Chalkhills Digest Volume 5, Issue 174
Date: Wednesday, 14 April 1999
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 5, Number 174
Wednesday, 14 April 1999
Today's Topics:
XTC and Maserati ? Anbody love me ?
Vote for XTC
Mix my Bag
Re: Least Favourite
An Enchanted Neighborhood
waspies
Dad's a Judge (was "smalls")
are you embarrassed easily?
Andy phoned up Seattle
rightbackatcha
Sherwood the Amazing
I throw down the gauntlet!
More on Gilligan
Easter Theatre
Personal Musical Confession
Smile vs. Pepper
a witness for the defense.
favourites
Re: Pictures At An Exhibition
worst songs
ridiculous once again
Meatloafing
Re: Yes, you heard me...
WASP
Your Dictionary in Los Angeles.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <003001be85b6$c93cce20$7b5791d2@johnboud> From: "John Boudreau" <aso1@mocha.ocn.ne.jp> Subject: XTC and Maserati ? Anbody love me ? Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 22:53:01 +0900 Somebody wrote : >6 albums that have had a profound impact on me: > >Mike Oldfield : Tubular Bells I and II >XTC : English Settlement >The Smiths : The Queen is Dead >Robyn Hitchcock : Globe of Frogs >Suzanne Vega : Days of Open Hand Queenie replied : >I just read this list, and...whoever you are...I think I love you! You >even have the Soft Boys! But I think I prefer "Eye" and "Queen Elvis" over >"Globe of Frogs." Here are 6 albums that had a profound impact on me : Jimi Hendrix Experience : Are You Experienced Fairport Convention : Full House King Crimson : In The Court Of The Crimson King Joy Division : Unknown Pleasures XTC : Drums and Wires Weather Report : Mysterious Traveller Anybody ( sorry - ladies only ! ) out there think they love ME ? Also ... A friend in Tokyo e-mailed that he heard a song from AV1 used in a " Maserati or Ferrari commercial " . Now - I doubt that either of these companies advertises on Japanese TV . It was probably a Porsche or BMW ad . Anyway , anybody else see or hear this ? What song and what car ? Couldn't have been ROO !!! Frivolously yours , John in Japan
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Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990413101648.009bb930@smtpgw.ametsoc.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:16:48 -0400
From: David Gershman <dgershmn@ametsoc.org>
Subject: Vote for XTC
Hi all,
Assuming this appears in a digest *soon*, take a trip over to:
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/index.html/ms/bmp_99_ballot/
by Apr. 15 and write in your votes for XTC! This is a pretty big deal here
in Boston, and the results end up prominently in a future issue of the
Boston Phoenix.
Most of the write-in answers are obvious ("XTC"; "Apple Venus"), but as for
Song of the Year, we might have a variety of answers put in there,
splitting the vote. For the record, I said "Easter Theatre," so if you
think that's worthy, maybe we should focus on that. Who knows, maybe there
won't be enough consensus on anything else, and XTC will take the day!
(Wishful thinking, I realize, but hey, what the heck...)
By the way, unrelatedly, I assume some of you have heard "Freak of the
Week," by Marvelous 3? I've heard it get some critical acclaim, but it
seems to me that all they've done is steal the intro to "Mayor of
Simpleton" (almost note for note) and the melody of the Byrds' "So You Want
to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" for the verse and sing it like Elvis Costello
(and inexplicably add a John Waite-like chorus). A bit too blatant for my
tastes...
Go vote!
