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From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
Subject | Re: laziest lyrics ever / FoW? |
Date | Thu, 31 May 2007 07:04:39 -0400 |
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On another list I'm on, a guy posited that this record has a ton of what he
called "cultural references" (e.g. "Subaru"). I explained that these were
not just random mentions; the band has obviously been aggressively selling
product placement advertising on the new CD.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Curry" <mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: laziest lyrics ever / FoW?
> I'm scratching my head on this one as well. Perhaps "Revolving Dora" and
> "Planet of Weed" are slightly below par, but the rest is really top notch.
>
> Mike.
>
>
>>From: "Craig Leve" <snapcracklepopster@gmail.com>
>>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>>To: audities@smoe.org, "Jim Cox" <jimcox63@gmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: laziest lyrics ever?
>>Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 16:56:19 -0700
>>
>>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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