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So, is Graham Smith the strongest man alive or just another whiney indie
pop one man show?...I like his ponyoak album, it's quite raw, but he writes
some really hummable tunes...though, it is a far too long album.
Anyway, what do you think...also Search and Destroy.
james ([email protected]), October 23, 2001
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Saw him in concert in Washington a few years ago. It was amusing. Search
a second hand copy of Ponyoak.
nathalie ([email protected]), October 23, 2001
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Whiney, yes. "Why I Write Such Good Songs" is damn catchy tho.
Ariën
([email protected]), October 23, 2001
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'sexual harassment' and 'can't pull the wool over these eyes' = classic.
graham's cover of 'the boy is mine' = classic.
i can't really comment on the rest of it because i haven't paid too much
attention (even though i have the records! bad maura!), but i have to
say that i find the idea of combining lyrical bragging with the indie-boy
aesthetic is more than a little terrifying, especially for people who
might *date* these boys.
maura
([email protected]), October 23, 2001
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Kleenex were certainly girl wonders... although I prefer to use the word
'woman' instead
Jerry
([email protected]), October 23, 2001
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Disclaimer: KGW once did a song for a compilation I put out.
I think Graham's an AMAZING songwriter at his best, and I think someday
he's going to put out an album that's gonna make everyone wonder why they've
been sleeping. To date, you sort of have to take him song-by- song. But
if you've missed "Why I Write Such Good Songs"--Nietzsche by
way of N'Sync--or "Bones and the Smiling Mackerel" (beating
GBV at their own game) or "Wireless" or "Sexual Harassment"
or "Ponyoak" or "The Bostonians" or that friggin'
amazing "Coda" piece at the end of _Smith_, well, you probably
have a lot of room for useful things in your head that's occupied in mine
by his tunes/words running through it.
Douglas
Wolk ([email protected]), October 23, 2001
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The most recent record he's made was done in by the curse of the skit.
His other stuff ranges from subpar to stellar, making all stops in between.
:jek
jek ([email protected]), October 23, 2001
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