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From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and Shy Five Live
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Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 05:27:42 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 28 05:27:42 1985
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[Will August 7th never come???]

I just got back from seeing *Shy Five* and *Birdsongs of The Mesozoic*.
Shy Five is a five person reggae-ish band: 2 guitarist/singers, 1 bass
guitarist, 1 drummer/singer (female), and 1 keyboardist/singer (female).
Lyrically they were pretty inane, but honest and correct.  I guess
reggae isn't really about intellectuality anyway.  Musically the were
very very good (and I'm not a huge fan of reggae) and very tight.
Definitely go see them if they come to your area.

I've told you about Birdsongs of The Mesozoic before, and as before they
were so awesome the mind boggles.  They did their seven minute version
of "The Rite of Spring"!  They did their version of the theme from
"Rocky and Bullwinkle"!  They did a great Brian Eno piece!  They did
loads and loads of their own perfect compositions!  They played for 1.5
hours of what was for me total and complete ecstacy!  What more could
one ask for for $5?  What more could one ask for of life?  I even got
them all to autograph my album!

How can you go on living your poor pathetic lives knowing you missed
this show?

			-Doug Alan
			  nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)