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Re: (TV) The Embarrassment
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- From: Micah <noahbrtn@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:39:22 -0700 (PDT)
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An Appreciation This is not a critical history of the band, but I should briefly describe them for those new to the group. The Embos (as they are affectionately known) were from the pop/art/punk school of rock and roll. The songs were generally in the 3-minute rock variety, but ranged from Joy-Division-like grind to bouncy pop. Their range of live covers went from 60s soul to Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley to John Lennon. The lyrics were almost always humorous with a semi-serious edge and occasional arty pretensions. Goffrier's guitar could pound out a jangly three-chord sequence or veer into punk roar that would shame Joey Ramone. Giessman's drumming had a manic quality that never showed up in his later Del Fuegos work. The band as a group affected a nerdy, reedy look that was appropriate for some of the more introspective lyrical jaunts but which clashed with the band's rocking sound. The lyrics often covered odd topics: mathematicians, explorers, B-movie horror
scenes, 60s TV, driving through a middle american town. In many ways, I tend to think of them as a group to listen to while driving some backroad: rhythmic, fast, quirky yet all-American like the landscape. My personal opinion is that they were one of the best bands, period, of the 1980s, and represent a high point in Amer-indie rock following the punk period.
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Rex Broome <rexbroome@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/7/06, Micah wrote:
>
> I just got back from Cleveland. One of the prizes I was able to walk
> away with was my copy of the Embarrassment's "Heyday 1979-1983".
Oddly my copy of that album is attributed to The Church.
Erm, just being a jerk, because of my (ahem) embarassment at not being that
familiar with the band, which sounds interesting... what did they actually
sound like?
-Rex
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