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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: laziest lyrics ever / FoW? |
| Date | Thu, 31 May 2007 11:55:50 -0400 |
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Hey, I've still got my raspberry beret...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: laziest lyrics ever / FoW?
> 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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