Saturday, August 11, 2007
Nash versus Cope
It was so humiliating but I really needed the latest CDs by
Julian Cope and Kate Nash. Now that fopp has closed I am reduced to
buying CDs from Virgin megastore. I slipped into the store trying to look as
though I was lost, so the cool people wouldn't waggle their wasted fingers
at me.
I have seen Kate Nash play and I like the song "foundations" a lot.
Perhaps I have a thing for angry chicks who hate men. The first
track on the Kate Nash, sounded like a pointless filler track.
This didn't put me in a good mood. There are some good tracks
on the CD, but I don't like it as much as the first record by Candie
Payne. The guardian review is a bit harsh as well. I expect that
I don't like listening to her London accent too much.
On the other hand Julian Cope's latest CD is fantastic. Now that I have been
educating myself about bands such as Can and Neu, I appreciate his
sound a lot. I remember listening to an interview with him in the 80s,
when he said he had some problems recording because he thought that
he was a city center. He is clearly an articulate clever guy.
I like obscure music, but when I look at his web site he is clearly
finding a higher level of weirdness in hidden sound.
Umm, I don't seem to have told you the name of Cope's new album.
I am not a professional reviewer. You got a problems with me?
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