----- Original Message ----- From: "emma discovery" <emma_discovery@yahoo.com> To: <sinister@missprint.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:12 AM Subject: Sinister: she's aware it's all been done before
Och, stuff and nonsense! Without the backing singers what would there be for me to whistle to make people think 'Ooh, he
ian nicolson: likes Leonard Cohen!
What a pretentious twat'. And they provide a lovely counterpoint to our favourite randy mysoginist buddhist's tuneless caterwaul (and later growl). Anyways, he just wouldn't be as funny without his singers.
this is absolutely correct. besides, for truly obnoxious and inappropriate female backup singers, see elvis costello's painted from memory album (hi jay!). makes the backup singers on leonard cohen's records sound subtle in comparison.
either i embarrassingly don't recognize miss discovery (which is rather likely) and she's heard me discuss this before, or we just happen to share a psychic link. PFM is not a *bad* album, and after all, bacharach can do some really good, cool stuff, but when the 80s schmaltz bacharach mode comes crashing down, with tacky keyboards and backing vocals, most incriminatingly on "such unlikely lovers", i really must run and hide. either way, hello to you too, emma! speaking of disappointments, i ordered the new pornographers' album after reading absolutely raving reviews and being unable to find it in any stores, and............well.........it's pretty good. nothing really original, but all done well. i must say though, that the kindercore/E6 womb has to take a breather and stop spitting out bands. not all these bands are on those labels, but you probably know the sound i'm talking about. especially the bouncy piano thing. (the jaded music critic enters the room) that's got to stop. especially when paired with that childish style of indie voice, like the guy in wolfie. (they both sing similarly, but one just rubs me the wrong way for some reason) koufax wins my approval for not clinging to it and actually having a diverse album, but i was worried for a while. what i mean to say is, it's all good pop, but variety is greatly appreciated. (and, more selfishly, it's hard to write about bands that sound alike without really straining for new adjectives :) ) IMHO, the zombies perfected it with "care of cell 44" 34 years ago, and it has not been bested. i urge everyone to give a listen to the "odessey and oracle" (sic) album. rod argent deserves a ton of money. and he's a really nice guy, as are the rest of them, so give 'em a try if you haven't before. whew. thanks for letting me get that out. i feel much better. :) now will someone please tell nick cave that there are people in the south who like him as much as he likes the south? those lollapalooza hecklers seem to have made him swear off venturing below the mason-dixon, and you know it's a crying shame. (especially when he's got neko case and her boyfriends opening up......only in california! ohhhh the pain) jay, who's posted twice in 24 hours?! "it goes without saying that we can't turn him loose. he'd report us at once to some kind of outback nazi law enforcement agency and they'll run us down like dogs" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+