From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #635 Reply-To: ammf@smoe.org Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Friday, September 18 1998 Volume 01 : Number 635 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Gregorian Fruvous [hKatherine@ehmail.com] Re: Halloween party - more schtuffs... [richardbutterworth@my-dejanews.co] RE: Gregorian Fruvous ["Hartfield Adam (Lud)" ] Re: The Rhyming Frulad [Josh Drury ] The Rutles (was Re: Songs never heard wish list) ["A.J. LoCicero" , zonefive@my-dejanews.com wrote: > So, this was my last attempted post: > "I would love to hear Fruvous do a Gregorian > Chant version of Johnny Sausep'n." Am I sick or > what? Hi, Brent! Glad you could join us! And no, just for the record, I don't think you're sick. They WOULD have to include a bit about a certain monk-baked pastry loaf in the lyrics though, otherwise the whole point would be lost ;) hKatherine - -- This is my signature. It's just about halfway done now. There. How did you like my signature? - -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:02:29 GMT From: richardbutterworth@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Halloween party - more schtuffs... Chad Schrock wrote: > Costumes???!?! > > We have to dress up too?? > > eek! I'm really sorry, but I have to say it; why not just swap clothes with Chad? `Hi! I've come dressed as Chad.' `But you *are* Chad.' `No, stupid, I'm chad. That's Chad over there, dressed as chad.' Right, that's it, I promise, no more Cchhaadd posts. Ever. Pip pip Richard - ------------------------------------------ - -- Chandler, just go and ask her out. - -- No. - -- What's the worst thing that can happen? - -- I might die. - ------------------------------------------ - -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:46:08 GMT From: "Hartfield Adam (Lud)" Subject: RE: Gregorian Fruvous > So, this was my last attempted post: > "I would love to hear Fruvous do a Gregorian > Chant version of Johnny Sausep'n." Am I sick or > what? > > Brent Miller Not sick at all! Melanie (my sister) and I constantly amuse each other by singing Gregorian Früvous. And Clinean Früvous. And Wagnerian Früvous. etc, etc, etc. - --Adam adam.hartfield@dev.artioslink.com, adamh@javanet.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 09:57:10 -0400 From: Geenius at Wrok Subject: Re: Songs never heard wish list On 18 Sep 1998, ZardSnod wrote: > There was a Stig in the Rutles, I now assume? Was there also a Biff?? During > the WBRS interview that Cos was talking about, Fruvous went off into this > whole, Britishy "Biff and Stig" routine, and now I'm thinking that maybe it > came from the Rutles... I only know the Beatles and the Monkees - I feel > cheated, sinc e it sounds like they were during my youth, as well.. *hmph* "Stig" is a three-fourths derogatory British term for someone of Indian extraction. (That was the whole gag with Stig O'Hara of the Rutles -- parodying George Harrison's obsession with Indian music and mysticism by making the George-analogue an actual Indian. Also, if you ever watch "The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash," you'll notice that Stig never speaks a single line. The "quiet Rutle," indeed.) Don't know about "Biff" -- a soccer hooligan, maybe? - -- "I wish EVERY day could be a shearing festival!" -- The 10 Commandments =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Keith Ammann is geenius@albany.net "I notice you have a cloud of doom. Live with honor, endure with grace I must admit it makes you seem www.albany.net/~geenius * Lun Yu 2:24 dangerous and sexy." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 09:16:44 -0500 From: Josh Drury Subject: Re: The Rhyming Frulad nanoprophet wrote: > > Josh Drury wrote: > > > In Fruvous's version of "Minnie the Moocher". Is this one they've done > > before? I just heard it last night. > > they did it at their free show in Boston and included a slew of > Boston referances.. The Big Dig, finding the bones of the girl > Kennedy "offed at Chapaquidic" (i don't think that's not how you > spell it), MIT and some other stuff.... very slick > Yeah, Mike's lyrics were definitely tailored to Winnipeg during the show I saw, probably the only common verse was the one about the Clintons. But it's not really one of their songs, so they can change pretty much all the lyrics as they go. One of the other guys (Jian I think) mentioned he wrote the words in 20 minutes, Which is pretty good I guess if he has to do a new one every show. - -Josh ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 