Feelies, anyone!?

lobotomyactivist · June 21st, 2005, 05:34 PM

anyone else here listen to the Feelies? I always feel so alone when I mention them, and I figure some of the sensible people here HAVE to know this great little band.

Anyone?

tiktok · June 21st, 2005, 05:49 PM

Oh, I've got that album. Isn't it the one with the doubletime cover of "What Goes On"?

More people would probably know about the Feelies if they had relaxed their rule of gigging only on national holidays. Really.

robb3566 · June 21st, 2005, 05:58 PM

I love the Feelies! I used to have 'Only Life' and 'The Good Earth', before i got rid of all my vinyl. They're fellow Jerseyans...i'd love to see if those albums are still in print on CD...

lobotomyactivist · June 21st, 2005, 06:04 PM

those aren't in print, but Only Life is about $15 used (Good Earth goes for over $60). It's sad. The best you can do is get some one who has them to burn it for you...literally, that's what their former record label is doing for people.

I own the tapes and figuring since I already owned the music I *cough* somewhat illegally obtained about 30 of the mp3s.

danbind · June 21st, 2005, 11:19 PM

The Feelies were pretty cool. I started out with Only Life, then went to Crazy Rhythms and Time For a Witness. My favorite by them is a cover of "Dancing Barefoot" (with Brenda Sauter on vocals, and Mercer doing the whole spoken word thing at the end) on a flexidisc that came with "The BOB" underground music magazine sometime in the late 80's. U2 covered this song a couple of years later, and I always thought that they got the idea from the Feelies cover.

Tim Armstrong · June 21st, 2005, 11:26 PM

That version of "Dancing Barefoot" is profoundly great! I remember a few years later when U2 did a version, and man, it couldn't hold a candle!

I dug the Feelies.

Cheers, Tim

fungusyoung · June 21st, 2005, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by lobotomyactivist

those aren't in print, but Only Life is about $15 used (Good Earth goes for over $60). It's sad. The best you can do is get some one who has them to burn it for you...literally, that's what their former record label is doing for people.

I own the tapes and figuring since I already owned the music I *cough* somewhat illegally obtained about 30 of the mp3s.

I loved these guys. So cool to see them mentioned here. By the way, a copy of The Good Earth can be found reasonably ($15) by going here:

http://www.tt.net/coyote/projects/8673.html

I just ordered some other stuff from Twin Tone not long ago- they burn these "custom" CD's from whatever masters or sources they have on hand. The ones I've gotten sound great. What a fine record. I think I wore that one out way back when, and I'm gonna need to place another TT order now!

Bands the Feelies are immediately making me recall & want to mention: The Magnolias (long lost in the Minneapolis shuffle when compared to their contemporaries, Soul Asylum, Husker Du & Mats); Miracle Legion (another great band similar to the Feelies vein); Guadalcanal Diary (could've/should've been as huge as REM) & the Mekons (long live Jon Langford!).

Thanks for the blast from the past. I'm gonna keep my eye out for a used copy of Only Life too.

Tim Armstrong · June 22nd, 2005, 12:00 AM

Don't know if y'all are into the dB's, but the original lineup (Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple, Gene Holder and Will Rigby) are about to release a new CD of all new stuff. Oughta be very good!

http://www.thedbsonline.net

Cheers, Tim

rcliffg · June 22nd, 2005, 04:50 AM

It's still up there among my favorite albums. I love how the vocals are mixed way down low, like one of the instruments.

Simple, great tunes.

danbind · June 22nd, 2005, 09:50 AM

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before i got rid of all my vinyl.

GOT RID OF ALL MY VINYL? For shame!

danbind · June 22nd, 2005, 10:04 AM

Oh, yeah...the Feelies were the band that played the high school reunion in the movie "Something Wild"--they did a twisted version of Bowie's "Fame".

Great movie. If you haven't seen it, you should. Great soundtrack, too.

lobotomyactivist · June 22nd, 2005, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by rcliffg

It's still up there among my favorite albums. I love how the vocals are mixed way down low, like one of the instruments.

yeah, it's almost as if they're not pompous enough to try to claim the words are more important than the guitars or percussion. Though the lyrics are pretty good on some songs, like "The Undertow".

robb3566 · June 22nd, 2005, 01:19 PM

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before i got rid of all my vinyl.

