[kj] OT : Red Beat (again)

[Alexander Smith]

"Deacon Blue" is just one bad apples in a basket of rancid fruit, as  
far as I'm concerned. Coffee table jazz-rock for people with patches  
on the elbows of their corduroy blazers hanging out in 70's wine bars.  
Makes the Eagles sound like Venom.

Alex in NYC



On Nov 13, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Brendan wrote:


> 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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