Re: Fruit

["Hein Hurkmans" <viewblue@xs...nl>]

Happened to play "Fruit" last week, for the first time in a few years.
And...it didn't quite impress me at all. Probably I just wanted to have my
last live-experience (Shrewsbury)
emerge again. But, I guess it's  hard to have the aeroplanes 
live-experience
captured on cd. In my mind "Fruit" is a rather fragmentic, incoherent
collection of songs. It would have been a better choice to have only one
show recorded to be released (partially) on cd.
Especially the familiar smooth transition of "Weightless" into "...And
Stones" is now being reduced to some sloppy affair...a sudden interruption,
and then another "And Stones" live version starting up. FLP 2 ,on the other
hand, ranks among my most favourite BA albums,
I have to admit.

hein
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Philip Hendry <philip.hendry@bb...co.uk>
Aan: blueplanes@st...net <blueplanes@st...net>
Datum: woensdag 4 februari 2004 19:19
Onderwerp: RE: [Blueplanes] Fruit


>Yes to Fruit.....it has it's lack lustre moments to be sure...but worth
>it for Daughter Movie, ..and Stones and Pony Boy...that's not to say
>that it falls way short of what gerard et al are able to do live and a
>big yes to FLP2....be gentle on be prosecutor...I work for the BBC and
>we're all a bit 'Fragile' at the moment !
>
>Phil the nth
>
>----Original Message-----
>From: blueplanes-admin@st...net [mailto:blueplanes-admin@st...net]
>On Behalf Of Paul Vearncombe
>Sent: 04 February 2004 18:09
>To: blueplanes@st...net
>Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Fruit
>
>
>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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