14:33:58 GMT From: "A.J. LoCicero" Subject: The Rutles (was Re: Songs never heard wish list) ZardSnod wrote: > > AJ wrote (re: the Rutles): > > >I was absolutely tickled when I realized that Rikki Fattar (or > >however he spells it) who plays Stig O'Hara was the same Rikki Fattar who was > >with > >the Beach Boys > > Okay - here's a trivia question (and I sure hope someone knows the answer, > 'cause I sure as heck don't!): > > There was a Stig in the Rutles, I now assume? Was there also a Biff?? During > the WBRS interview that Cos was talking about, Fruvous went off into this > whole, Britishy "Biff and Stig" routine, and now I'm thinking that maybe it > came from the Rutles... I only know the Beatles and the Monkees - I feel > cheated, sinc e it sounds like they were during my youth, as well.. *hmph* Woah Zard! You never heard the Rutles? Yes you missed out during your youth. To quickly answer your question, no that was not a Rutles reference. I think tey were just looking for britishy names. Here are the detail regarding the Rutles. Back in around... Oh 1978 or so (I think I was in 8th grade) Eric Idle and Neil Innes (both late of Monty Python--Neil was the guy who did the songs) put together a fake documentary called "All You Need Is Cash" which followed the careers of the famous Pre-Fab Four, Dirk, Stig, Nasty, and Barry--The Rutles. This is based on a 1 page joke that Idle had done in his "Rutland Dirty Weekend Book" a while before (Barry was called Kevin in that). (Can you tell that I was BIG into Python when I was an adolescent?) Anyway, this "Documentary" which aired on national television (I forget if it was PBS--Probably) followed the lives of the singing mop-tops from Rutland. The whole thing was pretty funny if you were a Beatles fan and therefore could get some of the obscure jokes such as: "Leggy Mountbatten (Their manager), despondant and unable to reach friends had suddenly, tragically--accepted a teaching post in Australia." As is typical with music documentaries, this show was spiced with large chunks of the band's music which consisted of a bunch of rather inspired tunes by Innes, which sounded almost, but not quite, like a bunch of famous Beatles songs. Around the same time that the show aired they also put out an LP (compleat with insert pages paraphrasing the programme) (remember those?!) with most of the songs on it. Needless to say I own this album. Zard: Check out the video stores. You may be able to rent "All You Need Is Cash". A.J. - -- _____ _ / ____(_) | | _ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |/ __/ _ \ '__/ _ \ | |____| | (_| __/ | | (_) | \_____|_|\___\___|_| \___/ @wwnet.com ICQ#: 13117113 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 14:13:31 GMT From: sirilyan@hotmail.com Subject: CJUM Radio Interview Review: Sept 16th, Winnipeg (long) (NOTE: I couldn't transcribe this in live time, but I tried to get the 'high points' and relevant quotes around the songs that were played. All quotes are from Dan (the DJ) unless otherwise marked.) Quick background: '49th Parallel' on CJUM (U of Manitoba campus radio) is a show that plays '99.49%' Canadian content that usually airs on Tuesdays. We turned on CJUM 20 minutes early to make sure not to miss anything - ironically (perhaps) enough, "Present Tense Tureen" was playing *g* This would be the first of a few unexpected song choices during the short interview. A timeline is provided so that you can appreciate just how short *lol* (Just as a side note, Dan uses the '49th Parallel' bit from Lazy Boy on his show, prompting a 'we get $0.06 every time you play that' joke when the guys were informed of that little fact) 3:02pm - Doug and I joke that Fruvous must be running late as some sort of grungish/rapish (hey, I don't know how else to describe it!) song was still playing. Turns out we were right *g* 3:05pm - 'This is a special edition of 49th Parallel featuring Moxy Fruvous in the studio,' however 'they have not arrived in the studio yet, fashionably late as always.' He then played 'a song from the live album' -> Message 3:08pm - 'Moxy Fruvous...who are still not in the studio yet. I'm skipping out of work today to play this show, so for the people at Nova Flyer here's a song called Darlington Darling from their first major label release' - ->Darlington Darling 3:12pm - '..who will be in the studio shortly - we just got a call from them, they're running late..so I'll have to rescind my harsh comment from before.' (At this point Doug and I are laughing about the 'harsh comment' - as I told Dan after the concert that night, "Fruvous time" is a running joke in the NG) 'I decided not to play continuous Moxy Fruvous in case we run out of songs before they get here...Now I've insulted them again.' He then mentioned that the first time he'd seen Fruvous in concert, their opener was a 'new act' - Jann Arden (!), and played 'Could I Be Your Girl?' 3:17pm - 'We're still anxiously awaiting the arrival of Moxy Fruvous' and then talked a bit about their tour. 