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| From | Steve Alter <shteevea@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Thoughts and discussion thread idea |
| Date | Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:59:19 -0800 (PST) |
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Give a listen to "I Trained Her to Love Me" from the stellar AT MY AGE.
Michael Adelsheim <madelsheim@adelsheimvineyard.com> wrote: With regards to your point about it being slightly misogynistic for Mr.
Lowe to do "Born A Woman" (or how he did it), I noticed a trend for him
to take the woman's side in many songs over the years. "God's Gift To
Women" and "All Men Are Liars" just two examples later on. Thus, though
Nick always claimed - at least in the early days - his songs had no
meaning, I claim there was at least a bit more sensitivity in the
"battle of the sexes" than most rockers have had.
(Sure, "Heart of the City" has the line, "checkin' the meat in the heart
of the city"...I didn't say he was perfect!)
Adelsheim
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From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf
Of Bill Silvers
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 2:10 PM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Thoughts and discussion thread idea
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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