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krj
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response 125 of 151:
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Nov 16 17:15 UTC 1998 |
The "Best of U2" set is the only major label release I can think of
which omits songwriter credits. I'm really quite startled by this,
especially since there are detailed producer credits for each track.
Yah, I thought it was a legal requirement too.
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mcnally
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response 126 of 151:
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Nov 17 07:10 UTC 1998 |
Kind of ironic after their record company tried to sue the band
Negativland into oblivion a few years back..
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krj
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response 127 of 151:
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Oct 21 20:38 UTC 1999 |
I'll kick this item and use it as a hook to mention that the revival
of STOP MAKING SENSE is playing for four days at the Michigan Theatre
in Ann Arbor. Scott is calling for a Grexpedition to see it Friday
night. Details in the system login message.
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mcnally
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response 128 of 151:
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Oct 21 23:37 UTC 1999 |
I *highly* recommend "Stop Making Sense" even if you're "sure" you
don't like concert films. If you're in the Ann Arbor area you shouldn't
miss the chance to see it at the Michigan Theater -- during the mid-80s
in the years after the film's release, the Michigan would screen it every
few months and it got to be a sort of tradition to go and dance in the
aisles..
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goose
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response 129 of 151:
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Oct 25 01:08 UTC 1999 |
And I fucking missed it, all five showings. I'm really pissed.
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mcnally
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response 130 of 151:
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Oct 25 03:14 UTC 1999 |
You might be better off, actually.. The film is still great, but I
found it kind of depressing compared to the experience I remember
from its peak popularity here in Ann Arbor during the 80s.
The showing I attended (Saturday, 9:15) was mostly empty, most of the
audience was even older than me, and I was the only one who danced..
Crowd reaction to the film was largely positive but extremely passive.
It was a lot more fun as a semi-regular campus event than it is as
"just a movie".
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orinoco
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response 131 of 151:
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Oct 25 16:11 UTC 1999 |
Like the depressing nature of watching a good band play for a dead audience,
only without the thrill of seeing the good band.....
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otaking
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response 132 of 151:
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Oct 25 17:46 UTC 1999 |
Since I saw it for the first time on Friday, I had no past experience to
relate to. I wasn't disappointed in the least by the film or its audience.
Guess I'll have to find the right crowd when I watch it again.
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lumen
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response 133 of 151:
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Oct 26 00:52 UTC 1999 |
Wow. A friend of mine is a David Byrne fan. Too bad it's not
happening out here.
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jules
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response 134 of 151:
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Apr 9 04:25 UTC 2000 |
im embarrassed to like the remake of kc and the sunshine bands 'please dont
go' by double you.
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diznave
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response 135 of 151:
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Apr 10 14:44 UTC 2000 |
Please don't tell anyone that I -love- Hall & Oates. I mean, geez....look at
their videos.
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lumen
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response 136 of 151:
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Apr 10 22:36 UTC 2000 |
Reportedly, they had a BIG problem with music videos. I guess they
didn't feel comfortable with the medium. When MTV played its millionth
video, which was also their first, they had a special on the
development of music video. They showed a clip of John Oates at a
press conference with Madonna and Sting, among a few other stars.
Oates complained that it wasn't quite fair to be judged according to
this new medium, which required some acting ability. Acting ability
and musicianship don't necessarily go hand in hand. Of course, Madonna
rebutted it was very important.. but her whole life has been about "my
mother died when I was so young, so I've been constantly ravenously
hungry for any attention I can get."
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diznave
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response 137 of 151:
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Apr 11 05:39 UTC 2000 |
yeah, she seemed to thrive in front of a camera....Hall & Oates definitely
should have stuck to albums and concerts, though.....i think the single most
embarrassing moment in music video would have to be the Journey video, where
the guys are all down at the docks, in front of these (at the time) unused
warehouse storage facilities (or something), and they're all playing a full
band version of air guitar, pretty much.....and they're singing to this
woman...and her hair....and they're all **so** passionate...and the
bandanas...and the guys in their skin tight jeans.....GAWD....whenever i see
it, i want to crawl behind the couch...i don't know whether to laugh or cry...
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jules
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response 138 of 151:
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Apr 12 00:18 UTC 2000 |
i laugh. alot.
my fav video is the one for safety dance by men without hats....
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diznave
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response 139 of 151:
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Apr 12 06:27 UTC 2000 |
i seem to think that video has something to do with skipping through fields
with a flute and midgets.....but the memory is very hazy, so I could way off
base...
(er....-be- way off base)
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otaking
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response 140 of 151:
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Apr 12 11:06 UTC 2000 |
Yep. That's the Safety Dance video.
I really enjoyed "Life in a Northern Town" I guess it was the oboe.
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diznave
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response 141 of 151:
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Apr 12 15:01 UTC 2000 |
is this another MWH 'classic'?
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otaking
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response 142 of 151:
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Apr 12 17:27 UTC 2000 |
No. "Life in a Northern Town" was by Dream Academy.
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jules
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response 143 of 151:
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Apr 12 20:48 UTC 2000 |
heh im impressed. i played the oboe in jr high.
i always though the lead singer of dream academy sounded like davy jones from
the monkees
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orinoco
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response 144 of 151:
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Apr 13 00:27 UTC 2000 |
Funny, I've always though the monkees could use an oboist...
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mcnally
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response 145 of 151:
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Apr 13 00:43 UTC 2000 |
What about a million monkeys with a million oboes?
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diznave
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response 146 of 151:
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Apr 13 03:55 UTC 2000 |
How does the saying go? "Give a monkey enough time with an oboe, and she'll
perform a Bartok symphony." Right?
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gypsi
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response 147 of 151:
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Apr 13 05:00 UTC 2000 |
This one time...at band camp...
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diznave
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response 148 of 151:
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Apr 13 07:09 UTC 2000 |
<chuckle>
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otaking
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response 149 of 151:
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Apr 13 13:42 UTC 2000 |
<lol>
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