Re: (TV) Echo (Round 1)

["Russ Van Rooy" <russvr@blarg.net>]

Philip, I think the Rain Parade are one of those great lost bands whose
legacy will only grow over the years. I like Dave robacks simple psychedelia
so much I went out an bought the Opal record and all of Mazzy Star ( but I'm
not a super big Mazzy fan, that music is just a little too tranquil) .The
Rain Parade were for me,  my second great discovery after Television. And
somewhere about the same time The Dream Syndicate ( Leo, why don't you like
the Dream Syndicate ? ) For me, both the Rain Parade and the Dream Syndicate
have powerful guitar players a la Verlaine/Lloyd, memorable songs and
distinctive styles. Certainly no other bands sounded quite like them at the
time. I saw the Rain Parade back in 1983 I think it was. What a great show !
-Russ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip P. Obbard" <pobbard@yahoo.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: (TV) Echo (Round 1)


> I have one thing to say on this thread: Rap sucks! (Note: this is a
sarcastic
> reference to a long-ago and long-dead thread on this list).
>
> Actually, I bought CROCODILES a year ago after hearing the Television
> comparison for the 10,000th time. It doesn't do much for me. But I'll pull
it
> out again next week.
>
> What I'm listening to these days:
> Rain Parade - first LP, which is *great*, and often likened to Television
and
> Beatles c. 1966 (justifiably, though they have an Oasis-like obsession
with
> only a handful of Beatley sounds).
> Clash - SUPER BLACK MARKET CLASH. I bought this two years and was
disappointed
> the first few times I heard it. I pulled it out on a whim earlier this
week and
> now *love* it - even the remixes and outtakes at the end are decent. I'd
say
> 2/3 of this disc is excellent, and this is coming from a guy who doesn't
like
> any Clash album all the way through save LONDON CALLING. But this also got
me
> going back to...
> Clash - SANDINISTA! Thank goodness for MP3s; I pared this album down to my
15
> favorite tracks.
> Pere Ubu - lots of stuff.
> Rolling Stones - BETWEEN THE BUTTONS [UK], OUT OF OUR HEADS [UK]. I'm not
much
> of a Stones' fan, but I'm getting more and more hooked lately.
> Left Banke - first LP.
>
> And I just listened to Verlaine's self-titled debut this morning. :^)
>
> --Philip
>
> --- Jay <piazzasanmarco@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > As someone else on this list recently remarked,
> > sometimes you just have to shake your head.
> >
> > I am really not trying to start anything, but anyone
> > who thinks the song "ocean Rain" has no soul, better
> > start doing a wee bit of self examination.  Marquee
> > Moon has far less "soul" than OR.
>
>
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