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From: soren@reed.UUCP (Soren Petersen)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: More Psychedelic Music
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Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 22:21:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 17 22:21:32 1985
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In article <3573@pur-ee.UUCP> hsut@pur-ee.UUCP (Bill Hsu) writes:
>Some interesting groups he didn't mention include
>
>	The Soft Boys (now disbanded)
>	Robyn Hitchcock (ex-Soft Boy)
>	Dream Syndicate (unfortunately they changed their style)
>	True West (a neo-Velvet Underground band like DS)
>
>	I find Robyn Hitchcock the most interesting of the lot. He's
>just plain zany and hilarious, tho he always stresses that he doesn't
>take drugs. Hitchcock has written some crazy, personal songs and
>is often compared to Syd Barrett. I enjoyed his earlier album
>I Often Dream of Trains more than the recent Fegmania. Trains has
>a spare acoustic sound and puts the emphasis on Hitchcock's very
>clever lyrics. Once in a while, Robyn Hitchcock also turns out
>the odd almost-perfect romantic ballad in addition to his driven, 
>psychotic visions.
>				Bill Hsu

I too think that Hitchcock is brilliant.  I really enjoy everything of
his that I have heard, both Soft Boys and solo material (not that I've
heard that much, anybody care to post a complete discography?).
He always reminded me of nothing so much as a highly intelligent 10 year
old kid of the kind you see everynow and then whose only aparent purpose in
life is to shock his elders.  He certainly writes the *freakiest* lyrics
around.  

				Have a Nice Day,
					Soren Petersen

					"I used to say that you were the
							only one
					 Until I left myself and now you're
							the lonely one"