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| From | John P Burroughs <jpburro@juno.com> |
| Subject | Re: PFR info? |
| Date | Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:38:59 -0500 |
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Don't forget their version of "We Can Work It Out" with Phil "the fifth
Beatle" Keaggy on "Come Together: America Salutes the Beatles"
Later,
JB
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 07:24:13 -0500 (GMT-05:00) J&J Giddings
<jandjgiddings@mindspring.com> writes:
> Anybody have more info about this band? Certainly seems worth
> persuing more of their material, but like Sgt. Shultz, "I know
> No-o-o-o-thing!'
> I know somebody on this list must be into them....
>
> I'm sure others will chime in and realise this has been answered,
> but PFR were/are Pray For Rain.
> They came out with their S/T album in '94 and it has some great
> Beatle-esque sounds, but it's the harmonies and the songs themselves
> that stood out.
>
> The next release was "Goldies Last Day"(the dog song you mentioned)
> from '95 and that is the most Jelly they ever were...just that song.
> It literaly made me cry the first time I heard it. The rest of the
> record has some moments, but as far as full-on Jelly-ness,
> "Goldie..." made the biggest impression on musicians and power-pop
> fans.
>
> The next record is "Great Lengths", from '96, which has some really
> nice production, although not all the songs are stand outs. The
> title cut, "Merry-Go Round", and "Wonder Why"(first 3 songs on the
> disc)shine with strings and interesting vocal and instrument
> arrangements. And a cover of a classic CCM song by Keith Green,
> "Trials turned to Gold" still makes me smile- having heard the
> original a bunch from my mom's CCM record collection.
>
> In '96 they released "Them", which rocks harder than anything they
> ever did. It also is least liked by most fans because of this. I
> really like it. It may be messy and smashed(compressed)to death,
> but I still like almost every song. They broke up after this CD and
> later released a best of called "the Late Great PFR" which is a good
> starting point for anyone. The "dog" song is on there and most of
> the best from all the rest...as they say.
>
> They've recently regrouped and released "Disapeared" which is more a
> return to form though, sadly, that means mostly CCM pablum.
> "Amsterdam" is the only song I can remember off the top of my head,
> and it's not all that riviting.
>
> I look forward to seeing what they do next, if anything. Get the
> "best of" and go from there.
>
> Aaannnnnd...I'm spent.
>
>
> later, joe
> www.jtgimplosion.com
> www.kingfriday.com
>
>
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