Re: Residents

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

EK,

Now won't you tell us how you really feel about them.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel (at) earthlink(dot)net>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: Residents


>There has always been something slimy and low about The Residents
which
>leaves a bad taste in my mouth- maybe it's a religion thing. Despite
that, I
>used to find them interesting musically. The album you mention is
fairly
>old- a takeoff on 60's pop music with the premise that hippie music
is
>fascist. Once upon a time this music might have meant something. The
way I
>feel now, though, I think The Residents really suck- their current
output is
>just as dreary as their attitude, and I'm too sickened to go back and
check
>out their older stuff again.
>                        EK
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: robert wiener <wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com>
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:04 AM
>Subject: Residents
>
>
>> After the shooting in LA on Tuesday I imagine that we're all en
garde
>> about neo-Nazism and white supremacism.  Hopefully it's not the tip
of
>> an iceberg, but just an(other) warning of what people are capable
of
>> thinking and doing.
>>
>> It reminded me that I never asked about the following generally
>> available album.  Again, excerpts can be heard on (most) computers:
>>
>> Residents : Third Reich 'N' Roll
>> (including "Hitler Was A Vegetarian" #2)
>>
>>
http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1134074121/pagename=/RP/CDN/F
>> IND/popsearch.html
>>
>> Is this a "Springtime for Hitler" type spoof (I hope) or not?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
>
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