|
|
01. MY LIFE IS NOT A JOKE (3:47) & 02. RED RUBBER (2:46) & 03. BLOW IT AND FIND OUT (4:41) & 04. NO BODY (2:31) & 05. IS THIS GOODBYE? (4:57) & 06. CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU? (:46) & 07. LITTLE MISS SOPHISTICATE (2:43) & 08. RUN TO HYMN (2:32) & 09. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING (3:25) & Total Time = (62:37) TICK TOCK TICK TOCK TICK
lotsa drumdroppps, irwin, jim, bolger, margot, nelson riddle, ferguson, haywood
Download available on Bandcamp Also available on CDR $12
< URGENT/XVII CRITERIONS >
HOME | NEWS | DISCOGRAPHY | ALBUMS | TAPOGRAPHY | LIVE | ARTICLES | LYRICS | AUDIO | STUDIO | VIDEO | YOUTH | FUTURE | FATHER | LINKS | SEARCH | FAMILY | CATS | CONTACT
| ||||
AMG REVIEW: Not to be confused with the vinyl-only compilation that came out a few years later, the 1981 cassette release R. Stevie Moore (1952-19??) (later reissued on CD and available at www.rsteviemoore.com) is an appealingly wide-ranging mix of quirky instrumental experiments like "My Life Is Not A Joke" (a David Byrne-like avant-funk-pop jam self-effacingly decorated by spooky derisive laughter) and the smooth funk found-sound workout "I'm So Horny," more traditional pop songs like the synth-poppy "Love Has Doubt" (a fan favorite that would appear on several LP and CD compilations) and "The Unfinished," and three faithful and reverent '60s pop covers: the Cyrkle's "Red Rubber Ball," Bobby Vee's "Run To Him" and the Beach Boys classic "Here Today." Towards the end, the album has a run of bizarrely intriguing snatches of found tape, starting with the psychedelically-treated "Lisa Marshall's Dream (About R.S.)" (which prefigures the Olivia Tremor Control's very similar work as the Black Swan Network a decade and a half later) and continuing through "Days Before His Death" (a conversation between Moore and his friend Jim Price about John Lennon's then-new single "(Just Like) Starting Over"), the mysterious "Mary Mae Sings Kansas" (unknown teenage girl warbles her way through a '70s FM classic) and finally the three-part "Usable Scraps," which are simply bits of unfinished songs.
