Re: Tweedy quote
How can anyone say Tweety is reinventing himself by 'creating' tired old 70s pop? I'm glad Bill Monroe (another genre creator) didnt feel the same need. Although I have a feeling some of you will say it wouldve been cool for BM to take a crack at soft rock. -- From: Dutch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tweedy quote Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 4:24 PM Sure its OK for an artist to "re-invent themselves" once in a while. Can anyone say Neil Young " Trans". Mr. Tweedy can say anything he wants and it doesn't change a thing. He comes from where he comes from and inspires who he inspires. Who knows maybe the whole alt-country/No Depression movement might benefit from a "Pet Sounds" impact type of album. Then again as an artist I know that any press is good press. Dutch Crowd of One -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tweedy quote Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 1:30 PM Yes yes, no one likes to be pidgeon-holed and many want the freedom to re-invent themselves from time to time musically. All well and good. But methinks Mr. Tweedy protests too much that
Re: Tweedy quote
Dare someone try to explain why so many artists/bands (Wilco, Son Volt, Fulks, apparently Old 97s etc) are so intent on distancing themselves from alt-country, even to the point of making 70s/Beach Boy-esque pop albums? I dont recall punk groups, or grunge acts going around denying they were punk or suddenly abandoning grunge and taking up jazz. What success, what base these artists have they have because of their early alt-country work. And now its seems they cant jump off the alt-country wagon full of alt-country hayseeds quick enough. -- From: Dave Purcell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tweedy quote Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 8:42 AM Boo friggin' hoo. From SonicNet: "I think we could have made a record of sitar music and I think that people would still, or the byline behind our name would still say, 'alternative-country' or 'American roots rock' band. It'll take a long time to transcend that and it's fine, as long as we don't ever believe that, or allow ourselves to believe that." -- Jeff Tweedy, singer/songwriter for Wilco *** *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northern Ky Roots Music: http://w3.one.net/~newport Twangfest: http://www.twangfest.com
Re: Tweedy quote
Right, right. so the question becomes, if he is no longer twang, when do we stop talking about Tweedy? Your smartass reply here__ Ross Whitwam writes: Jeff Tweedy I think is an example of this -- he often seems to pre-emptively bring up his belief that he definitely isn't in the alt-country camp on the assumption that interviewers are just biding their time before confining him there.
Re: Shot My Baby Down
"Hey Joe" Heard you shot your old lady down. Jimi (Tex) Hendrix -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Shot My Baby Down Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999 4:30 PM Got that sinus medicine cloudin' my already murky mind.. Trying to remember some songs for the sunday nite show that feature the timeless theme of - shot my baby down, etc. Ever time I try to concentrate, all I get are these little snatches of lyrics, none of which are attached to song titles. All I can think of for sure is - NY's Down By The River. Somebody hep me, please. Thanks in advance. Joe X. Third Coast
Kuntree Goaks: Delete at will
Sorry if this has been posted before. A few are worth a second look Should Be Country Songs: 1. Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In Bed 2. Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye 3. Her Teeth Was Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure 4. How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away? 5. I Can't Get Over You, So Why Don't You Get Under Me? 6. I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling 7. I Got In At 2 With a 10, And Woke Up At 10 With a 2 8. I Just Sold My Car To A Guy That Stole My Girl, But The Car Don't Run, So I Figure We Got An Even Deal 9. I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You 10. I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well 11. I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim's Gettin' Better 12. I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dog Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win 13. I'll Marry You Tomorrow But Let's Honeymoon Tonite 14. I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Like Having You Here 15. I've Got Tears in My Ears From Lying On My Back In My Bed As I Cry Over You 16. If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You 17. If I Had Shot You When I Wanted To, I'd Be Out By Now 18. Mama Get A Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head) 19. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus 20. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, and I Sure Do Miss Him 21. Please Bypass this Heart 22. She Got The Ring and I Got The Finger 23. You're the Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly
Re: Riders in the Sky help
Oh yeah. I was in college in Cape Girardeau Missouri living in a dark damp riverside basement apartment. Spent my afternoons earing Chunky Beef out of cans, spitting tobacco and watching Ranger Doug, Woody Paul and Too Slim and old 30s westerns. God, Those were the days. Your Saddle Pal. chris -- Cheryl Cline wrote: Not to start another television thread, but... many years ago, when I was underemployed, I used to watch an afternoon Western movie show hosted by the Riders in the Sky, with skits before, during, and after the movie. It was fun. I particularly remember one time when they showed some old Western that took place in Hawaii (!) and Woody Paul dressed up in a grass skirt, wig, and silly glasses, and performed a hula-hula dance. It was the worst example of gender-bending I have ever seen. I also remember developing a heavy crush on Mr. Paul. Good thing I got a job. Oh, and later the program was hosted by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and by Gene Autry. None of them did skits, though. Anyone else remember this? --Cheryl
Re: old people's music
I've tried to get people my age (35) interested in alt.country. It is
hopeless. They may listen to the radio, but they do not buy CDs; they do
not have the initiative to dig out the good new bands. They are too busy
with careers, children, TeeVee, sports, lawn care. The people I know
stopped buying music once they graduated from college. A few, like my
brothers, held on for a while. Bought the first five REM albums, but lost
interest when Alternative Rock/grunge burnt itself out (seems to have been
about the time of Kurt Cobain's death). Mention country or alt.country and
they look at me like I just fell off the turnip truck. ("You like country
music? Well you deserve to die.")
Go to a Son Volt/Wilco concert and the majority of people there are male
college students, it seems to me anyway.
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From: Diana Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: old people's music
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 7:56 PM
kip l wrote:
"this P2 bag, this Americana/Alt-Country/Roots-Rock thing that gets
discussed here? It's Old People Music"
Well, isn't the american population getting older? Aren't we (me, anyway
-- on the tail end) baby boomers the majority? I'm banking on the hope
that folks my age group -- now that the kids are starting to grow up -
will start going out to clubs again and start spending money on cds
again. If they don't -- well there's another phenomenon. The kids -- the
15 year olds and 12 years olds etc -- are listening to music that WE
like to listen to! And they're listening to the Beach Boys and the
Beatles just as much as Better than Ezra or Fugazi.
Alternative country/country has a problem, though, and it spans the
generations. People have built-in prejudices against it. Some folks at
work bought the HTC cd and a few days later came around to say - gee i
really like the record, and I don't like country. Well -- doo doo head
-- it IS country! That's what country sounds like! THey've got it in
their heads that it's all big beefy sound and look-alikes in big hats
doing the Achy Breaky Heart or flying around a huge concert stage -- or
warblers with big hair in turquoise polyester gowns (not that I'm
dissing big hair not at all! see:TBouffants).
So if I were betting on a crossover band to be our nirvana, i'd bet on
one of the bands playing kind of punky thrashy country. Not that I
particularly Like that brand of alt country - it's just that attention
brought on whoever that is will expand to the rest of us, -- kind of a
trickle down theory of music.
dq
