smoe.org mailing lists
ivan@stellysee.de
| From | "Matthew Marcinowski" <matthew@beattheindiedrum.com> |
| Subject | Re: Big Star cover tunes - help! |
| Date | Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:25:51 -0500 |
[Part 1 text/plain iso-8859-1 (1.3 kilobytes)]
(View Text in a separate window)
Could the 'Holocaust' cover have been Longwave's version? It's kind of
epic in approach, sometimes mildly grandiose. It's on the LunaSea
Records tribute to Big Star. Just a guess.
-matthew
np: Various Artists - Longwave - holocaust
> I know enough not to even ask what ever happened to BIG STAR SMALL WORLD,
> the unanswered question I seem to ask every twelve months. But...
>
> Heard two versions of "Holocaust" - one piano-based and lush (This Mortal
> Coil, I believe) but the other a stunning and powerful 5 1/2 minute
version
> that sounds like Built To Spill or Chuck Prophet - you know, that guitar
> oriented, Neil-Young-Down-By-The-River sound....I should know the
voice and
> it's driving me berserk.
>
> Ditto a live take on "Thirteen" - although it sounds like a different
> vocalist - someone is shredding guitar solos on the breaks over a
> sleepy-sounding rhythm section. As the song ends, applause, then..."thank
> you...okay...next...ladies and gentlemen...the unbelievable...mister steve
> wynn...<fades>". I don't know if it's Gutterball or Danny&Dusty or just a
> show where Steve Wynn was the next act onstage.
>
> Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Beeman?
>
> b
>
>
--
"You can't be the Rolling Stones. You've gotta quit while you're
relatively handsome." Bob Pollard 4-24-04
For assistance, please contact
the smoe.org administrators.