The Feelies / Died Pretty
ULU, London
Melody Maker, November 29 1986
The Feelies
The Good Earth
Melody Maker, September 27 1986
And the answer is.... no.
Until today, in fact.
Crazy Rhythms, I like rather more. But it's a pretty pared-down pleasure.
The self-effacing austerity of this kind of thing - its un-Iggyness - is why I never really got with the college rock program.
Songs from Crazy Rhythms are used well in this cool cult film Smithereens though
In particular, the tentative, slowly-accelerating intro instrumental part of "Loveless Love" becomes a recurring mood-setting leitmotif of the whole picture
Heard in this context, I'm Feelies-ing it more and more...
