Oh man I didn't see this poll. Would have voted Evangeline.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 17 July 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
It was an odd and fun thing when "Girlfriend" was in heavy rotation on MTV. Robert Quine's on tv! Every day!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 17 July 2017 13:43 (six years ago) link
Always worth reposting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXZsuEFrPeo
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 July 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link
I remember all those things, even the longboxes.
Nice i didn't go it alone on my track choice.
― bodacious ignoramus, Monday, 17 July 2017 23:47 (six years ago) link
I like these Sweet albums, but I thought Lloyd Cole, working with Quine, Sweet, and Lloyd too, made the smarter and better records.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
happy 30th
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 October 2021 22:12 (two years ago) link
did Pat mastellotto know who Quine was? did Quine know who Mr Mister was? Who's the rhythm guitar player? radney Foster? and that is Sara Lee, right?
― veronica moser, Friday, 22 October 2021 23:48 (two years ago) link
Vinyl reissue coming next year
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Saturday, 23 October 2021 07:43 (two years ago) link
xpost I don't know the exact timeline, but Pat was certainly full-time session work by then. Tying it all together, though, is that Sara Lee played with Fripp in the League of Gentlemen, Quine certainly knew and/or knew of Fripp, and of course Pat went on to play with Sylvian/Fripp and King Crimson just a couple of years after "Girlfriend." So they're all pretty connected already.
Oh, and apparently the other guitarist is Murray Attaway, who was in Guadalcanal Diary.
I've never seen the second clip, btw!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieKFOOGP1r8
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 23 October 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
Such a gorgeous long box in the first clip. Not all covers worked in that format, but Girlfriend really sings.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 23 October 2021 13:29 (two years ago) link
Don’t remember seeing either of those Dennis Miller Show clips, thanks!
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 October 2021 03:47 (two years ago) link
And, apart from Quine and Matthew Sweet himself, nobody else in that band was on the album, afaik.
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 October 2021 03:57 (two years ago) link
No, but lots of people from Quine's circle are. Fred Maher, Ivan Julian, Richard Lloyd, etc. And a lot of them had just worked a bunch with Lloyd Cole, right? (And he's on the album, too.)
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 October 2021 14:02 (two years ago) link
Is Ivan Julian on that album? I guess he is, plying rhythm? I saw him live with Matthew Sweet, in which context he was playing some good leads.
― Through with “What’s the Buzz” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 October 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link