Chalkhills Digest Volume 2, Issue 92
Date: Friday, 29 March 1996
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 2, Number 92
Friday, 29 March 1996
Today's Topics:
Where to Order L'Affaire Louis Trio CD
Lost XTC treaures
The Mysterious Creaking Chair, Terry and the Colin Men
Live B-Sides & Helium Kidz lyrics
Sacrificial Bonfire noises
How to contact Columbia Records ?
Other live b-sides
Re: Chalkhills Digest #2-91
New Town Animal
Tribute Tape
Something Weird
RS review(s) of Skylarking?
Squeeze newsgroup (no XTC content)
Bay Area Local Heroes....
Contest/Conversion
Newsweek feedback
speedy Barry and the Fish
xTc Season Cycle
Colin's son/Loving/Jellyfish/Mayor
Re: Chalkhills Digest #2-91
backround lyrics (Straight t'ya) and noises (Chair creaks)
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Where to Order L'Affaire Louis Trio CD From: wwilson@mail07.mitre.org (Wesley H. Wilson) Message-Id: <960328133733.645@mail07.mitre.org.0> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 13:37:35 -0500 The new L'Affaire Louis Trio CD with Colin on it, "L'Homme Aux Milles Vies" (and other CDs by LLT) can be ordered via Sound City 2000, Inc., in Portland, Oregon, USA. I just got my copy today. They don't stock any CDs. The way it works is, you order the CD and they arrange to have a copy imported for you from France. Their phone number is (503) 652-8294. Their address is Sound City 2000. Inc. P O Box 22149 Portland, OR 97269-2149 They accept VISA, MC, money orders and personal checks. I have to tell you, it's about $30 including postage. But you do get a confirmation in the mail about your order, and they do send you a catalog. *I am in no way affiliated with Sound City, 2000, Inc. Just doing this as a service to Chalkhillians!* The CD booklet has several photos of Colin, and includes all lyrics. The production is quite good! I've gotta admit, I favor the four tracks Colin appears on, and another one called "Voulez Vous?" Wes
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 19:23:59 GMT Message-Id: <199603281923.AA13534@felix.dircon.co.uk> From: nonsuch@dircon.co.uk (Simon Sleightholm) Subject: Lost XTC treaures >From: Mark Mello <mmello@knoware.nl> >how about a thread about the most treasured/valuable XTC goodie lost or >stolen by you? Lost so far :- 1 x XTC Golf Ball (as pictured in Limelight; after I got the pictures taken the ball fell out of my bag on the bus and got lost. 1 x XTC sew on patch. Bought in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne; lost on the bus home. 1 x Waxworks/Beeswax Cassette Inlay. Lost on the bus. I HATE BUSES. Stolen so far :- 1 x Waxworks/Beeswax Cassette Inlay to replace above. Wasn't that gripping? Simon. * --------------------------------------------------- http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~nonsuch/bungalow.htm * --------------------------------------------------- It's just a little place, but it's all XTC...
------------------------------ From: AMANION@rex.smumn.edu Organization: Saint Mary's University Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 14:23:29 GMT-6 Subject: The Mysterious Creaking Chair, Terry and the Colin Men Message-ID: <375483C5EDD@rex.smumn.edu> Hillhounds, I know what the "creaking chair" --referred to originally by Martin Bell and more recently by others-- is. At least I think I do. Not the crackling that others have pointed out, but the little squeak after "bring in the new." I believe it is a finger "squeaking" a round-wound acoustic guitar string. Give it a careful listen. My suggestion for tribute tape..."Leisure Working Overtime." Terry and The Lovemen: Some one suggested a few months ago what I consider the most plausible explanation. Terry is Colin and the Lovemen are also Colin (except for the drummer). Thus, the odd credits in Testimonial Dinner and the uncanny (ne impossible?) similarity between Terry's voice and Colin's. I am indebted to another Chalky-type for this explanation, but I can't remember who. Thanks for the conversation! Merely, amanion
