RTP-area local music and culture

[domcasualties AT yahoo.com (Jamie McLendon)]

There was also a comp out in the early 90s by the same title
(Manchester: So Much to Answer For). I think it focused on a lot of
that dancey-housey stuff that I had little use for (Happy Mondays of
course, but probably also Inspiral Carpets, Charlatans UK, etc.), as
Manchester was going through it's whole "Madchester" phase around the
same time.

And that's the part of 24 Hr. Party People that I didn't get. Mainly
because I still don't get what the attraction was to Happy Mondays.

Bendy, you nailed it.
Jamie


jockoball AT earthlink.net (Viva) wrote in message 
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> I believe that would be the Smiths - Suffer Little Children - from the 
> album The Smiths.
> 
> Viva
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>
> Sent: Dec 2, 2004 9:21 AM
> To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: 24 HR Party People!
> 
> Who was it that wrote, Manchester Manchester, so much
> to answer for?
> 
> 
> 
> --- bendy <bendy AT duke.edu> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Steven Keith wrote:
> > >    But the
> > > Monday's?  Neither my wife or I or had heard of
>  them. Must a' been
> > > swimming too long in the main stream.
> > 
> > Happy Mondays were huge in England, a band that
> > totally defined their 
> > moment- to English ears, they defined all that was
> > Manchester in one 
> > fell swoop- New Order, Buzzcocks, the Fall, the
> > Smiths. I was living in 
> > England at the time, and they totally baffled my
> > American ears. Sounded 
> > like a bunch of stoners trying to be funky. I bought
> > a record, and sold 
> > it right away to the singer in my band, who couldn't
> > believe I didn't 
> > like it. Mancurian Soul, matey. Not only did you
> > have to be there, you 
> > had to be born there.
> > 
> > In America, they were, at most, stars of the cutout
> > bin, like EMF and 
> > Jesus Jones.
> > 
> > I think that kind of jumbled dance rock fills a
> > social niche similar jam 
> > rock in America- replace the pot, jeeps, and white
> > ballcaps with 
> > ecstacy, hi-end cell phones and jogging suits.
> > 
> > Bendy
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