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| From | "Arthur Bang" <arthurbang2@aol.com> |
| Subject | Re: Mike Viola/Plastic Ono Band |
| Date | Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:30:44 -0700 |
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Hey Rich,
The Candy Butchers CD is still my favorite CD of the year, hands down.
I've listened to it so many times but I haven't tired of it yet.
The lyrics are definitely very personal, which I think is one of the
reasons why I like it so much. It's not just good music, but there's an
emotional reaction to some of the songs.
I know there may not be too many fans of this band here, but the CD it
reminds me of the most is Everclear's "Songs From An American Movie Vol.
1 -- Learning How To Smile". This was also my favorite disc of the year
about 3 years ago. The second volume they put out was really awful,
but the first one (which was originally going to be released as a solo
CD for lead singer Art Alexakis) is basically the story of Art's life.
There are songs about his marriage, divorce, second marriage, the birth
of his daughter, etc.
Arthur
http://www.thepickle.net/
Richard Brown wrote on 8/28/2004, 8:22 AM:
> I realize I am way late on this, but I have been
> listening to "Hang On Mike" by the Candy Butchers
> pretty much non-stop for the past 10 days. I had
> bought it when it first came out, listened to it once,
> and put it away....I was still hoping for something
> more in line with "Falling Into Place".
>
> I decided to give it another spin and found that below
> the breezy McCartneyesque pop, were lyrics as nakedly
> painful as anything on "John Lennon/ Plastic Ono
> Band"
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