Re: Robyn Hitchcock

[Kate Kwiatkowski <kmkwiat@ya...com>]

You really need to see Robyn live to get an idea of how his mind works.
  He does these great stream of conscious monologues that are just 
magnificent to listen to - as far as I am concerned anyway.
  I've met the man many times and can tell you that I don't think he's 
being quirky for quirky's sake - I think he is honestly that weird.
  But it is a matter of personal taste and I can certainly appreciate that 
he isn't your cup of tea - no worries!
   
  They Might Be Giants - love them too.
   
  Kate     
Paul Vearncombe <paul_vearncombe@ho...com> wrote:
  Having waded through today's diatribes I must thank Lisa for joining me 
in 
my stance against Robyn Hitchcock. I should like him too, but to my ears 
he 
sounds like he's trying to be quirky for quirky's sake. AND he sounds like 
Syd Barrett to me. But then I like Syd Barrett because he doesn't sounds 
like he's just putting it on... I don't know...there's no accounting for 
taste I suppose.

When you mentioned the undersea thing it made me think of They Might Be 
Giants:

"I'm going down to Cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea!"

But then THEY'RE quirky too...

PV2

>From: Lisa Ash 
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>Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Robyn Hitchcock
>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:37:06 +0000
>
>Oh yes Paul, definitely I know I SHOULD like him, but its not so much 
>that 
>I dont, but that I just CAN'T! Ive tried mate, honest! But its all that 
>quirkiness, it just get on me nerves! Lightbulbs and fish and egyptians - 
>it just doesnt make any sense to me! And that 'yip yip' one from 
>yesterday??! GAAAAAH!
>
>Aforementioned mate is a MASSIVE fan, loves him and the Soft Boys to 
>bits, 
>has tried (or did do, until we fell out!) for nigh on 20 years to 
>convince 
>me that its worth the fuss, but I just dont get it.
>
>Sadly, I have to admit the same sentiment for Jimi Hendrix and I KNOW 
>thats 
>wrong!
>
>I like Hem though. And Ani DiFranco. Does that count?
>:o)
>xxx
>
>
>
>On 12 Jan 2006, at 12:30, Paul Vallis wrote:
>
>Lisa wrote:
>
>And Kate... I want you to know that after I went offline last night, all 
>I 
>could bloody hear in my head was "lack of involvement with the father or 
>over involvement with the mother can result in lack of ability to relate 
>a 
>sexual peeeeeak..." And you KNOW its impossible to only sing a little bit 
>of that song in your head so I had to keep starting from the beginning 
>over 
>and over and over again - and I can't bloody STAND Robyn Hitchcock! ;o) I 
>only know a few of the songs coz I had a mate once who insisted on 
>putting 
>them on compilation tapes for me in the hope I'd grow to like him!
>
>Me:
>
>You can't stand Robyn Hitchcock?!?! Say it ain't so! One of the great 
>British underground mavericks, perversely more popular in the States now 
>than over here. I reckon there is probably quite a bit of crossover 
>between Planes fans and Hitchcock fans (Nick W who posts here is, but if 
>I 
>remember rightly PV2 doesn't share this enthusiasm!)
>
>He's playing at the Fleece Thursday 26th Jan, and I can't wait!
>
>PV1
>
>
>
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