Sinister: pale immitations for paul

[Ruth Jane]

for a change if we are taking things along these lines, I will agree with 
you jo that there is no comparison to be made between the butterflies and 
b&s, but for all the reviews and the spell I fell under at the gig, I think 
they are average. for me they created a magical atmosphere with sub-pavement 
tunes and a lot of charming conversation. sorry. but listening again, there 
is little there to be proud of.

I dont think this is the opinion of a smiths-style dreamer, just someone 
with an ear for a tune. Like all unique musical happenings, like the beatles 
or what have you, of course people compare new bands back to great bands 
like B and s , but I think this is cos when you hear something you cant 
quite expalin the easiest thing is to relate it to other things a la
"b&s or divine comedy ish yet with a jarvis cocker-like singer and something 
like Tortoise clapping?" (the chemistry experiment.. ??? anyone)??)

its also possibly because  bands like B and S have influenced a lot of 
people since they rose to 'fame' and no dount more bands with a b& s edge 
will come to the fore with time as the influences filter up to the surface. 
I reckon it takes a few years to filter though , so jo you may yet have to 
deal with more of this - but rather than blind comparisons made by b&s 
lovers, I think they will probably be realistic.

and when I think of various fan type groups B&s fans are seemingly extremely 
open to new music. Once into meandering jazz/ nu-metal / steeleye span, 
always...

rx

>From: Jo tomas <jo_is_18 at xxx.uk>
>Reply-To: Jo tomas <jo_is_18 at yahoo.co.uk>
>To: sinister at missprint.org
>Subject: Sinister: pale immitations for paul
>Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 01:55:03 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Paul Healey saw Tompaulin and thought they were a pale
>immitation of you know who. Who would that be Paul ?
>The Jesus and marychain ? I love belle and sebastian
>but I really don't see the comparison. You see I also
>love Tompaulin and I love The Butterflies. I think
>that you were at a different concert.
>
>
>"tompaulin tonight are noisier and more assertive than
>we remember them.   From the Mary Chain bassline in
>Carcrash to the drenching feedback at the end of Swing
>Low Stuart, the band match sweet vocals with barbed
>guitar noise and exchange confession for
>confrontation."  sounds sxp
>
>The Butterflies of Love were also magnificent. They
>have also been tagged with the Belle And Sebastian
>comparions, though not by you Paul! They are a noisy
>feedback band. It made sense to see Tompaulin and The
>Buterflies Of Love together. I wory that Belle and
>Sebastian are becoming our Smiths.
>By this I mean that new bands are stifled by imposible
>comparisons they can't live up to and that there is no
>room for any serious discussion on the merits of
>recent work.
>
>anyway
>
>joxx
>
>
>=====
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>
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