Okay, so I've listened a little more to the Symphonic Stones CD. Some more songs that really work as symphonic numbers -- Street Fightin' Man and She's a Rainbow.
Gimme Shelter has grown on me, though it still has a little too much bombast to be perfect.
Paint it Black actually has movements. I would have liked it so much better if they had either taken this idea all the way and actually turned the number into a longer piece with movements, or just picked one of the styles (preferably the fast one, with tabla and Middle Eastern style violin) and stuck with that for the whole song.
Elvis, Nick Lowe and Robyn sing "If I Fell" and then sequeing (sp?) into "Mystery Train."
Matilda woke up at 5am, so I took her out to the living room this morning and remembered that I had Tivoed Urgh! A Music War.
I hadn't seen it in about 15-20 years.
I had forgotten:
How much XTC sounded like Gang of Four in their early days.
About the existence of Athletico Spizz and "Where's Captain Kirk?"
How cool that English Beat t-shirt is that Sting wears.
How fast Stewart Copeland's hands are.
How zaftig Belinda Carlisle used to be (and cuter for it).
Who that bass player was with the Cramps.
What channel was U!AMW on?
I never understood how Belinda was all curvy when a crazy coke head and how skinny when cleaned up.
What channel was U!AMW on?
VH-1 Classic - Movies that Rock.
How much XTC sounded like Gang of Four in their early days.
Was this post-Barry Andrews? Because I can totally see that. I would think those helium-injected keybs of Andrews would seriously mitigate any Go4 comparisons (despite his ending up with Dave Allen in Shriekback).
VH-1 Classic - Movies that Rock.
Oh shoot! I wonder if it will be on again.
Was this post-Barry Andrews?
It's pretty early in their career. 1980-81? It's one of the only clips of them as a live band.
They do "Respectable Street" - a song I used to put on all my party mixes in college.
I never understood how Belinda was all curvy when a crazy coke head and how skinny when cleaned up.
Depends on what else she was doing at the time, but I know a couple people who put on the pounds when doing a lot of coke. Basically, they stop exercising and they feel like they can drink a lot more, both of which more than counteract the metabolism speed-up.