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 15:14:40 -0600 Message-Id: <9603282114.AA11405@ns.cencom.net> From: JH3 <jh3@cencom.net> Subject: Live B-Sides & Helium Kidz lyrics Just a couple of things. -------------------- Paul Culnane writes: >there still remain some XTC live tracks officially >issued [that aren't available on CD]... >I made my own compilation and... it makes for >scintillating listening! > >This Is Pop, Are You Receiving Me?, Set Myself On Fire, Battery >Brides, Living Through Another Cuba, Generals And Majors, >Burning With Optimism's Flames, English Roundabout, >Cut It Out, Respectable Street (and Traffic Light Rock) Ah, Paul, you're not the only one who has made such a tape. I've done it many times for myself and others. (I guess that makes me a bootlegger?) Until recently I called it "Rag & Bone Dessert," and I even made a fairly nice J-Card for it, but now I'm afraid I'll be accused of stealing someone's tribute-tape name idea so I've renamed it "Live Is Good in the Beehive." This info is all buried in the Chalkhills archives, but your list is missing "Science Friction" and "I'm Bugged" from the Hope & Anchor Live Front Row Festival Double-LP, and the three live b-sides on the Virgin-Canada "Love at First Sight" 45: "Beatown", "Roads Girdle the Globe", and "This is Pop" (again). I have the former item but not the latter; if anybody out there has this Canadian single, I and at least one other person have lots and lots of rare dubbables to interest you, trade-wise. --------------------- Naoyuking Iso writes: >I got HELIUM KIDS stuff the other day, but there was no lyrics >sheet with it. And, to my sorrow, I'm so bad at hearing English >that I can hardly understand the lyrics. These tunes are VERY hard to interpret even if you have a fairly clean copy as I do (now I'm not only a bootlegger but a braggart as well). I don't think Steve Hutchins, the singer, actually wrote the lyrics down, at least not by the time the demos were recorded. Either way, figuring out these lyrics is a challenge even if you've a) been speaking English your whole life and b) been listening to this material for ten years (not constantly, of course!). But here's my interpretation of one HK song, and if anybody can figure out the last line in verse two, please do: Star Park --------- There are no secrets in Star Park Rendezvous to a big god's call I said I'd meet you after dark At night we'll trip and then we'll fall (Chorus:) So bring your old umbrella And some hair conditioner too, yeah So bring your old umbrella A swell time will be had by me and you Yeah yeah yeah In Star Park, maybe, after darkness There are no secrets in the trees They tear them out so constantly I only sing and dance to please [<<This next line is unintelligible--sounds like...>>] Borrowed a newt from dough country... [yeah, I know] (Chorus) There are no secrets in Star Park I said I'd buy you if I might [huh?] So take your jet now catch a spark We won't be left if we're on that ride (Chorus) -------------------- So...does anybody else want to try? --John H. Hedges III, Inc.
------------------------------ Message-Id: <1.5.4b13.32.19960328094047.00709820@pppl.gov> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 04:40:47 -0500 From: Tobin Munsat <tmunsat@pppl.gov> Subject: Sacrificial Bonfire noises >From: Martin Bell <Martin_Bell/New_Zealand/IDG_Net@idg.com> >No, I wasn't referring to the sound of a crackling bonfire after Colin >sings the line "Burn up the old". It's AFTER he sings the line "Bring in >the new". It's in that half second of silence before the "Bom Bom - da da >da da daa" starts again that I heard the chair creaking. Like I say, I I've heard this too- you need to turn the stereo up to full blast during the breaks. There's also the sound of someone (one of the string players?) clearing their throat or coughing or something, and also what sounds like someone dropping a bow on their cello. -Tobin
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Message-Id: <s15ac156.020@DICTAPHONE.COM>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 16:33:38 -0500
From: Tim Kendrick <TKEN@DICTAPHONE.COM>
Subject: How to contact Columbia Records ?
Hi !
I've been trying to reach someone at Columbia Records who
knows anything about an offer they made to XTC, but so far I've
had no luck. Does anyone out there know of a way we can
contact Columbia to find out whether or not the band accepted
or rejected the contract that was offered them ???
Tim K.
------------------------------ From: ZITTEL@aol.com Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 18:47:59 -0500 Message-ID: <960328184758_180429114@emout10.mail.aol.com> Subject: Other live b-sides In Chalkhills Digest #2-81 PCulnane@dca.gov.au wrote: "As many of you die-hard collectors (aka "completists") will know, there still remains some XTC live tracks officially issued (mainly as single b-sides) but which haven't shown up on CD as yet........Is there anything that I have missed? (Well, I know I've missed the live version of "Traffic Light Rock", but what else?)" I can think of two releases that you missed. XTC had two live tracks on the "Hope And Anchor Front Row Festival" double LP. It was issued in 1978 and had live versions of "I'm Bugged" and "Science Friction". There is also a Canadian 7" single of "Love At First Sight" that has three live songs on the b-side: "Beatown", "Roads Girdle The Globe", and "This Is Pop".
