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From: chrisb@haddock.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Robyn Hitchcock, etc.
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 11:32:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  6 11:32:00 1985
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A few weeks ago someone wrote something about Robyn Hitchcock and the Soft
Boys. I am heavy into this guy and his bands, and have several of his/their
albums:

1. Soft Boys-  "A Can Of Bees"   Their first and probably most twisted album.
		Raw production and lyrics that could send a nun into a bad
		trip make this a challenging record to listen to.

2. Soft Boys-  "Only The Stones Remain" The first side is studio stuff, the
		second is live. Features a version of the Syd Barrett
		classic "Astronomy Domine". Best cut: "Where are the Prawns?".

3. Soft Boys-  "Invisible Hits" This may be the best batch yet. Vicious
		lyrics. What can I say? He writes beautiful songs.

4. Soft Boys-  "Underwater Moonlight" Probably their most well-produced/
		commercial-sounding album, but has some killer numbers on it.

5. Robyn Hithcock-"Black Snake Diamond Roll" Good Solid Acidified pop.

6. Kimberley Rew-"The Bible of Bop" features songs by the dB's (with Mitch
		Easter), an early version of the Waves, and the Soft Boys.
		There's a great song by the dB's on there called "my baby
		does her hair-do long".

I know that he has a new band called The Egyptions with an album out. What
I've heard of it is good. They are supposed to be coming to play in Boston
on July 5. I hope they make it.

Why do great bands like this go unnoticed by the masses in this country?
Do Americans really have bad taste, or are they just brain-washed by the
evil business people in the music industry? It seems that most people only
get into tunes which are the musical equivalent of Wonder Bread. Lame, boring
and uninspired. I hate Madonna, Micheal Jackson, and most of the crappola
I see on MTV. Does anybody else? The only place where it is possible to hear
good new music is at the left end of the radio dial: college stations.
WMBR in Boston is the best one.