Love-Hounds-request.UUCP@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (11/20/86)
Really-From: nessus (Doug Alan) It is definitely true that "Don't Give Up" has been released as a single in England. I own it, and it is currently in the British Top-10. I've was told a while ago that it wasn't going to be released in the US, because Kate isn't popular enough here for it to significantly boost sales. I don't know whether or not this is still true. -Doug
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (04/09/87)
Really-From: seismo!nbs-amrf!oskard I have to say that when I first heard Don't Give Up I immediately thought of the situation in G.B. right now with unemployment and pessimism being the rule for young people, so I think that Phil's opinion of the song is not all that "outlandish". The song may have been inspired by the "dust bowl years" in the U.S., but maybe Gabriel's point is that the lessons learned from those hard times should be remembered now by those in similar predicaments. The scenery changes, but the message is the same. Dave "bd" Hsu -- What does the "bd" stand for Dave? "bad dude?" You mean all that time I was working at CVL I didn't even suspect you as a closet KB freak, not to mention the Residents? By the way, have any of you heard the indoctrination of Penn Gillette on the Ralph Records 10th anniversary album? It documents the effects of locking one Penn Gillette in a motel room for six (6) days and making him listen to ALL Ralph Records has ever put out. Not really an album worth buying if you ask me, since it only contains cuts of lots of songs--not too many complete ones--but it does have most of "Satisfaction" on it, which is in my opinion, the best version of that song I've ever heard. I taped it off of WCVT one late night a long time ago. Alright, enough rambling... ......................................................dno "I don't know any stupid quotes."