anyone could give me a hand with transcibing "Yacht Dance" >>for guitar. Phew! Good luck... I play by ear and have been trying to work that one out for years! If you ever work it out, drop me a datastring! >From: John Relph <chalkhills-request@chalkhills.org> >There are a few more charts in the archive. Goody! Thanks John. BTW - any Idea why I didn't get a copy of C/H 384? [ Transient mail failure, write for a free copy today! Sometimes mail just doesn't get through. -- John ] The covers game: umm... Iggy Pop - Life Begins at the Hop; Curve (or better still, Miranda Sex Garden) - Travels in Nihilon; John Cale - This world over; Peter Gabriel (early style, not recent) - Deliver us from the Elements; Midnight Oil - Ball and Chain (okay, it would be DIFFERENT); David Byrne - Snowman. I agree that Costello should do Another Satellite. ...How about Dylan doing All along the Watchtower? ;-))) James James Dignan, Department of Psychology, University of Otago. Ya jivu v' 50 Norfolk St., St. Clair, Dunedin, New Zealand pixelphone james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz steam megaphone NZ 03-455-7807 * You talk to me as if from a distance * and I reply with impressions chosen from another time, time, time, * from another time (Brian Eno)
------------------------------ Date: 20 Oct 1994 09:49:06 U From: "Denis Bowler" <Denis_Bowler@magellan.erin.gov.au> Subject: Aussie Vinyl For Sale REGARDING Aussie Vinyl For Sale I have a few of XTC's early Australian singles for sale. If anyone is interested please email me directly. Regards, Denis. <denis_bowler@magellan.erin.gov.au>
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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 19:58:47 PDT
From: John Relph <relph@presto.ig.com>
Subject: New York Times Sunday Crossword
Jennie and I were doing last weekend's X-word and lo and behold, 62
Across is "Rock group with a blissful-sounding name". The answer?
"XTC"
They must be famous now.
-- John
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 23:00:30 EDT From: Melissa <MREAVES@KENTVM.KENT.EDU> Subject: New Subscriber--Hi! Hi! I'm new. This is my hello-here-is-what-I-know posting. I've been a fan since I first heard "Generals & Majors" on the radio in 8th grade. I just love the music, the lyrics, the lyrics, the songs, the lyrics, the music and everything. Popping those tapes in the deck is an instant mood-lifter. And I love analyzing everything from the meanings of the lyrics to the dynamics of the band. Looking forward to reading more about them. I have the biography and all the albums (but only on cassette, so I'm still missing lots of songs) and I heard about this newsletter from an internet directory. Bring on the news!! I've been up with the larks, I've been shooting off sparks-- --Melissa
------------------------------ From: RoyalEd@aol.com Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 23:40:48 -0400 Subject: Jammin' Well, first thing is hello, of course, though I'll keep it brief...I am Ian P Murphy and live in New York City. I hooked up with XTC (which I pronounce as an acronym, not a bliss) my first week in college working at the radio station and, suffice to say, am not satisfied with one album (albeit an excellent one, and usually double length) every two or three years. But on to the text... >I still hope that someday Mr. Partridge will come to terms with his fear >of live performances. The band already has an unusually deep connection >with its audience, and being unable to appreciate the live >musicianship is a true shame. Maybe they should tour small clubs with >the Police again. For once, I have to disagree. When the Beatles finally decided there was more to life than being Fab, a retirement from the road was essential to their maturity. I grant you that the rationale here is different (personal rather than democratic) but the essence is the same. The things I treasure most about sophisticated, multilayered works like *Oranges and Lemons* and *Mummer* (or *Magical Mystery Tour* and *Revolver*) are the precision and care of the craft, not any raw kick that could be feasibly reproduced at a sweaty club on the lower East Side. The ROIR tape, I think, highlights this: live, even with the energetic electric guitar tunes that the band was touting around the time of *Black Sea,* they kicked up as good a fuss as any other New Wave shouters, but it's a wholly different phenomenon from the kind of transcendence that they reach on studio works. It's a helpful coincidence that "Travels In Nihilon" occupies the same place that "Tomorrow Never Knows" did (last song on the last album before