** Last Issue - the digest will no longer be made after this issue ** There are 80 messages totalling 1595 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. yesterday's Mail 2. Really BAD NEWS (2) 3. BAD NEWS (18) 4. oasis (3) 5. manics (12) 6. dan 7. Later With Jools Holland - Brit Beat 8. NON-CHARLATANS: Ice hockey 9. no bad news (17) 10. INFLUENCES (3) 11. i kinda agree with david 12. Hey Ladies.....Bad News (7) 13. Charlatans single 14. London (2) 15. ken 16. NEW BRIT TALENT (5) 17. pics 18. The Charlatans Digest "Then" going away 19. concerts in st. louis 20. aaaurgh (or whatever) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 06:05:35 +0200 (MET DST) From: chief@lysator.liu.se Subject: yesterday's Mail Did anyone save yesterday (and today)'s mail to the list??? Can someone please forward that mail to me ASAP - I acidentally deleted my mailbox!!! Thank you in advance! //Erik (chief@lysator.liu.se ----------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 14:06:55 +0800 (SGT) From: bopgirl* To subscribe/unsubscribe to the Digest version of the list, send your request to: then-request@lysator.liu.seSubject: Re: Really BAD NEWS At 03:18 PM 9/14/96 -0700, you wrote: >Umm, is this a Charlatans mailing list, or an Oasis hate list? If you >don't like Oasis, fine. Either explain why you don't like them, or don't >bother with comments. Don't mean to be sounding kinda bitchy, but I just >get tired of hearing how much people hate certain bands. Let's try to >stick to the Charlies. > >Jen > >>What kind of person would waste $200 on a lame band like Oasis.. > >Cheers,Jen.......................:) > ---------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 03:53:19 -0400 (EDT) From: DANIEL MCNELIS Subject: Re: BAD NEWS Hey, Guess what... The Manic Street Preachers sound like a heavy metal band alright.. rock the fuck on... dan. ---------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 03:54:29 -0400 (EDT) From: DANIEL MCNELIS Subject: Re: Really BAD NEWS No shit --------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 03:58:58 -0400 (EDT) From: DANIEL MCNELIS Subject: Re: oasis If this message gets through, could somebody please respond? etetc... dan. ---------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 96 12:17:18 EDT From: devans@ccs.carleton.ca (deborah evans) Subject: manics DANIEL MCNELIS writes: > > Hey, Guess what... The Manic Street Preachers sound like a heavy metal band > alright.. > rock the fuck on... > dan. Okay I know this is not a manics list but i couldn't let such a misguided comment go uncommented on. No the manics do not sound like a heavy metal band. I'll admit there was that one album (the name escapes me not, not generation terrorists, or the holy bible), and even the band themselves are not the proudest of that album. But, if you take a listen to their first album - "generation terrorists" and the new one - "everything must go" you'll see just how wrong saying they sound like a heavy metal band. Especially if you listen to "tiny black flowers that grow in the sky" off the new album. Plus on top of that they have some of the most intelligent lyrics in music today, can metallica really say that for themselves? I'd say not! Anyway, like I said I know this is not a Manics list but I just wanted to defend the honour of the boys from Blackwood. ;)> ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 12:44:25 -0400 From: SPROSTON GREEN Subject: dan dan the message got through ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 12:37:13 -0400 From: SPROSTON GREEN Subject: Re: oasis the album is set for release in the new year thanks james "lazyitis" callaway sproston_green@wow.com ------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 12:06:12 -0800 (PST) From: XAPUZDER@ccvax.fullerton.edu Subject: Re: BAD NEWS david, you need a date. ------------------------------- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 23:30:15 +0000 From: srblack@mail.enterprise.net (Steve Black) Subject: Re: oasis This is me responding. Leah ------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 22:32:15 +0100 From: Graham Cawsey Subject: Later With Jools Holland - Brit Beat Tonight, Sunday there was a sepcial on Brit Pop. It was repears but feautured, Oasis, Blur, The Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers, McAlmont & Butler, Black Grape, Paul Weller, Elastica, The Bluetones + loads loads more. It will be repeated tomorrow night, Monday on BBC2 at 18:50. I for one will be video taping it. Graham... "See my bootlegs at http://www.freeweb.nethead.co.uk/gcawsey" ----------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 18:28:58 -0400 (EDT) From: David Reichert Subject: Re: NON-CHARLATANS: Ice hockey At 05:40 15/09/96 +0200, you wrote: > >My sincerest congratulations to the US members of this list! >The US hockey team really won the World Cup a few minutes ago, >and I just have to say how happy I am about that! Yaaaaaaay! >Go USA Go! I do not care that Sweden were not one of the final >teams, as long as the US team won . and they did! Yaaaaaay! > >Celebrate!! Yeah, because you've only got until '98 before Canada takes the crown back. MAPLE-LEAF FOREVER, at least in hockey :) BTW Eirk, how could you turn yer back on yer country like that, for shame. Cheers! DAVE ----------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 21:46:58 -0400 From: SPROSTON GREEN Subject: Reply to: manics ive heard other people say the manics sound like Queen ------------------------------ From: kevin100@juno.com (Kevin Holden) Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 22:19:03 EDT Subject: Re: no bad news I wish everyone would get off the oasis thing. Point is, they're a damn decent band, and as much as I hate to admit it, have sold tons more records than most of my other fav. bands, including the charlatans. They just have this image they like to play on. But I do agree they should just stop their bickering and get on with it. Though if Liam left I think oasis wouldn't split and noel would sing. Definitely not the sex appeal, but if you've evr heard don't look back in anger or step out, then you know noel can rock with the best of them and can sing alright. And let's not forget, anyone who's ever seen him live knows what a top guitar player he is. Here in the u.s. it sucks, I can't find the new charlatans single anywhere, and I'm still waiting for northern uproar to take america by storm. god only knows why the charlatans aren't going to get a permnament organ player. I wonder if they'll become more of a guitar based unit now? Well anyone? ----------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 23:23:37 -0400 (EDT) From: DANIEL MCNELIS Subject: Re: manics hey... A. sorry about the drunken email tyrade. moody incoherence that should be ignored. B. I heard the new manics album today. apologies again, it's actually quite good! the "heavy metal" album was Generation Terrorists. C. the reason that I asked for someone to tell me if the message came through is that I keep getting these "delivery failed" messages. thanks a lot! D. did anyone here about the charlies in DC? anyone at all? thanks, dan. ----------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 01:35:20 -0500 (CDT) From: W00DST0CK Subject: Re: no bad news In response to kevin i definitely think that the charlatans should move towards moe guitar work. Granted Rob was very talented, but one must admit his unique sound is not replaceable. Te keyboard generation died in the early 90's unfortunately so. If Charlatans are able to go mainline with guitars than perhaps they will be able to hit main stream again because must ,music these days is functionally based around strings. Who knows? i could be just be crazy on caffiene at 2 in the morning with nothing beter to do. Anthony ---------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 22:37:55 +0800 (WST) From: Kevin Johnson PhD Geopolitics Subject: Re: BAD NEWS On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Dave Kenny wrote: > >well, i thought that oasis' attitudes were good to laugh at. they > >complained about other bands not enjoying the spotlight and looking > >gloomy, and i'm sure they were the happiest looking sods around. hmm.. > > I'm sorry, but I find it hysterical that anyone even cares about a band's > attitude or what they have to say. They don't owe the world anything more > than their music. They do it to make money. And that's the end of the story. > > Why anyone gives any credibility to a band's opinion as to how the world > should be... or what values should be extolled, how we should establish > world peace, how we should save the environment, or what country is better > to live in ... is a bunch of malarkey. It's admitting that the only reason > their opinion is important is because they have money/hit records. And if > they really cared so much about these things... let them donate all the > money/time/effort. They're the millionaires in this equation. > > For this reason, I hate NME, Melody Maker, Select, and their ilk. They are > rags... no less so than the Weekly World News and the National Equirer we > have here in the States. Flourishing on speculation. > > Furthermore, why obsess that they sound like the Beatles... or any other > band? If they do, it's simply because that was a good sound back in the > late 60's and 70's and the musical style is being revived for a new > generation. It's not theivery. It's not any less musical. Hell... the > great classical composers all copied styles and movements off each other. > You can't put copyrights on harmonies and tonal progressions. And, at the > same time, it's a wonderful thing when you can listen to a piece of music > and hear the band's influences... hear tonal progressions and suspensions... > and know that the same or a similar pattern has been done before... and > by... [insert band here]. I would compare it to the platonic simile of the > cave, in that regard. Isn't it wondrous to hear new music and be reminded > of the form of that music... the music of the past? > > I'm done ranting now. > > > > David It was a nice rant though ----------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 22:33:25 +0800 (WST) From: Kevin Johnson PhD Geopolitics Subject: Re: BAD NEWS On Fri, 13 Sep 1996 XAPUZDER@ccvax.fullerton.edu wrote: > Oasis sucks anyway, they may have some semblance of creativity in > a music world filled with rap and talentless drones, but they still suck. > I am grateful, though, that they put music with insturments back in > style........ now, now...suggesting rap music has no semblance of creativity or the implication that electronically generated music is music without instruments (or insturments) is a little narrow minded don't you think? The computer, the sound module, the mixer, they are all instruments as well. I'd warrant Tim Burgess would agree to that. --------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:48:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Megan Hope Foster Subject: Re: no bad news i think that there are possibly two sides to the question of replacing rob. on one hand, i agree that you can't replace his contribution to the band and his knowledge of the inner workings of the charlatans. on the other hand, i would think that concert goers from here onwards would feel that there was "something missing" from their sound if that keyboard wasn't there. you can argue that use of more guitars will possibly make them "more mainstream", but why follow what's'trendy' in music today? i think that their sound has evolved quite a bit since the first album, and that's what's kept them going (and with critical acclaim to back them, no less) whereas the other bands from 5-7 years ago (i.e. northside--where are they now?) didn't float. just some more thoughts from central illinois, the cultural abyss. megan. --------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 96 09:13:18 PDT From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Subject: Re: BAD NEWS [post removed by request from author] -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 96 12:17:22 EDT From: devans@ccs.carleton.ca (deborah evans) Subject: Re: manics Back to the manics for one brief moment. "Generation Terrorists" was not their heavy metal album. It was the one either before holy bible or after it. It has the title taht includes sword in it, but I'm completely drawing a blank on the name of it. I'll make it a goal to find out though. -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 16:00:54 -0400 (EDT) From: David Reichert Subject: Re: no bad news At 01:35 16/09/96 -0500, you wrote: >In response to kevin i definitely think that the charlatans should move >towards moe guitar work. Granted Rob was very talented, but one must >admit his unique sound is not replaceable. Te keyboard generation died in >the early 90's unfortunately so. If Charlatans are able to go mainline >with guitars than perhaps they will be able to hit main stream again >because must ,music these days is functionally based around strings. Who >knows? i could be just be crazy on caffiene at 2 in the morning with >nothing beter to do. The problem is that there are nothing but guitar bands out there now, I'm sick this overglorified classic rock called "grunge". What I've always liked best about the Charlies is that they're a band in which not a single one of the instruments dominates the sound. -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 16:00:57 -0400 (EDT) From: David Reichert Subject: Re: BAD NEWS At 09:13 16/09/96 PDT, you wrote: >I had a good laugh when I got into work this morning and read this post! Just >wait...the U.S. will completely overtake Canada in hockey in a few years. Kind of like how Canada took over the US comedy industry? Don't hold yer breath. You only got good because you learned from us. >As Canada's most favorite daughter says: "Isn't it ironic? Don't cha think?" Exactly who is Canada's favourite daughter? K.D. Lang? Cheers! DAVE ------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 16:25:19 -0400 From: Sproston Green Subject: Re: no bad news At 04:00 PM 9/16/96 -0400, David Reichert wrote: >At 01:35 16/09/96 -0500, you wrote: >>In response to kevin i definitely think that the charlatans should move >>towards moe guitar work. Granted Rob was very talented, but one must >>admit his unique sound is not replaceable. Te keyboard generation died in >>the early 90's unfortunately so. If Charlatans are able to go mainline >>with guitars than perhaps they will be able to hit main stream again >>because must ,music these days is functionally based around strings. Who >>knows? i could be just be crazy on caffiene at 2 in the morning with >>nothing beter to do. >> >The problem is that there are nothing but guitar bands out there now, I'm >sick this overglorified classic rock called "grunge". > >What I've always liked best about the Charlies is that they're a band in >which not a single one of the instruments dominates the sound. I'm in total agreement here. There are far too many guiter-drum-bass bands out there that are just churning up the muck of yesterday and last year and the last decade. That organ makes a lot of the charlies songs great instead of just good. The band would be doing themselves a disservice in retiring that old hammond after all these years. I don't think they will but what do i know. one of the sequencer generation. --------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 13:42:32 -0800 (PST) From: XAPUZDER@ccvax.fullerton.edu Subject: Re: no bad news well the4 loss of brooks is going to make a big dent, no doubt, but lets do hope the guitars will shine through, and they will become more grinding, and melodic. just got bluetones cd, decent. oh by the way: records sales do not make a a band valuable, let us not forget menudos' magnanamous record sales......... any news on a american tour for The charlies???? hey BRITISH PEOPLES...what are some good bands coming out, check out the band "red 5" from the states, just signed, they played at my uni last semester, great live, not a charlies or roses, but musically talented.. later X-TIAN -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 13:55:29 -0800 (PST) From: XAPUZDER@ccvax.fullerton.edu Subject: Re: BAD NEWS LET ME CLARIFY... "East Coast Killas. West Coast Killas" is crap. over here, in the states the pop music seriously blows. many bands do not even