'This is for all those people who would normally be watching soaps right now' -> Jenny Washington (2nd unexpected song) 3:20pm - 'I can see from my perch on the 3rd floor that they have arrived...in honour of their roadtripping, here's a song by the Poppy Family that was featured in the movie Hard Core Logo' -> Which Way You Going Billy? quick commercial break ('The Manitoban' newspaper - slogan "I really like reading the Manitoban") 3:25pm - "Moxy Fruvous is in the studio" "I really really like reading the Manitoban." The guys talked about listening to CJUM in the van on the way over - "Dan, who we haven't even met yet, slagging us left and right." (laughter) (Note: keep in mind that comments are flying out from all four from here on in, but if you expect *this* reviewer to be able to keep up with the boys, you're asking too much *g*) According to Fruvous, there is another '49th Parallel' show, this one at the University of Michigan, where, despite the fact that 'Ann Arbor is 45mins away from Canada," the DJ didn't know much about it, or them. Verdict on the U of M show 'it's crap' (sorry U of M'ers, Jian said it, not me) There's another guy that's from Canada, speaking his name is like singing the anthem...he's here right now! It's Gordon Lightfoot! -> Gord's Gold (live) Tonight's show at the West End Cultural Centre is the first night of our North American tour - that's why we're so full of spunk and testosterone. By the end of our show tomorrow night in Saskatoon, it'll all be gone. (laughter) 'Are there any songs that you thought were really great but didn't get the recognition you thought they deserved?' There were some songs that we thought got too much recognition.. There's a song that's slow and sad and was picked out as favourite song by my niece Sarah and Elvis Costello's ex-wife... ->BITTERSWEET!! (The only thing that kept me from falling off the bed in shock was the fact that it wasn't being done live, as it was the first time I'd heard it played *anywhere*. According to Dan it was Dave's choice...thanks Dave, from someone who agrees with you.) FDC was mentioned in passing, then the topic of a.m.m-f arose - specifically the recent 'that isn't Jian doing the intro to Video Bargainville' thread: It is me...I'm doing my Nome Chomsky (sp) impression. CJUM gave away two free passes to the caller who performed the 'skill testing activity' of Fruvous' choice - which turned out to be saying 'Peter Piper' 5 times fast. Carlin (the lucky winner) didn't quite do the rhyme in the traditional way, but received the passes *and* had an impromptu song composed in his honour. Fruvous also offered to put another person (plus guest) on the guest list who did something outrageous. (While waiting for callers, they did the old 'Harvey's makes your hamburger a beautiful thing' commercial jingle.) That caller was Peter, a Dairy Queen employee, who was told he'd get the passes if he gave out 5 free food items. (He was called again at the end of the interview and listed off his 5 items - he was told to come to the show and he'd be introduced from the stage. I don't know if he made it or not, but I do know the only person introduced from the stage that night was the King of Spain *g*) quick commercial break -> first part of King of Spain "By request of the band' -> Psychokiller The last song played during the interview was Horseshoes (live). ("In the eyes of this reviewer" (to quote from the concert), this song with just the voices and acoustic guitar is great and definitely something I'd like to hear again sometime.) Interview closed with a quick plug for the show that night and for Dayna Manning who was opening for them. (Additional note: I mentioned to Jian after the concert that we'd heard the radio interview - "I was wondering if anyone on the Net would be listening to it." After lurking for *this* long, you should know better than to wonder about something like that Jian *g*) Drea (temporarily from Doug's computer) - --(Spam trap address... I don't read it regularly.) - -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #635 ********************************************