Re: (TV) Hitchcock

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

umm, i meant that in a not so complimentary sense....lyrically-like.....lotsa
big words signifying nuthing at all....

bedwellm@WellsFargo.COM wrote:

> Well, heck...if he influenced Pavement and GBV, he can't be all bad. Tho, I
> think Wire had more of a hand in Pavement's development then Robyn.
>
> Micah Bedwell
> Technical Service Specialist, Level IV
> Private Client Services
>
> 415.222.3686
> 415.243.9736 Fax
> 1.800.800.9456 Pager
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: eric s gregory [mailto:esgregory@uswest.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 8:10 AM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: Re: (TV) Hitchcock
>
> fair enough.
> i wasn't really calling yr taste or interest in hitchcock into
> question...just
> getting a bug outta my head cos he's kind of an infuriating gnat whom i keep
> stumbling up against, especially in indierock circles (i can see his legacy
> in
> bands like pavement, gbv, etc, etc.).
>
> Maurice Rickard wrote:
>
> > If you've listened to half the solo stuff, you've obviously made
> > yourself listen to a lot more of it than I have, and I can see where
> > his shtick would get way old after a while.  I think he's talented,
> > though, and he does pull the odd gem out of whatever he's mining.
> > Would I want to listen to the whole catalog back to back?   Uh, no.
> > Say he's on par with [usual list of great songwriters]?  No.  Bit of
> > a fraud?  Maybe.  But I will take _Moonlight_, _Trains_, and a
> > fistful of other songs and call 'em good.
> >
> > -Maurice
> >
> > At 7:50 AM -0700 5/31/00, eric s gregory wrote:
> > >hey, i am a soft boys fan....& i've given maybe half the solo stuff a
> shot
> > >(& as "prolific" as he is, that's really saying something).
> > >but going back, i'm realizing that it was the way the soft boys rocked &
> > >rolled that appealed.
> > >hitchcock seemed to write to the drive as well, esp. on "underwater
> > >moonlight" ("i wanna destroy you", "insanely jealous")
> > >what ultimately boggles is that this guy's held in high esteem as a
> > >SONGWRITER (????) by many many people with a modicum of cranial power.
> > >i mean, i'm not too keen on hierarchization & if you happen to think
> gordon
> > >lightfoot's as good as or better a songwriter as bob dylan, i'd defend yr
> > >choice even if i didn't necessarily agree.
> > >but for some reason, i find it bothersome when people push hitchcock as
> > >some great scribe...
> > >he's a bit of a fraud, isn't he?
> >
> > --
> > Maurice Rickard
> > http://mauricerickard.com/
> > --------------
> > To post: Mail tv@obbard.com
> > To unsubscribe: Mail majordomo@obbard.com with message "unsubscribe tv"
>
> --------------
> To post: Mail tv@obbard.com
> To unsubscribe: Mail majordomo@obbard.com with message "unsubscribe tv"
> --------------
> To post: Mail tv@obbard.com
> To unsubscribe: Mail majordomo@obbard.com with message "unsubscribe tv"

--------------
To post: Mail tv@obbard.com
To unsubscribe: Mail majordomo@obbard.com with message "unsubscribe tv"