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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: applebed hair cuts 100 franz ferdinands... |
| Date | Tue, 06 Apr 2004 16:33:19 -0500 |
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Actually, the band I was referring to was the Scottish band APB. Though ACR
was a good guess. Better than AWB.
Mike Bennett
>From: "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com>
>Yes Kelly! I will obey.
> I have only heard a few singles but I have read they have a bit of Orange
>Juice or Josef K influence.Those are two of my favorite Scottish bands
>ever.Perhaps the band you were thinking of was A Certain Ratio-they were
>referred a lot as ACR-and definitely had a lot of funk going.Looking
>forward to hearing their full length.I hear they were a big rage at South
>by Southwest.
>
> Gene
>
>
>>From: kcronin <fiatluxury@yahoo.com>
>>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>>To: audities@smoe.org
>>Subject: applebed hair cuts 100 franz ferdinands...
>>Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 13:19:40 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>
>>--- Christopher <plattc@optonline.net> wrote:
>> > > On a positive note - just got a copy of The Apple
>> > Bed by Nick Heyward, and
>> > > am really enjoying it - good CD! good vocals,
>> > performance, production,
>> > > songs, the whole deal. What band did he come
>> > from?
>> >
>> > Haircut 100, believe it or not.
>>
>>Really liked Apple Bed's first song (stars in her
>>eyes?) but thought the rest of it drifted away into
>>some immemorable well-intentioned litepop moments. As
>>far as British Crooners Who Previously Sported
>>Indefensible Hair go, I prefer Nik Kershaw's late 90s
>>efforts much, much better.
>>
>>Haircut 100 has been on my mind alot in the past few
>>weeks, because of seeing franz ferdinand and getting
>>steamrolled by how incredibly great they were. I know
>>Mike Bennett has done all this gushing already, but
>>damn me if that's not the most fun show I've been to
>>in years - dancin', shoutin', fist pumpin', drink
>>raisin', singin' along - and it's all about infectious
>>hooky post-disco white boy funk with humor intact, a
>>la talking heads, and rapid-fire rhythm guitar ala new
>>wavers like Haircut 100 and (Mike tells me) Gang of
>>Four (and who was that other scottish band you
>>mentioned, Mike? ATF or UFB or some such?) with some
>>moments of Hot Hot Heat thrown in there, smart as hell
>>lyrics and two singers affecting that freshly scrubbed
>>proud-schoolboy-in-a-v-neck-sweater mode that really,
>>only British people can get away with (i was having a
>>flashback to the video for "Boy Meets Girl (Favourite
>>Shirts"). It's....nu wave! Dig it!
>>
>>FRANZ FERDINAND. GO SEE THEM LIVE. I mean it. I'm
>>going to call you each at home after FF plays in your
>>town to make sure you went, and if you didn't I will
>>be very angry. You won't like me when I'm angry.
>>
>>that is all:
>>--kelly
>>
>>=====
>>arma non servant modum
>>
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