calling touring to a halt) : like it or not (and I know plenty who don't), it's an exploration of sounds that are adventurous, and have little to do with 1-2-3-4 intros or slam-bang finishes. The fact is that the advent of recorded sound, allowed to be retouched until perfect and replayable at the listener's chosen volume and locale, was the first bona fide revolution in music for nearly a millenium. More than anything else, it actually changed the way we hear. Precious few pop acts take advantage of that dichotomy (those that have include our friends here, the aforementioned Silver Beetles, David Bowie, Public Enemy, Brian Eno...); "Garden of Earthly Delights" is a something that goes above and beyond a "recording" of a "band." Sorry to blather on, but, hey, it's rainy. Ian
------------------------------ Date: 19 Oct 1994 22:20:12 GMT From: Joe_Jarrett@nynet.nybe.north-york.on.ca (Joe Jarrett) Organization: North York Board of Education Subject: Some items for trade or sale I have some XTC items available for sale or trade. The Japanese 12" Live and More; The Colonel 7"; The Canadian 7" of Love At First Sight with the 3 live B-sides; a pack of Nonsuch playing cards; plus many other items if interested please contact me at the above address. Send me your want list, as I have or can sometimes find other items. By the way I just got the BBC radio sessions CD called Drums and Wireless and it is excellent, a great mix of styles to really illustrate the talents and imagination of the band. All the best.
------------------------------ From: RoyalEd@aol.com Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 04:36:30 -0400 Subject: Re: Drums & Wireless >I've just bought the XTC radio sessions CD >Here is a complete track listing Eerk! Alarmed US listener needs details! Is this merely a repackaging or (as I might guess due to the odd track listing) - dare I hope - acoustic 'live-in-studio' retreads of familiar territory? That's my presumption, I'm afraid, looking at the common acoustic guitar base of a lot of the songs (as well as the similarity in set lists between this and the US radio station tour). Are we going to have to pay import prices (as we will) or am I just another victim of Virgin's nonpromotion stateside? (More importantly - how will I stand beside my earlier defense of the band not playing live if I pay 25 dollars for just that?)
------------------------------ From: BSHIPKIN@cornell-iowa.edu Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 8:20:18 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Lack of interest in XTC Hello people. Here is something quite distressing: have you ever been talking to someone at a party, or in a class, et. al., and you mention XTC, and they look at you like, "Who is THE hell is XTC?" WHAT?!? WHO IS XTC!?! WHO ARE THE BEATLES?!?! For some reason, they have never ascended the great ladder of mainstream success (at least in this country.) With great tunes and beautiful chords and hit-you-in-the-face lyrics, who wouldn't know of and consequently adore this band? I don't understand the music-buying/listening publuc sometimes. It's very frustrating for someone for whom music is his life. Regardless of me, I'd appreciate some insight into the reasons for the general major ignorance (sorry, bad play on well, you know). Later. Chalk chalk chalk silly, Brian
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 18:48:17 +0200 From: mjacobs@levi.urova.fi (Jacobs Michael) Subject: Huom: Re: Introduction To XTC fans this world over, My younger bother saved my life one day by forcing me to sit through Roads Girdle The Globe at full volume. My Barry Manilow collection spontaneously exploded. And that was that. I'm involved with the photographic arts and teach them at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland. I recommend you try to find it on your map. XTC has been my darkroom music of choice since 1979 and I am trying to pass that onto my students with some success I might add. Thanks, Michael Marnin Jacobs
