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Re: Fruit

  • Subject: Re: Fruit
  • From: "Paul Vearncombe" <vearn@wo...co.uk>
  • Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:09:02 -0000
Just to keep the debate going, I vote NO to 'Fruit' but YES to 'FLP2'.  
It's
chock-full of great tunes, and the odd duff one, which is a pretty good
ratio in my book.  Richard - council for the prosecution?

Also, am I the only one who listens to the Art Objects LP and, at times,
thinks...'prog rock'...
To me this is not a bad thing, but maybe that's one of the reasons Gerard 
is
against it!

PV2


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Mandel" <aaron@ee...harvard.edu>
To: <blueplanes@st...net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Fruit


> On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Richard wrote:
>
> >  I agree with Paul, I think Fruit is a shocker, and along with
> > Friendloverplane 2 arguably should not have been released as it 
> > devalues
> > the body of work overall.
>
> I agree about Fruit, but FLP2? There's some fine material there, and a
> b-sides collection is allowed to wander a bit if you ask me.
>
> Also count me in as a fan of the Art Objects record -- perhaps Gerard
> prefers the experimental bent of early Blue Aeroplanes, but his own 
> vocals
> for the AO's are anything but mundane, and for most of the tracks they're
> the center of attention, as they should be...
>
> I was recently reminded how much certain early-90's REM songs remind me 
> of
> the Aeroplanes, particularly "Country Feedback" and "E-Bow The Letter". 
> As
> Stipe appeared on Swagger in 1990 this seems like hardly a coincidence,
> but I don't think I've ever heard of REM doing an Aeroplanes cover live,
> unlike they did with so many of their influences (Wire, Pylon, Gang Of
> Four, Mission Of Burma, etc.)
>
> aaron
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