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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Aug 19, 2010 13:56:35 GMT -5
I mean she wanted to stand out in Japan, by using a western name..... like Miyoshi Umeki who called also herself Nancy (Umeki) on her early albums; but generally used her real name when she moved to the USA. (Or, possibly, Naoko used the name Nancy as a tribute to Miyoshi <Unlikely, but, not impossible) Oh, I see... I didn't know about Nancy Umeki. If she was a rocker, that sounds quite likely. No, she wasn't a rocker: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSay9mKiFdE&feature=related
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Post by earthfarm on Aug 19, 2010 19:24:50 GMT -5
Oh yes, I see...not a rocker for sure
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Post by thegl0r on Dec 11, 2014 12:50:43 GMT -5
Here's a clipping from December 1991 from one of the UK weekly music papers, Melody Maker. A nice review of 712 from back in the pre-internet stone age when you had to scour the weekly music papers for gig listings and info about bands. SK didn't often get any press in the UK back then. Not much has changed really. In the same issue, there is also an interview with SK. The final couple of lines says... The "if you can find it" bit was putting it mildly. It took me years to find a copy. But when I did get my hands on a copy, I loved it. Though for me, "Luck of the Irish" and "Rain" were two low spots, the Beetles and Lennon/Ono stuff leaves me cold. But I have come to appreciate SK's versions of those songs.
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Post by thegl0r on Dec 13, 2014 20:33:17 GMT -5
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Post by tangerinesun on Dec 15, 2014 3:27:45 GMT -5
AH, BOILING FOREVER
Many thanks for this. Somehow I've got to get back to at least 1995, so I can retrieve the memory of which classic Naoko looted to get her hook. It's going to bug me for the rest of the month.
That Jon Wilde notice in MM -- did he get his notes shuffled? If you imagine 712 and Let's Knife bumping up against a copy deadline in the blood-soaked corridors of Covent Garden... you're nearly etc.
Someday, when Google powers the global ministry of information, I hope to have all references to SK as "wacky" "goofy" "daffy" and "barmy" changed to "lighthearted" "good humored" "energetic" and "original."
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Post by thegl0r on Dec 15, 2014 16:44:50 GMT -5
Somehow I've got to get back to at least 1995, so I can retrieve the memory of which classic Naoko looted to get her hook. It's going to bug me for the rest of the month. This one perhaps? Though you could say that The Jam borrowed it from The B*****S... I couldn't quite bring myself to mention the name of that Mersey band. Shudder.
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Post by tangerinesun on Dec 16, 2014 2:38:47 GMT -5
Somehow I've got to get back to at least 1995, so I can retrieve the memory of which classic Naoko looted to get her hook. It's going to bug me for the rest of the month. This one perhaps? [THE JAM -- START ] Though you could say that The Jam borrowed it from The B*****S... I couldn't quite bring myself to mention the name of that Mersey band. Shudder. Oh, you don't like The Boo Radleys? Well, that's all right. That borrow might as well be a sample. I have a vague feeling I'm going to sit bolt upright in bed one night soon speaking the name of some R&B act from Atlantic or Stax.
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Post by Egg_Crisis on Dec 21, 2014 21:07:04 GMT -5
Here's Cooking Story, the bonus track from the 1995 CD release of 712 on MCA Victor, (MVCD-22001)... Thanks!! My first time hearing this track.
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Post by solingen on Dec 27, 2014 17:41:02 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the "Cooking Story" track ...regarding that "hook". Have a listen to this :
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Post by tangerinesun on Dec 27, 2014 23:15:14 GMT -5
That's what I'm talking about, that fundamental soul groove... but it's not *the* track. Aaah, I'll never sleep again.
The complete list of music references in 712 might be awfully long, starting with the samples and quoted phrases in "Shonen Knife."
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Post by Broccoli Man on Sept 26, 2015 11:25:46 GMT -5
712 Song Review- [glow=red,2,300]WHITE FLAG[/glow] Apparently named for a punk band (That I've never heard of), this "song" written by Michie and Steve Davis, is....well...... frenetic, frenetic, frenetic, frenetic...YAY!!!! White Flag is a LA based punk rock band who's leader William Bartell co-wrote "Fruit Loop Dreams" with Naoko. He just passed away two days ago, Sep 24th, 2015 at the way to young age of 52.
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Post by tangerinesun on Sept 26, 2015 13:06:25 GMT -5
White Flag is a LA based punk rock band who's leader William Bartell co-wrote "Fruit Loop Dreams" with Naoko. He just passed away two days ago, Sep 24th, 2015 at the way to young age of 52. Wow, that's bad news. White Flag was so against being followers they even rejected punk, but their taste in music was phenomenal. Shonen Knife just lost one of their early champions. SPIN magazine short obit FROM 2013 oops
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Post by Broccoli Man on Sept 27, 2015 10:25:17 GMT -5
White Flag is a LA based punk rock band who's leader William Bartell co-wrote "Fruit Loop Dreams" with Naoko. He just passed away two days ago, Sep 24th, 2015 at the way to young age of 52. Wow, that's bad news. White Flag was so against being followers they even rejected punk, but their taste in music was phenomenal. Shonen Knife just lost one of their early champions. SPIM magazine short obitJeez, my bad. This is from Sep 26th, 2013!! And here I thought I had some HOTT NEWS... It's funny how I found this exactly two years after the obit originally was written. That's what I get for looking at my cellphone while pumping gas and not paying close attention. The 3 looked like a 5... William (Pat Fear) Bartell contributions to early SK work did indeed help spread the news of the Knife back in the early 90's along with Kurt Cobain, Redd Kross, Sonic Youth, and all the others. And "Fruit Loop Dreams" is a great song. More on "FLD" to follow...
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Post by Broccoli Man on Sept 27, 2015 10:38:18 GMT -5
I love it! Sort of "Wonder Wine"ish in style; the "chunka-chunka" guitar strumming and then the shimmering lead solo. Excellent! Hearing songs like this make me realize there is so much more Knife out there to be listened to. Just have to hunt it all down, and that's the fun of the game!
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Post by Broccoli Man on Sept 27, 2015 11:26:18 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Bonus tracks:[/glow] The CD ends with live versions of Lazybone & Blue Oyster Cult ; a fine finish to an EXCELLENT album! Mikey Yes a great album. And while I'm in this thread (hoping to move on, so much ground to cover), a couple of comments about the July 1st re-release of 712. The copy I have is my point of reference; with that being said, they left off "Fruit Loop Dreams" though there is a live version as a bonus, "Moon Walk" and "Cooking Story" which much thanks to gl0r is now saved in my Dropbox and as soon as I can figure out how to get it transferred to my flash drive I will do so. SK is the only band I've come across in my life where there can be different versions of the same songs on different regional releases of the same album, and THEN the album gets re-released 10 years later (in the case of the July 1st re-releases, 33 years later) with or without the same songs... ay yi yi, so now "the hunt" is on to find these gems and do a "cut and paste" into my SK collection and on to my flash drive. I guess my question/comment is "Why do/did they do this?" It makes it confusing and it presents a challenge to get a complete collection. Don't even get me started on the EP's and those different versions! "Brown Mushrooms", "Tomato Head", Wonder Wine", "Merman" just to name 4 songs come to mind now - different threads each one of them. No answers are expected, it's all a part of being a Knifeaholic...
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