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 12:46:26 EDT From: patty@gdb.org (Patty Haley) Subject: Was their latest album "Efilkrap"? Brian Swanson sez: > By the way, and sorry if this is old (k)news, but is everyone here familiar > with Doctor and the Medics? For the most part a rather terrible I.R.S. > records acts (Miles Copeland once again looking for a gimmick). One > noteworthy item about them is that there is a 12" single I have, produced by > our Dear Mr. Partridge. If memory serves me well, it's a cover of "Spirit in > the Sky". This song, fyi, went to #1 in England in the mid-80's, my guess is 1984 or so. Does anyone know how our lad Andrew got involved. Is this band from Swindon? I remember my college radio station did an interview over the phone with the singer, and he seemed very nice and down-to-earth, but I'm sure I would've remembered a mention of Andy/XTC had it come up in the interview. John Pidgeon asks: > Does anyone else like "Bungalow"? Ah, it's the pidgeon/bungalow connection... Personally, this is one house I have to torch. If I ever get to meet Colin, I will have to ask him just what "possessed" him to write this one. Wes Wilson confides: > By the way, over the weekend I sent away for the XTC BBC Vol Two, > a mere $22.45. Is there any crossover between the two BBC discs and the CD with the 1980 radio concert on it? Are these the equivalent of Peel Sessions? > P.S. Psssst! If any fans of the band, uh..."Rulb" (yeah, that's the ticket!) Pretty funny, Wes. I just really hate Nrebla Nomad's voice... Joe Odukoya brags: > I've just bought the XTC radio sessions CD > Here is a complete track listing [snip] OK, what's the diff between this disc and the ones Wes mentions above? I'm assuming these are BBC radio sessions. And Peter Dresslar notes: > First of all, forgive me for posting again, and second of all, forgive > me if this is a long dead and forgotten issue, but... > > Has anyone noticed that the back cover of their _Black Sea_ CD lists > play lengths for all the songs except Travels in Nihilon? Kinda strange, > as you would think someone would have noticed, since it looks so > unbalanced. Although it did take me a year to notice myself... > > For the sake of clarity: my copy is the 1987 US re-release (I think). > "Uni Distribution Corp. (c) 1987 Virgin Records..." GEFD-24376 > > Hardly important, I know, but what the hey... :-) pete I mentioned this bit o' trivia back in #365, Pete, and as you may have guessed, nobody commented. Either it's a booboo on Virgin's part, or they just want to make sure that we keep having questions to ask regularly here at Chalkhills. "Travels in Nihilon" is one of my favorite XTC songs. Like the album "Mummer," I didn't like it too much at first, but now I love it.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 16:32:54 -0500 From: st3cr@jetson.uh.edu (C. Aaron Lowe) Subject: CDCONNECTION.COM I just wanted to make everyone aware of something that's available to all of us, and which I would particularly recommend to anyone and everyone to at least take a look at. CD Connection is an online catalog of CD's. Just telnet to cdconnection.com. They have an utterly vast selection of imports and hard-to-find CD's, along with those mainstream, major releases. You can search the database by the artist's name, search for song titles, by album title, or several other ways. CD Connection works with many distributors and CD warehouses and pass along the lowest values they can find (well, of course, AFTER their profit mark-up) to the buyer. I would stress that I'm in no way affiliated with CD Connection, except as a satisfied customer. I recently ordered/received two import Robyn Hitchcock CD's -- hard-to-find gems -- and paid only about $13 each for them! The prices really are good. The selection of imports is limited, but the prices are great. Most of their CD's ARE domestic. For those serious collectors, I would also recommend cdeurope.com, which sells exclusively imports. These are typically more pricy -- since they're not getting them from warehouses in the US but directly from overseas -- but there are some rather unique finds. I haven't checked for awhile -- and the inventories of both cdeurope and cdconnection change constantly, so if someone goes on and notices something interesting with bandwidth appropriateness, please pass that information along to the list so that we all know about those CD's being available. Thanks for your time. Aaron **************************** @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ * C. Aaron Lowe | "O baby I waited @ * "Waiting for the Great | So long for your kiss, @ * Leap Forwards" | For something to happen, @ * st3cr@jetson.uh.edu | Oh something like this" --Leonard Cohen @ **************************** @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
