[kj] music wanker poll

[Rheinhold Squeegee]

David Thomas is the reason I never, ever meet my musical heroes anymore. Ever. I am speaking from personal experience.

The original Pere Ubu was essentially done by 1981 and what followed was, much like Mark E Smith and the Fall, simply David Thomas touring as Pere Ubu with whomever could tolerate him for a few months at a time. The early singles and first 3-4 albums are remarkable, though. Personal faves are "Modern Dance" and"Dub Housing;" check out YouTube for their performance of "Birdies" from "URGH! A Music War":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qnRzCWFgd4





From: gregslawson at msn.com
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:24:37 -0500
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] music wanker poll

More the latter

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On Nov 16, 2013, at 5:13 PM, "Brendan Quinn" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

Was he mean mean, funny mean, or PEOPLE AREN'T SUPPOSED TO TOUCH ME!!!! mean? Actually that last one isn't technically mean, more 'doesn't interact well with the other kids'...  I really like that song Breathe. Reminds me of the 70s, when you could turn on the telly and chances were much higher than today that you’d tune in to a Real Musician®, singing Real Music®. The Simon Cowells of the world had the decency to stay in their money vaults. And it didn't really matter if you looked like, well, David Thomas (or Meatloaf, Streisand, early Freddy Mercury...)  I was turned on to Pere Ubu by Kim Thayil  from Soundgarden. Kim is a bona-fide musical encyclopaedia, and has an eye for the obscure and esoteric (card-carrying member of the Church of the Subgenius of course). For example, Soundgarden's wedding song—at least to fans—is called Slaves and Bulldozers (ooh see what I did there?). At school one of Kim's classmates was a 6-year old American Indian kid who 'didn't interact well with other kids' - he created his own game called 'Slaves & Bulldozers' and played it on his own.  I may have fucked up most of that story. Also, experience has taught me that it buzzes me out a lot more than it does anyone else. But I kinda love weird shit like that, and I always find those kind of people fascinating. (Until they sick up on your back). -----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON
Sent: Sunday, 17 November 2013 4:49 a.m.
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Subject: Re: [kj] music wanker poll I tried to say hi to DT once and he was kind of mean .Two other stories about him ( I went to school in Cleveland where he's from): he stormed out of a live radio interview bc he didn't like the questions; and I went to a solo show of his a d his (big fat) parents were in the audience, Sent from my iPhone On Nov 16, 2013, at 6:10 AM, "Jim Harper" <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Vocalist David Thomas is also a long-time friend and associate of folk-rock legend Richard Thompson, a name I never thought I'd get to mention on this list.> > Jim.> > --------------------------------------------> On Sat, 16/11/13, Tracey Higgins <traceymh at icloud.com> wrote:> > Subject: Re: [kj] music wanker poll> To: "gathering at misera.net" <gathering at misera.net>> Date: Saturday, 16 November, 2013, 10:14> > Hi Gatherers.> Oh my god! Is that Pere Ubu for real? I couldn't stop laughing. Kind > of like Billy Mackenzie(who by the way had an amazing voice) fighting > with his inner demons. What was even scarier was the fact that I > actually ended up enjoying his voice and then ventured to watch a > further YouTube vid of him with Debra Harry doing backup vocals. And > he's had umpteen albums,went on the David Letterman show and had to > pay their own way. Unreal yet educational in a warped kind of way > Cheers  Tracey> > Sent from my iPad> _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering_______________________________________________Gathering mailing listGathering at misera.nethttp://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering_______________________________________________
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