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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
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| Date | Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:18:11 -0500 |
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>>As much as I like pretty much everything in Supergrass's catalog and as completely underrated as I consider IN IT FOR THE MONEY to be, of all the great tunes from that record "It's Not Me" has been the most frequent earworm >>over the past 10-plus years.
Ah-effing-men to that. They're a fabulous band, and this CD the highlight of their catalogue.
And "It's Not Me" might be the highlight of that CD.
Those on this list who do not have this album should do themselves a favor and pick it up. Now.
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: wsilvers@earthlink.net
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 -0500 (EST) 17:09:45
>
>Matt Huseman wrote:
>
>>I have Marshall Crenshaw's 1st album on my IPod.
>That's his quote above,
>>by the way. Was "Mary Anne" ever a single? If not
>- or regardless,
>>really - what non-single or 'non-popular' song
>from an artist you like
>>would you recommend to a non-fan? "Mary Anne"
>slays me every time I hear
>>it. "Poor Napolean" off of Costello's 'Blood &
>Chocolate' album is
>>another, and why "Let Down" off of Radiohead's 'OK
>Computer' wasn't a
>>single, and a huge hit, is beyond me.
>
>For some reason a kinda atypical Tommy Keene song,
>"You Can't Wait For Time" (from TEN YEARS AFTER),
>has become the one I've used most in mixes and that
>comes to mind for me even more readily than "Places
>That Are Gone." As far as BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE is
>concerned, my sneaky non-hit hit is "Blue Chair."
>But I'm completely with you on "Let Down." As much
>as I like pretty much everything in Supergrass's
>catalog and as completely underrated as I consider
>IN IT FOR THE MONEY to be, of all the great tunes
>from that record "It's Not Me" has been the most
>frequent earworm over the past 10-plus years. Nick
>Lowe's cover of the Sandy Posey tune "Born A Woman"
>has always killed me, despite the slight hint of
>misogyny in the gender role reversal that you
>dismiss quickly because it's Nick (and because
>Rockpile kick the shit out of it. The song, I
>mean). I'd add that "Why It Can't Be" is an "our
>song" for my wife and me, but that'd be typical
>Audities ass-kissy, so I won't.
>
>b.s.
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