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| From | "Ron Katcher" <ronkatcher@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Jules Shear |
| Date | Thu, 5 May 2011 14:18:12 -0400 |
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And another! Reading this thread the past couple of days caused me to bust
out The Great Puzzle and Demo-itis last night. Demo-it is was my first
Jules album after I saw his co-writing credit on a couple of other artists'
records I really enjoyed (The Bangles and Tommy Keene), and I think the
semi-raw production has aged well. I will need to look into finding The
Eternal Return. As other posters have noted, Jules is also a very good live
performer (his guitar playing has a certain minimalist quality to it).
On a semi-related note, 'Til Tuesday's Everything's Different Now is one of
my all-time favorite albums-- due in no small part to what Jules contributed
to the record, both directly (and, I am sure, indirectly).
Ron K.
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Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:35 PM
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Cc: <audities-owner@smoe.org>
Subject: Jules Shear
> I'm in the middle of a Shear-fest myself. Was always a fan of Jules and
> the Polar Bears, and when I got the CD's recently, it opened up the
> floodgates. Always a Rundgren fan, I had to find Watch Dog on CD, but to
> no avail. I found the vinyl (along with The Eternal Return and The Funky
> Kings, both unavailable on a US CD)and transfered them to digital. Watch
> Dog is fantastic - "The Longest Drink" has got to be my favorite unheard
> song I've discovered in a long time. It sounds like A perfect combo of
> Todd, Brian Wilson and Jules. The Eternal Return is pretty great too,
> although the production suffers a bit from Eighties-itis, but the songs
> are brilliant. Always dug the Reckless Sleepers (saw them live at Club
> Lingerie in Hollywood in 1988) and was happy to finally get it on CD. I'm
> starting to collect all of the other solo albums now, really loving The
> Great Puzzle and Healing Bones. I didn't connect much with The Third Party
> though, a little too stripped down for my taste and !
> the songs aren't as good as his other releases. Just got Sayin' Hello To
> The Folks (the covers album) and I'm looking forward to hearing that.
>
> Jules Rules!
>
> Rick Gallego
>
>
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