Dave Gershman
------------------------------ Message-Id: <4782AD6ADDBDD2119B570008C75DD5C1022042@MGMTM02> From: Lawson Dominic <LawsonD@parliament.uk> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:05:58 +0100 Subject: Mix my Bag Right, first of all..... >> no sexy signature, but a certain smugness that Charlton (the team my company sponsors) inflicted such a damaging blow to West Ham's UEFAhopes. It will make relegation all the easier to bear. Be as smug as you like mate! It's made absolutely no difference to our UEFA hopes. Even if we come fifth, WE WILL NOT QUALIFY, and there's virtually no chance of us coming fourth. Mind you, being a Charlton pseudo-fan you probably need these tiny victories to keep your sanity... >> I loved reading that other people need to "take their time" to understand XTC's albums, to like the songs. Firstly, while I can appreciate that it takes a few listens to inwardly digest a new, or even old, XTC album, the suggestion that there is ever anything impenetrable and/or difficult about the records is ludicrous. XTC have always been purveyors of pop immediacy, from "Science Friction" through to "Easter Theatre". If it's taking a long time to get your head round an XTC record, there's something wrong with your head! Re: Power Pop Well it's always nice to have one's fears confirmed. I once considered a career in music journalism, but soon decided that such a creatively flaccid and dishonest medium was probably best left alone. My feelings are not helped by terms like "power pop" (which seems to mean "any band that sounded a bit like Cheap Trick, er, no, Big Star, er, no, The Motors....at the end of the 70s....or possibly.....new wave? Nope, it's totally different......er, or not...........AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!"). Thanks to anyone - especially Tyler - who took the time to explain (and I do understand really - I've even heard of Bram Tchaikovsky!). How about "Crazy Horse wannabe's" as a quicker explanation? That would certainly save time (and any further references to The Knack - I could, and probably will, weep buckets....) and makes a bit more sense, once the myriad descriptions of this elusive genre are neatly condensed.... .....and talking of something completely different..... 1. Least favourite moment on Apple Venus1: Probably the lyrics to "Frivolous Tonight" - just a tad too lazy for my liking. It might seem awfully quaint and endearing to non-Brits, but it's a pretty flimsy premise for a song. 2. Least favourite XTC song: "My Weapon" - if you can really call it an XTC song (and yes, I know you can...) - or that goddawful Xmas song. 3. Artist most people seem to think is pretty naff, but you actually quite enjoy: Iron Maiden, Haircut 100, Marillion etc etc etc 4. Worst Beatles song: Don't Look Back In Anger 5 Songs that should have been strangled at birth: Sussudio (Philk Ollins) Ironic (Alanus Morrissette) The Living Years (Mike & The Mechanics - **** OFF!!!!!) Children Say (Level 42) .....the list is tragically endless...... 6. Extremely popular artists that you can't see what all the fuss is about: 99% of them. Especially Oasis and Hootile & The Blowhards. 7. Musician you'd like to kick hard: 99% of them. Lazy, good-for-nuthin' soap-dodgers - the lot of 'em. Oh, and Mike Lindup (ex-Level 42). 8. Whackiest Title for a song: Firstly, whoever said "Knights In Shining Karma" really needs to get out more. Having wacked and zaned with the best of them, I think this is pretty untoppable.... "And Lo, When The Imperium Marches Against Gul-Kothoth, Then Dark Sorceries Shall Enshroud The Citadel Of The Obsidian Crown" by Bal-Sagoth (well, who else?)... 9. Most Unpleasant Musical Experience: Being emotionally stable to the point where my biggest regret from childhood is not ever having been interfered with by a close relative, I can honestly say I have never had a truly unpleasant musical experience (apart from the obvious things like hearing Phil Collins singing, Level 42's backing vocals, Seal etc). I wet myself on stage once though, which was nice. Finally, I attempted to complete a tape of AV1 for a friend at the weekend, and decided to try and put one track from each of the other XTC (studio) albums as a very-nearly-exciting prequel to the new album's melodic delights. What a fucking nightmare! Well, what would you choose (and playing time is not really an issue, although I did notice that the only practical way to fit AV1 onto a 90 minute tape is to put ROO as the last track on Side A and the rest on Side B...)??? Dom.
