(Her whole career, obv.)
― Jeff W, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― leigh, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mickey Black Eyes, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Andy K, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― RickyT, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― David Gunnip, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(Not P.O.D.)
― Douglas, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― chris, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Michael Jones, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― electric sound of jim, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― keith, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― kleight, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Realize now that opinions will differ -- or you'll find your time here unpleasant. ;-)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Curt, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― electric sound of jim, Tuesday, 26 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
But back to Tanya vs the Breeders. I just don't see how you can say that TD was such a blessing to them. She had one co-writing credit out of 11 originals, and as far as I can tell from a quick refresher listen through the LP, except for singing the intro/outro to 'Happiness is a warm gun' her vocal contribution amounts to back- up. All I'm saying is that its hard to beleive that she "made the band"
The Amps record was good too. I'm anxious to hear the new breeders album, but am skeptical as it seems this time around its just Kim and a bunch of guys i've never heard of. we'll see
― Ron Hudson, Tuesday, 26 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 26 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― keith, Wednesday, 27 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ron Hudson, Wednesday, 27 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Jeff W, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The Bees Swoon Landspeed Song Moonbeam Monkey Keeping You The Night You Saved My Life Darkside The Storm Wrap-Around Skirt Breathe Around You Restless After Your Party Slow Dog Hot Burrito #1
Too many songs from her (weak) new album for me but more than compensated for by the rest.
Mary Lorson plays & sings better each time I see her. She's lovely.
― David, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Onto Tanya, she was way cool, the voice is back to goodness, and despite a mid-set slump into dirge and accountant rock I enjoyed it tremendously. The main offenders were The Storm and Wrap around skirt, the latter having some of the worst lyrics I've heard in a long while. But.... Landspeed song was very good, faster tempo, nearer her earlier stuff. Keeping You which saw the entrance of Mary Lorson on backing (iirc) was great, kind of like a modern version of Hot Burrito only with swirly keyboard noises instead of pedal steel, this was a good thing.
After your party was great, lovely lyrics unfortunately listening back to it now I can hear what the backing guitar reminded me of - Mull of Kintyre, hmmmm.
Last two songs, Slow Dog and Hot Burrito #1, great way to finish. Slow Dog sounded a little out of place against her newer countryish stuff but was excellent and got the biggest crowd reaction by far. I can't say much about Hot Burrito apart from it's one of my favourite songs of all time and she did it bloody well.
Other things from the gig.....
The mad Irish bloke who shouted that he loved Tanya, and when she said "you sound like you mean it" replied "but I do!" This bloke was a mentalist fronkly, exhorting all those around him to clap along and dancing like one of Robert Palmer's backing singers, very odd.
The Guardian's review of the Manchester gig was right though, the audience did consist mainly of aging indie kids.
That's about it, sorry for the writing style and the quantity.
― chris, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The first album is nearly as good. I didn't like Saint Low very much.
― Dr. C, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Alan T, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Curt, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Car Song is wonderful.
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I picked up the new St Low record "Tricks For Dawn" (credited to Mary Lorson And Saint Low) after her Rota show on Saturday and it has at least half a dozen excellent songs on it.
I think you should all give her/them another try.
I could never get enough of that Billy Coté's feedback stuff ...
― David, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Good lord.
Yes, the first Madder Rose album is one of my fave post-Galaxie 500 US pop records. "While Away" is a good sulk song. "Panic On" has its sparkling moments but isn't quite up there.
― electric sound of jim, Tuesday, 5 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Eve, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Curt, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Suzanne Vega: Classic or Drip? "I have a thing for female singer-songwriters with fringes (Kristin Hersh, Edith Frost."
-- Ben Squircle (squirclemedia@yahoo.co.uk), March 09, 2002
>....listen boys, goody-goody is more like it for these fringed females. "Curt meet Ben - Ben, Curt."
guke, guke...Yawn...
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Eve
New LP out which ia mostly acoustic and stripped down and personal and stuff (first person to say a**-c***try gets a kick). I started listening to it in HMV yesterday. First few tracks were very promising, then it seemed to start getting a bit boring.
Should I persevere?
― Jeff W (zebedee), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 12:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Belly's 'Stay' is my favourite song called 'Stay'.
