Might have to drop The Chills Submarine Bells even though I love it tons, because we've got so much indie rock/pop already.
That'll be one less heavenly pop song waiting for you in the afterlife, y'know.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Feb 20, 2004 8:34:04 am PST #1135 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
DavidS - Feb 20, 2004 8:38:13 am PST #1136 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That'll be one less heavenly pop song waiting for you in the afterlife, y'know.
I might do 'em anyway. I love that record with deep geekly love. How could I not with lyrics about sitting around reading Swamp Thing while listening to The Byrds? We're already covering one of their albums (Brave Words) and only a select few musicians are gettings doubles (Mekons, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Graham Gouldman/10cc, Sparks, Feelies/Yung Wu).
Hayden - Feb 20, 2004 8:40:04 am PST #1137 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hey, I'm part of two of those doubles! Excellent.
Jon B. - Feb 20, 2004 8:43:39 am PST #1138 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I love that record with deep geekly love.
I love Brave Words more. But that might be because the first time they played in the US I saw them at TT's and then Maxwell's the next night and they were playing stuff from that as-yet-unreleased LP and it Moved. My. World.
tommyrot - Feb 20, 2004 8:51:02 am PST #1139 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gun Club mostly done.
the get a good review?
DavidS - Feb 20, 2004 8:51:25 am PST #1140 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Maxwell's: Just had to defend my description of The dBs as part of "The Hoboken Scene" of the early 80s to my co-editor. "But aren't they from North Carolina? I associate them with North Carolina."
Yeah, but they didn't form The dBs until they all moved to NYC. Did you know Stamey toured with Alex Chilton for a year? That must've been that stretch where Alex went to the UK and had the Softboys back him. Also when Richard Lloyd played some live dates with him, and when The dBs backed Kimberly Rew.
Among my pop rarities, I've got both The Sneakers CD (pre-dBs band with Mitch Easter and Chris Stamey) and The Bible of Bop (Kimberly Rew backed by Softboys, dBs and Waves).
DavidS - Feb 20, 2004 8:52:43 am PST #1141 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
the get a good review?
Everything in the book gets a rave, since the point is to identify great records which have been lost or underrated. But yes, I give a stellar review to Fire of Love.
Opening line: "This isn't southern gothic; it's feral white trash."
Hayden - Feb 20, 2004 8:55:16 am PST #1142 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
"This isn't southern gothic; it's feral white trash."
Very nice.
DavidS - Feb 20, 2004 9:02:04 am PST #1143 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Very nice.
There's also a metaphor about guitar playing based on truck lot whores and a reference to "a black pubic hair caught in a crust of blood on polyblend panties." So you can see I have not stinted on the Nasteee while describing The Gun Club's punk blues.
tommyrot - Feb 20, 2004 9:10:30 am PST #1144 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"she's like heroin to me" was my favorite love song for a while....
edit: i just love fire of love.