I'm not sure what you're talking about as far Pavement's culmination of
frustration in dealing with a major label since "Brighten the Corners" was
released on Matador which isn't a major. True, it was one of those
Matador/Capitol Records releases, but that doesn't make it a major label
record, and I doubt very seriously that Capitol influenced that album. As
far as I know, Capitol didn't try to fuck with Liz Phair's newest one or
the last two of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion albums, either. My
personal theory is that Pavement did the last of their fun, goofy songs for
"Wowee Zowee" and now we're stuck with all this slick, professional stuff.
I'm not saying that's a bad thing, either, but I really loved "Wowee
Zowee." And now anyway, Matador is a real independent since they quit their
deal with Capitol.
But anyway... MMouse on Epic. I don't know anything about Epic except that
they have Pearl Jam and Korn and Oasis, and those are some pretty scary
bands. Well, Pearl Jam's not too scary, I guess.... I just really hope
that Epic doesn't ruin 'em like Geffen ruined Jawbreaker.
That guy from the Promise Ring needs to lose weight.
Bye,
JamesL
At 11:51 PM 6/29/99 GMT, you wrote:
>
>i was thinking 'brighten the corners' isn't quite a sellout album..but more
>like the culmination of frustration in dealing with a major label. i think
>it comes through in songs like 'passat dream' and a couple others. although
>pave is still one of my fav bands and 'b.t.c' is still a decent album it
>just seems lacking compared to the others. of course the major label could
>be just a convenient scapegoat for this and real reason that they sound
>'lacking' to me may be that they're getting old or they finally smoked too
>much dope....
>
>regardless, i'm curious about the new MM record and i know it won't flat-out
>suck, but i think it may be different...Isaac's semi-sloppy vocal overdubs
>will probably be out of the picture, for example...
>
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: [MMouse]: MM on epic; 'tour' ep
>>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:08:26 EDT
>>
>>
>>In a message dated 6/29/99 2:01:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> >i'm not too optimistic about it--i suspect that being on epic will make
>> >their stuff a little too 'slick', or at least different. not different in
>>an
>> >artistically progressive way--like 'long drive' vs. 'LCS'--but in a more
>> >shady way, like pavement's 'wowee zowee' vs. 'brighten the corners', for
>> >example.
>> >
>> >What does everyone else think about this epic thing? Is it even for sure
>> >yet?
>>
>>Okay, im confused. which one, wowee zowee or brighten the corners, is
>>suppossed to be the sell-out album made for the man? I LOVE Brighten the
>>corners, i think its way more interesting that Terror Twilight,which would
>>be
>>fine itself if it werent for Nigel. and if we're talking about
>>money-related
>>production value, well, I don't think keeping the Slanted and Enchanted
>>aesthetic around would've done the band much good for their lateR songs.
>>
>>But as for modest mouse:
>>i think they're gonna have to change as a band drastically to shine through
>>the gloss epic will surely put over them.But then, i really love the
>>meekness
>>of interstate eight and dont really see them as a 'corporate machine'
>>suited
>>band in anyway and i think that they're either gonna fail epIc, or thieR
>>fans, or both. But whatever.
>>
>>Karina
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