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 > 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" >> >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 >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 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >>__________________________________________________ >_ >> >______________ >> >> Introducing Live Search cashback . It's >search >> >that pays you back! >> >> >> >> >> >>http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/ >p >> >ubl=HMTGL/crea=introsrchcashback >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> >Joseph Savitz >> > > > >-- >Joseph Savitz