------------------------------ Message-Id: <v01530501ad80d84277be@[199.171.191.2]> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 16:54:54 -0800 From: gondola@deltanet.com (E.B.) Subject: Re: Chalkhills Digest #2-91 > The Beach Boys have grown on me like a lovely, harmonious fungus. > Give them a chance to get into your life. Pet Sounds didn't strike me > at first, but it sure has become one of my favorites. I like them for > the same reason I liked XTC. They are both very unpredictable. I > hate an album that where I anticipate every chord change. Some bands > put in weird chords just to be weird. XTC and Brian Wilson both do a > good job of putting in chords that mesh well with each other and flow > very musically but do not necessarily come to mind right away. There > is nothing more refreshing that hearing a brilliant chord change! You > just go, "Wow! I never would have thought to do that!" I have spent > many hours hitting rewind on my CD and trying to figure out chords for > XTC and the Beach Boys. "Now the bass is playing G but the chord is a > F6th?" Try to figure out the chords on "God Only Knows" some rainy > day. That is just as tough as "Then She Appeared". > > Dave Criddle I also didn't like Pet Sounds at first. I bought it about 10 years ago, PURELY because I heard that Paul McCartney listed it as a prime influence on Sgt. Pepper. (I had always been fairly indifferent to the "Surfin' Safari"-type songs, though I like them a little more now.) When I first listened to the whole album, I frowned, thinking, "Gee, I kinda wish I hadn't spent my money on this." But somehow I kept listening and listening, and it kept getting better and better, and now it's one of my very favorite albums out of about 2200 that I own. Then, a few years ago during the big reissue revival, I started getting excited about all the quirky baroque experiments on the subsequent Beach Boys discs. I know exactly what you mean about "weird chords to be weird." You listen to Yes, and you think, "Wow, that's a weird chord." You listen to XTC or Beach Boys (Squeeze is another good example), and you think, "What a great, catchy melody." Then when you try to actually PLAY the song, you realize, "Whoa, there's something screwy going on here!" I play piano, and am quite good at figuring out songs. I don't play with XTC an awful lot, simply because most of their songs don't adapt very well to piano. Too many different rhythms and parts to incorporate. But I love to fiddle with Beach Boys, because they're THE hardest pop group to break down into chords. (Current faves: "Let The Wind Blow," "Surf's Up" and "Caroline No.") I'll add this minor boast: I play a great version of "God Only Knows" (my own arrangement), so I could post the chords if anyone's that interested.... G.B.
------------------------------ From: Benjamin Woll <bwoll@abacus.bates.edu> Message-Id: <9603290155.AA18780@abacus.bates.edu> Subject: New Town Animal Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:55:26 -0500 (EST) It is either a nightmare or a dream...but I can't decide which. The web site Firefly (http://www.ffly.com) has been getting quite a bit of press recently, so I decided to check it out. Now, the purpose of this wonder is to find music and / or movies that you WILL like based on your previously tabulated opinions on records ranging from Stone Temple Pilots to Willie Nelson to Miles Davis. Somehow (I am no programmer or techie) the site forms a "map" of your preferences and than predicts how you will rate other records you might browse for. If the record seems like a "buy," you can order it right through the site. Being an internationally renowned authority on laziness, this seemed to be a spanking idea whose time has come, so I thought, I would give it a whirl. After giving XTC a best rating, along with the Beatles and Steely Dan, and professing to like Robyn Hitchcock and Possum Dixon and other geniuses a lot, the program proceeded to tell me that I would love a new age band called Love does something down? - I forget the real name, Miles Davis,Merrillion, Elvis Costello, and Tilt. Uhhhhhh...OK, and this might turn out to be pretty cool because, aside from Spike and Davis, I know nothing about the others - new musical frontiers, right? The problem is, I am a bit skeptical. I asked the program what it thought I would rate every record it recommended. Every predicted rating was exactly the same - from Nevermind by Nirvana to Brian Eno's Another Green world record (I think that is its name) - a 5 on the 1-7 scale. Even when I asked about Skylarking (clearly a 7) it said I would give it a 5 - after I had told it XTC (all XTC) was a 7!!! I don't expect perfection, but this New Town Animal was wondering if anyone else had an interesting experience with this site in their furnished cage. Oh yeah, get the new Verve Pipe,and Jars of Clay records. They are good enough to make you forget the fact that we are going to have to listen to STP 24 hours a day on the radio now that their new LP is out - They are ok, but far from the second coming of well, anything that really means anything. Cheers, Ben
