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SGWBM sleeve notes.
Posted: 08 Jun 2011, 19:31
by TheGoodSon
Is it just me, or are the liner notes in the SGWBM sleeve one of the warmest and most beautiful things Von has ever written? It is just so unlike his usual writing - no wit, no sarcasm, no meanness (even though these may all be amicable things in their own right) - he even acknowledges Craig Adams huge impact on the bands early sound.
It is just really nice to see this side of Von, a side that can look back at the simple beginnings of what became his lifework with a sense of joy, pride, and nostalgia. "They may not sound like anybody elses, they may not even sound like records, but we loved them. For what it´s worth.".
Beautiful.
Posted: 08 Jun 2011, 19:46
by James Blast
you don't need a space before a '
Posted: 08 Jun 2011, 19:57
by jande
After reading the op I thought I don't remember any of that, so went to have a look at the cd out to refresh the brain cells. No wonder I can't recall it, my copy has the sgwbm outer cover on the booklet but inside its the floodland guff
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Look like I'm going to have to find the cassette or the vinyl that's hiding in the attic
Posted: 08 Jun 2011, 21:10
by stufarq
From memory, his intro to Postcards From Above The Chemist is similarly lacking in sarcasm or bile. Maybe not quite as warm and fuzzy but an unusual admission of weakness when he says that he didn't know how he was supposed to write songs so he just did it the way he could and hoped for the best. or something vaguely along those lines. Maybe he's mellowed in his old age. That would explain the cupcakes too.
Posted: 08 Jun 2011, 21:35
by James Blast
deluded
Posted: 08 Jun 2011, 23:52
by Being645
you are all crazy ...
Posted: 09 Jun 2011, 22:16
by Sita
Being645 wrote:you are all crazy ...
But they ARE very nice liner notes
Posted: 09 Jun 2011, 22:28
by Being645
Sita wrote:Being645 wrote:you are all crazy ...
But they ARE very nice liner notes
Of course they are, always been ... just like the person who's written them ...
...
Posted: 09 Jun 2011, 22:50
by stufarq
Being645 wrote:Sita wrote:Being645 wrote:you are all crazy ...
But they ARE very nice liner notes
Of course they are, always been ... just like the person who's written them ...
...
Ah, so they were written by someone else! That makes a lot more sense.
Posted: 09 Jun 2011, 22:54
by James Blast
this is how desperate.... wanders by purpose to his Suede Deluxe reissues...
Posted: 10 Jun 2011, 00:02
by Being645
James Blast wrote:this is how desperate....
for once I agree ...
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