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Re: He's at the crossroads. (no morrissey content)
> Oh, I was only kidding. But just for sake of conversation, I
> don't think it's a characteristic worth evaluating since it
> doesn't harm anybody.
Well, I'm kinda... well... I have always been like this... I don't know if other people like it...
> I'll look into the band. I'm always looking for decent new
> music. If you enjoy beautiful and unique female voices, try the
> Sundays. Harriet Wheeler has a high, very pretty voice; it's
> wholly female and very atmostpheric. My advice is to skip their
> newest effort, "Static and Silence," but both
> "Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic" (their debut) and
> "Blind" (their sophomore album) are very good. In
> fact, many Smiths fans are fans of the Sundays as well--their
> styles are very similar in that it's good vocals, and melodic
> jangly guitars forming the backbone of the tunes. Early in their
> career, there were endless comparisons with the SMiths in the
> press, and David Gavurin (the guitarist) was often accused of
> being an ersatz Johnny Marr--although in my opinion, he's not
> good enough to be legitimately compared to Johnny. On a side
> note, I once asked Harriet how she felt about being compared to
> the Smiths, and she was very nonchalant about it. One would
> think the band were heavily influenced by the Smiths because of
> how the sound, but that's only marginally true. Anyway, give
> them a listen if you haven't already. I think you'll be
> *pleased*. ;-)
Oh, thank you about the suggestion. I never heard anything about the band. I'll try to see something.
>
Well, here's the whole story as I know it. Black Sabbath
> were just signed and Tommi Iommi was ready to leave his factory
> job, when on his final day his hand was caught in machinery. He
> lost, I believe, the tips of his middle and ring fingers on his
> left hand--and he's a right handed guitar player. He thought,
> understandably, that his dreams were effectively finished, but
> ingenuity saved him. He made some changes in his guitars and
> playing style. He tuned down to loosen the tension of his
> strings, then placed leather caps on his fingers/stubs. The
> result of these changes is what you hear and recognize today as
> some of the darkest rock and roll around.
This is really great. A great story from a really great band!
> Hey, that's misogynistic! But it makes sense. You know how
> Robert Johnson died right? He finally fooled around with one too
> many women, and he was poisoned.
Oh, in the most part of his songs he complains about women - sometimes bitterly, sometimes ironically, sometimes both. He is known as misogynist indeed. But perhaps he had reason, as a woman probably poisoned him (laughs)
> Now you've made me feel a fool for saying that I laugh from one
> of his songs! Clapton would hate me.
Oh, no. As some Smiths or Morrissey songs, Robert Johnson's ones sometimes are soulful and funny at the same time!
> Hmm, I've never heard of anyone referring to John Lee Hooker as
> masculine before.
This is the strange way I use to hear songs... I pratically never understand or pay attention in English lyrics, so I can put my imagination to work.
But hear his voice anyway. I think is too much masculine, as a John Wayne from blues (see that John Wayne was masculine without being aggressively machist, but rather ironic). Am I crazy?
> It's a nice listen; not better than what you'd expect but it's
> still good.
I'll see!
> Oh, I was only kidding. But just for sake of conversation, I
> don't think it's a characteristic worth evaluating since it
> doesn't harm anybody.
Well, I'm kinda... well... I have always been like this... I don't know if other people like it...
> I'll look into the band. I'm always looking for decent new
> music. If you enjoy beautiful and unique female voices, try the
> Sundays. Harriet Wheeler has a high, very pretty voice; it's
> wholly female and very atmostpheric. My advice is to skip their
> newest effort, "Static and Silence," but both
> "Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic" (their debut) and
> "Blind" (their sophomore album) are very good. In
> fact, many Smiths fans are fans of the Sundays as well--their
> styles are very similar in that it's good vocals, and melodic
> jangly guitars forming the backbone of the tunes. Early in their
> career, there were endless comparisons with the SMiths in the
> press, and David Gavurin (the guitarist) was often accused of
> being an ersatz Johnny Marr--although in my opinion, he's not
> good enough to be legitimately compared to Johnny. On a side
> note, I once asked Harriet how she felt about being compared to
> the Smiths, and she was very nonchalant about it. One would
> think the band were heavily influenced by the Smiths because of
> how the sound, but that's only marginally true. Anyway, give
> them a listen if you haven't already. I think you'll be
> *pleased*. ;-)
Oh, thank you about the suggestion. I never heard anything about the band. I'll try to see something.
>
Well, here's the whole story as I know it. Black Sabbath> were just signed and Tommi Iommi was ready to leave his factory
> job, when on his final day his hand was caught in machinery. He
> lost, I believe, the tips of his middle and ring fingers on his
> left hand--and he's a right handed guitar player. He thought,
> understandably, that his dreams were effectively finished, but
> ingenuity saved him. He made some changes in his guitars and
> playing style. He tuned down to loosen the tension of his
> strings, then placed leather caps on his fingers/stubs. The
> result of these changes is what you hear and recognize today as
> some of the darkest rock and roll around.
This is really great. A great story from a really great band!
> Hey, that's misogynistic! But it makes sense. You know how
> Robert Johnson died right? He finally fooled around with one too
> many women, and he was poisoned.
Oh, in the most part of his songs he complains about women - sometimes bitterly, sometimes ironically, sometimes both. He is known as misogynist indeed. But perhaps he had reason, as a woman probably poisoned him (laughs)
> Now you've made me feel a fool for saying that I laugh from one
> of his songs! Clapton would hate me.
Oh, no. As some Smiths or Morrissey songs, Robert Johnson's ones sometimes are soulful and funny at the same time!
> Hmm, I've never heard of anyone referring to John Lee Hooker as
> masculine before.
This is the strange way I use to hear songs... I pratically never understand or pay attention in English lyrics, so I can put my imagination to work.
But hear his voice anyway. I think is too much masculine, as a John Wayne from blues (see that John Wayne was masculine without being aggressively machist, but rather ironic). Am I crazy?
> It's a nice listen; not better than what you'd expect but it's
> still good.
I'll see!