write their own songs, or play insturments by themselves. i do admire techno because they, the artists make no bones about what their work is. here the rap artists, who do have a talent for rhymin'(and stealin' props to the beastie boys) have less of a musical ear. snoop doggy dogg.....the guy markets himself to middleclass white kids ihn the suburbs, and fills them up with horrific pictures of american ghetto l,ife, which these priviledged white kids emulate in their parents Mercedes or BMW. secondly, attempt to listen to one of his songs, or any gangsta rappas aong....nuff said. tribe called quest, digable planets are another thing. the music and lyrics are intelligent,and well put together. from an artistic stand point, sure in 50 years when everyone is dead, or in tupac shakurs case now, people may look back and reevaluate what the music says. unlike artists like hendrix, morrison, even the painter Van Gogh (who everone thought was crazy) the only thoing this gangsta rap which is polluting american radios says is how to *uck you *itch, steal, kill, and how its all whiteys fault. my 17 year old sister was excited to play me a rap song entitled "blow job betty". the song in graphic detal explaind...well we all can imagine. now art my be sexual and violent, but there is a difference between intelligent lyrics which cleverly manipulate the language to elude to multiblke meanings. one more thing. rapppers only do it for money, not for the love of music, or because of some emotional necessity, but because their managers rape them and use them for mi oney. i am grateful that the millions of times i saw "wonderwall" i was not seeing "east coast killas waes coast killas" ******************how does this relate to the CHARLATANS?*************** the charlatans are beautiful artist ! their music is pleasing to the ear, and burgess, and crew write great lyrics, ii am studying English literature (not grammar as you may have guessed) and could see into so many of the charlies songs. the charlies are plesent while rappers are vulgar NUFF SAID XTIAN E-mail: XAPUZDER@ccvax.fullerton.edu --------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 96 14:58:06 PDT From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Subject: Re: BAD NEWS [post removed by request from author] -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 18:31:20 -0400 From: SPROSTON GREEN Subject: Reply to: Re: manics i get those delivery failed messages to ........hmmmmmm....how odd love james --------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 18:32:57 -0400 From: SPROSTON GREEN Subject: Reply to: Re: BAD NEWS from what i understend tim burgess is a big fan of rap --------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 18:33:14 -0400 (EDT) From: David Reichert Subject: Re: no bad news At 13:42 16/09/96 -0800, you wrote: > >well the4 loss of brooks is going to make a big dent, no doubt, Please tell me that you mean the loss of Collins, not brooks, or did brooks leave the band and I didn't hear about it. Please put my mind at ease very soon. DAVE ----------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 18:29:24 -0500 (CDT) From: david ashley evans Subject: Re: no bad news Good to see there are other people who think that illinois is a cultural abyss. I can't wait to get my ass out of here. Did either of you see the charlatans in chicago last year? dave ----------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 18:42:43 -0500 (CDT) From: david ashley evans Subject: Re: BAD NEWS I agree (and would add de la soul to the "artistic" list. I like the new album much, although it isn't as fyun as their first 3) . I also agree with the person who wanted to hear bands where not just one sound came through. Although most bands use or are characterized more by a particular instrument than another; there is a problem of being completed dominated by a instrument, which does seem very frequent in current popular music (i think that's when people find a synthesizer particularly annoying). I never realized that the bands I like are diverse in which instrument comes through for different songs and different parts of songs.Alright that took way too long to say. dave --------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 09:23:52 +1000 From: maggie lum Subject: Re: no bad news No way should the Charlatans stick to just a guitar sound! Their development since the first album just proves how they've adapted the hammond/keyboards from their Madchester days to something that's fresh and exciting for today. I think that in today's guitar drenched world in which the keyboard generation is supposedly dead, the keyboard sounds of the Charlies are even more relevant. This said, their guitar sound is equally important, but it's their amalgamation of these sounds which makes them so ace. I agree that they'll never replace Rob, but just cos he's no longer around does not mean that they should ditch what he made so special. I think that most people would agree that they do not want to see the Charlies turn into guitar based rock pigs like the Roses (so sad what's happened to them!) stay sharp, maggie ------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:20:21 -0400 (EDT) From: David Reichert Subject: Re: BAD NEWS >>Exactly who is Canada's favourite daughter? K.D. Lang? >> >Alannis Moronsette...who else? >(Who else could write a song called "Ironic," and not actually understand what >the word means? Now there's the irony for