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| From | "Craig Leve" <snapcracklepopster@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: laziest lyrics ever? |
| Date | Wed, 30 May 2007 16:56:19 -0700 |
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Jim,
Examples please?
No album has seen more play in my family this year. Boo-hiss on the folks
for whom familiarity has bred a little contempt, or the milder "been there,
done that". I find many, many inspired moments, both musical and lyrical on
the new one. "New Routine" gives me chills for it's combo wollop on almost
every play. And I absolutely adore the moment in "I-95" when the singer has
utterly romanticized the banal drive for the 'cinematic' landscape, till a
van pull rights in front of him. Not huge themes, to be sure, but smart
stuff that doesn't waste my time. And well, "Someone to Love" is just a
stone FoW classic.
I'm not sure where "Traffic and Weather" will fall relative to the rest of
their catalog but FoW's bar is much higher than their so-called peers. As an
album, I may prefer it to "Welcome Interstate Managers" - which includes
many of my favorites, but also includes more songs I almost always skip than
any other album. I always thought that album should have ended with "Fire
Island". Oddly enough I feel similarly about the closing of this album, tho
- but it's only the last song, "Seatbacks and Traytables" that tends to get
ditched. I greedily enjoy the rest of the album song for song more than any
album since their first (though Utopia Parkway is a pretty amazing ride,
too).
Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those "love my fair-haired boys or get
off the list" sorta guys, but at least a few examples would help me
appreciate your criticism.
thanks,
-craig
On 5/30/07, Jim Cox <jimcox63@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The new FOW record should come with a Lazy Lyrics warning label. What
> the heck happened?
>
> On 5/30/07, synthhtnys@comcast.net <synthhtnys@comcast.net> wrote:
> > *You might want to watch their DVD.... They mention that line and also
> mention how genuinely surprised they are whenever someone comments on it as
> they meant it to be funny and thought it was obvious.
> >
> > Great band, actually... I just re-aquainted myself with their stuff,
> they wrote several excellent pop tunes... current favorite: She's my girl,
> their attempt at psychedlia...
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: <drewmacdonald@ca.rr.com>
> >
> > > I've talked here before about how hackneyed lyrics can ruin an
> otherwise-good
> > > song for me (there's still no faster way for a songwriter to lose my
> respect
> > > than to rhyme "change" with "rearrange") but I still have to smile
> when this
> > > Turtles song comes on:
> > >
> > > "Eleanor, gee, I think you're swell/
> > > And you really do me well/
> > > You're my pride and joy, et cetera."
> > >
> > > Not that Kaylan and Volman ever took their work too seriously, but "et
> cetera?"
> > > That's the best they could come up with?
> > >
> > > Whenever I hear that, it puts me in mind of Martin Short's elderly Tin
> Pan Alley
> > > songwriter character, who would claim to be able to write a song on
> the spot,
> > > but failed miserably whenever challenged to do so.
> > >
> > > Gimme a G, a bouncy G,
> > > Drew
> > > np: William Pears - BIG BANG
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---- Ellen Giloy wrote:
> > >
> > > =============
> > > I'll pick up the thread on the new Ike Reilly. I've been a fan since
> > > > "Salesmen and Racists," and there's nothing better than a live Ike
> > > > Reilly performance (his Thanksgiving Eve shows here in Minneapolis
> > > have
> > > > long since become another holiday tradition). However, that said, I
> > > > really wasn't a fan of his last release.
> > > >
> > > > Now, I'm happy to say that I'm back on the bus with the release of
> > > "We
> > > > belong to the Staggering Evening." He found the rawk again (as my
> > > > friends and I like to say) and I think songs like "Valentine's Day
> in
> > > > Juarez" and "Fish Plant Uprising" are among the best work he's put
> > > out
> > > > so far.
> > > >
> > > > OK. I'll go back to lurking now. Take care!
> > > > ~Ellen
> > >
> > >
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