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obmeZ
- FB Fan -
USA
53 Posts |
 Posted - 10/08/2003 : 09:28:06
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I've played it for a few Baby boomers and
so far they all like it. coincidence? |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6201 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2003 : 09:50:26
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no
my father likes it in some way
likely cause of van dyke parks is on it
''it's not a box, it's a submarine'' |
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
1013 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2003 : 11:38:48
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Well, my kids know I like it....
 The Cult of Frank: Today, Tomorrow, Together... |
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Wowee_Zowee
- FB Fan -
Belgium
81 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2003 : 13:54:03
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Hehe :)
Even if you're Michael or Janet: it's a sad, sad planet. |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2003 : 14:18:21
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I'm gonna play it for my mom this weekend. She's a big fan of all his covers but strangely enough not so much a fan of his original material. I have a hunch she'll like this album because it's rather calm and he's sing-songy on it as opposed to some of his other albums which can, on first listen, sometimes sound a bit off key in parts. I'll let y'all know what she thinks.
Semper ubi sub ubi. |
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Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~
Ireland
1750 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2003 : 15:05:12
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i gave my dad a copy of DITS he liked it so much.
doo doo doo... |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2003 : 15:54:20
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My dad recently said "I don't like music" (although when I told him that last night he said he must have been having a "geezer moment") but when I played him SMYT he said "I might like this!"  |
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JamesM
= Cult of Ray =
308 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2003 : 16:01:19
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My mom likes Frank Black; before he died, my dad was a big fan of Frank.
-Jimmy M. |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2003 : 20:20:20
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My mom got me into Radiohead and she was a fan of Coldplay before they ever blew up in the US...you can't get much cooler than that.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank / Did anyone else have to give up their first born?" |
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PearlJamaholic
- FB Fan -
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2003 : 23:31:07
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| My parents dont but i keep telling my dad he should listen to dog in the sand and black letter days. |
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2003 : 14:17:15
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I gave my pops Dog In The Sand. he seemed to have dug it a great deal. Also, when I first got "Black Letter Days" he was listening to it when I gave it its first spin. He said something like "this Black guy is alright!"
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Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~
Ireland
1750 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2003 : 14:25:22
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my dad like old tom waits stuff, but then he got into the newer stuff because of frank's black rider!
doo doo doo... |
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
819 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2003 : 17:04:25
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My mom's favourite band in the world is Frank Black & The Catholics. She's cool, gets into lots of the music that I like. I think she might have had more fun than me when we saw them!
Nothing is ever something. |
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2003 : 18:22:59
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My mom asked for a copy of SMYT, TOTY, and the Orange album for her birthday. Yesterday I caught her singing "Big Red". It doesn't get any cooler than that.
"How many stars girl, can you both count, and then classify?" |
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paintmeister
= Cult of Ray =
USA
347 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2003 : 21:38:42
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| I haven't played SMYT for anyone yet but when I played DITS a forty-something guy thought it could be the Rolling Stones. Then on another job another "old-timer" thought BLD sounded like Neil Young. |
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leokearse
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
203 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2003 : 02:18:55
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My dad likes ELO, or any album with airbrushed spaceships on the cover.
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jbstevens
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
102 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2003 : 04:44:26
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quote:
Ramona said:
My dad recently said "I don't like music" (although when I told him that last night he said he must have been having a "geezer moment") but when I played him SMYT he said "I might like this!"
Do you say 'Geezer' in the US? I always thought it was a cockney word?
 "I joined the cult of frank / and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2003 : 06:05:37
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Originally posted by jbstevens
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Ramona said:
My dad recently said "I don't like music" (although when I told him that last night he said he must have been having a "geezer moment") but when I played him SMYT he said "I might like this!"
Do you say 'Geezer' in the US? I always thought it was a cockney word?
"I joined the cult of frank / and all I got was this lousy t-shirt"
Sure we do, jb! It's one of my favorite words. It's what I like to imagine me and my husband turning out to be when we get old, that and "ornery" and "crotchety"! I figure - ehh, we'll have earned it!
We're both old enough to be parents - I'm 30 and he's 29, and we love Frank Black. Hard to say whether it's just because we've been into him since the Pixies, or purely on the current music's merits (ye ol' Nature/Nurture question I guess), though I tend to believe it's definitely based on the current music's merits. My hubby's folks really like em -though they haven't heard SMYT yet. But they're just damn cool anyway.
