Re: (TV) Re: wire

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@greenmarketplace.com>]

I've got the first three Wire albums on vinyl (plus a couple of the 
reunion discs) and I find it hard to pick a favorite--it's almost 
like they're by three different bands.  An old band of mine used to 
cover "12XU" from _Pink Flag_ and "Lorries" from Colin Newman's _Not 
to_.  Each album has some amazing songs--"Map Ref" has been a 
favorite of mine, too, along with "3 Girl Rhumba," "Outdoor Miner," 
"Another the Letter"...

Oh, and I've got _Document and Eyewitness_ which, in addition to the 
post-Dada performance absurdity (which I like), has some kickin' 
performances.  "Our Swimmer" comes to mind.  It does seem like the 
band lost something after the first reunion, though, as did Newman 
after _Commercial Suicide_, which for me is a near-perfect album.  I 
do like the story of them hiring a tribute band, The Ex-Lion Tamers, 
to open for them on their reunion tour.  The opening band covered the 
entirety of _Pink Flag_, stopping only to say "Side Two" before the 
side two songs....

Somewhere on the Web is a set of producer Mike Thorne's reminiscences 
of working with the band at his label http://www.stereosociety.com/ 
Check out http://www.stereosociety.com/thorne.html

-Maurice



At 11:20 AM +0000 1/4/00, Jeremy Smith wrote:
> I really love the album 154 - especially the single Map Reference ??%%??.
> For some reason, I am connecting it to Words from the Front. It's certainly
> more laid back than their first two albums.

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