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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: suggestions for Allen, Numbers, Genesis |
| Date | Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:58:23 -0500 |
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From: "Seaman, Dave" <seamand@upmc.edu>
>Any feedback on Lily Allen? What is her music like? Check out, stay
>away? Suggested CDs? I like female vocal pop from Ivy to Nellie
>McKay
>to the Pipettes to the Supremes to Carole King to the Bangles to...
>well
>I could go on and on.
There's only one album, ALRIGHT STILL. I love it: fizzy, bratty,
unapologetically commercial bubblegum, very much like the Pipettes
album if the Phil Spector pastiche of the Pipettes was replaced by a
fondness for old ska records. Get the US version, which has a bonus
track, a Mark Ronson remake of "Smile" with the musical backing
entirely replaced by a performance by the Dap-Kings, Sharon Jones'
backing band who also backed up Amy Winehouse on BACK TO BLACK.
>How about the Magic Numbers? Again, what are they like? Check out,
>stay away? Suggested CDs?
Meh. They bore me to tears. Good harmonies, deadly songs.
>Also, my exposure to Genesis is mostly limited to the post Gabriel
>era,
>which I don't care for. I do however like the song Lamb Lies Down On
>Broadway, and some of Peter Gabriel's solo music. And I sometimes
>like
>intricate and involved prog pop, as long as it is highly melodic,
>composed (as opposed to free form meandering), and interesting (for
>instance, Karn Evil #9, Song For America, the first few Yes albums,
>etc.) Any suggestions on a good Gabriel-era Genesis album to try as
>a
>first step?
I'd suggest either SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND or, slightly less,
FOXTROT. They're pretty much the canonical early Genesis albums.
S
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