------------------------------ From: CCooli9575@aol.com Message-ID: <c9bd9a14.24448046@aol.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 07:11:02 EDT Subject: Re: Least Favourite >All of this talk about best and worst records has got me thinking. Here's >some fun categories to ponder (with my own personal answers) : >Least favourite moment on Apple Venus1: The squiggly synth sounds on "Fruit Nut." Almost, but not quite, ruins the song for me. >Least Fav XTC song: Here comes President Kill Again I agree. >Artist most people seem to think is pretty naff, but you actually quite >enjoy: >John Denver Whoa, I wouldn't go that far. I'd go with Duran Duran, though; I dislike their most successful album(Seven And The Ragged Tiger)intensely, but I found Rio to be quite well-written for a teen idol band. Then when their fans grew up and moved on, they actually started making some interesting music, especially their most recent album which is quite adventurous musically and makes only a token attempt at being commercial on two or three songs. Simon LeBon is still a horse's ass though. Worst Beatles song: Besame Mucho(on Anthology #1) >Songs that should have been strangled at birth: "Sometimes When We Touch," Dan Hill. No contest, though "Seasons In The Sun" comes damn close. Hill's oh-so-sensitive gravelly voice clinches it though. >Extremely popular artists that you can't see what all the fuss is about: Sting, Michael Stipe >Musician you'd like to kick hard: Jewel >Whackiest Title for a song: Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee-Captain Beefheart >Most Unpleasant Musical Experience: I was training as a substitute on somebody's rural paper route a few years ago; as the owner of the route was training me, for the whole two hours of the trip every morning for the whole week he played the same cassette single in his tape deck over and over again, he'd just let it repeat and he didn't seem to have any others. It was "I'll See You In Your Dreams" by Giant, an awful hard rock band from the early 90's who made one album and disappeared. I never want to hear that song again, or the equally dreadful song on the flipside. The guy wasn't a very nice person either, he seemed like someone who'd beat his wife when he wasn't ignoring her. We went through the whole week without exchanging a word unless he had something to say about the route. Chris Chris
------------------------------ From: Comicpub@aol.com Message-ID: <5356675d.2444c7ea@aol.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:16:42 EDT Subject: An Enchanted Neighborhood With R.iver O.f O.rchids in mind,Here is a list of upcomimg XTC song Titles: K.nights A.t N.ight G.row A.zaelas E.mily E.dwards Y.ellow O.utstanding R.oses E.mporium P.oppies I.n G.lasses L.ook E.erie T.onight T.ulips I. G.rew G.ot E.arings R.achel? R.adishes A.nd B.eets B.eat I.ntense T.urnips O.swald W.aters L.illies and of course my favorite: P.etunias O.ver O.livia's H.iney (Which I'm not sure, Maybe a Love Song!) Take Care Dan"Who really hates that Freakin' GROUND HOG and secretly wishes THE MOLE FROM THE MINISTRY would beat the "hell" out of him!" R. comicpub@aol.com
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199904131955.UAA09462@mailhost.dircon.co.uk> Subject: waspies Date: Tue, 13 Apr 99 21:01:43 +0100 From: John Morrish <morrish@dircon.co.uk> Re: Waspies Sorry to disappoint all those who think "waspies" are something to do with White Anglo-Saxon Protestantism, but the answer is a bit more er, Partridge-esque. Here's what the Oxford English Dictionary has to say: waspie [f. wasp n.1 + -ie.] A ladies' corset designed to make the waist appear very small; a belt of similar design. The idea is that the corset gives the wearer a narrow waist resembling that of a wasp. First recorded in 1957 but now extremely rare, I would say. John Morrish
------------------------------ Message-ID: <3713A175.14A7D54A@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:56:37 -0400 From: Curtiss Hammock <curtiss@mindspring.com> Subject: Dad's a Judge (was "smalls") Mark Fisher wrote (of "No Thugs in our House") > Either way, it's a brilliant way of describing an identikit suburban family > (spoiled for narrative reasons, I have to admit, when dad turns out to be a > judge, hardly a run-of-the-mill occupation). It manages to suggest ordinary > back-garden life at the same time as being disturbingly surreal. Imagine if > your next-door neighbour was "insect headed". Perhaps I've misinterpretted this, but I've always thought that the song was referring to the *woman's* father, or Graham's grandfather. The lyrics are kind of ambiguous, but it works out better for me that way. Curtiss
