tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627891267029264947.post8349752272571175174..comments2023-10-31T10:27:51.261-05:00Comments on Range Life (Music. The Midwest. More.): I Am Old Music and You Can Too!*Femme Fatalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09598929221869918124noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627891267029264947.post-81163117457058976012008-04-18T10:50:00.000-05:002008-04-18T10:50:00.000-05:00Crap! Your right, I screwed up... I melded John Do...Crap! Your right, I screwed up... I melded John Donahue and Dave Fridmann in my head... I'm terrible with names... it'd probably be easier to remember if there were fewer connections between the 2 bands. =P<BR/><BR/>John Donahue = Mercury Rev's guitarist/The Flaming Lips guitarist for said 2 albums<BR/><BR/>Dave Fridmann = Mercury Rev's bassist and co-producer (with the rest of the band)/The Flaming Lips co-producer for all but said album<BR/><BR/>I actually feel like an ass mixing this up Dave's produced some other really cool shit...<BR/><BR/>Weezer-Pinkerton<BR/>Mogwai-Come On Die Young<BR/>Mogwai-Rock Action<BR/>Elf Power-A Dream In Sound<BR/>Elf Power-The Winter Is Coming<BR/>The Delgados-The Great Eastern<BR/>The Delgados-Hate<BR/>Longwave-The Strangest Things<BR/>Sleater Kinney-The Woods<BR/>Quasi-When The Going Gets Dark<BR/>Low-The Great Destroyer<BR/>Low-Drums and Guns<BR/>Clap Your Hands Say Yeah-Some Loud Thunder*<BR/>Tapes ‘N Tapes-Walk It Off*<BR/>MGMT-Oracular Spectacular*<BR/><BR/>*well the last 3 aren't as cool but I figured should be mentioned...The Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579185610033695613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627891267029264947.post-81773129080684492662008-04-17T15:38:00.000-05:002008-04-17T15:38:00.000-05:00Moon, what's your source that says John Donahue co...Moon, what's your source that says John Donahue co-produced all but one of the Flaming Lips records? From what I can gather, Donahue <I>maybe</I> aided in the production of the only two Flaming Lips he was a part of, <I>Priest</I> and <I>Hit to Death</I>. While I don't own much pre-1990's Flaming Lips, internet searches have failed to yield his name as a co-producer for the three records they released in the 80's, and after checking the physical copies of the albums I own (beginning with <I>Priest</I> and everything after), his name is nowhere to be found in the liner notes for any of their records post <I>Hit to Death</I> period, let alone as a co-producer. <BR/><BR/>Also, if there are similarities between <I>Deserter's Songs</I> and <I>The Soft Bulletin</I> (and there certainly are), it probably has more to do with Dave Fridmann, not John Donahue. Dave Fridmann is the one who has produced every album for both bands since 1990 (except <I>Transmissions</I> for Flaming Lips), including the two records brought into question by Nicole in the original post.SonicRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921877563167552790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627891267029264947.post-6450933206772381352008-04-17T11:28:00.000-05:002008-04-17T11:28:00.000-05:00Actually John Donahue has co-produced every Flamin...Actually John Donahue has co-produced every Flaming Lips studio album to date with the exception of <I>Transmissions form the Satellite Heart</I> (co-produced by Keith Cleversley) which I agree would definitely explain the sound similarities but he did not play with the Lips on SB. He stopped playing with the Lips shortly after <I>Hit to death in the Future Head</I> dues to David Bakers departure from Mercury Rev in 93... also explaining why <I>Boces</I> and <I>Yourself is Steam</I> sounds so different from the rest of their albums.<BR/><BR/>To be honest since you've introduced me to them I've found myself liking MR more than the TFL... *shrugs*<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Unwound is an amazing band! Prepare yourself for a bit of a shock when eventually attempt the back catalog, it's much more abrasive, but to me it is all equally good.The Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579185610033695613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627891267029264947.post-53987245749278799042008-04-16T20:58:00.000-05:002008-04-16T20:58:00.000-05:00I've said it once and I'll say it again, Paul Bank...I've said it once and I'll say it again, Paul Banks doesn't sound like Ian Curtis, he sounds like John Cale, and I'll hear no more of this Ian Curtis nonesense until you check out Paris 1919 and can look me right and the eyes, with a straight face, and convince me otherwise.<BR/><BR/>Other than that, brilliant post, though I'm a bit jealous that it was a humor article and not my Mixtape Monday that I made a few months back that turned you into an Unwound fan. Leaves Turn Inside You is pretty fucking great, and they're one of the first "indie" bands I saw live when I first started getting into "indie rock." They played the Granada, and there were like 10 people there. So sad. Then they broke up a month or so later. I guess I got lucky there.SonicRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921877563167552790noreply@blogger.com