Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!gds From: gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) Newsgroups: mod.music Subject: Love-Hounds Digest Message-ID: <165@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 11:47:44 EST Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.165 Posted: Thu Feb 13 11:47:44 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Feb-86 00:28:43 EST Organization: MIT Lusers and Hosers Inc., Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 238 Approved: gds@eddie.mit.edu Love-Hounds Digest Thursday, February 13, 1986, 11:50 Today's Topics: ? Romeo Void the truth about the maniacs... Kate believes WHAT? (2 msgs) [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 86 13:21:12 EST From: hsut@ec.purdue.edu (Tsun-Yuk Hsu) We haven't had a "theme" discussion since Sue's "Who are the musicians/groups you love to hate" poll, so let me propose the first love-hounds pseudo-poll of '86, a small variation on a hackneyed subject: WHAT ARE THE 10 ALBUMS RECORDED AFTER 1977 THAT YOU WOULD BRING TO A DESERT ISLAND? The restriction to after '77 is based on two reasons: 1) Sam Rabelsky's (are you still on love-hounds?) album poll on net.music last year was dominated by albums from the early '70s (not on my ballot!) Which I think is understandable because it takes time for some albums to "grow" on you. So let's see what relatively recent albums we enjoy... 2) '77 is around when the punk movement began, without which we wouldn't have half the music we talk about in this mailing list :-) So my ten, in no particular order, are: KATE BUSH THE DREAMING (of course...) BAUHAUS THE SKY'S GONE OUT I'm really fond of this album, from the cover of Eno's "Third Uncle" to the post-Joy Division horror movie music on side 2. I guess you either love it or hate it for its self-indulgence. XTC BLACK SEA XTC's masterpiece before they tried to be more commercial with Mummer (English Settlement was OK). Superb jagged, undanceable rhythms and clashing dissonances. LAURIE ANDERSON BIG SCIENCE What would I give to see Laurie Anderson on tour... ROBYN HITCHCOCK I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS Who needs drugs when you have Robyn Hitchcock? The spare production and instrumentation bring out the lyrics, which I feel are the cleverest things in Robyn Hitchcock's music. Irresistable and zany... THE RESIDENTS NOT AVAILABLE PETER GABRIEL III This was the album that showed me what rock can really do... TALKING HEADS FEAR OF MUSIC "Cities", "Life During Wartime", "Heaven", need I say more? TUXEDOMOON HALF-MUTE Chamber music of the future... THE CURE FAITH Gloriously depressing music you can dance to, dance music you can be depressed to... And the ones who almost made the list: David Bowie Scary Monsters Sonic Youth Bad Moon Rising Byrne/Eno My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Talking Heads Remain in Light Kate Bush Hounds of Love Peter Gabriel Security Bill Nelson Vistamix Tuxedomoon Desire King Crimson Discipline Joy Division Closer Looking over my list, I found that most of my choices were released before 1983. Looks like there's no escape from the time factor :-) Bill Hsu [][][][][][][][][][] Posted-Date: 31 Jan 86 10:26:21 PST (Fri) Subject: ? Romeo Void Date: 31 Jan 86 10:26:21 PST (Fri) From: tsung@aero Who did the song that goes: "It might've been better If we'd slept together It might've been better if we'd slept together It might've been better if we'd slept together ..." (It's a female voice). Is it Romeo Void? If so, what do you people think about the group? I thought "Girls in Trouble (is a temporary thing)" was interesting, too. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 86 13:41:40 PST From: Jordan Hayes Really-From: tsung@aero Who did the song that goes: "It might've been better If we'd slept together It might've been better if we'd slept together It might've been better if we'd slept together ..." (It's a female voice). Is it Romeo Void? If so, what do you people think about the group? I thought "Girls in Trouble (is a temporary thing)" was interesting, too. Romeo Void indeed did the song you are thinking of ... however, the lyrics are "I might like you better if we slept together" and it has overtones of incest ... They're from San Francisco, and the lead singer's name is Deborah (that's Dee-boor-ah) ... the first mix of "A girl in trouble" was much better (alas, only a demo tape survives at a few of the local College Stations (KALX, Berkeley ... KUSF, San Francisco ... etc.) The song is the cover track of their first album "never say never" /jordan [][][][][][][][][][] Return-Path: Date: Fri, 31 Jan 86 8:08:41 EST From: Susanne E Trowbridge Subject: the truth about the maniacs... Don't believe Hoffman's opinion about 10,000 Maniacs' show at 8x10. I was dubious at first but found myself really won over by them. I knew several people at the show and all of them thought it was great. Anyway, I'm sort of going through a folk phase at the moment, dusting off the Richard and Linda Thompson, Fairport Convention, etc. Plus, there's lots of neat Brit- folk coming out like The Men They Couldn't Hang and the Pogues. It's getting so that my trendy friends can't even listen to my radio program. Maybe this was inspired by Kate's Celtic touches! sue [][][][][][][][][][] From: think!harvard!bu-cs!sam Date: Fri, 31 Jan 86 16:16:47 EST Subject: Kate believes WHAT? Peel me off the ceiling... Kate believes in UFO's? You mean like that the little lights in the night sky are green men in flying saucers? Don't get me wrong...I certainly believe there is life on other planets...but I don't think they've visited earth. She does? (really, now.) And astral projection? Somebody (Oh DOUUUUUGGGGG????) wanna elaborate on what it really means and in what capacity she "believes" in it? ...as for wishes coming true...well, they do, don't they? (Stayed tuned for Shelli's monologue on the benefits of prayer...just kidding...) --Shelli [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 86 23:13:47 est From: nessus (Doug Alan) Subject: Re: Kate believes WHAT? > From Shelli: > Kate believes in UFO's? You mean like that the little lights in the > night sky are green men in flying saucers? Don't get me wrong...I > certainly believe there is life on other planets...but I don't think > they've visited earth. She does? (really, now.) Well, I dunno about little green men, but yeah, she believes in all the mystical stuff that one loved to believe in as a little kid, but unfortunately didn't anymore upon growing up, cynical, and realistic: UFO's, ghosts, reincarnation, astrology, the Loch Ness Monster, ESP, precognition, orgone accumulators, synchronicity, ... the works. > And astral projection? Somebody (Oh DOUUUUUGGGGG????) wanna elaborate > on what it really means and in what capacity she "believes" in it? Yeah, astral projection. Listen to "Watching You Without Me" and "Hello Earth". She's admited to believing in most of these things at some point or another, but doesn't seemed to be particularly obsessed with any of them. For example, she says that astrology has been used for such a long time that there must be something to it. But only "real" astrology -- not the "rubbish" that's in the newspapers. She however, says that she doesn't follow astrology. "I've been told, when I get older That I'll understand it all, But I'm not sure if I want to" Doug P.S. I have an interview on tape where Kate talks about her religious beliefs. If anyone cares enough to want to hear it, just drop by sometime... [][][][][][][][][][] -- It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under. Greg Skinner (gregbo) {decvax!genrad, allegra, gatech, ihnp4}!mit-eddie!gds gds@eddie.mit.edu