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Apr 99 16:07:03 EDT From: Jeff Rosedale <rosedale@columbia.edu> Subject: are you embarrassed easily? Message-ID: <CMM.0.90.4.924034023.rosedale@ciao> Embarrassing? Two words. Muskrat Love. Sorry, but I don't think anything else comes close. Including such low blows as A Fifth of Beethoven, which I bought (cringe) as an adolescent, or Linda Rhondstat's last note on "Blue Bayou", for which the only known antidote is playing "The Rotary" simultaneously at top volume. --Jeff
------------------------------ Message-ID: <204640794C39D211A21700805FA735211AA2A5@ahqex1.rei.com> From: Steve Sims <ssims@rei.com> Subject: Andy phoned up Seattle Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 13:15:59 -0700 I was able to listen to AP's interview with KMTT in Seattle this morning. Nothing earthshaking to report. However, he did use a phrase that I may be adding to my Big Book Of Insults. When told of an Edmonton, Alberta columnist who thought the name "Apple Venus" was an homage to Apple Studios and McCarty's "Venus & Mars", AP responded with "they shouldn't be mating with animals." Oh, and they followed up the interview by playing 'Fruit Nut", of all things. I have declared my house a "Greenman"-free zone for the week. All day Saturday my 8-yr-old and her friend worked on a Celtic/Mark Morris-type dance routine to the song. It got played at least 30 times. But the topper was Sunday. We took the kids on a hike, and they were able to sing every word, a capella, over and over and over... I tried to request 'Funk Pop A Roll", to no avail. -Steve (who can't listen to "Fruit Nut" ever since the misheard-lyric thread produced "spraying my butt")
------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990413210134.4788.rocketmail@web803.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 14:01:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Desmond <c_desmond@yahoo.com> Subject: rightbackatcha Harrison sherwooded: >But Chris' one-liner was not _nothing_. It was in fact a deliberately >hurtful and rude comment directed at John Gardner, someone who had taken >quite a lot of time and effort to post something informative and >positive. Chris deemed himself free to blow raspberries at someone making a >good-faith effort to contribute--without himself ever having posted a >single word, positive or otherwise. I don't know about you, but I think >this is is pretty crappy behavior. Okay, Harrison, sure. Whatever. Ha! But seriously, I don't need you telling me who I can or can't criticize. Obviously, if I'd said the same thing even with a long history of posting, it would have been even worse because you'd be expecting so much more from me in the way of critique. As it was, however well-intended the musical lesson post may have been, I found it tedious. And I felt like saying so. Sorry it didn't suit you. I AM free to blow raspberries at whomever I'd like to, regardless of my posting status. Don't you worry, Harry...I'll have plenty to say soon enough, now that I've begun my maiden voyage into the 'hills... Chris
------------------------------ Message-Id: <s7136dda.005@OAG.STATE.TX.US> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 16:16:10 -0600 From: "Steve Oleson" <Steve.Oleson@OAG.STATE.TX.US> Subject: Sherwood the Amazing Thanks for the Partridge/Burgess link explication! I never thought that there might actually be such solid ties between them. Of course, only Mr Sherwood would have found them. Droog Oleson
------------------------------ Message-Id: <s713715a.026@OAG.STATE.TX.US> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 16:30:48 -0600 From: "Steve Oleson" <Steve.Oleson@OAG.STATE.TX.US> Subject: I throw down the gauntlet! OK, Mr Smartyknickers Sherwood! Find a link between XTC and H. P. Lovecraft! Cthullu Lives!
------------------------------ From: "STEVE PERLEY" <steveandlauren@grolen.com> Subject: More on Gilligan Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:19:42 -0400 Message-ID: <01be85fb$bac65c40$106140d8@steveandlauren.grolen.com> >The "Gilligan's Island" theme comes to mind! >(By the time the line "The weather started >getting rough..." comes around, I'm hooked!!!) >Note that it is possible to sing these lyrics to the tune of >"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". Cracks me up every time. One of my old bands discovered several years ago that The Ballad of Gilligan's Island also happens to go very nicely with the music from The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. We called it (of course) The Wreck of the SS Minnow... Steve
