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| From | overlookedcreations1@hotmail.com |
| Subject | Re: different Kicks |
| Date | Mon, 12 Jul 2004 20:16:24 -0400 |
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Wow. 15 times??!? Lucky. As soon as they get out of their rut I'm confident
their stuff will be amazing again. They gotta look at their ROOTS. I mean,
so much Ashtray stuff is incredible. I emailed the band to try to find the
original album - anyone on the list have it?
And not "Radio" - I'm talking about the FIRST one - O'Rama.
Jake
TheMusicHunter.com
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Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: different Kicks
> At 11:08 AM 6/30/2004 -0700, Jeff wrote:
>
> >Initially I was intrigued with the Kicks...
> >big, powerful, fun rockin' power pop, but after listening
> >to their s/t album on XS Records a few times I grew
> >completely bored. These guys are talented but sound too
> >much like too many other bands (Weezer, Get Up Kids,
> >Superdrag, Ultimate Fakebook, etc...) to hold my attention
> >for too long.
>
> When the Kicks were Ashtray Babyhead, they played frequently around Kansas
> City with the likes of Ultimate Fakebook and the Creature Comforts. They
> became one of my favorites; I saw them 15 times between 1998 and 2001. As
> with a lot of young bands, the two records never quite matched the live
> show--although the second, "Radio" (later re-released as the Kicks'
> self-titled album), I thought was pretty damn good. I included "Mir" on
> the only CD I ever made for SOTT a few years back.
>
> I've only seen them as the Kicks once, and since then they've changed two
> members. Most of the new album "Hello Hong Kong" is recycled from Ashtray
> Babyhead's 2000 album "Radio" (the same recordings!), with some
> shuffling. The four new songs are not very promising. While I guess they
> can re-release the same stuff as many times as they want until it finds an
> audience (this makes three--*four* for the few songs that *also* appeared
> on an EP prior to "Radio"), the lower quality and relative lack of new
> material are not encouraging.
>
> Randy
>
>
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