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And question the wisdom in the maker’s plan…
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In Today’s Issue:
RE: Summerfest Info
RE: Hey Hey My My
RE: Hey Hey My My
RE: Hey Hey My My
Gordon..Solo
Gordon..Solo
ROCK and Freak Magnet
Polka It
Wurst
Oz Top 100
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RE: Summerfest Info
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>I was just wondering if the bands on the big stage at Summerfest have
>been announced yet?
yep- all the headliners for all the stages have, i believe…
you can find it all at http://www.summerfest.com
but highlights for the Marcus include
The BoDeans, Smashing Pumpkins, Phil Collins (although he’s on the same
night as the Femmes, which i could NOT be more angry about the
scheduling of that night…), and prolly someone else good who i can’t
remember at the moment.
But try the website.
rob=)
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RE: Hey Hey My My
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<< “Its better to burn out than to fade away” >>
the first time i heard this quote was when Kurt Cobain died and this was
written in his suicide letter. maybe im totally wrong on this one, but
i think thats where i heard it.
-em
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RE: Hey Hey My My
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> Anthology. BUT we also have him on CD clearly singing
> “It’s better to burn out than fade away” Yes, well, the
and I also have him on CD singing quite clearly, “it’s better to burn
out cause rust never sleeps” I imagine it has to do with the different
recordings of the songs (ie, one day he said it never sleeps, one day
he said fading away sucks, yadda yadda yadda) whatever 😉
-Wes
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RE: Hey Hey My My
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Just a few comments…
For whoever asked, all the headliners at Summerfest have been announced:
Phil Collins, the BoDeans, Smashing Pumpkins, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain,
James Taylor, Kenny G, and a few others.
And as for that Neil Young quote, I’m a huge fan of Neil & he does do
that line BOTH ways. There are two different versions of the song: “My
My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)” which is the acoustic version with the
line “It’s better to burn out, cuz rust never sleeps” (or “It’s better
to burn out than it is to rust” in some verses & in live versions) and
then there’s the electric version, which is called “Hey Hey My My (Into
the Black)” which has the line “It’s better to burn out than to fade
away.” That’s the line Cobain used in his suicide note & though Neil’s
always been a friend of Kurt & Courtney, he was very upset over the
misinterpretation of his lyrics, and emphasized some other lyrics in
the song when he next played it live: “Once you’re gone you can’t come
back, when you’re out of the blue & into the black!”
time to 4:20 on over to the Page & Plant concert in Milwaukee!
cheers,
Tom
-Pat. Says: Well, that explains it. Wes obviously has an acoustic
version, and for some strange reason, the only version my
husband has is from Weld, which as you may know is a live
electric one. OK, enough of Neil. Until he’s a member of
the VF we really can’t talk about him here anymore. It was
fun, but now it’s done.
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Gordon..Solo
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MTV online reports GG is working on a solo album…
“Violent Femmes leader Gordon Gano is working on a solo album and
according to the L.A. Times, he’s getting lots of high profile help. The
paper reports that the record will include Lou Reed and former VU
bandmate John Cale, along with PJ Harvey, Frank Black and MaryLou Lord.
Also onboard is Cynthia Gayneau, who is Gano’s sister. Gayneau is the
original spelling of their surname. Brother Glenn is also a singer-
songwriter based in Alaska…”
The article goes on to include info about FM & quotes our favorite smart
ass comment from the webpage – ya know the one about a fan with an extra
million dollars… to see the rest of the article go here…
http://www.mtv.com/mtv/news_launch.html
okay – so the last time we saw solo efforts… well… I’m not even
going there…
Here’s hoping BR does a solo and then our heroes can shop for a label
with a 3’fer to offer….
-ddearry
-Pat. Says: I believe MTV has things a bit wrong. Read on…..
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New Rock 102.1 ran something about Gordon in their Rock News segment
yesterday- but I was only half listening and I can’t find anything about
it on their website.
