Re: Rodney Sorbet

[Lisa Ash <chipaway@th...freeserve.co.uk>]

*Cough*...  In my (enormously!) humble opinion, I really don't think 
it's all this complicated or constructed.  ...Your best mates in a band 
with you, he writes songs too (niaive or otherwise, for the band or 
not), let the man sing a few and help him if you can! (and you can have 
that rhyme for free!).
It's rock n roll, not University bleedin' Challenge guys!!

Lis
xx
I lost the answer to the question I forgot I asked...




On 16 Jun 2004, at 18:25, Nathaniel Mumford wrote:


i've never been able to decide with rodney whether he is faux-naif or 
just... well.. naive. In isolation sometimes they are the perfect 
palate cleanser to gerard's stuff - i've very very soft spots for worry 
beads & disney head.
but a whole albums worth of wide-eyed simplicity? Does being knowingly 
simple make you very post modern or just toss? Frightened at night was 
played at xmas and i still couldn't work out whether it was meant 
seriously or not - anyone with me?
Phil you're a brave man. Streatham these days by the way - so I'll be 
round your house with £1.50 for it.
nat

> From: "martyn.owen1" <martyn.owen1@nt...com>
> Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net
> To: <blueplanes@st...net>
> Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Rodney Allen
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:38:07 +0100
>
> As I remember it a goodly portion of the lyrics were nicked from an 
> old Paul
> Weller poetry book
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Hendry" <philip.hendry@bb...co.uk>
> To: <blueplanes@st...net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:31 PM
> Subject: RE: [Blueplanes] Rodney Allen
>
>
> > Rodney's the bastard son of Bragg & Weller...discuss.....
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blueplanes-admin@st...net 
> [mailto:blueplanes-admin@st...net]
> On Behalf Of Paul Vearncombe
> > Sent: 15 June 2004 19:22
> > To: blueplanes@st...net
> > Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Rodney Allen
> >
> >
> > Yeah, I've got a copy that somebody on the list made for me ages ago 
> from
> their vinyl.
> >
> > I...quite like it...but it's naive and very Billy Bragg.  Serious 
> fans
> only, I would suggest.
> >
> > PV2
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nick Walters" <nickw@bl...co.uk>
> > To: <blueplanes@st...net>
> > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 9:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Rodney Allen
> >
> >
> > > PV2 did me a copy of it. So he's got it somehow!
> > >
> > > NW2323123127398127397123
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Paul Vallis" <paulvallis@ho...com>
> > > To: <blueplanes@st...net>
> > > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 7:05 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [Blueplanes] Rodney Allen
> > >
> > >
> > > Rodney made one solo album, Happy Sad.  I put a bid in for a copy 
> that
> > > turned up on Ebay recently, but it went up well over £15, so I 
> dipped
> > > out. As far as I know its never had a CD re-issue.
> > >
> > > PV1
> > >
> > > From: "Michael McKee" <mckemich@ho...com>
> > > Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net
> > > To: blueplanes@st...net
> > > Subject: RE: [Blueplanes] Where do you live?
> > > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:36:51 -0500
> > >
> > > The only time I ever saw the Blue Aeroplanes in concert was at Navy
> > > Pier
> > in
> > > Chicago in 1990. Was anybody else there? They opened up for The
> > > Church. Both bands were excellent, but the Aeroplanes' 3 guitar
> > > assault, the interpretive dancing, and Gerard's manic
> > > talk-shout-singing were what
> > really
> > > stood out for me.  After I bought a couple of their albums, I found
> > > that I especially enjoyed the songs penned by "Allen."  Is is 
> Rodney
> > > Allen?  I don't remember his first name.  Does anyone know if he 
> has
> > > any solo stuff available?
> > >
> > >
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