To: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] 15 must-haves for the beginning girl rocker (part 3)
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:37:13 -0500
Title: Re: [TypicalGirls] 15 must-haves for the beginning girl ro
Chuck, weren't you planning at least tentatively
once upon a time to do a comp of H2D/Messthetics-era female-oriented
stuff? Any chance that's still on the horizon somewhere?
Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] 15 must-haves
for the beginning girl rocker (part 3)
I'll admit I haven't heard Oh-OK's 'Complete Recordings' CD, but am I the
only one here who's wondering what they're doing on this list? The 7" is cute,
the 12" is fine for what it is (surely it's not hard to see how much of that
was Mitch Easter --and Matthew Sweet), but if there's only going to be four
American bands wouldn't the early Bangles material be a fairer example? To say
nothing of "Horses". And if it's okay to have boys in the band, surely Exene's
share of the X material rates a (required) listen. (Better yet, X and
the Richard & Linda Thompson LPs belong at the top of any list of how to
write great songs with your lover. Only the songs survive...)
If you have the chance to hear the UK mix of the Lene Lovich LP (not sure
which is on the Rhino CD) it is radically different --and far superior.
And since we're talking education and inspiration rather than music-history,
the Siouxsie 'hits' collection is surely the better choice. Have I
mentioned Patti Smith recently?
peace,
C.
I'm ambivalent about the
Siouxsie dilemma. We need some more people to chime
in!
OK, here's the list so
far.
Au Pairs: "Stepping
Out of Line" 2 CD anthology (Castle) Bush Tetras: Boom in the Night
collection of demos and EPs 1980-83 (ROIR) Delta 5: "Singles and Sessions
1979-81" (Kill Rock Stars) Essential Logic: "Fanfare in the Garden" 2 CD
retrospective (Kill Rock Stars) ESG: "A South Bronx Story" retrospective
(Universal Sound) LiLiPUT: (formerly Kleenex) self-titled 2 CD complete
collection (Kill Rock Stars) Lene Lovich: "Stateless" 1978 album reissue
(Rhino) Maximum Joy: "Unlimited 1979-1983" (Crippled Dick Hot
Wax) OH-OK: "The Complete Recordings" (Collectors' Choice) The
Raincoats: self-titled 1979 album reissue (Rough Trade) <--- IS THIS OUT
OF PRINT or IMPORT ONLY (FOR AMERICANS)? Siouxsie and the Banshees: "The
Scream" 1978 2 CD album reissue (Polydor)
or
Siouxsie and the Banshees:
"Once Upon a Time: The Singles" collection (Ume) The Slits: "Cut"
1979 album reissue (Island) X-Ray Spex: "Germ-Free Adolescents" 1978
album reissue (Castle) Y Pants: 1980 self-titled EP + 1982 "Beat it Down"
album reissue (Periodic Document)
Young Marble Giants:
"Colossal Youth and Collected Works" 3CDs containing 1979 album reissue with
bonus material (Domino)
--
Chuck Warner Hyped to Death CDs/Messthetics P.O. Box
351 Westminster, Massachusetts 01473 http://hyped2death.com
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