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| From | "Craig Leve" <CraigL@ori.org> |
| Subject | Re: Punky pop ideas for a teenager with awakening ears |
| Date | Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:41:19 -0800 |
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And from the old is new again - the tragic..but wonderful Exploding Hearts album from earlier this year. Make the thing go full circle ....have fun with the mix!
-craig
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Leve
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 11:39 AM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Punky pop ideas for a teenager with awakening ears
Not disagreeing in full...but I think she definitely might get some of the meaning of a band named the muffs. I was just reading the wonderful book "Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth" and in one of the chapters Kim Cooper (one of the editors) interviews her...niece & nephew I think..who are maybe 9 and 10 or 10 and 11 - and you sense that though they don't truly get what the double entendre is in "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" they have some pretty on-the-mark suspicions going on.
In any case, having recently purchased the No Thanks: 70s Punk Rebellion I'd say hell ya there's a LOT you might throw on there. As others have mentioned Buzzcocks, early XTC, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Nick Lowe, Blondie, The Ramones, Undertones (teenage KICKS!), the Motors, The Rich Kids....the list from this box is endless.
-craig
-----Original Message-----
From: Stewart Mason [mailto:flamingo@theworld.com]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 11:09 AM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Punky pop ideas for a teenager with awakening ears
At 01:54 PM 11/24/2003 -0500, Richard Metter wrote:
>I don't want to be didactic with her: I'd rather it be something that just
>gives her a sense that there's a lot to be explored. For instance, if you
>think about it, even Weezer would probably be new to her. I know she has
>recently discovered some really "old" stuff in the form of Green Day, but I
>wonder -- although it would be educational -- if first generation punk stuff
>would really appeal to her.
I think it's probably too early for the likes of the Clash and the Pistols,
but I see no reason why something along the lines of the Ramones' "I Wanna
Be Your Boyfriend" or the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen In Love" wouldn't go over
big.
>Challenging stuff can wait for the third edition, when she's 15. But I'd
>like to throw in SOME 1st generation punkish stuff, like maybe the Ramones.
>Any ideas would be welcomed. I probably take this way too seriously, because
>I'd like to be influential, and I don't want her to just dismiss it. For
>instance, I think some "girl" stuff would be a great idea, but do I play it
>really safe with the Go-Gos or try something that's a little edgier like the
>poppier side of the Muffs (maybe their cover of "Kids in America"?)(but can
>you put a band called "The Muffs" on a 13-year old's mix CDR?).
Honestly, I don't know if a 13-year-old girl would even get the reference,
but she would probably just giggle if she did. I think there's room for
both the Go-Gos and the Muffs, and maybe even some early Pandoras, before
their metal-slut phase. (For example, if you've got "You Lie," that would
work.)
My advice: mix in a few things by bands you know she already knows, just so
it's not entirely new stuff, which is always a turnoff. Like throw in
Green Day's "Basket Case" and Blink-182's "What's My Age Again" (which, as
dull as I find much of their stuff, I still think is a great single) in
between the new-to-her things.
S
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