From: Tara, night_of_light@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: AENT + sign / Goldfish video
Date: 2/3/2002 8:53:47 AM
To: sleepycat@eudoramail.com
seance@lists.no-fi.com


I don't think your reaction is so strange.  When I heard "After Everything" 
played live in NYC, I actually put my head down on the stage and cried.  Of 
course, that was a few fuzzy navels and some long island teas later, but...
I differ with you on the issue of "Electric," though.  I don't find it to 
be down at all.  "When I touch your skin, the feeling is...electric!"  I 
think that's pretty damn positive.  It redeems the rest of the song's 
downbeat lyrics, for me, anyway.  I guess it doesn't for you.  But there's 
no positive touching in "The Eternal" is there?  Think about 
that.  Touching is a good thing, a healing thing. ;)

>I'd like to make it clear that my strange reaction to "After Everything" 
>was largely because I was sick (completely recovered now), but I still 
>find the thing quite poignant (it's significant that it was the only song 
>to affect me that way even in my strange condition) - alongside 'this 
>wonderful little wristslitter "Electric" ' (as I introduced it on radio 
>once) it is one of the most relentlessly miserable songs they have ever 
>recorded.  I just don't detect a single note of hope in this song, all 
>just quiet measured resignation, reminds me of Joy Division's brilliant 
>"The Eternal" in this regard.  It's so negative that it's not even *dark* 
>- it's just plain *down*.

"Already Yesterday" is the video.  I've never seen that one, and I'm only a 
bit curious about that one since Heyday is one of my favorite Church 
albums, and I usually wind up skipping this song and "Youth Worshipper" 
because life is just too damn short to waste time listening to your 
favorite band do things songs like *that.*


>* I was sure there is a video off one of the Heyday tracks where *most* of 
>the video is footage of Papua New Guinea tribespeople.  Did one of the 
>videos have two versions, or is this a song not included on "Goldfish".

Hmmm...well, you've mentioned "Ripple" and "Two Places At Once," if we're 
not counting side projects, that only leaves the video for ..."Louisiana," 
was it?  I don't know if it's up there now (probably not) but you used to 
be able to stream this video off Shadow Cabinet.  I just tried to open the 
good 'ole Shadow Cabinet to confirm this and it appears to be down. :(


>* Goldfish is very outdated because it only goes until 1990, but how many 
>videos have the band actually shot since then? I could only think of 
>'Ripple' and 'Two Places At Once' (excluding live videos and side 
>projects) - have there been any more or have they completely quit this 
>line of marketing?
>
>Cheers, Kevin.

Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name...
Tara



"That's all changed.  I've been exposed to myself now, I don't have to go 
about doing it to others." -- David St. Hubbins


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