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 18:58:37 -0800 Message-Id: <199603290258.SAA12648@dfw-ix1.ix.netcom.com> From: huduguru@ix.netcom.com (huduguru) Subject: Tribute Tape Greetings, Chalkhillians! I'm in a bit of a quandry here... I just changed online services (I finally ditched AOL) but I stupidly lost the e-mail address and name of the guy putting together the as-yet unnamed tribute tape. So anyway, if you're out there...could you send me the info so I can write it down in a safe place this time? The address used to be stevieskeg@aol.com. Now it's huduguru@ix.netcom.com. I'm the guy who did My Love Explodes... Now a happy story! My wife and I finally cleaned out the "back room" of our house, throwing away tons of stuff, and I happened across something really cool that I had forgotten about. It's a promo item >from Oranges & Lemons: a fold-together cardboard cube with the album cover, album name picture of the boys, and other stuff on the six faces about 4 inches on each side. It has a punch-out hole on the top to put a string through and hang it from your record store ceiling. Neat, huh? So here's the deal... I'd love to get some tapes of those legendary bootleg demo discs, (not even the actual discs, just a decent tape or two...) So if anybody out there would like to work out some sort of trade, I'm sure that I could unfold this baby and get it into a big envelope, y'know? (It's not glued, just fold tab A into slot B...) If anybody's interested, e-mail me at the address above address! Burning With Optimism's Flames... Steve
------------------------------ From: Aaron Pastula <apastula@pepperdine.edu> Message-Id: <199603290312.AA18112@pepvax.pepperdine.edu> Subject: Something Weird Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 19:12:45 PST While doing research for an upcoming project, I came across this in the "Dictionary of Proper Names," right after Xmas: XTC - The British new wave band, formed in Swindon in 1977, took a name that appeared to suggest extasy while also hinting at the initials of the group's drummer, Terry Chambers. The name predates that of the hallucinogenic drug Ecstasy, first made as a designer drug in the United States in 1984. So I guess by calling the band XTC, meaning, in effect, X-TC, Andy *knew* that Terry would soon be leaving, and therefore he thought of a name that would already be appropriate for the new trio. Gosh, is he brilliant, or what? Now we can OBVIOUSLY attribute psychic powers to his list of talents...in another book, they talk about him walking on water, actually... Aaron.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:42:33 -0800 (PST) From: Charles <6500mull@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu> Subject: RS review(s) of Skylarking? Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960328203026.6174A-100000@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu> A vague memory has been dancing on the edge of my consciousness for some time... I seem to recall that when Skylarking came out, Rolling Stone gave it a tepid 3-star review (or something like that). Now, I had been close to cancelling my RS subscription on several previous occasions, but I think that was the last straw. HOWEVER, I also seem to recall that in one of the very next issues, RS re-reviewed Skylarking in a little "recommended listening" box in the review section. I got the distinct impression that perhaps the head editor did not want to override the individual critic's tepid review of Skylarking, but at the same time wanted to eventually make editorial ammends. As a packrat, I have saved all my Rolling Stone mags from that era...except apparently the one (or two) where Skylarking is reviewed. Is this completely a figment of my imagination, or is there any basis in fact? Does anyone have the means of checking relevant back issues of RS or somehow accessing their archives? Thanks for any help on this issue. Feel free to respond directly to my emailbox (6500mull@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu). Bye, Charles
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 14:22:58 -0700 (MST) From: Eric Muller <EMULLER@UWYO.EDU> Subject: Squeeze newsgroup (no XTC content) Message-id: <01I2VIL4XA2Q004E5C@PLAINS.UWYO.EDU> Hi all. Just a reminder that there's a Squeeze newsgroup, alt.music.squeeze, out there for any of you Chalkhillbillies who also have a penchant for Squeeze. See you there, I hope. Eric emuller@uwyo.edu
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 00:48:31 -0800 (PST) From: Laura Parent <laura@geosun1.sjsu.edu> Subject: Bay Area Local Heroes.... Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.92.960329003742.16008A-100000@geosun1.sjsu.edu> > time permitting, since it's been years. my friend, john wedemeyer, turned > me on to this tape many years ago. 'twould be cool if it's indeed yours > (how many kfjc's are there??). Is this the same Wedemeyer of guitar god fame? Is he an XTC fan? I never would have predicted it....
