smoe.org mailing lists
ivan@stellysee.de
| From | "Drew MacDonald" <drewmacdonald@attbi.com> |
| Subject | FoW (was: Re: 20 msgs) |
| Date | Sun, 2 Feb 2003 01:07:38 -0800 |
[Part 1 text/plain Windows-1252 (1.2 kilobytes)]
(View Text in a separate window)
Eb:
> > Thumbs down. Cloying and contrived.
Jason:
> Hey, some of us *like* cloying and contrived!
> If you're going to spoof junk culture, you might as well celebrate it at
> the same time. For what it's worth, Fountains of Wayne are, hands
> down, my favorite power-pop group and are easily the band that led
> me to find this whole "scene" in the first place.
I could never pick one act as a single favorite, but Fountains of Wayne
would be in the running for me, too.
"Cloying?" No way. Even their most romantic songs (such as "Troubled Times")
retain a real-world edge, and their most snide ones ( see "Prom Theme") have
an underlying heart.
"Contrived?" Compared to which other popmeisters? I suppose I could do
without FoW's use of that I'm-singing-through-the-telephone filter or
whatever the hell that effect is called, but I don't like it when ANYONE
does that. I find their arrangements to be just rich enough to serve the
song. Nothing too dressy, nothing too spare. And smart! And variegated! Love
'em, love 'em, love 'em.
Drew
np: Golden Boy Featuring Miss Kitten - "Rippin' Kitten" (prettiest
psycho-killer song ever?)
For assistance, please contact
the smoe.org administrators.