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| Title: | Welcome to the CD Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome to COOKIE |
| Moderator: | COOKIE::ROLLOW |
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| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Mar 03 1989 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1517 |
| Total number of notes: | 13349 |
1298.0. "Christine Lavin" by SARAH::P_DAVIS (Peter Davis) Wed Aug 10 1988 09:00
The recent release of "The Roches" inspired me to mention another
performer in a similar vain: Christine Lavin.
Christine Lavin now has 3 cds out, and they're all great. She writes
and performs humorous folk songs. For example, her song "Cold Pizza
for Breakfast," begins as an homage to this dietary practice, but
digresses into a discussion of nutrition, the Scarsdale diet, Herman
Tarnaur(sp?), and Jean Harris' jail sentence. She covers a lot of
ground in this one song.
Some of her material is a bit reminiscent of "The Roches" (the album,
in contrast to the other Roches albums), but her melodies are more
conventional, and, of course, she only has one voice. Nonetheless, I
find it has a similar kind of appeal.
I don't have the disc numbers handy, but they're all on Rounder, with
some other label I can't remember (Philo?). They are:
"Future Fossils"
"Beau Woes"
"It's a Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind"
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| 1298.1 | A Suzanne Vega imitator? | TALLIS::LIU | morgman | Mon Sep 19 1988 13:25 | 12 |
| Although I haven't heard any of her CD's in full, I have
heard a couple of her songs on the radio (like WERS morning
folk show "the Coffeehouse"). She strikes me as being simply a
poor Suzanne Vega imitator. Christine Lavin likes to do
what might be called "cultural name-dropping" in her songs --
trying to sound in tune with modern lifestyle by just mentioning
these quaint things in rapid succession. Suzanne, on the other
hand, writes meaningful and poetic lyrics. There might be a fine
line between the two, but there always is in good art.
I hope to listen to more Christine and find I am wrong in my
initial impressions.
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| 1298.2 | | AKOV11::BOYAJIAN | That was Zen; this is Dao | Mon Sep 19 1988 16:06 | 6 |
| re:.1
Except that, to my knowledge, Christine Lavin has been around
longer than Suzanne Vega has.
--- jerry
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| 1298.3 | | CRLVMS::HALBERT | Trellis/Owl, CRL | Fri Nov 04 1988 18:19 | 6 |
| Christine Lavin is one of the best humorous song writers I know of, and
her serious stuff is thought-provoking as well. Perhaps you heard her
Vega parody, "Mysterious Woman"! Listen a little bit more on the radio.
Take it with a :-).
--Dan
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| 1298.4 | | SSAG::GARDNER | | Sun Nov 27 1988 16:39 | 16 |
| re .1
> Suzanne, on the other hand, writes meaningful and poetic lyrics.
Funny, this is how I would describe Christine Lavin's songs. I find
that most of her songs strongly evoke people I know, often calling some
specific individual to mind. My wife feels similarly. I'm 37 if that
helps; I'd be surprised if her songs meant as much to people much
younger or older, or from a different cultural background.
"Beau Woes" is my personal favorite of her albums.
But thanks for making the comparison, I'll check out Suzanne Vega (who
I've never heard).
Ed
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