Reply to: Re: Robbie Fulks/Cake
Warning! Mention of alternative rock not country to follow. Proceed with
caution!
I picked up Cake's Prolonging the Magic. And, IMHO, it's pretty fabulous. I think for
anyone who grew up on quirky alternative radio (Oingo Boingo, X, Wall of Voodoo, Meat
Puppets) and feels a little disconnected with the current crop of sound-a-like
"alternative" bands (Is there really any difference between Live, Matchbox 20,
Fastball, and the Goo Goo Dolls?) Cake is, well, an alternative.
Neil's right, they do sound a little like a funkified Camper Van Beethoven or maybe a
less obtuse Beck. And they twang pretty well, too (pedal steel on a track or two).
Chuck Prophet and Jim Campilongo spice up the grooves considerably with some great
guitar work. My recommendation: rush out and buy yourself a big slice.
CD
np: Leonard Cohen
Ndubb wrote:
>I want to defend Cake here, who it seems some folks might wanna toss away as
>just another one hit alt wonder. Not nearly the case. They fascinate me to no
>end for their smart, funny, sad inventive, rocking, groovy, genre-bent ways.
>The Camper Van on the 90s, methinks. As for their cover of "I Will Survive," I
>think it's quite good, turning the song into a slightly disconcerting trip
>that still remains quite faithful to the original with its uplifting message,
>a tone punctuated by the trumpet parts. It's worth noting too that "Survive"
>is one of three covers on that album, the others being "Perhaps Perhaps
>Perhaps" (by which old time female pop singer???) and Willie's "Sad Songs and
>Waltzes." Now that's pretty darn ambitious if you ask me. >
>from the rock side,
>
>Neal Weiss
