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sharkey
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 09/10/2003 : 03:45:11
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Frank Black and the Catholics
Show Me Your Tears
Former Pixies mainman is still good shocker
Looking at the roster of current Frank Black residence Cooking Vinyl (Echo and the Bunnymen, Violent Femmes et al) one is tempted to muse that the label is the indie elephants' graveyard. However, such grim surroundings seem to have provided Black with a vital shot in the arm. Far from retiring himself to the soil, he sounds like he's thriving.
Because there's a sheen of splendour within these 13 songs as good as anything he's done in the past ten years. Indeed, 'Manitoba' is ace, like world-weary Louis Armstrong if he'd been raised on US College rock, while 'Coastline' is the kind of twisted lullaby Black excels at. Cancel the Hearse! Someone call the Undertaker! Frank Black is rolling over for nobody.
7/10
James Jam
(incidentally they gave the new Bowie album 7/10 as well) |
Edited by - sharkey on 09/10/2003 04:10:27 |
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 03:52:30
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God, even NME likes it. I am in shock as well
No man is an island, unless he is in the bath |
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 04:07:38
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holy shit. i am stunned.
i'd give up smoking... but im not a quitter. |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 04:38:00
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Whoa... Looks like they're ashamed to admit the album is that good.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 08:05:29
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So they LIKE it, and it signals his return from the dead, and them it gets an 'average' 7/10? Seems like the review should justify the score. Still, at least it's positive...
 "Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 08:12:00
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| well, you dunno. i don't know NME, but a few magazines and websites have 5 as the average. i know 2/5 is Q's official AVERAGE (although you could say their written review of SMYT portrayed it as worse than average.) |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 10:49:08
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I am sure that next time around they'll pick up their 30 pieces of silver and slag Frank off. Fuck them!
Any other good review then fairplay but NME can fuck right off.
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about? |
Edited by - Stuart on 09/11/2003 00:26:31 |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 10:50:18
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By the way I am ver drunk, but drunk or no drunk NME are c*nts!
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about? |
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gracie
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
573 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 11:24:54
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Cunts indeed.
7/5 is a very generous rating for the NME to give an established artist like Frank. They generally only like bands that have released one album and come from New York. It is irritating the way that, even in a postive review they have to put a negative slant on it. |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 11:30:15
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Gracie I sing your tune...... NME should be terrorised!
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about? |
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Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~
Ireland
1750 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 12:17:37
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Originally posted by gracie
7/5 is a very generous rating for the NME to give.
wow, that is generous! heh heh, sorry to point it out, but i thought it was funny, and ironic or something |
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 12:27:57
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anyone any funny suggestions as to what NME really stands for?
hehe.
i'd give up smoking... but im not a quitter. |
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
819 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 14:26:37
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NME - Numb Minded Eeediots
I've never read it, but it seems to fit based on how much you all hate it.
Nothing is ever something. |
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gary13th
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
632 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 15:29:51
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Never Much Enthusiasm
Numb Minded Employees
Not Much Ever
~you will get used to me, welcome to your new joy
Heloise by FB&TC |
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 16:09:05
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I fucking love the Violent Femmes....And they don't seem Indie Elephants to me...
www.munchienandalusia.too.it |
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paintmeister
= Cult of Ray =
USA
347 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 21:52:17
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| NME- Not Musically Enlightened |
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dublindays
- FB Fan -
Ireland
10 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2003 : 04:05:16
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No Musical Ear
dublindays |
Edited by - dublindays on 09/11/2003 04:08:52 |
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dublindays
- FB Fan -
Ireland
10 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2003 : 04:06:17
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[quote]Originally posted by Crispy Water
NME - Numb Minded Eeediots
Not My Ears
dublindays |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2003 : 08:26:14
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Nu Metal Enthusiasts.....
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about? |
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Malax
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1340 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2003 : 01:50:00
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Nob Munching Englishmen
Did I lower the tone? |
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2003 : 02:08:22
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thats excellent malax 
Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover. |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2003 : 04:42:33
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V funny, always good to lower the tone!
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about? |
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echo park
- FB Fan -
Saint Barthelemy
128 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2003 : 19:02:23
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quote:
Originally posted by sharkey
Frank Black and the Catholics
Show Me Your Tears
Former Pixies mainman is still good shocker
7/10
James Jam
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Doesn't Frank mention this reviewer Jim Jam in "Sir Rockabye"?
I would give a good review, too, if the subject had once written about me... |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2003 : 19:16:23
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Hahaaa! Good one, e.p.!
Nice one there too, Malax.
"I joined the Cult of Frank / And all I got was this lousy icon" |
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Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~
Ireland
1750 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2003 : 04:30:24
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Originally posted by Malax
Did I lower the tone?
ar this stage, thats the point of this forum. |
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