------------------------------ From: Ben Gott <BENG@hotchkiss.pvt.k12.ct.us> Subject: Contest/Conversion Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 10:16:00 est Message-ID: <315BFEAB@pentium3.hotchkiss.pvt.k12.ct.us> Here are excerpts lyrical excerpts from five XTC songs. Beat your brains, and your dear ol' Uncle Ben will send out a nice fresh copy of the new demos! Really! (Offer valid for U.S. customers only - sorry...) 1) Identify these lyrics: "...dig down!" "...the roofs of Swindontown" "...emotion I'm afraid" "...what you're used to" "...running steady" And two questions... Since many people seem to pass judgement based on religious ideas, what sin did Colin and Carol Moulding commit in the eyes of, for example, Catholicism? Why does Dave Gregory have to take drugs on a regular basis? I'll close the bidding a week from whenever this gets posted in the digest. Please don't e-mail your answers to the digest; mail 'em to me instead. The *first* person with the correct answer will win. If I don't respond to you, you didn't win... :-) Also - I gave my roommate a 100 minute tape of XTC tunes (starting with "Heatwave" and ending with "Your Dictionary"), and he said the following: "The songs are incredible! Make me another tape!" See? All is not lost on my generation... -ben XTC SONG OF THE DAY: I Overheard
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 12:16:12 CST
From: "Bernhardt, Todd" <tbernhardt@aga.com>
Message-Id: <9602298280.AA828086931@cc.perftech.com>
Subject: Newsweek feedback
Howdee, all:
In the most recent issue of Newsweek magazine, there's a box on the
"Cyberscope" page called "Feedback" that reads:
"Are you bypassing the raucous flame wars on the Net in favor of
mailing lists (discussion groups conducted over e-mail instead of
bulletin boards)? Send us the names of your favorite mailing lists
(e-mail cscope@newsweek.com); we'll publish the best."
At the risk of alerting the riff-raff to our 1,100-member club, I of
course alerted them to my favorite list, pointing them toward the Web
page and telling them to subscribe from there. Then it occurred to me
that it might help for them to hear from several of us.
What do you think? Do we want the publicity? It would be a nice feather
in the cap of our able administrator, and it would certainly help to
spread the band's name a bit. That's all...
ByeBye!
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:34:19 -0500 From: "Brian T. Marchese" <btmarche@student.umass.edu> Subject: speedy Barry and the Fish Message-id: <01I2WOXB6JH294JMGI@oitvms.oit.umass.edu> A couple years ago, after reading CHALKHILLS AND CHILDREN, one day it dawned on me as to why Terry is a fish, and Barry, a car in the "Mayor of Simpleton" video. (Granted, this is merely hypothetical.) Terry was the band's most serious drinker. Therefore, he drank like a .... As for Barry, this is kind of a stretch, but he seems to have been the biggest drug experimentor in the band. One story in the book mentions mushrooms, and in the excerpt from Steve Warren's tour diary of '77 (one of the highlights of the book, IMHO), he mentions spotting Barry backstage "sniffing some strange substance", which I assume to have been a serious stimulant--coke or speed being popular drugs of the punk era. What do cars do? Speed! Therefore, Barry's other identity is well-earned. Unrelated: Anyone ever see the film "Wicker Man"? It concerns a girl who runs away to a neo-Pagan area in Scotland (it's been a while since I saw it). Anyway, when I was watching it, it struck a very XTC-ish chord. One of the reasons I can remember is use of the phrase "Sacrificial Bonfore", and I remember spotting at least 2 other phrases that at least turn up in songs. Anyone else ever see it? It came out in like 1972, and it's sort of a British cult film, so I can see Andy and Colin watching it in their youth, and it planting Pagan seed in their creative brains. This is quite a weak argument, as I haven't seen it in a while, but anyone who checks it out won't be dissapointed! PS--I love the Travels in Nihilion video idea... Song of the Day: New Broom
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:24:20 -0600
Message-Id: <199603291624.KAA20040@river.city.saskatoon.sk.ca>
From: Erik Anderson <Erik.Anderson@city.saskatoon.sk.ca>
Subject: xTc Season Cycle
>From Tim Kendricks sig File:
XTC SONG OF THE DAY: Ladybird
(definitely a Spring-time song)
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I, too, equate certain XTC songs with certain times of the year. For
instance, fall wouldn't be fall without "Seagulls Screaming..," "I remember
the Sun," "Wonderland."
