Fighting chance
Is the new, radio-friendly album by Old
97's a lightweight or a heavy hitter?
04/29/99
By Thor Christensen / The Dallas Morning
News
Here's the review that ran with the article from the Dallas Morning News
Fight Songs' takes a different
track
04/29/99
Fight Songs is the sound of the Old 97's
learning
Now here's a Rhett quote tailor-made for Mr. Purcell:
"The world always has more room for three-chord songs where the chorus
gets repeated a lot,"
*grin* Summing up the style perfectly, I'd say. Me, I dig it, but I
recall a conversation with Dave where he went off on exactly this tendency
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FWIW, If you wanna see me get excited about something new, ask me about
the Old 97's. g
Ooh, yeah. The twang is definitely de-emphasized (as is the rawk), but
it's nice to see the band takin' a more subtle tack and succeeding
gloriously
Um, please tell me that this is the actual title of the song and not a
cover of "Cash on the Barrellhead." Then again, if _that_ tune is the
weakest on the disc it _must_ be pretty amazing. g
No, it's not a cover but a Murry original, and IMHO, maybe the most
interesting song on the album,
I love the new Old 97's FIGHT SONGS! A great pop album but alt.country it is
not. The weakest song, "Crash on the Barrellhead," is the most alt.country
(and not a Rhett Miller song). I'm pretty well convinced that Rhett is the
best pop lyricist of the past 5 years. Sometimes it's just g
I'm pretty well convinced that Rhett is the
best pop lyricist of the past 5 years.
Joe Pernice has more songwriting talent. So there.
Good thing the movement they're distancing themselves from here is
decades old and can take the hit. g
Old 97's Get Feedback From Frank Black On New Record
Old 97's
28.8 RealAudio
Coming off the momentum from its just-wrapped
Okay, I just found out about this, otherwise I would've posted it earlier this
week, but the Old 97's will be appearing on Laura Cantrell's Radio Thrift
Shop, WFMU, 91.1 FM out of NJ or 90.1 FM out of NY state between 2 and 3 this
afternoon. I believe that WFMU also broadcasts in RealAudio
A friend of mine who knows the boys quite well (he
remembers them when they were clean cut local boys up this way) said they are
booked for three movie tracks in the next couple of months and are doing quite
well by thathmmm, maybe we all need to think - write for the
movies!
NOW
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 26-Jan-99 Movie Music (was
Re: Old 97's) by Carl Abraham Zimring@and
P.P.S. Anyone have data on how many records he sold before and after
David Lynch used "Wicked Game"? I'd bet he'd no longer be on a major
label if not for that choice
Carl Z. writes:
P.S. How many soundtrack albums are in the Billboard Top 200 chart?
More to the point, how many soundtrack albums have TOPPED that chart in
the past two years?
I bet Mr. Weisberger can address that but I know the "Hope Floats"
soundtrack has done well sales wise. As for any other
In a message dated 1/26/99 5:17:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Maybe already mentioned but "The Horse Whisperer" or something like that -- I
think made it to the charts.
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