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| From | "Rick McCall" <rickmccall77@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Sugarbomb |
| Date | Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:37:49 -0500 |
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You know what would be sick? A supergroup with Andy Sturmer and Les
Farrignton. If they didn't kill each other, they would knock out some
incredible stuff. Might throw Roger Manning in the mix too, but I'm afraid
at that point murder would be a foregone conclusion.
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Steve
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 7:19 PM
To: 'Chris Kouzes'; audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Sugarbomb
THANKS! I'm listening to "Bully" right now....!
Also...I have to agree with Bully being very good...but, for me, not better
than either Spilt Milk or Bellybutton. Jellyfish is a band that I always
come back to, on a regular basis...Sugarbomb...much less so.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Chris Kouzes
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 7:00 PM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Sugarbomb
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
>
>----------------------------------------
>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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