Winter is a good time for "Chalkhills...," "Always winter never Christmas,"
"Thanks for Christmas."
Summer wouldn't be the same without "Love on a Farmboys Wages,"
"Senses...," "It's Nearly Africa."
And Spring would not be the same without NONSUCH, especially "Humble
Daisy," which was the b-side to The Disappointed single released in the
spring of 1992!!!
EA
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 17:56:32 +0100 (MEZ) From: Klaus Bergmaier <h8903545@zechine.wu-wien.ac.at> Subject: Colin's son/Loving/Jellyfish/Mayor Message-Id: <Pine.A32.3.91.960329175349.48406B-100000@zechine.wu-wien.ac.at> Paul Culnane wanted to know, if it is CM's son miming to the opening lines of Dear God on video. I never saw the video, but I read it in Mr. Twomey's book (or someplace else?): this is definitely the son of Colin Moulding. BTW - where did you get the "post-LOOK!LOOK!"-videos from? Although my mother tongue is German (ie. Austrian) I always heard: 'The loving's coming straight to you' and it seems quite logical for me. Some of you see 'Spilt Milk' of the wonderful "Jellyfish" inspired by Queen. This is so, but why not. Queen made loads of brilliant music. I hope you won't do me no harm for me saying so (I even adore New Orde, Human League and Depeche Mode... plus Ruch _AND_ Gentle Giant... and the B*****s) Let's call the tribute tape (I was not allowed to contribute anymore) "IS THIS POP?" or "A larder full of all the good things" or "Please don't listen to me" or "Where they burn tapes, musicians are next" For me it was evident right from the very start that "The Mayor of Simpleton" was kind of a remake of Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World", but - to say it with an as yet unidentified old Manfred Mann's Earthband tune - 'Baby, that's where the fun is...' BTW: I was a 17 yr old farmerboy from Austria's hinterland way back then. Now I'm a 24 yr old unemployed from Austria's hinterland. That's it from Austria Klaus Bergmaier XTC-song of the day: "Smartest Monkeys" Don't forget to listen to the sounfiles of Big Apple on "Beatown" and order the CD via my new email-adress: [h8903545@zechine.wu-wien.ac.at]
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 09:34:05 -0800 Message-Id: <199603291734.JAA15182@seanet.com> From: Scott Kennedy <scottk@axcelis.com> Subject: Re: Chalkhills Digest #2-91 For what its worth, I don't know how anyone can hear anything except the completely meaningful lyric "The loving's coming...straight to ya". Maybe we should put these issues to a formal vote. Also, my favorite XTC mistaken lyric is "Here Comes President Gilligan". I can just see it... after finally getting off the island, Gilligan is made some sort of hero and elected to office. Stranger things have happened here in the states. Finally, I would definately make a video for Books are Burning... a slow pan of an enormous roaring fire. As the camera zooms out and out, the fire grows and eventually our whole planet is on fire. With good special effects, this would be effective and making it less band or story oriented and more abstract, I think you are less likely to ruin the imagery people may have developed. -Scott
------------------------------ From: JEFFAE@CEDAR.GOSHEN.EDU Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:50:20 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <960329125020.20245e44@CEDAR.GOSHEN.EDU> Subject: backround lyrics (Straight t'ya) and noises (Chair creaks) Well I've been mildly intrigued with all the posts about back ground vocals and noises I just had to give in and finally throw my opinions in. The Loving...While on first relisten I also thought it sounded like "Strange trip" but with more careful listening through the headphones I hear it as "Straight To ya (T'ya)". Sacrificial Bonfire... I do Hear the Chair squeak, it's very very very quiet and if it hadn't been noted alreay I wouldn't have noticed it, but it does have a distinctive sound different than the crackling fire. Also, I don't know if this was mentioned before maybe it's what started this line, but I also noticed that in the silence after the last "Banish the Bad" there is someone counting the beats "Three, Four" and the music starts again. Jeff "I can't hear anymore, Sacrificail Bonfire was too loud" Eby
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