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| From | Chris Kouzes <kouzes@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Sugarbomb |
| Date | Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:00:14 -0500 (GMT-05:00) |
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I'm not sure if I like "Bully" or "Tastes Like Sugar" better than "Bellybutton" or "Spilt Milk," but they're both fine, fine albums.
I forget where (probably back in the wild west Napster days), I found a bunch of Sugarbomb rarities. Here's one of my favorites. It's a live acoustic cover of "Killer Queen" that is pretty, well, killer...
http://www.mediafire.com/?t675trki1rqmprp
-----Original Message-----
>From: whitsbrain <whitsbrain@whitsbrain.com>
>Sent: Jul 18, 2011 7:12 AM
>To: audities@smoe.org, J&J Giddings <jandjgiddings@mindspring.com>
>Cc: "audities@smoe.org" <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: Sugarbomb
>
>I just happened to listen to again over the weekend, too. I've always
>loved the album. When I used to do my little streaming radio deal, I
>called it my favorite album of 2001...oh what an honor ;-P
>
>I would agree that I like it better than "Bellybutton", but it can't come
>near "Spilt Milk". I think I like "Waiting" and "What A Drag" more than
>any other tunes, and I still remember hearing "Hello" playing as background
>music at Home Depot a couple of times. Super weird.
>
>I believe their indie release "Tastes Like Sugar", which has a few songs on
>it that are not on "Bully", is also very good. The song "Ordinary Man" was
>one of my favorites.
>
>I have not been able to find anything else that any of these guys, or a
>subset of them, have done since.
>
>Whit
>http://mog.com/whitsbrain
>http://twitter.com/whitsbrain
>
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>From: "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com>
>Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 10:40 AM
>To: "J&J Giddings" <jandjgiddings@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: Sugarbomb
>
>I was always very fond of "Posterchild for tragedy".
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>On 17 Jul 2011, at 15:04, J&J Giddings wrote:
>
>> Bully's a great record. A lot of the songs have a definite Jelly-vibe,
>but I wouldn't put it next to either JF album. The production alone, though
>truly well done is more dance? oriented and the songs aren't the same class
>of writing as Sturmer/Manning- lyrics specifically. Not sure I'll be
>listening to it for the next 40 years. "Bully" is such a good song, but
>then songs like "Motormouth" I just skip...there's no room for rap in my
>pop.
>> That being said, I'll probably pull the disc out and give it a spin
>today. Thanks for the reminder, Rick.
>> later,joe
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Rick McCall
>>> Sent: Jul 17, 2011 4:10 AM
>>> To: audities@smoe.org
>>> Subject: Sugarbomb
>>>
>>> Was on a trip recently and listened again to the Sugarbomb CD called
>Bully.
>>> Seriously, anyone who thinks Jellyfish was all that (I'm one of those)
>>> couldn't help but eat this disc alive. In my opinion, it is every bit
>as
>>> hooky and talent-laden as either of the Jellyfish albums. I probably
>like
>>> it a bit better than Bellybutton.
>>>
>>> When they were signed by RCA and re-recorded, remixed and remastered
>their
>>> indie CD, they knocked a grand slam of epic proportions. Then they got
>>> caught up in a label fiasco, the disc died a swift death due to lack of
>>> promotion and nothing has been heard from them since. At least, I
>think.
>>>
>>> Anybody have any idea if Les Farrington has recorded anything else?
>Still
>>> playing in the Fort Worth area? Anything?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Rick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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