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  • From: mike AT appelstein.com
  • To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] ymg dvd: "Back in the Day - Live at Hurrah's DVD"
  • Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 11:52:13 -0400

Sounds like they need to enlist one of us to do the liner notes next time -
almost any listmember one of us could have tossed off more accurate
information
in our sleep! I am interested to see the Monochrome Set, ODW,
Mo-Dettes, Bongos
and Polyrock clips.

- mike (frustrated wannabe postpunk product manager)
http://djearlybird.blogspot.com

Quoting randy.haecker AT sonybmg.com:

I had ordered the "Live from Hurrah's" DVD for an affordable $9.99
through Amazon a few weeks back, and my factory-sealed copy arrived
this past Monday. I watched it twice on Monday evening. Overall, it
was a thrill to finally see footage of MANY bands I had only read
about back in the day, but my excitement was hampered due to all the
mistakes on the disc.

Two of the bands listed, BUSH TETRAS and MAGAZINE, don't appear on
the disc. The group that is identified as MAGAZINE is actually THE
DEL-BYZANTEENS (featuring Jim Jarmusch). And a second uncredited clip
of LENE LOVICH performing "The Night" appears instead of the
advertised BUSH TETRAS.

Numerous songs are misidentified, either on the DVD packaging text,
or onscreen at the start of the clips. The outside package calls the
Georgia band "Pylons" instead of PYLON. Their song is incorrectly
listed as "You Cannot" when it's actually "Gravity." LIQUID LIQUID's
"Bellhead" is bizarrely called "The Final Cut," and the group's name
is spelled "LUQUID LUQUID." AU PAIRS' "Come Again" is misidentified
onscreen as "Do It Again." TEARDROP EXPLODES' "Brave Boys Keep Their
Promises" is truncated to "Brave Boys." I'm sure there are more
errors for the wealth of more obscure groups.

All the footage is shot with a single camera, but mercifully the
camera is steady and the footage is generally well lit and watchable.
THE MONOCHROME SET suffer from the poorest lighting -- their brief
run through "Alphaville" is performed in silhouette.

An uncredited Clem Burke sits in with the Fleshtones on the ACTION
COMBO track.

Despite its obvious "rush job" presentation, this is a MUST HAVE
purchase for fans of the era. I had never seen POLYROCK in action
and they were exhilirating. For one reason or another, the clips
from PYLON, WAITRESSES, MO-DETTES, OUR DAUGHTER'S WEDDING, LIQUID
LIQUID and SHOX LUMANIA are now burned in my memory.

I have high hopes that future volumes -- hopefully better researched
and improving on the godawful cover art! -- will appear as a series.
In addition to the 27 acts featured on this initial disc, I'm aware
that further unreleased Hurrah's archival footage exists for GANG OF
FOUR, THE CURE, BAUHAUS, ADAM & THE ANTS, PSYCHEDELIC FURS, SPEEDIES,
CERTAIN GENERAL, and, of course, MAGAZINE and BUSH TETRAS who are
listed here but don't actually appear.

Here's a link to the full track listing:

http://www.audiofidelity.net/pc-dvd.html



-----Original Message-----
From: typicalgirls-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:typicalgirls-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of
mike AT appelstein.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 8:54 AM
To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [TypicalGirls] ymg dvd

The Live At The Hurrah! DVD contains the same concert footage that was
released
on VHS in the mid-90s. No extras, unfortunately - though they did use a shot
of my old zine, with YMG on the cover, in the artwork! You can buy the
audio-only portion on a separate CD.

For those of you who've never seen it: get it. It reminds me of Joy
Division's
Here Are The Young Men in that it's raw and often poorly lit, but these
qualities work in its favor to preserve some of the mystery. What a
revelation, after listening to the records for so long, to actually see the
band members in concert. Alison actually smiles! There's occasional stage
banter! Real people actually made this music!

There's a separate clip of "Include Me Out" from one of the Target
Video comps
(probably recorded at their Berkeley or Palo Alto shows) that still needs
unearthing.

I am envious of Lydia Z. for getting to spend time at Hurrah. You
can't imagine
how hard it was to live an hour away in high school exurbia, knowing all this
amazing music was happening just up the New Jersey Turnpike.

-Mike
http://djearlybird.blogspot.com

Quoting HunnyPi007 AT aol.com:

haven't viewed this dvd yet but i've been waiting for it to come out since
seeing it prematurely listed on netflix a couple of months ago. the
fact that
they list the always great live PYLON as "The Pylons" makes me a little
suspect as to the quality of this thing and it would have been better
if they could
have gotten the rights to footage of more interesting bands who
played at the
club (maybe the "more" listed are these bands?). however, i still want to
see it as i really enjoyed my time spent at hurrah's, the closest
cool club to
my grandmother's (uptown) apartment (where i mostly stayed when visiting the
city back in the day)?fun dancing to great dj's and some killer
bookings, most
notably for me a new year's eve bill with au pairs, the mekons, and gang of
four! i truly feel lucky to have experienced that. (i'd also like
some info
on the au pairs comp?42 tracks!?if anyone has it.)

btw, netflix lists another "live at hurrah[s]" dvd, this one from 2004 of a
1980 show by a fave of all true typicalpeople, young marble giants.
i haven't
seen it yet either so can someone else comment on it?

typically,
lydia

In a message dated 5/2/06 8:23:11 PM, romansic AT serv.net writes:



Hello,
 
What does anyone know anything about this DVD, supposedly released about a
week ago:
 
?Back in the Day: Live From Hurrah?s: New York City Raw!?
 
Quoting further from the cover-
 
?30 Individual Raw Performances:
The Go-Go?s
The Waitresses
The Dell Byzanteens
Public Servants
Buzz & The Flyers
The Pylons
The Lounge Lizards
Liquid Liquid
And more from the legendary New York nightclub?.
 
 
The presentation says cheapo rush-job, but the band names on the cover
(okay, some of them) should be interesting to this list.  I?d love
to know what
else is on here and whether it does service to the bands.  Also, who
is behind
it and where does it come from?
 
I missed ?The Pylons? back in the day and would love to see even snippets.
 
-GR
 
PS: and have I missed it, or has no one mentioned the Au Pairs 2-CD
anthology due out next week?  I see that there are new mixes of some
songs.  How
much were the original members involved?   I count on this list for
back story. 
Please don?t disappoint!
 


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