Solo stuff is a bit meh, mostly, though I really should give Whiskey Tango Ghosts another try.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 30 September 2005 10:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 30 September 2005 10:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Friday, 30 September 2005 10:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 30 September 2005 11:04 (eighteen years ago) link
One of the nicest people I've ever "met" (don't-know-when-to-leave fanboyish bothering at gigs) but the records don't grab me like Ms Hersh's.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 30 September 2005 11:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 30 September 2005 12:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 30 September 2005 12:25 (eighteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8-afZmeHyc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 17 July 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link
thought this would be about the swan song EPs
(really really really super super slept-on btw)
― katherine, Friday, 18 July 2014 00:02 (nine years ago) link
Lovesongs for Underdogs is so underrated
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 18 July 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
Tell me more about the Swan Songs EPs...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 18 July 2014 13:27 (nine years ago) link
series of EPs featuring approximately everyone, they're on bandcamp
― katherine, Friday, 18 July 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
"Mass Ave," from one of last year's EPs, was on my Tracks poll ballot. It's lovely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsTjviZlE-A
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Friday, 18 July 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link
beautiful song. beautiful lady in more ways than one.
― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 19 July 2014 00:23 (nine years ago) link
Heard "Land Speed Record" the other day and was just like, "Why was this album not bigger?"
― brimming with misplaced confidence (Phil D.), Saturday, 19 July 2014 04:00 (nine years ago) link
It's not as strong as the first Belly record but it's pretty damn good.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 19 July 2014 07:03 (nine years ago) link
it's amazing
― katherine, Saturday, 19 July 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgkHtpeqoPo
― katherine, Saturday, 19 July 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Y'all are ignoring the very excellent King.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 July 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
holy shit how have I not heard "Bum" before?!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 July 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
xpost
Yes! King the better of the two Belly records!
Also, you guys all know "Pretty Deep," right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0FaI0OTs8w
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 19 July 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
lol that video is so nineties
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 July 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
I was just listening to King the other day! I always felt like that album was unfairly maligned by fans. "The Bees" is such a gorgeous song.
I hadn't heard of the Swan Songs EPs until just now. Very interested...
― Ex Slacker, Sunday, 20 July 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
Pretty Deep should have been a huge huge hit, but the music business ya know.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 20 July 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
This is also delicious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZI3ebPe948
― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 20 July 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
Did she song lead on any Breeders songs?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 2 February 2020 05:12 (four years ago) link
A couple of lines on “Happiness is a Warm Gun” is all I can think of. The second album was supposed to be all her songs, but that spun off to become Belly. She posted the original demos (labelled Breeders) on Soundcloud last year.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 2 February 2020 05:45 (four years ago) link
What songs did she sing lead on in TM? Off the top of my head I can only come up with "Not Too Soon" and a couple more on _The Real Ramona_ maybe? Or am I way off base.
― otm into winter (rip van wanko), Sunday, 2 February 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
Usually 1 or 2 per LP. “Green” on the debut for instance.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 2 February 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
Green, Pools in Eyes, Reel, The River, Giant, Dragonhead, Angel, Not Too Soon, Honeychain
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 2 February 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
Yep, "Green" off the first (proper) album; "The Party" from the "Throwing Muses" single, "Raise the Roses" from the Doghouse cassette, "Reel" from the "Chains Changed" EP, "Pools in Eyes" from "The Fat Skier" EP, "The River" and "Giant" from "House Tornado," "Dragonhead" and "Angel" from "Hunkpapa," and "Not Too Soon" and "Honeychain" from "The Real Ramona."
Tanya later reused a few melodic bits from "Raise the Roses" for Belly tracks, like "Angel" (the opening instrumental part) and "Sexy S" (the chorus, with different lyrics).
― ernestp, Sunday, 2 February 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
I'm trying to come up with a list of songs outside her band and solo work where Tanya sings more than just backing vocals - guest vocalist or at least a duet. Using Discogs as my main source of her appearances, here's what I've come up with:
This Mortal Coil - You And Your Sister: duet with Kim DealCatherine Wheel - Judy Staring At The Sun (single version): duet with solo versesJosie And The Pussycats: duet with Juliana HatfieldThe Production Club - Devil's Kiss: guest vocalistThe Blackstone Valley Sinners - To Heck With Ole Santa Claus: guest vocalistPocket - Jars Of Fireflies: guest vocalistBuffalo Tom - Don't Forget Me: backing vocals with one solo verseShoplifters Of The World Unite: guest vocalist with Dylan In The MoviesThe Wingdale Community Singers - Passing Stranger: duet bordering on backing vocalsThe Wingdale Community Singers - Hunan #3: duet on one verse, otherwise backing vocalsThe Wingdale Community Singers - A Sweeter Way To Say Goodbye: barely backing vocalsDylan In The Movies - Girl With The Black Tights: backing vocals with one solo verseStephen Hero - Golden: duetThe Lovecats: duet with Dylan In The MoviesTracy Bonham - Sharks Can't Sleep: guest vocalistShe Makes War - Paper Thin: backing vocals
Discogs also says she sings on No Man is Roger Miller – Win! Instantly! but I've never heard it.
What have I missed?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
One of the greatest love songs of all time, 20 years old as of last month:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzhyZz09Kds
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 3 March 2022 17:58 (two years ago) link