tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post3986066134917603920..comments2024-03-27T21:46:11.188+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Patrik Fitzgerald Group – "Pillow Tension" (Lazy Dog Records – LZD 012)Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-20781245116449530312020-03-28T20:03:42.056+01:002020-03-28T20:03:42.056+01:00We forgot to mention one great band with a lot of ...We forgot to mention one great band with a lot of saxes: Morphine who used them musically like guitars! I can hardly think of a cooler sound.<br /><br />Never heard of "Citizen Smith" before. Had a look on Youtube, seems to be quite funny.Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801279227658458160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-24111488074252848162020-03-28T16:29:51.078+01:002020-03-28T16:29:51.078+01:00PS thanks for letting me call you Wolfie.....was a...PS thanks for letting me call you Wolfie.....was a big fan of a sitcom called 'Citizen Smith' in the late 70's,which sort of followed several characters in the too old for punk generation...the lead character, a pub freedom fighter, was called 'Wolfie' Smith. I envy you this nickname.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-56990488889770242232020-03-28T16:26:31.853+01:002020-03-28T16:26:31.853+01:00Indeed, Rock Saxophone should be illegal. It worke...Indeed, Rock Saxophone should be illegal. It worked with The Cravats, X-Ray Spex, and the juries out on Theatre of Hate, punk and saxophone are a No No in my book.Don't even like keyboard players in Rock, and don't get me started on Backing Singers and Brass Sections!!!!!??? But generally, you can't get more minimal than PF.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-64595539766242365522020-03-28T14:36:43.758+01:002020-03-28T14:36:43.758+01:00All my life I have fighted against people calling ...All my life I have fighted against people calling me that, but you as the only person on earth are officially allowed to do it. Now isn't that flattering?<br /><br />I don't have children. Always argumented that the world had become too bad a place to bring a child into the world. But who knows what is right? Maybe my child would have became the musician or politician to save us all :)<br /><br />So far I kept two additional songs including "Frozen Dreams". But why did Patrik allow to record that stupid saxophone? Nothing against saxophone, but that player was no Stephen Brown or Lora Logic. Will try to concentrate on the lyrics, though. But the production makes it much harder for me to understand them.Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801279227658458160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-19459049308314984232020-03-28T14:02:46.299+01:002020-03-28T14:02:46.299+01:00Hi Wolfie...can I call you Wolfie?....i know my se...Hi Wolfie...can I call you Wolfie?....i know my sense of humour isn't to everyone's taste, and yes, ultimately it does come from a dark place,but i find it cleansing totouch on some uncomfortable truths, like being racist,and,in this case, admiting that parenthood is not the sunny sky that its projected as being. As much as I have that famed unconditional love for my daughter,and wouldn't change anything because its happened, I would not recommend that anyone...with a life....does it. Besides the environmental damage having children does.<br /><br />I also didn't like this record when i first heard it....but as always i played it several times, and the slick production faded away by the fourth time.Concentrate on the poetry and the harsh truths that Patrik lays upon us.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-32859162443789319742020-03-28T10:41:38.467+01:002020-03-28T10:41:38.467+01:00Oh my god. While your writing displays a very good...Oh my god. While your writing displays a very good sense of humour it seems to come from a place that isn't funny *at all*. Gallows humour, I guess.<br /><br />About that Patrik record: I was quite disappointed back in the day as it all sounded too "normal" for my taste. He is not the band guy, I guess, the result is similar as "Grubby Stories" imho. I only like one or two couples of songs from it but will now give it another try.<br /><br />I was very thankful for Lazy Dog Records back then because they made a fantastic double compilation of everything Mecano had ever released. Even in the 80's and not too far away from the Netherlands I had never managed to get my hands on all their 12"es.Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801279227658458160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-70967747453336480972020-03-28T09:12:40.235+01:002020-03-28T09:12:40.235+01:00Thank you Patrik....and there's more.Thank you Patrik....and there's more.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-45405314299242238552020-03-28T09:03:30.608+01:002020-03-28T09:03:30.608+01:00Thank you for all the wonderful Patrik Fitzgerald,...Thank you for all the wonderful Patrik Fitzgerald,<br /><br />Who knew there was so much?Piers the Plowmannoreply@blogger.com