------------------------------ Message-ID: <000e01be85fb$5e4c5960$ab5e0b3f@unlpm> From: "Jamie Lowe" <jamielowe@email.msn.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:16:31 -0500 Subject: Easter Theatre Dear Chalkies, I just received my copy of the Easter Theater single (UK Import) from SirenCd.com and it is really a treat. There are two versions of the song and then twenty plus minutes of AP explaining the song and singing bits and pieces. It is an audio version of song stories. The CD jacket also has the lyrics. And while I am on the Song Stories subject. I recently revisited The Big Express playing it over and over again in my Car and The song that had my attention the most was "I Bought Myself a Liar Bird". Unfortunately, when I returned to SS to read all about I was disappointed to discover the band was unable to discuss it due to a legal entanglement/arrangement? with their former management. If any erudite Chalkhillians can shed some light on this mystery I would greatly appreciate it. jamielowe@msn.comn Thanks. Jamie "The trouble with a lot of songs nowadays is that somebody forgot to set them to music". S. Cahn
------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990413224039.10151.rocketmail@web107.yahoomail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:40:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt@yahoo.com> Subject: Personal Musical Confession Thank you, Duncan Kimball for your hilarious post in #172. I checked out the Angel cover and started laughung out loud. When I was a kid I thought their name was 'Angez' because of their stupid logo! Anyways, here's a few of my answers to these musical questions: EEEUUUUURRGH!, or THE MOST AWFUL ALBUM COVER IN HISTORY any Journey cover ALBUM I'M MOST EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT THAT I BOUGHT: Klaatu (had to make sure for myself that they were'nt the Beatles) MOST BLUSH-MAKING PERSONAL MUSCIAL CONFESSIONS: My first ever concert was going to see Seals and Crofts when I was 13. I have also seen Neil Diamond live. Oh, and Air Supply (didnt pay for that one. went for free to laugh, but it was WAY beyond laughter-really pathetic). WORST MUSICAL EXPERIENCE: I have a record of Don Ho singing These Boots are Made For Walking. enough said. GREATEST CONCERT EVER: Tom Waits in Ann Arbor (forget the date, it was after Frank's Wild Years) Stray Cats, Ann Arbor, 1981. This was before they had fame, or even an American record contract. they played a small club, and kicked ass for over 3 hours. WORST CONCERT EVER: besides the ones mentioned above (in the blush-making catagory), the worst was Psychodelic Furs. They gave the most lifeless, uninspired show I have ever seen. Opening act was the Blow Monkeys (remember them?) who came out in barbershop quartet outfits and sucked horribly, but afterwards we realized that they were much better than the Furs. "YOU KNUCKLEHEAD!" - CLASSIC CONCERTS I COULD HAVE GONE TO, BUT DIDN'T: - XTC had tickets (good ones) to see them during the English Settlment tour, but we all know what happened. the Jam Alice Cooper-welcome to my nightmare era Elvis Costello's Blood and Chocolate tour FAVORITE (NOT BEST) ROCK FILM: the Decline of Western Civilization.-the interview with Darby Crash's girlfriend about the dead painter alone makes this worth seeing. WORST ROCK FILM Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band PERFORMERS MOST DESERVING OF A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH: - Celine Dion -Oasis FIVE MOST OVERRATED ACTS IN HISTORY: 1. AC/DC 2. The Grateful Dead 3. Lou Reed's solo work 4. The Rolling Stones (after Exile on Main St.) 5. Jefferson Airplane/Starship UTTERLY CRAP BAND I'M PROUD TO SAY I NEVER LIKED: - any '80's hair metal band
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:13:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Whitman <bwhitman@WPI.EDU> Subject: Smile vs. Pepper Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9904132007360.18349-100000@wpi.WPI.EDU> I dono, I just listened to Sgt. Pepper back to back with my CD-R copy of the songs that were supposed to be on "Smile" from that web site (I *love* technology!!) and I must say, "Smile" slightly kicks it in the rear. I mean, "Surf's Up"? "Wonderful?" "Do You Like Worms?" Cripes. My Sgt. Pepper is the Sugarplastic's _Bang_. Or maybe Mr. Bungle's _Disco Volante_. Or _Skylarking_. Kinda peeved that XTC is continuing the song/explanation of song single cycle. For two reasons: 1) Don't want to see the magician reveal his technique. 2) Proverbs for Paranoids 54: "If they do it twice, they're doing it forever." And I _love_ b-sides! Brian Whitman - bwhitman@wpi.edu http://www.netspace.org/users/bwhitman
