Off: PORCUPINE TREE Live

[Doug Pearson]

On Mon, 10 May 1999 19:24:45 GMT, andrew
<andrew at DELUMINATE.FREESERVE.CO.UK> wrote:

>On Mon, 10 May 1999 13:34:05 -0400, Keith Henderson
><henderson.120 at OSU.EDU> paused from their hectic world to type this:
>
>>>> 'rock' so what else to call it?  I guess 'shoegazer-dream rock' a la
>>>> Spiritualized, Slowdive and/or the first Verve album. And so what, those
>>(ASiH only).  Are they *that* popular?  Of course, I've only heard one Oasis
>>song in my entire life, and that was on the TV.  Terrible singer!  Almost as
>>bad as the guy in Radiohead.  :)
>
>Rest assured that come the revolution these will all from the gallows
>swing. Especially Spiritualized. Twice. Sonic Boom was the talented
>one in Spacemen 3,

Amen to that, brother!  I guess I was completely wrong when I compared the
first Spectrum and Spiritualized singles ... I expected the band with the
catchy shoegaze song to be a commercial monster, while the warmed-over
Troggs cover with way too many glossy strings would go nowhere.  Oh well,
I've been wrong before.  On the other hand, I found nothing compelling in
Sonic's most recent US tour (solo as "E.A.R.") ... I can twist knobs on
noise-making devices in my own studio anytime I want - if I'm gonna pay to
see someone do that, they better be damn good at it!

        -Doug
         ceres at sirius.com