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davidt
on Thursday May 24 2001, @09:45AM
MeakinMaudieRex writes: Yet again, the highly entertaining, Badly Drawn Boy, does a tribute to his fellow Manchester affiliate. Monday night's show at the El Rey theater in Los Angeles, featured BDB's own rendition of "Oscillate Wildly" with a special dedication to Morrissey and Johnny Marr. He expressed his disappointment in Morrissey's absence for his final presentation of this tour even though the Mozzer showed up to see his friends the Doves. The cover was a delightful touch to the end an amazing three hour set, showcasing that infamous British wit shared by both performers.
MorrizeeFan writes: I went and saw Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) at The El Rey in LA and he covered "Oscillate Wildly." It was an amazing, updated cover and I'm pretty sure you can download it from Napster if you're interested. He also said the song was dedicated to "his idol, Morrissey." --- Related items:
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brilliant (Score:1)
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He did OW in Chicago, too, a few weeks ago (Score:0)
David Letterman Show (Score:1)
Badly Drawn Boy will be performing on the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS of course...Just thought some might want to know..
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BDB interview on m1online.co.uk (Score:0)
It is brought to you by a lovely duo from Manchester, including one life long Stretfordian Moz fan and a talented young chap who has worked with Linder on recent projects.
Have a look at the second issue in June when the full interview will be presented in all it's glory.
Thankyou Very Much.
This needs to be said again.... (Score:1, Interesting)
You stand for 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours as he attempts to dazzle us with his comedy routine. His music? What music?! He's too busy stuffing towels in his crotch, pulling them out, throwing them into the audience and saying, "it has revitalizing juices". Really clever, hah?
When he finally gets around to playing his songs--songs which on the album had a real emotional impact on me--he plays them with little or no emotion. But everyone here (I can only speak for the audience he had in Hollywood at the Knitting Factory) was absolutely taken by his "charming" displays of crude humor.
I discourage anyone from seeing BDB live. I'm all for a fun show, I don't think you have to be dour to be sincere so I'm not going to stand for any responses which accuse me of being a "prudish Morrissey fan". But I do believe that BDB has to concentrate on the music first. Once he masters actually delivering his lovely songs with sincerity and warmth then he can wipe his crotch as many times he wants in between songs. Until then I really hope he stays off the road and in the studio.
Oh, and one last thing...
Many might feel that what is charming about BDB shows is not the actual humor but the spontaneity of his shows. Too many bands just show up paint by the numbers, as it were. Okay, fine. But ummm...he used the towel in the crotch "joke" in Chicago, L.A. and countless other places. In short, there is nothing spontaneous about his stupid routine.
What does this have to do with the simple claim that he covered Oscillate Wildly? Nothing, just had to get that off my chest! :)
p.s. ask Seattle what they think of BDB...
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