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     Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 80 Registered: 03-2007 |
While doing some more rummaging about through old articles earlier, I came across that might explain the origin of the apparent (according to other sites anyway) 'rumor' that the Go-Betweens once went under the pseudonym 'The Patch-Up Boys' for a Kinks tribute album: ""VARIOUS ARTISTS SHANGRI-LA: A TRIBUTE TO THE KINKS COMMUNION/IMAGINARY Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff 10 August 1989 The Boston Globe Kinks' cover songs were all the rage in the late '70s/early '80s (Prentenders, Jam, Van Halen) and multi-band tribute albums to old masters are an underground rage now -- a punkish response to classic hits mania. "Shangri-La," a 14-song tribute to the Kinks, follows the superb tribute to Johnny Cash and precedes a tribute to Neil Young. It's a winning mix of the obvious with England's Cud doing "Lola" and the obscure, but leaning to the latter. As Kinks cultists well know, their treasury of obscurities is well-stocked and the choices made here are apt. Most versions are relatively faithful to the originals, no full-blown parodies, though a few garage-rock thrashers. They serve to remind how fresh old songs in new hands can sound. There are no stars here, unless you count the Fleshtones who thrash through "Too Much On My Mind" and the Go-Betweens, with a pseudonymn of Patch-Up Boys.A cool footnote: The album includes Dave Davies' biggest English hit, "Suzannah's Still Alive," just like almost every Kinks' record. A nice, fey rendition by England's Cardiacs. " | ||
| Greg Adams Member Username: Greg_adams Post Number: 19 Registered: 06-2005 |
I bought this compilation because of the urban legend that the Patch-Up Boys were the Go-Betweens, and I can say with absolute certainty that it's not the same band. |