Don't be silly. We all know that product placement never works. Oh... hang on. I did buy a lavender Lexus back in the nineties. Damn this subliminal advertsting. On 31/05/07, Josh Chasin wrote: > On another list I'm on, a guy posited that this record has a ton of what he > called "cultural references" (e.g. "Subaru"). I explained that these were > not just random mentions; the band has obviously been aggressively selling > product placement advertising on the new CD. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Curry" > To: > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:14 AM > Subject: Re: laziest lyrics ever / FoW? > > > > I'm scratching my head on this one as well. Perhaps "Revolving Dora" and > > "Planet of Weed" are slightly below par, but the rest is really top notch. > > > > Mike. > > > > > >>From: "Craig Leve" > >>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org > >>To: audities@smoe.org, "Jim Cox" > >>Subject: Re: laziest lyrics ever? > >>Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 16:56:19 -0700 > >> > >>Jim, > >> > >>Examples please? > >> > >>No album has seen more play in my family this year. Boo-hiss on the folks > >>for whom familiarity has bred a little contempt, or the milder "been > >>there, > >>done that". I find many, many inspired moments, both musical and lyrical > >>on > >>the new one. "New Routine" gives me chills for it's combo wollop on almost > >>every play. And I absolutely adore the moment in "I-95" when the singer > >>has > >>utterly romanticized the banal drive for the 'cinematic' landscape, till a > >>van pull rights in front of him. Not huge themes, to be sure, but smart > >>stuff that doesn't waste my time. And well, "Someone to Love" is just a > >>stone FoW classic. > >> > >>I'm not sure where "Traffic and Weather" will fall relative to the rest of > >>their catalog but FoW's bar is much higher than their so-called peers. As > >>an > >>album, I may prefer it to "Welcome Interstate Managers" - which includes > >>many of my favorites, but also includes more songs I almost always skip > >>than > >>any other album. I always thought that album should have ended with "Fire > >>Island". Oddly enough I feel similarly about the closing of this album, > >>tho > >>- but it's only the last song, "Seatbacks and Traytables" that tends to > >>get > >>ditched. I greedily enjoy the rest of the album song for song more than > >>any > >>album since their first (though Utopia Parkway is a pretty amazing ride, > >>too). > >> > >>Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those "love my fair-haired boys or get > >>off the list" sorta guys, but at least a few examples would help me > >>appreciate your criticism. > >> > >>thanks, > >> > >>-craig > >> > >>On 5/30/07, Jim Cox wrote: > >>> > >>>The new FOW record should come with a Lazy Lyrics warning label. What > >>>the heck happened? > >>> > >>>On 5/30/07, synthhtnys@comcast.net wrote: > >>> > *You might want to watch their DVD.... They mention that line and also > >>>mention how genuinely surprised they are whenever someone comments on it > >>>as > >>>they meant it to be funny and thought it was obvious. > >>> > > >>> > Great band, actually... I just re-aquainted myself with their stuff, > >>>they wrote several excellent pop tunes... current favorite: She's my > >>>girl, > >>>their attempt at psychedlia... > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > -------------- Original message -------------- > >>> > From: > >>> > > >>> > > I've talked here before about how hackneyed lyrics can ruin an > >>>otherwise-good > >>> > > song for me (there's still no faster way for a songwriter to lose my > >>>respect > >>> > > than to rhyme "change" with "rearrange") but I still have to smile > >>>when this > >>> > > Turtles song comes on: > >>> > > > >>> > > "Eleanor, gee, I think you're swell/ > >>> > > And you really do me well/ > >>> > > You're my pride and joy, et cetera." > >>> > > > >>> > > Not that Kaylan and Volman ever took their work too seriously, but > >>>"et > >>>cetera?" > >>> > > That's the best they could come up with? > >>> > > > >>> > > Whenever I hear that, it puts me in mind of Martin Short's elderly > >>>Tin > >>>Pan Alley > >>> > > songwriter character, who would claim to be able to write a song on > >>>the spot, > >>> > > but failed miserably whenever challenged to do so. > >>> > > > >>> > > Gimme a G, a bouncy G, > >>> > > Drew > >>> > > np: William Pears - BIG BANG > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > ---- Ellen Giloy wrote: > >>> > > > >>> > > ============= > >>> > > I'll pick up the thread on the new Ike Reilly. I've been a fan since > >>> > > > "Salesmen and Racists," and there's nothing better than a live Ike > >>> > > > Reilly performance (his Thanksgiving Eve shows here in Minneapolis > >>> > > have > >>> > > > long since become another holiday tradition). However, that said, > >>> > > > I > >>> > > > really wasn't a fan of his last release. > >>> > > > > >>> > > > Now, I'm happy to say that I'm back on the bus with the release of > >>> > > "We > >>> > > > belong to the Staggering Evening." He found the rawk again (as my > >>> > > > friends and I like to say) and I think songs like "Valentine's Day > >>>in > >>> > > > Juarez" and "Fish Plant Uprising" are among the best work he's put > >>> > > out > >>> > > > so far. > >>> > > > > >>> > > > OK. I'll go back to lurking now. Take care! > >>> > > > ~Ellen > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > --------------------------------- > >>> > > Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone > >>>who knows. > >>> > > Yahoo! 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