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| From | erhoek@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: Lily Allen and JSBX |
| Date | Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:14:45 +0000 |
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Shins are from Portland by way of Albuquerque,New Mexico.
Btw...I sent this many hours ago and it has yet to emerge from the ether so I will try again:
I can see the Ibiza connection because when I first heard the single that M2 has
been playing for about 3 months now I thought it was more of a Siesta Records
influenced neo samba/bossanova style. I heard her on Conan this week doing the
same song and noted the strong ska/reggae flavor in the performance. I just
figured she was having fun reworking her own material much like BoB Dylan does
but now I will have to give it another listen to see if the reggae/ska elements
stand out the same way on the single as the did on the live Conan performance.
This argument reminds of what some said about the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
back in the day. They came from somewhat privileged backgrounds and yet they
capitalized on the gut bucket Fat Possum style blues rock (not exactly Blues
Hammer but you get the picture).
There was an outcry about how yet again the rich white man has stolen the poor
black man's sound and profited on the backs of poor sharecroppers and whatnot..
Ah well...I like JSBX and I like R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough and they all have received some of my money somewhere
along the line.
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Anna Borg <anna@tallboyrecords.com>
> This article just made me feel like she's such a
> phony. I hate that...
>
> Just to clarify my info...this from a Filter Magazine
> interview:
>
> Allen was born to a comedian father, Keith Allen, and
> an eclectic film producer of a mother, Alison Owen
> (Shaun of the Dead, Moonlight and Valentino,
> Elizabeth). Educated at a string of top-tier, private
> U.K. boarding schools, she would alternately spend
> jags in Los Angeles with her mother. She never
> cottoned to the city of lost angels though, and there
> was never a life-defining game plan, so after the
> expensive education, she decided to while away her
> days as a lady of leisure in Ibiza.
>
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: synthhtnys@comcast.net
> > My post on this subject still hasn't shown up yet for some reason, but
> > in case it doesn't: see also "Jagger, Mick" and "Strummer, Joe" for
> > further examples of posh kids with put-on working-class accents.
>
>
>
> I don't mind affected accents too much myself. I love The Shins new album
> "Wincing the night away" ...which sounds to me a lot like he's affecting an
> English accent and they are from Portland Oregon.
>
> My first impression was "Ah, this must have been similar to what it was like for
> people in Liverpool when they first heard the Beatles singing with another
> accent".
>
> Not sure what the attraction of doing that is, but it doesn't bother me... I
> suppose there's a certain amount of musicians that want to reinvent themselves
> to varying degrees... Bob Dylan also comes to mind.
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