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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
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| Date | Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:56:19 -0400 |
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You won't be disappointed.
Someone remarked about Road to Rouen about the need for more glam, and I agree. RtR was a nice change of pace for Supergrass.
But Diamond Hoo Ha is a great return to form.
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: rob@splitsville.com, audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:43:53
>
>Supergrass is acceptably obscure, at least in these
>parts, and I've liked
>them in the past, so Supergrass it is. Thanks for
>the tip!
>
>On 6/30/08, rob@splitsville.com
><rob@splitsville.com> wrote:
>>
>> Remain at your desk, Mr. Savitz.
>> It's pedestrian, with all the crunch of a roll of
>soggy toilet paper.
>> Exactly what you'd expect. (I found the tune
>"Violet Hill" pretty good,
>> however.)
>>
>> The wife bought it recently, so yes, I have heard
>it.
>>
>> Me'h.
>>
>> Get the new Supergrass instead. In a word,
>fantastic.
>> "Rebel In You" is the best tune out of them in
>years.
>>
>> There's a couple of live clips of this tune on
>YouTube.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>> >From: "Joseph Savitz" <jsavitz3@gmail.com>
>> >To: audities@smoe.org
>> >Sent: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:19:22
>> >
>> >I'm the kind of jerk that thinks that if a band
>is
>> >hugely popular, it's got
>> >to suck, well, hugely. (I don't remember feeling
>
>> >that way before the
>> >mid-Seventies.) Still, having said that, these
>> >postings have me on the verge
>> >of leaving my office right now to buy the new
>> >Coldplay, even though I
>> >haven't heard a single note. So, I ask you,
>what's
>> >the counter argument?
>> >
>> >On 6/30/08, Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> After that ad on tv where they are doing the
>tile
>> >song[I think it is],
>> >> which ends with Chris singing "That was when I
>
>> >ruled the World" knocked me
>> >> out. For days I had that tune in my head.
>Still
>> >do. So based on that alone I
>> >> think I must get the album. Also caught their
>> >last song on the Today show
>> >> and I have to say they were great. Chris was
>> >acting like the star is
>> >> supposed to be working the entire crowd.
>> >> Thanks for the Sam Phillips tip. I was waiting
>to
>> >hear about that one.
>> >> I have to get back to you on mid year best
>of's.
>> >>
>> >> Gene
>> >>
>> >> > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:25:15 -0700
>> >> > From: ccosmos_64@yahoo.com
>> >> > Subject: Coldplay
>> >> > To: audities@smoe.org
>> >> >
>> >> > I'll tell what I'll admit - the new Coldplay
>is
>> >a
>> >> > pretty damn good record from start to finish
>
>> >and I'm a
>> >> > few years beyond the thirtysomething
>> >classification,
>> >> > so I don't see how that would apply to me
>> >liking it. I
>> >> > know a few other people (also beyond that
>> >grouping)
>> >> > that're responding well enough to 'Viva La
>> >Vida' that
>> >> > have not been followers before.
>> >> >
>> >> > Do yourself a favor, get over the music
>> >segregationist
>> >> > mentality, enjoy the music out there for
>what
>> >it is
>> >> > and support it if you like it.
>> >> >
>> >> > And if your eyebrows need that kind of
>> >attention, wax
>> >> > 'em before you get curbfeelers that would
>make
>> >Leonid
>> >> > Brezhnev proud to know ya.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can't say anything about the Foxboro Hottubs
>
>> >record,
>> >> > but I'll agree with the Weezer comments. I
>made
>> >a
>> >> > Weezer mix of stuff from their catalog and
>> >that'll get
>> >> > more attention from me than the Red Album.
>I'm
>> >not
>> >> > buying another Weezer full-length out of the
>
>> >box.
>> >> >
>> >> > Not so with Sam Phillips and her new one,
>> >'Don't Say
>> >> > Anything'. Wasn't sure what to expect
>without
>> >T-Bone
>> >> > at the helm but the album carries forth her
>> >> > established songwriting style with smartly
>> >inventive
>> >> > production that would make Sam's ex-hubby
>> >proud. This
>> >> > album and the Coldplay will easily make my
>Top
>> >10 this
>> >> > year.
>> >> >
>> >> > Anybody want to chime in on early favorites
>at
>> >this
>> >> > (hard to believe already) midpoint of 2008?
>> >C'mon,
>> >> > let's talk about music!
>> >> >
>> >> > Bill
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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>> >--
>> >Joseph Savitz
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