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Conference mr1pst::music

Title:	MUSIC V4
Notice:	New Noters please read Note 1.*, Mod = someone else
Moderator:	KDX200::COOPER

Created:	Wed Oct 09 1991
Last Modified:	Tue Mar 12 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	762
Total number of notes:	18706

553.0. "Toad The Wet Sprocket" by QRYCHE::STARR (Beauty and Sadness) Thu Nov 11 1993 11:16

Although I picked it up a few months ago, I just now got around to listening
to this band's debut album, entitled 'Fear'. (It is their debut album, isn't
it? I don't really know much about them.) Overall, I'm quite impressed! If you 
liked the single ("All I Want"), and like the kind of pop/rock you've heard 
from the Smithereens or Gin Blossoms, you'll also like this album.

Songlist:

Walk On The Ocean (the second single)
Is It For Me
Butterflies
Nightingale Song
Hold Her Down
Pray Your Gods
Before You Were Born
Something To Say
In My Ear
All I Want
Stories I Tell
I Will Not Take These Things For Granted

BTW, the album was actually released in 1991, I guess it just took a long
while to break!

alan

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
553.1	At Least Two Good Songs	TECRUS::ROST	Marcel Marceau's voice coach	`Thu Nov 11 1993 11:28`	7
	I thought they sounded more like REM than the Smithereens. I just picked it up in a $4.99 used bin last week myself. After the two singles, I thought it went downhill fast, but the hook in the chorus of "Walk On The ocean" was worth the price. Let's see if I'm still playing it in a few months... Brian
553.2	Frogs and Tadpoles	COLCAR::WIEGLEB	Thai Truck-Driving Hero	`Mon Dec 13 1993 20:58`	11
	Okay - someone's gotta ask! Where'd they get the name? Does it mean anything? While we're at it, what mid-80's group performed "Bite the Wax Tadpole"? Was it Stump? I remeber hearing some naminal explanation for it but I've since forgotten. Strange things gnaw on my brain at night and keep me awake. I can't help it. %^P - Dave
553.3	Why it's not quire the real thing in Peking	RNDHSE::WALL	Show me, don't tell me	`Tue Dec 14 1993 10:08`	5
	"Bite the Wax Tadpole" is what Coca-Cola sounds like in one of the more wide-spread Chinese dialects. DFW
553.4	solution . . .	NEMAIL::CARROLLJ	aka Dr. Emilio Lazardo	`Tue Dec 14 1993 12:59`	7
	re: name origin - C'mon, folks! It's from a Monty Python sketch!!! = Jimbo
553.5		SMURF::HAPGOOD	Java Java HEY!	`Tue Dec 14 1993 13:13`	7
	> C'mon, folks! It's from a Monty Python sketch!!! Re : toad ... Also, not the 1st band to use that name either.... bob
553.6		OTOOA::ESKICIOGLU	working harder isn't working	`Tue Dec 14 1993 14:00`	22
	You are from SMURF? Do you know what the matter is with CLASSICAL_MUSIC conference? >Also, not the 1st band to use that name either.... For instance, "Big Head Toad and the Monsters" is another. Big Head Toad and the Monsters is a great band, from Boulder, Colorado. I have their Sister Sweetly album and I love it. Inspite of their silly name, they make meaningful music. All songs are very sweet and lovely. I wanted to start a Big Head Toad and the Monsters note but I didn't think it would attract any attention since nobody else seems to know them, even though they do get airplay here in Canada. I discovered, over mail, that Greg from Colorado knows and likes them but he doesn't read this conference. Oh well. Lale
553.7		TPSYS::CLARK	Can you picture what will be?	`Tue Dec 14 1993 15:53`	8
	re <<< Note 553.6 by OTOOA::ESKICIOGLU "working harder isn't working" >>> > For instance, "Big Head Toad and the Monsters" is another. Actually it's "Big Head Todd and the Monsters," though I think I like your version better. ;^) - dc
553.8	a silly name, regardless ;-)	OTOOA::ESKICIOGLU	working harder isn't working	`Tue Dec 14 1993 16:26`	11
	I wish the earth beneath me would split into two and swallow me ;-) The noters in here are so kind, they always say that my version is more amusing or something ;-) Thanks. So, you know them. So, what do you think? Lale
553.9		SMURF::HAPGOOD	Java Java HEY!	`Tue Dec 14 1993 16:39`	11
	Silly name for sure.... I like Big Head Todd and the Monsters and had a chance to see them this year. They were excellent live as well. The first Toad the Wet Sprocket is a late 70's (early 80's) metal band. bob PS. I'm on smurf but don't know about classical_music.
553.10	Strange obsessions	KOLFAX::WIEGLEB	Thai Truck-Driving Hero	`Tue Dec 14 1993 21:50`	9
	Thank you! thank you! for the "Bite the Wax Tadpole" explanation. Now it comes back to me and I can sleep at night again. Unfortunately I've never heard the Monty Python sketch. Which album/film/show is it from? Context please. Thanks, - Dave
553.11		TECRUS::ROST	From the dance hall to hell	`Fri May 27 1994 14:40`	11
	Looks like a new Toad the Wet Sprocket album is now out.As far as the last one: >After the two singles, I thought it went downhill fast, but the hook >in the chorus of "Walk On The ocean" was worth the price. Let's see >if I'm still playing it in a few months... I still am playing it. It has some weak tracks, but I have grown to enjoy "I Will Not Take These Things for Granted" quite a bit. Brian