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

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the good earth is the best feelies record ever. Just my opinion. 
 
 
In a message dated 9/16/2009 10:42:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
murrayramone@hotmail.com writes:

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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