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| From | Dave Seaman <seamand@upmc.edu> |
| Subject | FOW DP PF RK and K |
| Date | Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:10:33 -0400 |
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Stuff I've been listening to:
FOW / Out of State Plates - I have most of the B sides on a bootleg CDR comp
I got a few years back. Let me say that "they're real, and they're
spectacular". Better than most bands' A sides (see I Know You Well,
Nightlight, Karpet King, etc, etc). And the new tracks are also
ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-magnificent, in the vein of the kickoff trax on Welcome
Interstate Managers. Get it, now!
Doug Powell / Curiouser - great stuff, good songwriting, and I can't believe
he did all this on a tascam 8 track cassette recorder. Why, that's what I
have and I can't touch his quality! Guess it ain't the meat, it's the
motion...
Partridge Family / Up To Date & Sound Magazine - it's guilty pleasure time:
let me go on the record as saying that this is the crème de la crème of
early 70s bubblegum. I recently got these from a friend, and last week I
listened to them for the first time in about, oh, 30 years. Last time I had
heard 'em was when I was a wee tot and got the LPs as gifts from the 'rents
back when I just started to listen to music. And the thing is, last week I
was able to sing along with every track, one after another, on first listen.
I'm talking 30 yrs! Think what you will about this wussy music, but that's
what I call good songwriting, when the hook stays imbedded for that long -
Tony Romeo and the others were certainly hook-meisters. And with the good
keyboards, bass, and drums, and wall of harmonies, I can almost forget about
the cheesy lyrics. Makes me wish more of the "legit" bands of today would
stop passing off half-baked riffs and four chords as songs - let the pros do
the job! Okay, flame away...
Anyway, I am now on a quest - I need to get Album and Shopping Bag to
complete the CDification of the LPS that I originally owned way back when.
What about the rest of their catalog? For those of you (if any) who are
also unabashed fans, can any of the other 3-4 LPs be recommended? Or am I
better off with one of the "Best of"s to capture the goodies (if any) on LPs
5-8? Plus, I saw on a web site that there are some worthy tracks not on the
proper LPS...
And before y'all think I'm a total pansy, let me say that I have been
digging the Redd Kross catalog - just recently picked up 3 of theirs and
they totally rokk!
Dave
PS - the post from Jamie on the Klaatu box set has really piqued my
interest. I admit to knowing nothing by Klaatu except for the Carpenters'
version of "Calling Interplanetary Occupants" or whatever it is... But I've
always wanted to check them out, given my tastes (PF notwithstanding). And
the recent Jamie post makes me want to spring for the box, rather than
dipping my toe in the water. What does the aud groupthink think?
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