It said that Gordon was putting the finishing touches on what they
called a “solo project,” the soundtrack for the indie-movie “Hitting
The Ground.” But they didn’t say if he was actually recording any of
the music–they said it will feature Lou Reed, PJ Harvey, and a couple
other people who i can’t remember.
Then they also said that “Freak Magnet”‘s status is still unknown as
the band continues to search for a label.
Does anybody know anything else about this movie soundtrack?
rob=)
-Pat. Says: I think something is mentioned about it in the letters
section of the Official Homepage. Also, we talked about this
a few months ago. Time doesn’t permit me right now to dig
up the back issues, but it seems he’s been working on this
soundtrack for a long LONG time.
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ROCK and Freak Magnet
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I haven’t been around lately so I don’t know whether I can buy “Rock” or
“Freak Magnet” in the stores yet. Does anybody know how I can get them?
Thanks!
Wolf739
-Pat. Says: The release of Freak Magnet has been delayed. You may be
able to find a promo copy. I might as well say here that
someone on Ebay periodically auctions off promo copies of
FM, and misrepresents it as something that will not be
released. Do not get taken in by this. Do not spend 20, 25
bucks to get your hands on it. The album will be released,
of that I am sure, by hook or by crook.
As far as ROCK is concerned, it is an import, and maybe you
could order it from a record store. But before you do that,
check out the merchandise section of the Official Homepage.
You can buy it there for less than I have seen elsewhere.
I myself ordered it via a small record store (twice; one for
me, and one for Wes), and got it for like 15 bucks or so,
but I have heard of places charging over 20 bucks for it.
You don’t have to pay that much.
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Polka It
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patwary,.Internet writes:
>-Pat. Says: I think we can assume that Kyle does not like Ska.
operation ivy is rad beyond that it gets thin……i’d rather hear all
the songs to the tune of polka……
kyle
-Pat. Says: Now THERE’S an interesting idea.
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Wurst
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hmm… so i was sitting in my final final exam of my freshman year of
highschool, and i just so happened to be in german class. i was trying
so hard to concentrate but as rob will tell any of you, that is just not
something i do well. (i tried to take my accelerated geomtery exam and
everytime i tried to think all i could hear was “wanna put my tender
heart in a blender watch it spin around into a beautiful oblivion,
rendevous then im through again” it really sucks when you can only think
that and need to be thinking in terms of pi) so anyways, i babble WAY
too much, i was sitting there in german and all of the sudden i start
hearing….”She eating wurst. She’s drinking beer. She loves a crowd,
that’s what I hear. She went to Germany. Went there without me. She went
to Germany.” i was hearing it my head of course, so when i started to
laugh a little bit every kind of just looked at me and i was like “shut
up it’s funny in my head” and this kid who sits diagonal from me goes
“hey usch!” (uschi’s my german name, but i go by usch, hootch, ootch,
mouschi (not a good name if you know german) and a couple other things
too) i turned around, our teacher’s a fucking retard and didn’t notice,
and said “yea brett?” and he said, “what’re you laughing at?” so i told
him i had this song going through my head, and i told him the lyrics and
he knew who it was by! i was really excited. then he offered to take
me, feed me bratwurst and get me totally drunk and then sleep with me.
i declined the offer, but i thought it was kind of funny, and that it
was cool that he knew who the song was by. i’m gonna go now. bye!
-Beky
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Oz Top 100
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Bit of useless knowledge:
Here in Australia last weekend a radio station (triple j) did a count
down of the hottest 100 songs of all time as voted by its listeners.
More than 100,000 votes later, the violent femmes came in at number 15
with its only entry, u guessed it BITS.
Just for the record the top 5 were:
5. Creep Radiohead
4. Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley
3. Alive Pearl Jam
2. Throw your arms around me Hunters and Collectors
1. Smells like teen spirit Nirvana
The band with the most entries was The cure with 5 songs.
If anyone wants a copy of the full list then they can e-mail me
personally.
Frank
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