GOT RID OF ALL MY VINYL? For shame!

Yeah, shame on me...i sold about 600 albums a few years ago...i had some good stuff too. I needed some cash, and my turntable had broken anyway, so...

lobotomyactivist · June 22nd, 2005, 01:21 PM

the thing that inspired me to start this thread was seeing a copy of The Good Earth on vinyl on eBay. If anyone wants it, it's $9.99, has about a day left on it.

danbind · June 22nd, 2005, 01:42 PM

I have a whole bunch of really obscure stuff that will most likely never see any sort of CD reissue. I have this fantasy that I will someday digitize it all. We'll see if it ever happens.

My current setup is:

AUX LINE OUT of turntable/receiver into Sony Digital 8 camcorder;
FireWire out of camcorder to PC.
Adobe Premier export of audio to a WAV file.
Partition into individual cuts.
Burn to CD.

I'm too cheap to streamline this process, although it takes a while to get one album converted.

June 21st, 2005, 05:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
lobotomyactivist Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Doylestown, PA Posts: 1,317 1 Photos	Feelies, anyone!? anyone else here listen to the Feelies? I always feel so alone when I mention them, and I figure some of the sensible people here HAVE to know this great little band. Anyone? __________________ Back again!

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June 21st, 2005, 05:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
robb3566 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Asbury Park, NJ Posts: 469 6 Photos	I love the Feelies! I used to have 'Only Life' and 'The Good Earth', before i got rid of all my vinyl. They're fellow Jerseyans...i'd love to see if those albums are still in print on CD... __________________ 'All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.' -Fran Lebowitz

June 21st, 2005, 06:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
lobotomyactivist Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Doylestown, PA Posts: 1,317 1 Photos	Nope those aren't in print, but Only Life is about $15 used (Good Earth goes for over $60). It's sad. The best you can do is get some one who has them to burn it for you...literally, that's what their former record label is doing for people. I own the tapes and figuring since I already owned the music I cough somewhat illegally obtained about 30 of the mp3s. __________________ Back again!

June 21st, 2005, 11:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 9,528	That version of "Dancing Barefoot" is profoundly great! I remember a few years later when U2 did a version, and man, it couldn't hold a candle! I dug the Feelies. Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

June 21st, 2005, 11:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
danbind TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Annandale, VA Posts: 71	The Feelies were pretty cool. I started out with Only Life, then went to Crazy Rhythms and Time For a Witness. My favorite by them is a cover of "Dancing Barefoot" (with Brenda Sauter on vocals, and Mercer doing the whole spoken word thing at the end) on a flexidisc that came with "The BOB" underground music magazine sometime in the late 80's. U2 covered this song a couple of years later, and I always thought that they got the idea from the Feelies cover.

June 22nd, 2005, 12:00 AM	#8 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 9,528	Don't know if y'all are into the dB's, but the original lineup (Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple, Gene Holder and Will Rigby) are about to release a new CD of all new stuff. Oughta be very good! http://www.thedbsonline.net Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

June 22nd, 2005, 04:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
rcliffg Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 168	The Good Earth It's still up there among my favorite albums. I love how the vocals are mixed way down low, like one of the instruments. Simple, great tunes.

June 22nd, 2005, 10:04 AM	#11 (permalink)
danbind TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Annandale, VA Posts: 71	Oh, yeah...the Feelies were the band that played the high school reunion in the movie "Something Wild"--they did a twisted version of Bowie's "Fame". Great movie. If you haven't seen it, you should. Great soundtrack, too.

June 22nd, 2005, 01:21 PM	#14 (permalink)
lobotomyactivist Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Doylestown, PA Posts: 1,317 1 Photos	funny the thing that inspired me to start this thread was seeing a copy of The Good Earth on vinyl on eBay. If anyone wants it, it's $9.99, has about a day left on it. __________________ Back again!

June 22nd, 2005, 01:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
danbind TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Annandale, VA Posts: 71	I have a whole bunch of really obscure stuff that will most likely never see any sort of CD reissue. I have this fantasy that I will someday digitize it all. We'll see if it ever happens. My current setup is: AUX LINE OUT of turntable/receiver into Sony Digital 8 camcorder; FireWire out of camcorder to PC. Adobe Premier export of audio to a WAV file. Partition into individual cuts. Burn to CD. I'm too cheap to streamline this process, although it takes a while to get one album converted.