------------------------------ Date: 21 Oct 94 02:36:33 EDT From: Pamela Moore <72470.1445@compuserve.com> Subject: Stranglers Jeffery Langr asks: >>Anyone belong to the SIS? >>PS -- I stopped listening to the Stranglers a while ago after "10" came >>out. I know they came out with another album after that, but was it any >>good? I used to belong to the SIS. I failed to notify them when I moved and didn't see any issues of Strangled after the one announcing Hugh Cornwell quit. A deeply weird publication, but in a good way, and a LOT less embarassing to read than LE (which, come to think of it, I also let lapse when moving west). I hear an early issue of Strangled has an interview with XTC. Does anybody have this? I'd love a photocopy. I lost interest in the band when Hugh quit, and never felt motivated to buy the next album. I did see them play once after that album tho, and the new guys they got to replace Hugh were quite good. I really enjoyed the show, but still didn't feel like buying. I did feel bad for them tho--why do they bother touring the States if they're only going to get to play dumpy little places for a couple hundred people? Does anyone know what Hugh is up to now? Back to XTC, if only briefly: XTC Lemon (ignoring Barry Andrews): Big Day or Bungalow YES, I like Colin's stuff generally, but can't get over these. Fave: Extrovert. Now, another day I might have said something different, but I REALLY like this one, and I'm a bit surprised I haven't seen anyone else mention it in this poll. Sort of the last great Andy wailing song. Everybody else discovered Dear God on the B-side of their Grass 12 inch, but at my house we only played it for Extrovert! Now my other-band question: Does anybody know what Howard Devoto (of Buzzcocks, Magazine & Luxuria) is doing now? (Anything? Please?) Sorry to the folks who don't like other-band chatter, but if XTC are only going to record once every three years, we've got to find something to talk about! Pam Moore / Seattle, WA
------------------------------ From: MarkV20@aol.com Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 10:25:08 -0400 Subject: Re: Chalkhills Digest #386 I've been "listening" in for a few months now and have really enjoyed seeing so much being discussed about one of my favorite groups. You are all (well, most of you at least) much more into the band than I am, although I have tried to learn more and more. My into to the band (the reason for this post) was a tape of Black Sea from my sister (she's more progressive than me) one Christmas. I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but took it along with me to Okinawa, Japan, when I joined the Navy. Some of my fondest memories of being in the military is driving around the flightline on Kadena Air Base with the sun setting on the South China Sea, the salt air stinging my nostrils (and contributing to the rust on my 1977 $450 Toyota Carina) with Mahors and Generals blaring. It was kind of a protest against the military structure I was beginning to grow tired of at that point in my hitch. I was so excited to find the band was much deeper than one albumn (which most of my favorite bands seemed to have dies after putting out). I've kept up with them since, buying older works, the new releases when they comes out (I now provide my sister with tapes of their disks -- I know the copyright thing, sorry but I can't help but spread their music every chance I get). I read about the possibilities of a new disk and can't wait to hear what the boys have been up to. Keep us posted ... (IMHO -- while they're no XTC or even sound like them, The Ocean Blue has caught my ear lately. Anyone else hear of them?) MarkV20@aol.com
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Oct 94 13:36:40 EDT From: John_Pidgeon@eyenet.north.net (John Pidgeon) Subject: 7 inch singles I just finished reading Jeffrey Langr's letter about the art work in XTC and Stranglers singles. I don't have any XTC 7 " singles. The ones that have been discussed here sound mighty interesting. Just a quick note to Jeffrey (please don't flame me for wondering off topic) but I lost interest in the Stranglers after they released "10", the last album with Hugh Cornwall. I saw their tour for the next album. When they played the new stuff, it was kinda bad. When they played the old stuff, the crowd went wild but it was like watching some one do covers of the Stranglers. To bring this full circle and save my bum, does any know of any 'tribute' XTC bands? Here's an idea. They (the big record corporation) should release an album featuring "many of today's best known artists" doing XTC covers. Not very original I must admit. I sure hope Blur would be on it. John Pidgeon