------------------------------ From: jsteich@mindspring.com Message-ID: <001601be860e$fbb28f40$28c7f7a5@funtosplamisham> Subject: a witness for the defense. Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:37:31 -0400 >Artist most people seem to think is pretty naff, but you actually quite >enjoy: >Roxy Music. Can I get a witness? i am willing to testify! roxy music was the cure to that wretched wretched early/mid 70's plague known as art rock! they made it funny again. and wrote better songs. and had eno (for the first few years). all in all making them a great proto-punk/tragicomic/arty, but not so arty/fun group. and things dont come better than that. at least not in theory. but they were a fine group. especially for your pleasure. xtc content... i cant find easter theater anywhere i go. thats america for you. dont have the money anyway. habits to support! jesse
------------------------------ Message-ID: <01BE85D3.A056F680.monkman@coastnet.com> From: Martin & Jamie Monkman <monkman@coastnet.com> Subject: favourites Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:32:11 -0700 I took the liberty of revising the list. 1a. Favourite XTC song: I don't have to pick, do I? 1b. Least favourite XTC song: easy--"My Weapon" 2a. Worst thing any Beatle ever did: "How Do You Sleep" 2b. Moot question: Did Linda really take the photo of the bugs on the back of Ram? 3. Song I like, and feel vaguely guilty about it: Bangles "Walking Down Your Street" 4. Song I like, but don't feel one bit guilty about liking: Charlie Rich "Behind Closed Doors" 5. Song I like that might never otherwise be mentioned on Chalkhills (other than #4): Walter Martin Cowart's "One Paper Kid" (as sung by Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson) 6. The greatest anti-war song of all time: Jimmy Webb "Galveston" (as sung by Glen Campbell) 7. Why Andrew Lloyd Webber's talents as a melodist are over-rated: he stole all the good ones 8. What is power pop: The Flaming Groovies "Shake Some Action" 9. Goofiest song written by an otherwise serious songwriter: Guy Clark "Homegrown Tomatoes" 10. Favorite classical composer: Charles Ives Martin Our homepage: http://www.coastnet.com/~monkman
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 01:35:17 -0500 Subject: Re: Pictures At An Exhibition From: "Brian Hancill" <brian.hancill@virgin.net> Message-Id: <19990414003252.RAVW22309.mta3-svc@[194.168.65.72]> > Artist that everyone thinks is naff but you actually quite enjoy : Emerson, > Lake & Palmer (especially Pictures At An Exhibition - maybe I should have > thrown that into the Ridiculous Songs thread). > Forgive my bragging, but I was there in Newcastle City Hall when ELP recorded Pictures At An Exhibition on March 26 1971. At the impressionable age of 14 it seemed to me to be the grandest noise I had heard in my life. Unfortunately, this was during a phase when I only wore my specs to see the blackboard at school, and I forgot them that night. So I didn't actually SEE a lot of the show -- just a colourful blur. Funnily enough, over the last few weeks I've been going back and listening to their music for the first time in 25 years, and I rather like it again, especially the first album. Regards from Brian
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From: Stroo@aol.com
Message-ID: <86cf3f94.2445441a@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:06:34 EDT
Subject: worst songs
Hi Chalkers,
A few comments after de-lurking.
Least favorite moment on AV1: KISK
Least favorite XTC song: Human Alchemy (this is an extremely short list)
Artist most people think is pretty naff, but you actually quite enjoy:
Eddie
Money
Extremely popular artists that you can't see what all the fuss is about:
Jewel, Fiona Apple, etc.
Musician you'd like to kick hard: I want to say Michael Bolton, but I don't
think he even qualifies
Wackiest title for a song: "Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead"
(Warren
Zevon)
Most unpleasant musical experience: "To Love Somebody" by Michael Bolton
Regarding those songs you are embarrassed that you like: if you are into
this music like I (ahem) am, then you are probably familiar with the "Have A
Nice Day: Super Hits of the 70's" series put out by the good folks at Rhino
Records. The first song in the series is immensely overqualified ("More
Today Than Yesterday" by Spiral Starecase), but all the darlings are here:
"Precious And Few", "The Night Chicago Died", "Billy Don't Be A Hero", and
others. As usual, Rhino found most of the first generation tapes of these
songs, so the "quality" is unmatched. If I had to choose one, it would be
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Hall of Fame Band Edison
Lighthouse,
followed by "Joy" by Apollo 100, an instrumental based on ":Jesu, Joy of
Man's Desiring" (didn't think I'd see that song mentioned twice in the same
week in Chalkhills!)
