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Grex > Music2 > #264: NP #6: Music to Conference By |  |
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mcnally
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response 100 of 391:
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Jul 24 05:09 UTC 2000 |
<robin leach voice>
"There was one room in her house that was always locked.
It was the garage!!"
</robin leach voice>
I think I'm one of the few people who liked "Astronauts and Heretix"
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brighn
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response 101 of 391:
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Jul 24 06:32 UTC 2000 |
You ask me if I love you, does the pope live in the woods? Quad erat
demonstrandum, baby. (Oooo! You speak French!)
I like "Astronauts and Heretics," but acknowledge it suffers from the same
disease that struck several of the early 80s New Wave lot -- Kenny G Disease.
KGD strikes pop stars who are past their creative peak and begin to make music
that's pleasant, artistic, and mostly harmless. New Wave sufferers of KGD
include Thomas Dolby, The Fixx, Thompson Twins (aka Babble), Talk Talk (aka
O'Rang), and ABC. While KGD has struck musicians from other ears (Manfred
Mann's Earth Band and Alan Parsons Project come to mind), perhaps it was the
dishonor of sitting in the Top Ten bins with Air Supply and Asia that caused
New Wave bands to be especially hard hit. Even Peter Gabriel has come down
with a severe case of KGD. Won't you please help? Give to the KGD Foundation,
so that early 80s innovators can begin innovating again. Thank you.
(eras, not ears)
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gypsi
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response 102 of 391:
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Jul 24 12:35 UTC 2000 |
I *LOVE* "Hyperactive". Now I have it in my head. =) <bounces around>
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krj
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response 103 of 391:
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Jul 24 16:38 UTC 2000 |
Caledon, THE NOBLE TROUSERS. Fourth band for the harp duo
Mary MacMaster and Patsy Seddon; mostly a spinoff from the Clan Alba
band with Dick Gaughan missing. Good stuff if you like harps and
bagpipes. This copy, which I got this week, was a replacement
for one stolen out of my car two years ago.
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isis
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response 104 of 391:
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Jul 24 20:44 UTC 2000 |
zeppelin-south bound suarez
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carla
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response 105 of 391:
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Jul 25 16:57 UTC 2000 |
diamonda galas and john paul jones "The sporting life"
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happyboy
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response 106 of 391:
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Jul 25 19:57 UTC 2000 |
wings greatest hits: mull of kintyre...
speaking of bagpipes
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brighn
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response 107 of 391:
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Jul 25 22:02 UTC 2000 |
"Look How Far," Bruce Cockburn, Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu.
The CD case is, of course, green (points to the Musical Jeopardy item).
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tpryan
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response 108 of 391:
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Jul 26 00:44 UTC 2000 |
Pink Pearl by Jill Sobule is getting it's second listen after
a month or so on the self.
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mcnally
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response 109 of 391:
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Jul 26 00:47 UTC 2000 |
Pink would seem more appropriate for a Cockburn CD..
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brighn
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response 110 of 391:
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Jul 26 14:15 UTC 2000 |
pink? is there a good reason, or are you diswsing him?
green because it's a Rykodisc CD, and we were caught up on that for a while
in Jeopardy...
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other
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response 111 of 391:
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Jul 26 18:05 UTC 2000 |
Tom Waits -- The Piano Has Been Drinking
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mcnally
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response 112 of 391:
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Jul 26 19:48 UTC 2000 |
I'm dissing his politics..
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brighn
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response 113 of 391:
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Jul 26 21:21 UTC 2000 |
well, yes, I suppose he IS a touch communist-sympathetic ...
Nothing now, but was listening to Prick, an odd piece I got used for $1 only
to discover that Trent Reznor engineered and Chris Vrenna assisted
engineering. It's got the mildest flavor of NIN, but is fairly far afield from
it. (Prick being a fellow named Kevin McMahon, apparently.)
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scott
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response 114 of 391:
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Jul 26 21:53 UTC 2000 |
Thomas Dolby, "The Flat Earth", this time on CD! It's at Borders, for only
$11.99, as is "The Golden Age of Wireless".
OK, I'll admit "Mulu the Rain Forest" is kinda lame. But it's more than made
up for by either the title track and/or "Screen Kiss".
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otaking
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response 115 of 391:
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Jul 26 22:34 UTC 2000 |
Crystal Method "Busy Child" This is from the MTV Amp compilation. The whole
CD is a good mix of techno music.
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brighn
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response 116 of 391:
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Jul 26 22:41 UTC 2000 |
Dramarama, "Late Night Phone Call," from the 93 Hi-Fi Sci-Fi CD.
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other
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response 117 of 391:
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Jul 27 04:12 UTC 2000 |
The Limeliters -- There's a Meetin' Here Tonight
This Mortal Coil -- Barramundi
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krj
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response 118 of 391:
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Jul 27 07:33 UTC 2000 |
Bruce Cockburn's politics? Heh. You might take a listen to Dick Gaughan
(banned from the USA during the Reagan & Bush administrations for
being a Communist Party member), Leon Rosselson, or Attila the Stockbroker.
Sally Barker, "Passion and the Countess." Most recent solo album from the
original Poozies' vocalist. Unfortunately on her own she tends to goop
up the arrangments; the Poozies always keep things clean and simple.
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other
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response 119 of 391:
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Jul 27 18:35 UTC 2000 |
Peter Gabriel -- Shaking the Tree
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mcnally
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response 120 of 391:
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Jul 27 20:01 UTC 2000 |
I don't object to him being left-leaning, I object to him being so
predictable and trite about it. I suspect I'd prefer the other artists
you mention..
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brighn
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response 121 of 391:
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Jul 27 22:55 UTC 2000 |
You object, perhaps, to lyrics like "If I had a rocket launcher, some son of
a bitch would die" in the midst of an anti-violence song, perhaps?
Actually, Cockburns last few albums (including Breakfast in New Orleans...)
have been generally not political, but just lots of artsy, existentialist
stuff. Still trite, but prettier. =}
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isis
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response 122 of 391:
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Jul 28 00:42 UTC 2000 |
beatles- let it be
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other
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response 123 of 391:
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Jul 28 01:10 UTC 2000 |
This Mortal Coil -- The Lacemaker
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ea
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response 124 of 391:
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Jul 29 02:51 UTC 2000 |
Right now listening to James Taylor's Fire and Rain. Someone in an IRC
room is typing the lyrics to American Pie so I may have to put that MP3
on.
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