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| From | garymaher@juno.com |
| Subject | Re: more HOOTERS! |
| Date | Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:23:02 -0500 |
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I was at Penn while that was happening.
How quickly the indie promise of Amore was crushed by the smooth
production of Nervous Night! (Although I do rather like Time After
Time.)
The whole Amore LP is great! My copy is totally warped out, so I'll def
be getting this CD.
Now if we can just get someone to release The Johnsons' LP Break
Tomorrow's Day on CD . . .
g
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:00:12 -0500 audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
> i grew up outside philadelphia, hitting my senior year just as
> philly's "the hooters" were hitting the big time. they were signed
> to columbia records, releasing "nervous night," which included the
> brooding minor hit "all you zombies."
>
> what is little known outside the city of brotherly love is that, the
> year before, the hooters had independently released an album called
> "amore." this LP contained a much more upbeat version of "all you
> zombies," plus the 80's pop masterpiece "hanging on a heartbeat."
>
> pound for pound, "amore" kicks "nervous night's" ass. when we philly
> folk heard the "new" major-label sound of our hometown boys, most of
> us wished they'd all stayed home to record "amore 2" instead of
> succumbing to the pomposity that saturates "nervous night." as
> marge the dishwashing liquid lady used to say, "you're soaking in
> it!"
>
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