BTW, "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" was done by Mac & Katie Kissoon. "Son of
My
Father" was done by Giorgio.
"Mandy"? Sheese, that's a tough one. You should have at least picked
"Weekend In New England".;-)
Bob
------------------------------ Message-ID: <19990414012202.8414.rocketmail@web808.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:22:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Desmond <c_desmond@yahoo.com> Subject: ridiculous once again Nicole gushed: >Wow! All your entries for the most ridiculous best-loved songs >have been wonderful! Don't you mean utterly ridiculous? >I'll beat my MANDY though, with this one: You want to top yourself for being ridiculous?! Might be hard but go ahead... >How can you resist: "talk dirty to meeeeee, yeah! and baby why don't ya >talk dirty to me..." Uh, not sure what song it is you are attempting to convey, but if it sounds this bad over e-mail maybe it should have stayed locked away in your head. How about moving on to something more entertaining like XTC? Chris
------------------------------ From: music@telisphere.com Message-ID: <37140542.1ADE@telisphere.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:02:27 -0700 Subject: Meatloafing .."the only thing Meatloaf ever didthat was remotely interesting was The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Generally agree, although I guess I should add one big guilty pleasure to my hidden songlist: Paradise By The Dashboard Light Love it! Another scarlet favorite that could also make the unusual titles list: The Rain, The Park, & Other Things (by The Cowsills). - RF
------------------------------ Message-ID: <000501be8624$cefd3d40$73f494d1@compaq> From: "Drude" <drude@sprint.ca> Subject: Re: Re: Yes, you heard me... Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:13:44 -0700 I've taken a considerable amount of flack over the years for my love of Midnight Oil, and therefore tend to become defensive prematurely!!! I agree that they are one of the world's greatest bands, and I have the utmost respect for them. Has anyone heard Redneck Wonderland yet? Brilliant! ALSO, in regards to XTC tattoos, no, I can't say I have one, but I DID once paint an "English Settlement" denim jacket (the White Horse emblazoned across the back!) which sold for $100.00! Do what you will but harm none. Drude
------------------------------ Message-ID: <199904132352040280.00282887@mail.redcreek.net> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 23:52:04 -0400 From: "John McGreivey" <mcgreivey@redcreek.net> Subject: WASP >This is an easy one, W.A.S.P. = World Aquanaut Security Patrol, all fans of >Troy Tempest, Phones, Marina and Stingray will know this one. Is this where Shawn Cassidy got his album title from (the one he made with Todd Rundgren)? :)
------------------------------ From: Tmblweed16@aol.com Message-ID: <feb9d00c.24456c6d@aol.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 23:58:37 EDT Subject: Your Dictionary in Los Angeles. Hello all! I decided to de-lurk to answer this one. Someone wrote: > I've heard "Your Dictionary" on KLYY (Y107) in Los Angeles a couple of > times over the past week on the afternoon drive time show, each time > the DJ talked excitedly about the song. Today, he introduced the song Then someone else wrote: >What did they do with the profanity? Here I go: Nothing, they played the song in it's full glory. With all the Fs and Us and S-H-I-Ts. Although I do not own AV1 (yet), I didn't hear any obvious cuts from the song. They are just letters after all. But wait, I have more. I went to my local Moby Disc on April 12 in search of CDs for a friend of mine and what do I see? A copy of the Easter Theater single. I didn't buy it, so it's probably still sitting up next to the register just waiting for someone who has $9.99 to dish out to grab it up. Since I never pass up a chance to embarrass myself I thought I would make up a little list of songs that I enjoy. "Take on Me" - A-Ha! The whole Make It Big album - Wham! 'NSyncs version of "Sailing" All of Candlebox's first album Ditto for Bush "I Want You" - Savage Garden "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" & "I'll Tumble For Ya" - Culture Club Guess since I'm here I might as well add my two cents to the "extremely popular artists you don't see what all the fuss is about" doo-hickey. Green Day Sugar Ray Jewel Alanis Morrisette No Doubt Before I go, I just want to thank the two very nice gentlemen who let me cut in front of them at the L. A. Virgin Megastore signing. I probably would have gone out of my mind standing in line for four hours by myself if it hadn't been for your riveting conversation (that I eavesdropped on). Crawling back under my rock, Jessica
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