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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 21:05:17 -0500
From: de l`abattoir <del[at]-remove-ecn.purdue.edu>
Subject: comment on WfltB
sez jbc-shirt-list coup leader Chris Camfield:
> Has anyone thought about how Waiting For The Love Bus contains almost NO
> sampled sounds, and does this mark a change? Positive or negative?
well, the samples on LoveBus (racecars, passing 'planes, etc) are in
the same spirit of how samples have always been used, i think.
the JBC use samples very much like how they use lyrics, as
a piece of the narrative. since a sample always(?) deal somewhat
with the topic/story at hand, it is just another way of saying:
"see, this is what it was like". pat once said that the reason
he used samples (during the Big Planet era) is that he can tell people:
"see this is *exactly* what it was like, i dont have to describe it for you".
so is it a change? it isnt as if they were a pop group that suddenly
discovered samplers and indiscriminately started dropping funny sounds
into a song simply because it was hip that year. it seems to me that
in the context of LoveBus (laid-back, mostly) it fits. Big Planet
had more, but then, Big Planet was released in a more obnoxious time.
can anyone tell me why all the delphi.com and aol.com accounts
are bouncing all their email?
does anyone have a CD player handy? how about transcribing some lyrics?
done so far: filth, penguins, ghosts, president chang,
angel station, girls say yes, racheland, angels, hysteria,
rosemary davis, bad dream lover, kids in the mall, shirley,
bakersfield, la mer, soul happy hour, ben, line of death, sweet water,
bicycle kid, the good ones, domestic animal, new invention,
whaddya, excellent, partytime, who loves you now
that leaves about 150 to go..
chris - keep up the good work with the shirts.
-david