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Volume #0037 02/04/98
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Living Stereo
Subject: Grass Roots question
Sent: 2/3/98 6:21 AM
Received: 2/3/98 11:39 PM
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
I keep pondering the two-disc Rhino best-of, and the single-disc MCA
best-of. Is there any reason to go with one over the other? Does the
MCA disc have everything one would need, or maybe they are re-recordings
or something weird like that?
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Jack Madani - Princeton Day School, The Great Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540 Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they
drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster." --Seneca, 64 A.D.
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Subject: Re: Bacharach Tribute
Sent: 2/3/98 2:25 AM
Received: 2/3/98 8:26 AM
From: David Bash, BashXXX@XXXXXXm
In a message dated 98-02-02 11:59:40 EST, James K Cribb writes
<< Also any reactions to Big Deal's Bacharach tribute? I can't
say as mine is in mail on it's way to me now.
James >>
Hi James,
There have been differing reactions to it, but I really like most of the
tracks. For those of you that don't know, "What The World Needs Now..."
is a tribute disc to Bacharach which features contemporary artists on the
Big Deal Records label. I think the contemporary spin that is being put
on Bacharach's songs is quite charming, as in the case, for example, of
Shonen Knife's version of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head". Other
tracks are quite intricately arranged, like Splitsville's version of
"I'll Never Fall In Love Again". And while Cockeyed Ghost's take on
"Walk On By" might be too bombastic for some (especially Adam Marsland's
vocal), I find it to be very thrilling!
I'm sorry you won't be coming to Poptopia, James. We'll miss you!
--
Spectropop Rules!!!!!
Take Care,
David
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Subject: Re: Spectropop V#0036
Sent: 2/3/98 6:17 AM
Received: 2/3/98 8:26 AM
From: GaryM, gaXXX@XXXXXXink.net
> Don't know if there are any fans of the Carpenters
> here, but in case there are,there will be a live chat
> with Richard Carpenter at the Entertainment Asylum.
My wife's an ER doc at Downey (CA) Community Hospital, the ER where Karen
died. Richard still goes there. My wife's met him a couple times & said
he was just a regular guy, very pleasant (she treated 2 of his daughters).
Best,
GaryM
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Subject: Neo-Girl Group Sounds
Sent: 2/3/98 6:17 AM
Received: 2/3/98 11:39 PM
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
Have there been that many girl-group-sounding recordings that have
managed to break onto the charts in the past 15 or 20 years? There must
be others, but at this moment all I can think of is Tracey Ullman's "They
Don't Know," The Pointer Sisters' "He's So Shy" (a particularly faithful
recreation of that old genre that we love so well here on Spectropop),
and perhaps Madonna's "True Blue."
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Jack Madani - Princeton Day School, The Great Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540 Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they
drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster." --Seneca, 64 A.D.
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Subject: Re: Spectropop V#0036
Sent: 2/4/98 2:17 AM
Received: 2/4/98 2:39 AM
From: le_page_XXX@XXXXXXies.com
Re: Richard Carpenter JohnBarone wrote:
>Don't know if there are any fans of the Carpenters
>here...
That's an interesting comment. It's certainly post-Woodstock pop, but
much of the Carpenters' work retains the values of prime era 60's pop.
What it lacks in terms of "cool" or "hip" is compensated for by its
commercial accessibility. Also, Hal Blaine, etc.; great tracks...
Re: Bacharach, James K Cribb wrote:
>...Varese has a Bacharach songbook due out Feb 24th.
>Does anyone have a track list.
Yes, please do tell. Having taken the family to see Bacharach perform
late last year, and with the recent promo 4 disc box that's been
circulating around, Bacharach has become a mainstay recently at the
homestead. "How Many Days of Sadness" is one of my favorite Bacharach
tunes, even though it wasn't a Warwick single and isn't often covered.
Figure this one out on piano and revel in its magic.
>
>Also any reactions to Big Deal's Bacharach tribute? I can't say as mine
>is in mail on it's way to me now.
These are all indie label Big Deal artists, right? No Carl Wilson, Al
Kooper, Randy Newman, Sonic Youth, etc., but rather an astute marketing
ploy. As in "Yellow Pills, Volume Bacharach" right? Bacharach is so
trendy now. I've always adored Dionne's hits, ya know what I mean?
Re: Cryin'/Cryan' Shames, Marc Miller wrote:
>Paul & Ritchie & The Cryin' Shames (Come On Back)
>were a UK band.
"Paul & Ritchie?" Don't know. The single track off "The Joe Meek Story"
by Cryin' Shames was "Please Stay" and Meek's version was brilliant!
Haunting organ, eerie vocal echo, retarded tempo, the whole thing was
extremely British in a very provincial sense. Far detached from
Bacharach's New York sounding original by the Drifters.
All the best,
LePageWeb
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Subject: like clockwork
Sent: 2/3/98 6:14 AM
Received: 2/3/98 11:39 PM
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Happened to catch on the radio today Betty Everett's Shoop Shoop Song
(It's In His Kiss). I was reminded of what an incredible recording it
is! The drums are so crisp, not a hair out of place anywhere in the
arrangement, and between the drumming, the bass line, and the counter
rhythms in the guitar, xylophone, horns and backup voices, it's like a
swinging machine! Like if JS Bach had grown up next door to Leiber and
Stoller. This song absolutely embodies what a great "head-bobber" is all
about. For me, another ultimate head-bobber is Neil Sedaka's Livin'
Right Next Door To An Angel. All those contrapuntal rhythms bouncing off
each other, with plenty of air in the spaces in between. Heaven knows I
love Spector, but there's plenty to recommend that other school of
production, that "east coast sound," I guess you'd call it.
Ah, the craft of record-making.
jack "bup-pee ah ooooh" madani
PS It appears that Weekend In Palm Springs is going to be rerun a couple
times this week on AMC.
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Jack Madani - Princeton Day School, The Great Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540 Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they
drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster." --Seneca, 64 A.D.
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