RE: (TV) (OT) Feelies: September 13, 2009

[Murray Ramone <murrayramone@hotmail.com>]

ach, at least the musics good !



there are times I really love crazy rythms but I just couldnt get into the
good earth and never picked anything else up - am I missing something or is
everything else more like the good earth ?

> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:33:23 -0500
> Subject: Re: (TV) (OT) Feelies: September 13, 2009
> From: russvr@gmail.com
> To: tv@obbard.com
>
> Speaking of Smithereens, I just want to say what a horrible movie that
> is....it's almost so bad it's good, but not quite.
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Phil Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks. I got into the Feelies whenever I overheard their cover of "What
> > Goes On" in a coffee house in the mid-90s. Only later did I learn that
their
> > drummer (for most of their career) was the original drummer from Luna,
who
> > played on the PENTHOUSE along with Tom Verlaine...
> >
> > Although I picked up every Feelies album on CD over the next decade, I
> > didn't exactly love them, I just liked a few tracks. But I took the
plunge
> > and bought the reissues of their first two albums last week (CRAZY
RHYTHMS
> > and THE GOOD EARTH). Both sound great and I've got a renewed
appreciation,
> > esp. for THE GOOD EARTH.
> >
> > Speaking of the Feelies -- you know what's a great, underplayed Modern
> > Lovers song? "I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms". (Also a great lift of a
Stooges
> > riff).
> >
> > (Random trivia: The first Feelies record features prominently in the 1982
> > film SMITHEREENS, in which Richard Hell has a supporting role).
> >
> > --Phil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Graham Urquhart <gurquhart@madasafish.com>
> > To: tv@obbard.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:06:53 PM
> > Subject: (TV) (OT) Feelies: September 13, 2009
> >
> > Some people may be interested in this:
> >
> > http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=1650
> >
> > /On the week that Bar None Records <
> > http://www.bar-none.com/the-feelies.html> reissued both /Crazy Rhythms/
> > and /The Good Earth/, the Feelies <http://www.myspace.com/thefeeliesband>
> > played a weekend of shows in the New York area. On Friday, they played
> > /Crazy Rhythms/ from start to finish at All Tomorrows Parties (/nyctaper
> > recording coming soon/). Saturdays show was a performance at the
beautiful
> > Bearsville Theatre <http://www.bearsvilletheater.com/> in Woodstock. Last
> > night, the celebratory weekend was completed with an absolutely
monumental
> > Feelies show at Southpaw <http://www.spsounds.com/>. The band performed
> > two sets that consisted of over two hours of music, but the most amazing
> > aspect of the show was the encore set the band returned on /five/
separate
> > occasions to perform a total of ten encores. Included in the show were
the
> > usual plethora of covers the raging second set opener of Neil Youngs
> > Barstool Blues and the Beatles Everybodys Got
> > Something to Hide (from /Crazy Rhythms/) among them but there were also
> > a few surprises including a teacher-mimics-student version of R.E.M.s
> > Carnival of Sorts./
> >
> > /The band was again well-served by the presence of long time sound pro
Andy
> > Peters, who navigated through a limited sound system to provide
outstanding
> > listening quality. We set up the four mics at the front of the railing
above
> > the floor which provided a direct line to the stacks. The resulting sound
> > quality of this recording is quite excellent. Enjoy!/
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Graham
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