[kj] OT : Red Beat (again)

[Brendan]

I always got a (strong) hint of irony with it...and irony was still in
fashion back in the 70s...Deacon Blue has never been a favourite of mine.
Always thought of it as more of a statement, but I got the impression that
the character they're putting across (olyrics are in first person) was a
bit of a cliched joke...

But admit I haven't ever tried to wrap my head around what drives Steely
Dan to nearly the same extent as I do Killing Joke, Tool, Soundgarden, or
The Muppets.

Hey if you hate Steely Dan, you'll HATE Damon Albarn's awful vox on his
cover of FM with Nathan Haines...it's god-awful IMO. Albarn has tried to
cool it up and go more jazzy, ditch some of the rocky funky
aspects...which to me is most of the appeal of FM.


>

> I heard "Deacon Blue" by fuckin' Steely Dan in a store earlier this

> week, and almost had to fuckin' walk out.

>

> Awful, awful pretentious crap.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

> On Nov 13, 2007, at 12:50 AM, Brendan Quinn wrote:

>

>> Interesting to see they list Steely Dan / Donald Fagan in

>> ‘influences’ (well done) and Madonna (WTF?!)

>>

>> Takes all sorts eh?

>>

>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net

>> ] On Behalf Of pssyche23

>> Sent: Monday, 12 November 2007 12:59 p.m.

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Subject: [kj] OT : Red Beat (again)

>>

>> Hello folks,

>>

>> Not the first time that I've mentioned them over the years but in

>> case anyone out there is interested (and was either unsubscribed or

>> not part of this mailing list at the time of earlier postings) the

>> excellent Red Beat, of early Malicious Damage Records fame, brought

>> out a CD in 2004 containing their MD4.40 12" single, their John Peel

>> session, plus the Survival 7" and Dream 12" singles (which came out

>> on Manic Machine Records) - they have a page up on Myspace where

>> both the excellent "Red Beat" track and See can be heard -

>> http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=149196481

>>  . Well worth investing in "The Missing Album" if you haven't

>> already - cheers.

>>

>> Regards, Antoni

>>

>>

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