you!) Shhhhhh! We're trying to keep the fact that Alanis Morrishit is from Canada a secret. :) DAVE -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 22:04:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Ailsa Wong Subject: Re: no bad news On Mon, 16 Sep 1996 XAPUZDER@ccvax.fullerton.edu wrote: > well the4 loss of brooks is going to make a big dent, no doubt, but lets > do hope the guitars will shine through, and they will become more > grinding, and melodic. just got bluetones cd, decent. oh by the way: > records sales do not make a a band valuable, let us not forget menudos' > magnanamous record sales......... > any news on a american tour for The charlies???? > hey BRITISH PEOPLES...what are some good bands coming out, > check out the band "red 5" from the states, just signed, they played > at my uni last semester, great live, not a charlies or roses, but musically > talented.. > later > X-TIAN um...you mean the loss of collins, right? :) ----------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 22:10:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Ailsa Wong Subject: Re: manics On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, SPROSTON GREEN wrote: > i get those delivery failed messages to ........hmmmmmm....how odd > > love james YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!! :):):) ailsa ------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 22:14:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Ailsa Wong Subject: Re: Reply to: Re: BAD NEWS On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, SPROSTON GREEN wrote: > from what i understend tim burgess is a big fan of rap yeah. tim burgess loves wu tang clan who happen to live where i live (shudder). what of it? i read the whole paragraph by someone who wrote about gangsta rap. i don't think we should be complaining about something that is prolly influencing the great mind of mr. burgess. :) AILSA ------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 96 23:33:05 EDT From: devans@ccs.carleton.ca (deborah evans) Subject: INFLUENCES I think it is important that all the band members, of whatever teh particular band be, have various musical tastes. AS such, it will bring a fresh vibe to song writing. It is more than likely that the bands themselves do not listen to soley other bands that make up their genre of music. I know the guys from Chaperhouse all had varying musical tastes, ranging from dance to house to the style deemed "indie." Then on top of that just because a particular band member listens to a style that does not mean that it would carry over to influence their song writing. But, if it does would that be so bad? I think we would all agree that what makes a truly great band and song writer is to draw upon all sorts of styles and create something original and exciting. Besides, how many bands of today really have something that can be said to be 100% original. All the recent talk slagging Oasis for ripping off Oasis isn't that new or that surprising. It's called having an influence - albeit Oasis had a considerably large amount of "influecne" (i'm trying to be polite) but nothing has been truly 100% original in decades. Everyband has something in their sound that we've heard before. I see a lot of "northern soul" in the charlatans and verve, a lot of 1960s pop in the charlatans also, and also in bands like st. etienne and ride. It really is to be expected. what does count more on teh originality scale should be a combination of lyrics and music - even if the music does come from a sound heard elsewhere. Now, if only researching and writing my dissertation could go so well at almost midnight. ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 00:35:20 -0500 (CDT) From: tecwritr@wichita.fn.net (John Ball) Subject: Re: INFLUENCES St. E, Ride and Verve all in the same paragraph........ If only this list wasn't always so full of beauty --------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 00:41:51 -0500 (CDT) From: tecwritr@wichita.fn.net (John Ball) Subject: Re: i kinda agree with david >only because the stone roses were compared to the byrds....and we all know they went on to change the world > >the stone roses are dead long live the stone roses >love james "lazyitis" callaway > >PS britpop fans in austin texas I am planning a trip to Austin in October to see the URB Tour, COuld you send me your E so I might ask some advice for traveling to texas it scares me, but I bet there must be good things their? Mine is "tecwritr@wichita.fn.net" thanks J -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 00:58:24 -0500 (CDT) From: tecwritr@wichita.fn.net (John Ball) Subject: Re: Reply to: Re: BAD NEWS >On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, SPROSTON GREEN wrote: > >> from what i understend tim burgess is a big fan of rap >> > yeah. tim burgess loves wu tang clan who happen to live where i >live (shudder). what of it? i read the whole paragraph by someone who >wrote about gangsta rap. i don't think we should be complaining about >something that is prolly influencing the great mind of mr. burgess. :) >AILSA Arguement is the beginning of Enlightenment Even if it conflicts with Mr. Burgess -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 16:09:57 +0800 (WST) From: Kevin Johnson PhD Geopolitics Subject: Re: INFLUENCES On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, deborah evans wrote: > I think it is important that all the band members, of whatever teh > particular