Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Like, your friends are in a band that covers EFO? That's awesome!
Well, it's a filk group that covers a variety of material. (It's an all-female group called Lady Mondegreen)
I also know of EfO because one of my favorite acapella groups performs with them often. Have you heard of DaVinci's Notebook?
I found a song I think she'd REALLY like -- "Star, Star" by the Frames. I like both the studio version (which is on Emusic) and the live version (which I found on some mp3 blog or another, which led me to go look for the studio version, and which picks up a bit of "Pure Imagination" in the middle, to tremendous crowd approval). Anyway, I think she'd like it. I do. It's kinda Sufjan-y, kinda Wilco-y.
I hadn't heard of them until I caught the end of their set opening for Calexico in Boston. They were great, and I was mad at myself for missing most of it. The CDs were disappointing in comparison.
They seem to have a huge following in Boston. Must be the Irish thing (Irish bands here always bring in a crowd). Calexico, the headliner, played to fewer people.
Has anyone ever heard of a non-punk band called Eddie from Ohio?
Their name continues to confuse me because the guitarist/singer of fIREHOSE (post-Minutemen band with the same rhythm section) was called Ed from Ohio. What's up with that? Was it intentional?
(It's an all-female group called Lady Mondegreen)
Dude, that's brilliant. (Mondegreen's a big word for filk, isn't it?)
Have you heard of DaVinci's Notebook?
Yeah. They're on the same label, actually. I have "Title of the Song," which is very amusing.
Their name continues to confuse me because the guitarist/singer of fIREHOSE (post-Minutemen band with the same rhythm section) was called Ed from Ohio. What's up with that? Was it intentional?
From allmusic.com:
They got the name Eddie from Ohio from [drummer Eddie] Hartness, whose girlfriend started calling him "Eddie from Ohio" after eD fROMOHIO, a member of the now-defunct group fIREHOSE.
Their name continues to confuse me because the guitarist/singer of fIREHOSE (post-Minutemen band with the same rhythm section) was called Ed from Ohio. What's up with that? Was it intentional?
A friend of mine in Chapel Hill who is a fan of theirs told me yes some years back. This was when Ed Crawford (nee fROMOHIO) was kicking around town & occasionally playing in Whiskeytown.
xpost with P-C, natch.
Mondegreen's a big word for filk, isn't it?
Um, not to be dense, but what do you mean by that?
Um, not to be dense, but what do you mean by that?
I know I've heard the word "mondegreen" before. I thought it might be the same thing as "filk," but now I think I remember what it means. It's a big word for "misheard lyric," right? Of which "'scuse me while I kiss this guy" is the most famous?
Of which "'scuse me while I kiss this guy" is the most famous?
I maintain winner, and still champeen, is "Hold me closer, Tony Danza."
It's a big word for "misheard lyric," right? Of which "'scuse me while I kiss this guy" is the most famous?
Right! It came from an old folk song where the lyric goes something like "They have killed Lord So-and-so/ and laid him on the Green" which got misheard as "They have killed Lord So-and-so/ and Lady Mondegreen"
Totally different than filk.(My definition of filk is a bit different than the Buffista definition, but I won't go in to that here)
Heaven's just a funky moose. IJS.
Ed Crawford should sue their asses.
The term comes from the mishearing "Lady Mondegreen" for "laid him on the green."