Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spin and twirl/She says sure and cool and yeah/She's my monosyllabic girl"). On a more critical note, the scathing, frenetic "It's My Job to Keep Punk Rock Elite" opens So Long with fiery skate punk underground attack on corporate A&R sharks, summed up in the song's closing dictate, "This music ain't your fuckin' industry...
Capitalizing on the reggae theme, the Marley-esque "Eat the Meek" champions a bass lullaby and a guitar characteristically accenting the off beats, so subtly that it seems almost like an afterthought. Although this may be the most adventurous song, it can't make up for the album's overall lack of effort...
...does the song writing process go for the band...
Morgane Lhote bashfully stands behind her Farfisa organ. Studiously attending to the transmission of the underlying chords to each song, she hardly notices the men ogling her. Guitarist Gane and bassist Richard Harrison lurk in the recesses of the stage, framing percussionist Andy Ramsay. Playing facing each other, neither of them ever take an extended look in the crowd's general direction...
...moments like those were fortunately few and far between. For the most part, it was a liberating experience for those in attendance, expatriates and otherwise. Presenting a treat, the group debuted the "Contronatura," the last song off their latest album. "We've never played this before," warned Sadier in her French-tinged accent, "so be prepared." This song perhaps best represents the jazz influence that permeates Stereolab's latest excursion into their artificial realm of dots and loops...