I'm still trying to decide if I like SMYT - there are a few songs I like fairly well that are still growing on me, eg. Snake, New House of the Pope, When Will Happiness Find Me Again, huh - now that I think about it, I like most of the album now, only a few songs rub me the wrong way, and I will keep drilling them into my head trying to learn to like them. It's just he sounds so tired sometimes - the singing has lost a lot of energy. Probably because of the sadness. Wow, I'm really glad I finally like this album! I was so sad I might not like it. Whew! - FB just does this to me every time!
First we sow the seed, nature grows the seed and then we eat the seed.
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2003 : 08:29:15
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my friends dad made him burn teenager of the year for his dads car, he apparently listens to it all the time. i havent really gotten my parents to warm up to him. my mom HATED yankee hotel foxtrot, but she really liked uncle tupelo, so i guess theres some hope for frank.
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the swimmer
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1602 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2003 : 09:02:38
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Originally posted by leokearse
My dad likes ELO, or any album with airbrushed spaceships on the cover.
- Leo
That was funny. |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2003 : 11:39:24
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Y'all must have some relatively youthful (40s-50s) parents. My mother was born in 1926, but she has at least conceded that Frank sounds pretty good to her and "certainly much better than that damned David Matthews that your sister is so fond of. I can't tell what he's sayin', and it all sounds the same."
My brother is 44, and I'm giving him a bunch of FB&TC for his birthday in a month or so here. I have no doubt that he'll love it, if I can just steer him away from his current White Stripes obsession.
"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 - 10/10/2003 : 11:51:00
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your mom is 77? i don't think either of my grandmothers are that old! wow.
doo doo doo... |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2003 : 11:57:44
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Yeah, I was kind of a surprise, and my mother got started kind of late anyway. (My sister says I was a "mistake." My mother says I was a "gift." Depends on who you ask, I guess.) She's way cool, though. She'll drink tequila with you & she has a great sense of humor.
"I joined the Cult of Frank / And all I got was this lousy icon" |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2003 : 11:59:19
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2003 : 12:02:14
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I am so done.
"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 - 10/10/2003 : 13:50:19
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well, if she's cool thats good. it means she's better than my mother. well, my mother isn't bad but you know what i mean.
wow, i better start making kiddies soon. |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2003 : 13:19:55
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Ok well I played SMYT for my mom and she didn't like it. She always says, "his music is good but he needs to get a better singer b/c he just can't sing." I say if they got another singer there would be no band!! GAH! Anyway she did like Horrible Day, she's a bit of a pessimist.
Semper ubi sub ubi. |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2003 : 13:26:47
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my mother thinks all my music is satan...?She also thinks anything not american idol is crap...
now who's the crazy one ya think
You should always play hangman with real people.... |
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Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~
Ireland
1750 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2003 : 13:49:14
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6201 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2003 : 14:57:04
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my mom likes the five blind boys of alabama
but my dad bought me my first Pixies and GBV albums
he bought them for himself actually
but he has so much records, they were gaining dust
so he said
listen to this my child
and that's how I become the ultra cool person I am
my dad did that same thing with my brother
he had a jon spencer blues explosion record
and gave it to my brother
and that's how my brother became a pharmacist
a farmacist, that's right, a pharmacist who likes jon spencer
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Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~
Ireland
1750 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2003 : 15:07:49
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heh, cool.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6201 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2003 : 15:12:18
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what are you talking about
''it's not a box, it's a submarine'' |
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Kirk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
633 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2003 : 19:28:49
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It's a good thing our parents stopped dropping acid to Dark Side of the Moon.
-Kirk |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2003 : 20:16:13
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the five blind boys of alabama, are they those guys that do the feed the children charity thing on tv? If so I think I actually like a couple of their songs.
Semper ubi sub ubi. |
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Blank Frack
- FB Fan -
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2003 : 21:26:08
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Originally posted by the swimmer
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Originally posted by leokearse
My dad likes ELO, or any album with airbrushed spaceships on the cover.
- Leo
That was funny.
how did your dad get such good taste? |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2003 : 21:34:34
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my mom likes, as my dad puts it, "limp dick rock" like james taylor and seals and croft. my dad is big into jazz (mainly charlie parker lately). but as a kid they played me the best stuff i think i could've heard at that age. when i was in 1st grade my favorite bands were the beatles, the beach boys and the kinks. my parents also played me CCR, blue cheer, frank zappa and sly and the family stone. so even if my parents don't like FB (or really anything new i like), when i was growing up, they fed me well musically
-brian
- "I joined the Cult of Frank / And they tried to cut off my nuts and make me put on a blue jumpsuit"
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