Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!mit-eddie!nessus From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic Message-ID: <4629@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 01:03:17 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.4629 Posted: Tue Jul 9 01:03:17 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Jul-85 23:38:58 EDT Distribution: net.music Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 49 ["Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine."] A couple of corrections: > From think!mirror!rs Mon Jul 1 10:59:00 1985 > The band [Birdsongs of the Mesozoic] was founded by two members of > "Mission of Burma," a "noise" Boston band that was idolized here, and > achieved some fair among of recognition outside of the area (i.e., > their final concert was opening for PiL in Manhattan). Maybe Mission of Burma was "noise" band at one time, but they don't sound that way from the E.P. I have (I don't remember the name of the E.P. offhand, but it has the song "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" on it. It also came with a very unusual lyric sheet too. All the words for the songs are in alphabetical order, rather than in the order in which they occur in the songs -- this, of course, makes it rather unhelpful in figuring out the meaning of the songs....) They'd fall roughly into "post-punk" or something like that. They sound maybe a little tiny bit like R.E.M. or something like that. > They [Birdsongs of The Mesozoic] have apparently since decided to make > a real band out of it, and added percussion and (occasionally) > stringed instruments like guitars and basses. They don't add guitar "occasionally". At least in their current lineup, there is a full-time guitarist. The other three guys are keyboardists, but also play drums and other stuff. > They are really, really good. Doug Allen posted a review of one of > their concerts about a month ago (I think it was the only net.music > article he/she has posted that wasn't about Katey-poo :-) They are really good! But you can't be serious about me posting stuff only about Katey-poo... Oh, is that what the smiley face is for.... > (Husker Du's "Zen Arcade" has been very tenacious, throwing down any > other platter that attempts to mount the turntable for more than one > cut. Shriekback's "Nemesis," however, seems to show signs of hanging > out for a while.) Dunno about Husker's dues, but yeah, Shriekback is pretty good. "You dreamed of a big star He played a mean guitar He always ate at the Steak Bar" Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)