band be, have various musical tastes. AS such, it will bring a > fresh vibe to song writing. It is more than likely that the bands > themselves do not listen to soley other bands that make up their genre of > music. I know the guys from Chaperhouse all had varying musical tastes, > ranging from dance to house to the style deemed "indie." Then on top of > that just because a particular band member listens to a style that does > not mean that it would carry over to influence their song writing. But, > if it does would that be so bad? I think we would all agree that what > makes a truly great band and song writer is to draw upon all sorts of > styles and create something original and exciting. Besides, how many > bands of today really have something that can be said to be 100% original. > All the recent talk slagging Oasis for ripping off Oasis isn't that new > or that surprising. It's called having an influence - albeit Oasis > had a considerably large amount of "influecne" (i'm trying to be polite) > but nothing has been truly 100% original in decades. Everyband has > something in their sound that we've heard before. I see a lot of > "northern soul" in the charlatans and verve, a lot of 1960s pop in the > charlatans also, and also in bands like st. etienne and ride. It really > is to be expected. what does count more on teh originality scale should > be a combination of lyrics and music - even if the music does come from a > sound heard elsewhere. > > Now, if only researching and writing my dissertation could go so well at > almost midnight. Here in Perth few music reviewers recognise the fact that all bands are influenced by other music and that nothing is totally new. They chose to slag off local acts that are influenced by English pop and dance music, calling them too derivative (yes I've been at the receiving end of this) and ignore the, to me, more obvious references by local acts to the more fashionable US guitar pop bands, most of the time not even ackowledging the similarities. Oh well Kevin ---------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 14:42:22 +0200 (MET DST) From: ronald Janus Subject: Re: BAD NEWS Oi Kevin, Get off my E-mail, you fookin' twat! I'm not interested in your whining 'bout OASIS. I like 'm, so stop annoying me. Wyb@dds.nl ------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:06:07 -0800 (PST) From: XAPUZDER@ccvax.fullerton.edu Subject: Re: no bad news oops! sorry about that, wrote message in a hurry, my bad! ----------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 14:09:41 -0500 (CDT) From: Megan Hope Foster Subject: Re: no bad news unfortunately, i did not see their show last year (at the metro, yes?) and i am still shooting myself b/c i didn't go. i was down at school in st. louis for the past two years, and although several british shows weaved their way through missouri (among them being supergrass, lush, cast, and blur) the charlatans, if i'm not mistaken, only hit a few key cities in the states. there's quite a few bands that i'm (im)patiently waiting for to hit the u.s. i would like the bluetones to hit a few more u.s. dates, as well as some others like ocean colour scene and shed seven. but i guess we just wait and see. megan. ---------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 19:13:16 -0500 (CDT) From: jasper@inlink.com (SmilingJudy) Subject: Re: no bad news >unfortunately, i did not see their show last year (at the metro, yes?) and >i am still shooting myself b/c i didn't go. i was down at school in st. >louis for the past two years, and although several british shows weaved >their way through missouri (among them being supergrass, lush, cast, and >blur) the charlatans, if i'm not mistaken, only hit a few key cities in >the states. > >megan. hey megan! i'm in st. louis too. were you into the charlie's before this last album? even though they didn't come 'round last year, i saw them at mississippi nights in '92 and '94. of course, the two _best_ shows i've ever witnessed in my life (only because i missed ride, i'm sure :) the place was packed in '92, but wasn't too crowded in '94 which i'm guessing is why they didn't come back. kim :) ------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:59:15 +0800 (WST) From: Kevin Johnson PhD Geopolitics Subject: Re: BAD NEWS On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, ronald Janus wrote: > Oi Kevin, > Get off my E-mail, you fookin' twat! > I'm not interested in your whining 'bout OASIS. > I like 'm, so stop annoying me. > > Wyb@dds.nl Hey buddy, check your email it wasn't me who was whining about Oasis it was someone with xapuzder as their address. I expect an apology. I was suggesting he or she open their minds up about music; any type, no matter how tired and cheesey, even including Oasis. But thankyou for sending the message to me because it confirmed in my mind the uselessness of email (which, by the way, is not yours but belongs to everybody who agrees to subscribe to this list). Its just too easy to send messages without really thinking about what you are saying. And you can vent steam off on some innocent stranger. Maybe, Mr jANUS, the price you pay for being on this list is putting up with other people's opinions and being factually accurate and relatively friendly if you want to express your difference of opinion. So stop annoying me Kevin -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:15:02 -0500 (CDT) From: tecwritr@wichita.fn.net (John Ball) Subject: