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| From | Hersh Forman <hiforman@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Todd, Wanna Drive My Car? |
| Date | Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:16:28 -0800 (PST) |
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Indeed Deface is on CD...often in the cutout bin or the used section.
It's probably the TR/Utopia CD I've listened to the least over the years. Some think it's brilliant; me, I'd rather listen to the Beatles (or on occasion The Vinyl Kings).
Deface followed the most commercially successful Utopia CD and tour of all time (Adventures in Utopia). Todd, as he is known to do, shunned commercial success and decided to follow his muse with this "toss off" faux-Beatles CD.
I remember during the show here in Toronto him advising the audience NOT to buy Deface but to wait for the next Utopia CD that was coming out soon (Swing To The Right).
mkropp@comcast.net wrote:
I hope this does not make me an Audities outcast, but I am not a huge TR fan. However, the stuff of his that I have I really like: Something/Anything, two Utopia LPs, and one Nazz LP. With all of this Todd talk, I dug out Utopia's "Deface The Music" (you know, the Beatley one) last night and listened to it all the way through for the first time in ages. My question - has this ever been issued on CD? Thanks, Michael
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> On 11/16/05, Dave Seaman wrote:
> >
> > And I hope the tour does well. I'll catch a show, if I get the chance.
> >
> > (Actually, it might be more interesting than seeing the original Cars - I
> > like much of their music, but I think of them as a singles band - I like
> > them best a song or two, or even an album side, at a time. Too many Cars
> > songs in a row leaves me a bit cold. And I thought the band was actually
> > kinda boring on stage.)
>
>
> Interestingly, I watched a TR "Liars" concert video on cable "on
> demand" last night
> (twas free). The set was cool in a Utopia sort of way, but the music
> left me cold.
> Even the 2 songs from Nearly Human weren't nearly human enough. The
> Liars material,
> like much of TRi output since No World Order, isn't much fun though on
> occasion is
> electrically exciting. Put me in the camp that feels - mostly - music
> & politics don't
> mix. There's an uneasy feeling of TR (in lyrics since Initiation)
> talking down to his
> audience from above (his flock?); sometimes - like Freedom Fighters - he
> does that well, but other times - eh?
>
> After reading in Todd's message hints of the discord that broke up
> Utopia, I wonder
> if the other 3 just wanted to have fun...
>
> What will he bring to the New Cars? The Philly songsmith, the progmeister, the
> angry political man, the sideman? IMO, some of the Wizzard/True Star & Oblivion
> technics would mix well with the Cars catalog.
>
> - michael
>
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