Comments on: The Pitchfork 500 Geek Rock – The Feelies to Mission Of Burma http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/15/the-pitchfork-500-geek-rock-the-feelies-to-mission-of-burma/ It's Better To Have Loft And Lost Than To Never Have Loft At All Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:23:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: loftandlost http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/15/the-pitchfork-500-geek-rock-the-feelies-to-mission-of-burma/#comment-579 loftandlost Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:26:54 +0000 http://loftandlost.wordpress.com/?p=1194#comment-579 Definitely! There's so many bands influenced by Television that it's almost easier to talk about who wasn't influenced by them... Definitely! There’s so many bands influenced by Television that it’s almost easier to talk about who wasn’t influenced by them…

]]> By: meeee http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/15/the-pitchfork-500-geek-rock-the-feelies-to-mission-of-burma/#comment-575 meeee Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:01:44 +0000 http://loftandlost.wordpress.com/?p=1194#comment-575 Just listened to "Guiding Light" by Television... reminded me immediately of the Violent Femmes. Don't you think there may have been an influence there too? Seriously, even the voice sounds so familiar. Just listened to “Guiding Light” by Television… reminded me immediately of the Violent Femmes. Don’t you think there may have been an influence there too? Seriously, even the voice sounds so familiar.

]]> By: loftandlost http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/15/the-pitchfork-500-geek-rock-the-feelies-to-mission-of-burma/#comment-179 loftandlost Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:23:51 +0000 http://loftandlost.wordpress.com/?p=1194#comment-179 I was looking at release dates - "Unknown Pleasures" having come out in 1979 and "Crazy Rhythms" in 1980 - but you could well be right in that The Feelies would have been playing this for a couple of years before releasing their record, so I stand corrected! I guess it's also that they both have similar influences, such as Velvet Underground/Lou Reed and early Bowie. I was looking at release dates – “Unknown Pleasures” having come out in 1979 and “Crazy Rhythms” in 1980 – but you could well be right in that The Feelies would have been playing this for a couple of years before releasing their record, so I stand corrected!

I guess it’s also that they both have similar influences, such as Velvet Underground/Lou Reed and early Bowie.

]]> By: Dan Holway http://loftandlost.com/2009/06/15/the-pitchfork-500-geek-rock-the-feelies-to-mission-of-burma/#comment-178 Dan Holway Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:42 +0000 http://loftandlost.wordpress.com/?p=1194#comment-178 "There’s a definite Joy Division meets Television thang going on (that drumbeat is taken straight from 'Interzone')..."? There is definitely a Television influence on the Feelies, but the Joy Division one is all in your mind. The Feelies were playing "The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness" at least two years before "Interzone" ever came out on record. “There’s a definite Joy Division meets Television thang going on (that drumbeat is taken straight from ‘Interzone’)…”?

There is definitely a Television influence on the Feelies, but the Joy Division one is all in your mind. The Feelies were playing “The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness” at least two years before “Interzone” ever came out on record.

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