QuoteI don't think the 2-Tone ska bands were "real" ska. The fact they were mostly comfortable with what they were (sidebar: which is what?) made their lack of credentials a non-issue. Sorry, in this discussion about Vampire Weekend, I just find the comparison to 2 Tone ska bands to be weird (am I missing something?). Many of the musicians in the various 2 Tone era bands (Spby Familyman
Yeah, with all the crap that has gone down over the last 25+ years (and there have been a lot of bright spots, too), Buck really has to love the music and performing to keep on doing what he does (just the touring alone is brutal). I worked with him for about nine years at Moon and have nothing but the utmost respect for him as a musician, businessman, and human being. And the man can write aby Familyman
Delvin: I sent Buck the link to your review/overview and he seemed pretty happy with it. He was surprised by your focus on This Gun, since that's the album in The Toasters' catalogue that usually throws people off a bit (at the time, Buck was positioning them as more of a pop band that happens to play a lot of ska...though that obviously didn't last long). Jothoma: You'reby Familyman
Thanks TP for finally including an overview of The Toasters' catalogue! For years, the only acknowledgement of their existence was found in the Unity 2 entry (look it up, kids), and I always thought they deserved better. As a fan of the band since the late 80s, who also worked at Moon Ska (director of promotions/marketing) for most of the 90s, I'm pretty familiar with all of The Toastby Familyman
"Are Everything" - Buzzcocks (I first heard the Heaven 17 version when I was in high school and was blown away to learn later that it was originally a Buzzcock's tune)by Familyman
Did anybody catch this article in the NY Times over the weekend: It's great to see Pat DiNizio continuing to make a living at what he does best, yet somehow equally depressing that it's no longer in clubs, but in McMansions. And what's up with the shocking weight gain?by Familyman
Echo and the Bunnymen are slated to play "Ocean Rain" in its entirety with a 10-piece orchestra on this tour. Even with all the extra musicians on stage, Radio City is still an enormous hall...(I saw them on the first "Ocean Rain" tour at the much more intimate Beacon Theatre in '84 (?) and they were pretty magnificent--they had a string quartet along to back up songs liby Familyman
I think it's: Temporary layoffs--good times! Easy credit rip-offs--good times! Ain't we lucky we got 'em--good times!by Familyman
The LP was released about two weeks ago, the CD is out today. Reviews in the The NY Times and on the All Music Guide have been positive...by Familyman
Sweet!by Familyman
Breno, really interesting argument you have here...and I think (hope) you're right. I live in NYC and over the past 5-10 years have watched both chain and indie shops close by the dozens (in addition to the major industry-wide drop in CD sales, these stores also have had to contend with the astronomic rise in retail rents, particularly in Manhattan, but in most of the hip neighborhoods in tby Familyman
Buy CDs and LPs! Get the whole damn package.by Familyman
Really sorry about this. Hope the band eventually finds a way to come back from this disaster.by Familyman
I watched it, too, and loved it. The 70s really were an amazingly bizarre time in children's television (see anything by Sid and Marty Krofft; Captain Kangaroo; The Magic Garden; New Zoo Review; Electric Company; Zoom; old Warner Brothers cartoons from the 40s/50s with all their archaic pop culture references; the animated version of Star Trek; etc.). Programming by psychedelic hippie loveby Familyman
Echo & the Bunnymen are planning to perform "Ocean Rain" at the Royal Albert Hall backed by a full orchestra in September 2008. Wish I had the euros to see 'em. (http://www.nme.com/news/echo-and-the-bunnymen/32961)by Familyman
From Simon Le Bon and Duran Duran: People stare and cross the road from me And jungle drums they all clear the way for me Can you read my mind can you see in the snow And fiery demons all dance When you walk through that door Don't say you're easy on me You're about as easy as a nuclear war Cos the dream that strings the road With broken glass for us to hold And I got so far beby Familyman
Michael Toland wrote: > Really? I've always liked the way Truth and Soul is sequenced. > > I think the first Velvet Crush album buries its best, hookiest > tracks on what would have been side 2 on vinyl. Love the whole album, but have always thought the stronger material is on side 2--One Day, Subliminal Fascism, Slow Bus Movin' (Howard Beach Party), Ghetto Sounby Familyman
Fishbone: Truth and Soulby Familyman
Thanks for clarifying this! At lunchtime, I went out to a record store and combed through what they had of EC's catalogue, looking for these tracks. Thought I must of missed one of the reissues with those bonus cuts... Post Edited (09-06-07 14:57)by Familyman
madisdadi wrote: > yeah, the Elvii got a call and letter from Ms. James: > > "My wife and I got a phone call and wound up writing ten songs > for this girl, Wendy James of the pop-punk group Transvision > Vamp. Not one -- ten. We just had a weekend to spare, so we > wrote ten. I said: 'If we don't finish by Sunday, forget it. > It's got to be quick, likeby Familyman
If I remember correctly, in reviews of the CD at the time, Elvis had claimed that all the songs had been written over the course of a weekend--specifically for Wendy James to record. And some of the tunes ain't half bad--and would have been pretty good, had they been sung by someone else...anybody else...by Familyman
Perfect pop: Dear God Life Begins at the Hop We're All Light I'm the Man Who Murdered Love Senses Working Overtime Making Plans for Nigel Respectable Street Mayor of Simpleton Generals and Majors Summer's Cauldronby Familyman
These are the ones that--after all these years--still make the hair on the back of my neck stand on end: White Man in Hammersmith Palais Guns on the Roof Capitol Radio Two Groovy Times Armagideon Time The Right Profile Clampdown Kingston Advice Rock the Casbah This is Radio Clash/Overpowered by Funk/Red Angel Dragnet (three-way tie--these make me super nostalgic for early eighties NYC)by Familyman
Which ska band were you in, Aitch? Aitch wrote: > I used to be in a ska band about a hundred years ago and there > were always skinheads hanging around trying to get you to > listen to those shitty Oi compilations, Oi The Album, Strength > Through Oi etc. A lot of it was shit but The Business always > stood out and I liked the Kids of The Eighties album by Infa > Riot. > Thby Familyman
Actually, for most of the 2-Tone era bands who released incredible debut LPs (Specials, Madness, Beat, Selecter), their sophomore releases were considered something of a letdown, since they all expanded their sound beyond ska (in the manner it had been revived/reinvented/redefined in late 70s Britain) and, in doing so, dashed many people's expectations. More Specials: incorporates elementby Familyman
Everybody's got something to hide, 'cept for me and my foetus...by Familyman
A dizzying amount of drugs are consumed in the chapters that covered the mid to late 60s. The LSD trips sounded quite nightmarish, actually. Glad that shit wasn't popular in my scene when I was young and stupid.by Familyman
Summers' book is surprisingly good and interesting--without being a nasty, gossipy tell all. I was particularly struck by how circumspect he was in dealing with Sting's increasingly difficult egomania as they recorded "Ghost in the Machine" and then "Synchronicity." I doubt most people would have been as kind. A gentleman that one. Part of me would love to see thby Familyman
Off the top of my head: Free Nelson Mandela - Special AKA Judgement Ina Babylon - Lee 'Scratch' Perry (re: Chris Blackwell as vampire)by Familyman
Anybody hear it/brave enough to buy it? Just wondering.by Familyman