------------------------------ From: DFerg@aol.com Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 15:12:45 -0400 Subject: Re: the covers game Kevin Carhart wrote: Who should cover XTC? I will put into this game... lets see.. (among other good examples:) > Swoon-era Prefab Sprout should cover that Playground Empire song > (you'll never da da da unless you do as you're told , you wouldn't understand > it being 14 years old....) > Lois should cover Let's Make a Den I would like to point out that to anyone new to this forum (and XTC music) you may have a hard time finding these songs on album and CD, as the first song is called Cleopatra and is on a special tape that was not available in record stores as a regular release. Andy P. put together special tapes such as Windowbox, and Jules Verne's Sketchbook, and Bull with the Golden Guts, that had outtakes, and demos and other rare "sketchy" versions of songs previously not released, for the XTC fan club Little Express. Information for joining this snail mail club can be found in the liner notes for Skylarking. Or you can e-mail me and get more information about trading for dubs of these titles, often donated to me from other great subscribers to Chalkhills who are saying,"Geez, I gave him that!" dferg @aol.com (I may *send* mail through other gateways, but receive it on AOL;) Dave
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From: KDUKE@UBmail.ubalt.edu
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 19:15:57 -0500 (EST)
Subject: howdy
just got my first chalkhills and just wanted to say hello
(i'll keep it short). i'm a grad student in baltimore, long
time fan ('82ish), and wish to stand up for colin and
bungalow (then again i like rook too.) looking forward to
communicating with all of you. Also, specials thanks to
pat (pjl2@lehigh.edu) for letting me in on chalkhills!
kirk
p.s. re: good singles/eps to buy; i reccomend mayor of
simpleton 3"cd which has ella guru (capt. beefheart cover),
haunted heart (andy demo) and good things (colin demo).
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From: JohnL16506@aol.com
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 13:56:51 -0400
Subject: RE: What is a hook.
In Chalkhills 385, Greg Langmead <gcl@math.sunysb.edu> writes,
>What is a "hook"? This is a term I'd like to be able to use. It seems
>handy. Is it a technical musical term?
Uh, actually, I would guess the term means a few different things, but
usually it refers to some melodic part of a song that tends to define the
said song. Or maybe not.
Someone could say that the opening guitar part of the Rolling Stones'
"Satisfaction" is a "great hook". Same could be said of about a thousand
Beatles songs, or our own XTC. Actually, a good example of a guitar hook,
one that just came to mind, is the beginning of "Generals and Majors".
There you go. I'm sure I've confused the issue beyond recognition.
John
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 00:50:29 +0100 From: marin@ccr.jussieu.fr (Emmanuel MARIN) Subject: Q98 Sorry if it has already been written here before [i don't follow Chalhills as well as before..].. XTC is in the free tape sold with UK muscial magazine 'Q', issue 98 (this month) : "Living in the '80s". The track is "Senses Working Overtime", taken from the Compact XTC- The Singles... "Riding cheerily on the coattails of punk, laden with irony, quirkiness and top notch songs, XTC are certainly the best band to hail from Swindon. Senses Working Overtimes is their biggest hit and it's about that oh-so- familiar rush of new love. It remains Andy Partridge's finest moment in a career littered with rather fine moments." (P.3) Emmanuel Marin marin@ccr.jussieu.fr
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Oct 94 18:53:01 +0100 From: Balazs Brena <KANTOR@URSUS.BKE.HU> Subject: Andy & The Residents Hello everybody on this Chalkhills list! On Sun, 25 Sep 1994 Jerry Kranitz wrote on the subject 'Mr Partridge-"Take Away"' >Are most of you familiar with this record? The music is pretty wild. A >lot of it is very experimental. Some of the tunes, I would say, are >clearly influenced by Andy's experience with the Residents. Is this true? Do you really KNOW what experience did Andy have with those weirdoes the Residents? I mean I have heard rumors that Andy played on "Commercial Album" but these were just vague statements, not facts -:( So, does anyone know exactly what kind of collaboraton did Andy have with the Residents? One more slightly off-topic question: does anyone know what happened to the Residents mailing list? I believe the 'adolph-a-carrot-request@andrew.cmu.edu' address is the one Residents fans should write to, but all my efforts have been turned down by the mailers which replied 'no such address' and all the stylistic variations on that theme... Csam Keo (Balazs Brena) from Hungary "I am simple you are simple life is simple too"
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