Re: RA

[chris sharp <sharpy@he...freeserve.co.uk>]

Lisa's moved to Newcastle. She's staying at her parents place for a  
while and they have no internet connection and her laptop is in for  
repair so she's kind of out of the picture for a while. I'm sure  
she'll bounce back soon enough!
On Sep 18, 2006, at 20:40, Nigel Mackerras wrote:

> Sorry for not saying I love RA's voice, but he wrires great tunes  
> and plays beautiful guitar. When I met the 'planes in '88 he was a  
> really nice bloke and gave me a beer from the rider. Oh to be young  
> and seeing them on the Friendloverplane tour again!
> As to early/arty compared with pop/big sound, I like both for  
> different reasons. The sparse ghost town feel of 'Built in a Day'  
> for one mood and the blow you away dancability of '...And Stones'  
> for another.
> I'm not allowed to write songs, I'm a drummer. Well except for the  
> stuff I co-wrote in Jameson but only Peel seemed to like that.
> Any date for Xmas gig, and where's Lisa?
>
> Nige x
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> From: "Neville Street" <nevstreet@ho...com>
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> Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] RA
> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:42:03 +0100
>
> Whoops! For 'bought' read 'brought'.
>
> Neville
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Neville Street
> To: mk_409@ya...co.uk ; The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] RA
>
> Well folks. Am I sorry that I bought this up? Frankly no! We all  
> love this band - period. And it's because we love 'em that we can  
> say this stuff. And Mark J good point about the LPs prior to  
> Swagger. And Mark Helm good point about Nick Jacobs. I thought he  
> was great when I first saw the BAs in '84. OK so they were arty but  
> they weren't shambolic - these people could really play (and still  
> can!).
> I'd love 'em to go back to one long set with John Stapleton playing  
> tapes 'n stuff in between songs and members swapping instruments.  
> It's how I remember them at their most creative. In fact my second  
> band's first gig started out behind a big sheet of plastic with me  
> ranting poetry - such was the influence ten years later. So  
> consequently  I wasn't enamoured by the so called 'pop' move and  
> line-up changes but hey bands progress and it's not like they  
> churned out rubbish. Shall I go on..? Nah! Let's save it for the  
> Xmas gig.
> Mark J whereabouts in Shropshire do you live? I'm in Shrewsbury.
>
> Credit to Steve Thomas for setting up this list - thanks fella it's  
> great fun!
> Neville
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark
> To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 5:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] RA
>
> Oh Bugger!
>
> It looks like the bold two who dared to 'come out' about their true  
> feelings about Rodders' overall contribution to the mighty 'planes  
> are well and truly in da doghouse innit!
> We must remember that the planes were in existance as a great band  
> well before Swagger 'n Beatsongs. Good albums they both are but  
> they are also the most straightforward musically - a move away from  
> some of the more outlandish stuff of previous - folk instruments  
> and all. [Yes - the word 'folk' would normally make us indie kids  
> run a mile but I think the planes used such instruments to good  
> effect]. The planes had already given us four albums before  
> Swagger. At least three of them excellent (I can't vouch for Bop  
> Art as unfortunately I have never heard it but as I remember  
> comments on here a good while ago, the general concensus is "don't  
> bother"?).
> I guess I'm lucky insomuch as I first heard the 'planes around  
> '87/'88 on Radio 1 in the evening with stuff like 'Cowardice and  
> Caprice' and 'Coats' and was rather taken by them. Jog my memory:  
> was it that sweetie Janice Long or cuddly Liz Kershaw?!
> Anyway, I'm not dissing RA myself, just saying I'm not too hot on  
> his stuff.
> Yours,
>
> Mark J in Shropshire.
> Can't write songs for toffee, but not bad on the oche with three  
> darts!
>
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