Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU (01/04/91)
Really-From: edelman@earth.lerc.nasa.gov (Amy L. Edelman) I just got this great cd called "Red Earth" by Crash Vegas. The vocalist sounds a bit like Suzanne Vega with more of a rough edge to her voice, but the music is more like melodic Cure. I recommend the CD though I must admit the music is a bit frustrating: A bit too calm to jump around and dance to, A bit too rowdy to just sit and listen to. I don't know much more about this group. I would appreciate any more info. ale
Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU (01/07/91)
Really-From: woiccare@pebbles.sct.clarkson.edu Amy L. Edelman sez: > I just got this great cd called "Red Earth" by Crash Vegas. The vocalist > sounds a bit like Suzanne Vega with more of a rough edge to her voice, actually, i think she - michelle mcadorey is her name - sounds more like the singer for the housemartins and the beautiful south actually (which is a bit strange i know, but... :) the lyrics are great too. > but the music is more like melodic Cure. i must disagree here. almost vehemently. :) they are essentially rock, with a nice twang to them. nothing like the acid-induced pop of the cure. sorry. for comparison's sake, take either mazzy star or the cowboy junkies and beef up their sound a bit. i know that's real rough, but it'll do for start- ers. like the jody grind at times too (another great band btw). > I recommend the CD though I > must admit the music is a bit frustrating: A bit too calm to jump around > and dance to, A bit too rowdy to just sit and listen to. hmmm. i saw them earlier in the fall and found it quite easy to dance too. then again, i was shell programming last night while listening to them. in any event, i share your recommendation! > I don't know much more about this group. I would appreciate any more info. canadian band. the bassist is the sister of daniel lanois who has a great album out called _arcadie_ (there's a accent on one of those letters). i think they are from quebec, but i could be wrong (at least hte bassist is). i'm also pretty sure that this is their only release. woj
Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU (01/09/91)
Really-From: edelman@earth.lerc.nasa.gov (Amy L. Edelman) In reply to my Crash Vegas post: >> but the music is more like melodic Cure. woj says: >i must disagree here. almost vehemently. :) they are essentially rock, with >a nice twang to them. nothing like the acid-induced pop of the cure. sorry. > I'd like to redeem myself here. On the first listening I felt that they had a bit of that depressing Cure sound but after listening a few more times I cringe at that comparison. I first heard them on NPR's "Mountain Stage" if that tells you anything. >> I recommend the CD though I >> must admit the music is a bit frustrating: A bit too calm to jump around >> and dance to, A bit too rowdy to just sit and listen to. Another redemption. This is better stated as I want to dance and sit and listen to them at the same time. See? Catch-22. Anyway I agree the lyrics are great. > Also can anyone recommend an album for: Annaboulaboula Dead Can Dance Pogues The Legendary Pink Dots Thanks in advance Aimee
Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU (01/11/91)
Really-From: abvax!iccgcc.DNET!lieser@uunet.UU.NET In article <1991Jan9.140311.26988@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU writes: > Really-From: edelman@earth.lerc.nasa.gov (Amy L. Edelman) > > Also can anyone recommend an album for: > Dead Can Dance "Within the Realm of a Dying Sun" is my favorite, but it's probably their gloomiest album. "Serpent's Egg" is not as gloomy and has some great percussion on it. I would recommend these two most highly. > Pogues "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" is a good album, and I've seen a review or two that rated it as their best. Haven't heard "Hell's Ditch" yet, though. Some of their earlier stuff is available only as imports anyway, so you'd be saving some money to start with one of these... Ed
Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU (01/11/91)
Really-From: Jeff Burka <jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> Ed writes... >> Amy asks for recommendations of albums by: >> Pogues > >"If I Should Fall From Grace With God" is a good album, and I've seen a >review or two that rated it as their best. Haven't heard "Hell's Ditch" >yet, though. Some of their earlier stuff is available only as imports >anyway, so you'd be saving some money to start with one of these... I've got the last 4 Pogues albums in one form or another...they are: "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash" which is fantastic and features... oh, piffle, can't remember her name, a woman on bass and occasional vocals (she sings lead on the song "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Everyday" which is particularly ironic) "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" is also fantastic "Peace and Love" is rather mediocre, I thought; it has a few good songs ("White City" and "Young Ned of the Hill" spring to mind), but overall it was a disappointing album. [a few months ago, an EP was released called "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" which I thought was okay but not great; it does have a neat cover of "Honky Tonk Woman" on it, though] "Hell's Ditch" is yet another great album; I was a little worried that after "Peace and Love" it would be all down hill (much like Big Country), but it seems that The Pogues have gotten back in shape, Shane MacGowan has gotten drunk, and things are generally back to normal. I know there are some earlier albums; I've seen two ("The Pogues" and "Poguetry in Motion"), but stupid me, I didn't buy the CD's when I had the chance. I haven't heard anything other than what's listed above (and the song that the Pogues did with Kristy McColl on the Red Hot + Blue album). Does anybody know why The Pogues are apparently just calling themselves "Pogues" now? Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka | "At night they're seen | |jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu | Laughing, loving, | |jburka@amber.ucs.indiana.edu | They know the way to be happy" --KaTe |
Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU (01/11/91)
Really-From: adobe!!dkletter@decwrl.dec.com (SUGAR in their vitamins?) >Really-From: Jeff Burka <jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> >Does anybody know why The Pogues are apparently just calling themselves >"Pogues" now? i read in an interview once that Pogue Mahone means KISS MY ARSE, so they had to change it. too bad, that. -- Yes. Beautiful, wonderful nature. Hear it sing to us: *snap* Yes. natURE.