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Love-Hounds Digest			    Tuesday, March 11, 1986, 05:00

Today's Topics:

		  Jack O'Roe and traditional themes
		    Laurie Anderson tour? (2 msgs)

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Date:     Fri, 7 Mar 86 9:51:44 EST
From: Hofmann@AMSAA.ARPA
Subject:  Jack O'Roe and traditional themes

Jack O'Roe?  You might have better luck querying net.dead but from what I've
heard of the song - it is the same theme about a woman posing as a cabin boy
but the story is quite different.  Apparently, this Jack O'Roe is dressed as
such to follow her love into war.  I'm not sure if her sailor boyfriend finds
out who she is until the very end when she lies dying after saving him I think.
She states that she would rather see, "10,000 fall" than see her boyfriend die.
Again, my grasp of lyrics and facts is very tenuous.  But then what are facts,
anyway?  Usually things that get disproved later anyway.  Are we speaking
relativistspeak or redundantspeak?

So the Dead song is a lot less baudy and more sad.  So be it.

Alot of traditional songs (especially from England) make their way in varying
degrees to rock.  Stagger Lee comes to mind - I've heard the Dead do this
song and the Clash do this song and some old bluesmen do this song and each
time it's different.  Anyone know of other Stagger Lee "covers"?

Summary:

Group                          Proposed Interpretation
-----
Dead			    Stagger Lee is a big bully who shoots
			     some dude named Billy(?).  Billy's 
			    girlfriend shoots Stagger Lee's balls off 
			    ("he shot my baby dead, now he's got to die")
			    when the police prove ineffectual ("you
				bust the girl who are turning tricks
				but you're scared of Stagger Lee").
			    

Clash			    The Clash specifically warn Boyo to stay
			    away from STagger Lee.  He's dangerous
			    and will only hurt you.

old bluesman		    Typical male revenge song.  Billy blows
			    away Stagger or Stagger wins....

Jim Croce		    Same type of story, different name - Leroy
		            Brown.

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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 86 12:17:53 EST
From: hsut@ec.purdue.edu (Tsun-Yuk Hsu)



If you're thinking of replacing your worn-out Talking Heads tapes with
the $3.50 copies of Fear of Music and Remain in Light listed in the
recent Wayside catalog, be warned that no lyric sheets are included.
Also, my cassette of Cabaret Voltaire's Crackdown came in a 
half-disintegrated cassette case (the tape was undamaged). And of course
they sold out of Sonic Youth's Kill Yr. Idols. AAAAAAARGGHHHHHHHHHH!!

Other than that, of course, Wayside is still a great place to order
your obscure music from.

(How can you be out of Sonic Youth? Sigh...)


			"Suicide statements are the measure of the man"

			 Bill Hsu

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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 86 01:59:41 est
From: bdmrrr!potomac!jsl@seismo.CSS.GOV (John Labovitz)
Subject: Laurie Anderson tour?

While reading net.music.synth, I noticed references to various Laurie
Anderson shows.  Is she on tour?  Does anyone know the tour schedule;
in particular, is she coming to DC?

PLEASE let me know.  I really want to see her again (so does my mother,
and about 10 of my friends).

John Labovitz		..!{rlgvax,seismo}!bdmrrr!potomac!jsl
--
Don't act so embarrassed
It's a family trait
	-- Robyn Hitchcock

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 86 02:40:23 EST
From: nessus (Doug Alan)
Subject: Re:  Laurie Anderson tour

Laurie Anderson just played the Centrum in Boston.  I don't know,
however, whether or not this was part of a tour, or where she is
playing if it is.  Be on the lookout!

		"Last night I dreamed I had to take a test in a
		 Dairy Queen on another planet"

		 Doug


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