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| From | "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: laziest lyrics ever / FoW? |
| Date | Thu, 31 May 2007 16:10:48 +0100 |
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Don't be silly. We all know that product placement never works.
Oh... hang on. I did buy a lavender Lexus back in the nineties. Damn
this subliminal advertsting.
On 31/05/07, Josh Chasin <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> 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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