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| From | Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Best Band Name Ever/Lightspeed |
| Date | Wed, 2 Apr 2008 18:17:39 +0000 |
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Based on your recommendation I recently scored a used copy of that single. And the 2 covers are terrific. I didn't even know that was the song from "Hair" until the chorus came in ["The Flesh Failures"]. And " Xanadu" is cool!.
I am not sure of the entire Lightspeed Champion album. Have you heard it?
>
> > Yeah? A close third, The Test Icicles (try saying that real fast).
>
> Incidentally, the guy from the Test Icicles moved from the UK to Omaha
> and recently released the outstanding FALLING OFF THE LAVENDER BRIDGE
> under the name Lightspeed Champion, using musicians from the whole
> Saddle Creek axis as his backing band. The single, "Galaxy of the
> Lost," also features a totally straight and heartfelt cover of Olivia
> Newton-John and ELO's "Xanadu," a song that's never really gotten its
> due.
>
> S
>
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