3,192
edits
Articles:BAM - March 8, 1996: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
(Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:BAM - March 8, 1996}} '''Sadcore Silver Lining'''<br> Publication: BAM<br> Author: Rob O'Connor<br> Date: March 8, 1996 It's the beginning of December, but wi...") |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 77: | Line 77: | ||
Eitzel began writing at a furious pace. The "Best Songwriter of '91" intended to do better. He did. Previewing the songs for what would become ''[[San Francisco]]'', Eitzel performed a solo tour in the fall of 1993 that stands in my memory as among the greatest shows I've ever seen. | Eitzel began writing at a furious pace. The "Best Songwriter of '91" intended to do better. He did. Previewing the songs for what would become ''[[San Francisco]]'', Eitzel performed a solo tour in the fall of 1993 that stands in my memory as among the greatest shows I've ever seen. | ||
His performance of the original versions of "[[I Just Took My Two Sleeping Pills And Now I'm Like A Bridegroom Standing At The Altar|Sleeping Pills]]", "The President's Test For Physical Fitness|President's Test]]", "[[In The Shadow Of The Valley|LA Is My Woman]]" (later, "In The | His performance of the original versions of "[[I Just Took My Two Sleeping Pills And Now I'm Like A Bridegroom Standing At The Altar|Sleeping Pills]]", "The President's Test For Physical Fitness|President's Test]]", "[[In The Shadow Of The Valley|LA Is My Woman]]" (later, "[[In The | ||
Shadow Of The Valley]]", "[[Can You Help Me]]" (introduced at one show as "My Life Is A Little Fluffy Pillow If Only You | Shadow Of The Valley]]", "[[Can You Help Me]]" (introduced at one show as "My Life Is A Little Fluffy Pillow If Only You | ||
Believe"), "[[I Broke My Promise]]", "[[Cape Canaveral]]" and "[[Hello Amsterdam]]" stood among his greatest body of work ......and eventually his most mis-served. | Believe"), "[[I Broke My Promise]]", "[[Cape Canaveral]]" and "[[Hello Amsterdam]]" stood among his greatest body of work ......and eventually his most mis-served. | ||
| Line 109: | Line 109: | ||
"I try to explain that a good fifty percent of it comes down to money. You have people with wives and children, and they deserve to be paid, but....there's no more money. We weren't successful. We didn't sell any records. We were a cult band until the end. It was stupid, but that's what we were." | "I try to explain that a good fifty percent of it comes down to money. You have people with wives and children, and they deserve to be paid, but....there's no more money. We weren't successful. We didn't sell any records. We were a cult band until the end. It was stupid, but that's what we were." | ||
In fact, Eitzel has just finished five songs for the soundtrack to the upcoming film ''[[No Easy Way|There Is No Easy Way]] | In fact, Eitzel has just finished five songs for the soundtrack to the upcoming film ''[[No Easy Way|There Is No Easy Way]]'' - one of which, "[[No Easy Way|Lighthouse For The Blind]]", was co-written with [[Bruce Kaphan]]. | ||
"I had one of the best bands in the whole world," he opines. "I think what I'm doing is burying myself. I hate people in great bands who go solo and then they suck. I think that's going to happen to me. I think 'Do I suck now?'" | "I had one of the best bands in the whole world," he opines. "I think what I'm doing is burying myself. I hate people in great bands who go solo and then they suck. I think that's going to happen to me. I think 'Do I suck now?'" | ||