RE: can't love the Kinks

["Alan Pendleton" <a_pendleton@ho...com>]

>From: "John Parsons" <jp2@ne...net>
>Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net
>To: <blueplanes@st...net>
>Subject: RE: can't love the Kinks
>Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 00:25:25 -0000
>
>this first bit is a reply to alan re:triffids
>
>i'm saddened about the loss too.  It's hard to sound sincere in email but
i
>do find it very moving.  However, i'm very embarrassed because i don't
have
>anything by the black eyed susans, but am almost complete on the
triffids.
>I can't believe i didn't know about them.  What should I buy first?
>

Though Dave was a founder of the Black Eyed Susans, he wasn't a full time
member of them. He appears on their blistering first EP, 'Some Births are
worse than murders' doing brilliant over the top vocals on 2  of the 4
tracks. He then moved back to England to concentrate on taking drugs,
while
the group stayed on in Australia . 2 more EP's appreared , one of which
McComb produced but doesn't sing on. These 3 EPS plus 3 bonus tracks
(including a version of in the pines) are included on the CD 'Welcome
Stranger' . I really like a lot of this, though be warned that apart from
what I've mentioned above the only other McComb related item is a song
called 'Oceans of You' which David wrote and Phil Kakulas sings.

The first Black Eyed Susans album proper 'All Souls Alive' has McComb as a
full time member, he co-writes nearly all the songs, but only sings on a
cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Memories'. A magnificant performance though.
Again
this is a good, not brilliant album. Both well worth getting though.

I take it you have his solo album ' Love of Will' released in 1994 . Some
of
the finest lyrics ever written. A beautiful album.

What I've heard of the stuff he wrote with co-star, his final band named
after one of his dogs, was as good as he ever got, if rather downbeat .
Songtitles included 'Kept my eye on you', 'Lucky for Some', 'Murder in the
Dark', 'You've got a funny way of showing you love me'. Hopefully these
may
one day be released.All of which show him to be one of the greatest
songwriters of all time.

I've got a few articles about him I found banging around off the net , I
could forward you if you interested.


>I would rate born sandy devotional as one of my top ten albums of all
time.
>I can't begin to express what it contains emotionally.  I'm lost for
words.

The Seabirds, what a song.
>

Alan
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