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Re: (TV) Interpol
thought the interpol record better than above
average--say pretty great.
i am predicting it will stand the test of time, but
who knows
--- Henry Biedenkapp <henry17306@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't seen Interpol live in a club, but the
> album is above average,
> although it doesn't compare to the best
> Retro-Alternative album of last
> year, which was Sheila Divine's "Secret Society".
> Who sadly have now broken
> up.
>
> I did see Interpol on two TV shows "Letterman" which
> they appear to be lip
> synching and played very well and on "Kimmel" where
> they appear to play live
> and weren't that impressive.
>
> Anyone else have any comments.
>
> Henry
> ====
> >From: "Murray Ramone" <murrayramone@hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
> >To: tv@obbard.com
> >Subject: Re: (TV) Beware of Sales Pitches
> >Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 20:45:10 +0100
> >
> >aye, well, obviously its just my taste !
> >
> >Off topic, but I remember a few folk on this list
> praising interpol a while
> >back - theyre playing here in a couple of months -
> anyone got an opinion -
> >worth seeing, or DULL !! (in capitals with two
> exclamation marks!!) ?
> >
> >
> >>From: Jesse Hochstadt <Jesse_Hochstadt@brown.edu>
> >>Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
> >>To: tv@obbard.com
> >>Subject: Re: (TV) Beware of Sales Pitches
> >>Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 13:41:03 -0400
> >>
> >>>From: "Murray Ramone" <murrayramone@hotmail.com>
> >>>Subject: Re: (TV) Beware of Sales Pitches
> >>>
> >>>Excellent observations
> >>>
> >>>thats why Tom Verlaine is cool and Richard
> Thompson is in the worthy but
> >>>DULL category
> >>>
> >>>I like the fact that Verlaine still makes music
> and doesnt really give a
> >>>flying f u c k whether it sells or not and he
> doesnt do it for his fans
> >>>but for himself - thats the mark of a great
> artist
> >>
> >>Whoa, whoa, WHOA. You go to see RT live, or listen
> to, say, the live
> >>version of "Can't Win" from "Watching the Dark,"
> and then tell me he's
> >>"DULL" (in caps, yet!). I don't know how much RT
> cares whether his music
> >>sells or not - in most of the interviews I can
> recall, he's said he long
> >>ago realized that he's never going to be widely
> popular and is content
> >>with having a core of devoted fans. So I guess he
> cares whether it sells
> >>enough for him to make a living doing what he
> loves (unlike Tom, he's got
> >>a family to support), but not enough to contort
> himself in an attempt to
> >>be "popular." There's a big difference between
> writing material that
> >>appeals both to you and to your fans and pandering
> to tastes that are not
> >>your own.
> >>
> >>Having said that, I know that, at least until
> recently, a good number of
> >>RT's fans would have quibbled with the claim that
> he is "very devoted to
> >>his fans." He doesn't condone audience taping, and
> has resisted releasing
> >>older material (especially live) fans would love
> to get their hands on.
> >>This is, after all, the man who said of his fans:
> "They're worse than
> >>critics - they're _amateur_ critics" - though I
> think that represents more
> >>an attempt to humorously distance himself than any
> real scorn. The
> >>attitude does seem to have changed recently, as
> he's released "More
> >>Guitar," a recording of a legendary live show from
> 1988 (
>
>>http://www.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=116
> ).
> >>
> >>RT's also one of the only "aging" rock musicians I
> know who has continued
> >>to work on his craft, so that in his 50s he's
> still getting better as a
> >>guitarist and a singer. (Admittedly, I don't find
> his songwriting quite as
> >>inspired as when he was younger, but I don't think
> that's from any lack of
> >>integrity.)
> >>
> >>My guess, Murray, is that you find RT "DULL"
> because some of the more
> >>traditional song forms (from folk to Tin Pan
> Alley) that he's genuinely
> >>devoted to, and reworks with such skill, aren't
> your cuppa. But that's a
> >>matter of your taste, not his integrity or
> creativity.
> >>
> >>> >From: Jeffrey Germaine <jpg55@attbi.com>
> >>> >Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
> >>> >To: <tv@obbard.com>
> >>> >Subject: Re: (TV) Beware of Sales Pitches
> >>> >Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 10:03:57 -0700
> >>> >
> >>> >Excellent observations.
> >>> >R. Thompson is a far far different personality
> than T.V.
> >>> >R.T. is the complete artist. He also has a very
> clever sense of humor.
> >>> >I know that he is very committed to his fans. I
> have never gotten that
> >>> >sense
> >>> >from T.V. in the over twenty-five years of
> following him.
> >>> >The only thing I have always wondered about
> T.V. is what does he do
> >>>with
> >>> >all
> >>> >his time? His body of work is small and he
> really doesn't tour very
> >>>much.
> >>> >When I first met him I sensed he was completely
> detached and insecure.
> >>>I
> >>> >suppose that first impressions are sometimes
> right.
> >>> >There is an old saying that says the older you
> get the harder you have
> >>>to
> >>> >work because the less time there is. With R.T.
> I see a passionate
> >>>artist
> >>> >who
> >>> >is out in the midst of the world and is aware
> of time. With Verlaine
> >>>I
> >>> >see
> >>> >a man who is completely removed from the world
> and out of time.
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