Hey Ladies.....Bad News Sorry to inform you ladies but Tim and Co. played the Bluenote in Columbia MO in support of "Up to Our Hips"....Brillant, fookin Brilliant!!!! First the band was drinkin some Bass on a table in front of the club. My sister and I about feel out, but quickly gained our wits and scrambled to the car for our CDs to be signed. We had them signed by the nicest band I have yet to meet and we even had the oppertunity to talk to them for a spot. I was enlightened to the fact that the bannannas off between.... were phalic symbols taken from the velvet underground.....HA! There are also Warhol esquie prints of the bannannas in lithography in different colors that were rejected as possibilities for the cover. The origanials are in the Japan. import. The opened with the Patrol mix off jesus hairdo on the decks.. I am a dance\tribal\trip hop music junky and it was my first dose of the Charletans under the enfluence of the DUB. THis coupled with seein um for the first time live and in person with about 2 or 3 hundred people in a place that looked half empty currled my toes and put a twinkle in my eye. No One Not Even the rain ended one of the most enchanting evenings I have had. WIsh more could have been there but you ladies are the first I think could have appricated it and who also live that close that you could of. It was 6 hours NE from Kansas for me. Very worth the 12 hrs. round trip for 1 1\2 hours. j ------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:33:57 -0400 From: ShamanBart@aol.com Subject: Re: Charlatans single In a message dated 96-09-15 23:08:04 EDT, Kevin100 wrote: >Here in the u.s. it sucks, I can't find the new charlatans single >anywhere, No problemo finding One to Another in the stores hear, provided you find the right store. The US has a thing about good British artists--the major stores want to sell enough crap from US wannabes and MTV talentless bands and leave most of the real music for small stores and college radio to cover. It must be a conspiracy (one of them many theories I subscribe to--just kidding). Production on the single sounds a bit tinny and the organ is too far back in the mix. I actually like the track Reputation best on first couple listens. Good solid single. Another cool release is the Long Agos and Worlds Apart, Small Faces tribute deal. Tracks by Ride, Weller, Martin Carr, Gene, Primal Scream are way cool. Also, Northern Uproar, which I'm sure would please Kevin100. -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:41:25 -0500 (CDT) From: jasper@inlink.com (SmilingJudy) Subject: Re: Hey Ladies.....Bad News >Sorry to inform you ladies but Tim and Co. played the Bluenote in Columbia >MO in support of "Up to Our Hips"....Brillant, fookin Brilliant!!!! yeah, that's what i was referring to. '94, right? or am i becoming senile already. regardless, utoh was the album they were supporting at the show i saw in st. louie. didn't know they made the trek to columbia...interesting. good one, but the '92 show topped it by far...even if tim did have a cold. >under the enfluence of the DUB. THis coupled with seein um for the first >time live and in person with about 2 or 3 hundred people in a place that >looked half empty currled my toes and put a twinkle in my eye. No One Not 2 or 3 hundred???? you must be joking. sorry man, but you can fit a lot more than twice that in the bluenote. :) ---------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 01:18:01 -0400 From: O2bBritish@aol.com Subject: Re: Hey Ladies.....Bad News megan and kim. . . .how were the Charlatans' shows at Mississippi Nights? (I live in St. Louis, too) . . . .I didn't start liking them until recently. . . . .let me know if you hear anything about them coming here again. . . .also, where do you go to school? --------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 01:59:36 -0400 (EDT) From: DANIEL MCNELIS Subject: Re: manics What Manics album included the song "Slash and Burn"? That was the now infamous "heavy metal" album. Sorry if I was mistaken about Generation Terrorists but I swore that was the album. Who knows... dan. PS no big deal.... really!!! --------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 02:31:52 -0400 (EDT) From: DANIEL MCNELIS Subject: Re: BAD NEWS Kevin, "Mr. Janus", If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times... Can't we all just get along!!!!! I'll catch hell for this one... dan. -------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 02:28:12 -0400 (EDT) From: DANIEL MCNELIS Subject: Re: no bad news I don't want to hear the complaints cos supergrass, cast and blur (to the best of my knowledge) have never even been to Pittsburgh. Lush comes here all the time, but they keep coming om these goofy-ass tours with bands like Everclear and what have you... I haven't seen the Charlatans in 4 painful years (but I might see them in a week and a half if someone will PLEASE confirm this Washington DC rumor!!!) Are the Bluetones touring the states? Sorry, just needed to vent a bit of pent-up frustration! dan. ----------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 09:42:26 BST0GMT From: Suzanne Price Subject: Re: manics Just to set the record straight about the Manics albums........ The first one was 'Generation Terrorists' which had 'Slash and Burn' on it as well as the brilliant 'Motorcycle Emptiness' Then came 'Gold Against The Soul' which has 'From Despair to Where' on it and 'La Trustessa Durera'. Next was 'The Holy Bible' and their latest one is called 'Everything Must Go' which has top tunes on it like 'A Design for Life' and 'The Girl who wanted to be God' And I know it coz Ive got them all. Suzanne ---------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 17:12:05 +0100 From: AELLIG@ubaclu.unibas.ch Subject: London I want to meet some people when I get to London in the beginning of october. You got my E-Mail. Contact me. Tobias Aellig, Switzerland, 21. ----------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:23:41 -0400 From: kangela@uakron.edu (chinacatsunflower) Subject: Re: ken >For heavens sake Mr Ken, the rest of us dont keep saying "you know" every >five words when we're writtning. If you want to convince us of your Scottish >credentials then fair enough but how about changing your vocabulary to >includ more than three words (cunt, ya, ken) that it sounds to me that you >picked up from Trainspotting. Sorry but I'm fed up of this mailing list >being full of crap, hows about stopping all this "I can speak French" or >whatever and talk music? > > Paul. i had a friend in high school named paul simpson. i don't think you're him. still growing my hair, angel-a ------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:35:41 -0500 (CDT) From: Megan Hope Foster Subject: Re: no bad news kim, i hate you! no, i don't, i'm just insanely jealous. a charlatans show at miss. nights would be PERFECT! and i can't believe ride was in st. l. too. i am absolutely devastated that they broke up this year. i was only in st. louis for 2 years, 94- may 96, b/c i was going to school at washington u. unfortunately, i graduated, and am now stuck about halfway between st. l. and chicago, near peoria. i try to get down to st. l. whenever i can--as a matter of fact, i'll be heading down this weekend for the mrmf. but you'll have to keep me up to date if any good shows roll through town. i'm still in amazement...the charlatans at miss. nights. hmm..92 was prob. after the 2nd album, and 94 after up to our hips, correct? if i'd only known back then... oh well. :) megan. -------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:52:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Megan Hope Foster Subject: Re: Hey Ladies.....Bad News ooooh....so they were at columbia, as well as st. l. still wish i'd been there. that's what you get when your hometown thrives on country music. megan. ---------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 17:13:33 +0100 From: Michael Hutchinson Subject: NEW BRIT TALENT X - TIAN: Some new british bands to look out for are: TIGER - weird way of tuning their guitars but nevertheless cool - cureent single is called RACE HEAVY STEREO - new album called deja voodoo - Glam metal slam style. MANSUN - few singles out - sripper vicar, take it easy chicken - also 1 ep and 2 ep. KULA SHAKER - next big thing over here - indie with an indian tinge DODGY - you've probably heard of them. look out for second album 'homegrown' OCEAN COLOR SCENE - another beatles copycat band SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - welsh. nuff said. and finally PJ and DUNCAN....... only joshin! Hutchinson, ---------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 12:46:37 EDT From: devans@ccs.carleton.ca (deborah evans) Subject: Re: manics Suzanne, Thanks for jogging my memory as to the one that was a bit on the heavy metal side - "Gold Against the Soul," I couldn't remember the title because i was so disappointed with it i never bought it. Suzanne Price writes: > > Just to set the record straight about the Manics albums........ > > The first one was 'Generation Terrorists' which had 'Slash and Burn' > on it as well as the brilliant 'Motorcycle Emptiness' > > Then came 'Gold Against The Soul' which has 'From Despair to Where' > on it and 'La Trustessa Durera'. > > Next was 'The Holy Bible' > > and their latest one is called 'Everything Must Go' which has top > tunes on it like 'A Design for Life' and 'The Girl who wanted to be > God' > > And I know it coz Ive got them all. > > Suzanne ------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 12:57:46 EDT From: devans@ccs.carleton.ca (deborah evans) Subject: Re: manics Dan, Hmm. . . now you have me truly confused as to where you heard "generation Terrorists" referred to as teh heavy metal album. taht is the one with slash and burn on it but to my knowledge the only one been refered to as heavy metal has been the one with the mash theme on it. But, like you said it's really no big deal - it is just one of those things that will bug me until i get it straight for myself. but, to avoid nasty "this is a charlatans mailing list not a manics" comments i'll drop it now. DANIEL MCNELIS writes: > > What Manics album included the song "Slash and Burn"? > That was the now infamous "heavy metal" album. Sorry if I was mistaken about > Generation Terrorists but I swore that was the album. Who knows... > dan. > PS no big deal.... really!!! ---------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:28:37 -0700 From: jhowe@ccinet.ab.ca (Jen Howe) Subject: Re: London Me too! I'm moving there on October 16th and I know nobody in England, let alone London! Jen >I want to meet some people when I get to >London in the beginning of october. >You got my E-Mail. Contact me. > >Tobias Aellig, Switzerland, 21. ------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 19:29:08 +0100 From: Michael Hutchinson Subject: pics
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