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| 1. Be My Noir |
| 2. Silly Elephant Who Stomped to Tea |
| 3. Raglan |
| 4. My Black Bag |
| 5. Honeybomb |
| 6. Bondage of the Sea |
| 7. Ocean Beach |
| 8. Madagasgar |
| 9. Into the West |
| 10. Drift |
| 11. Pull of the Moon |
| 12. Dancing in Her Sleep |
Food for Other Fish,The Mermen,M.B.(Burnside),Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop,Surf Revival
Food for Other Fish [Live]
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Food for Other Fish
The Mermen Manufacturer: M.B ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Surf Rock
| Oldies & Retro
| Rock
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General
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ASIN: B00004TGL8 Release Date: 1999-10-06 |
Tracks:
- Be My Noir
- Silly Elephant Who Stomped to Tea
- Raglan
- My Black Bag
- Honeybomb
- Bondage of the Sea
- Ocean Beach
- Madagasgar
- Into the West
- Drift
- Pull of the Moon
- Dancing in Her Sleep
Average customer rating: 
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Food for Other Fish
The Mermen Manufacturer: M.B.(Burnside) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Surf Rock
| Oldies & Retro
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Surf Guitar
| Rock Guitarists
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Rock Guitarists
| Live Albums
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Live Albums
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Oldies & Retro
| Rock
| Indie Music
| Stores
| Music
Rock Guitarists
| Rock
| Indie Music
| Stores
| Music
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ASIN: B00005K29K Release Date: 2001-07-03 |
Tracks:
- Be My Noir
- Silly Elephant Who Stomped to Tea
- Raglan
- My Black Bag
- Honeybomb
- Bondage of the Sea
- Ocean Beach
- Madagasgar
- Into the West
- Drift
- Pull of the Moon
- Dancing in Her Sleep
Customer Reviews:
I heard this and bought them all!.......2002-11-21
Ranks with "Sgt Pepper" & "Getz/Gilberto", 1 of the greatest.......2001-07-27
There's not a bad tune or a wasted bar on this whole CD. I'm serious about the headline- its like "Sgt. Pepper" or "Getz/Gilberto" or Brubeck's "Take Five", Bela Fleck and the Flecktones "Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo", Ormandy and Fox's recording of Saint-Saens' Symphony Number 3, Martha Argerich playing Rachmaninoff's Concerto for Piano number 3, Jai Uttal's "Monkey", Strunz & Farah "Live", or David Grisman's "Mondo Mando"- however you define intense, expressive, timeless music, this is more. In spades.
The Mermen blend the technique of psychedlic rock with the intensity of classical and jazz composition. No boogie-ing on, no solos over vamps. On this, their first CD, composer/guitarist Jim Thomas, bassist Allen Whitman and drummer Martyn Jones captured their live sound in a set of songs that they had been playing for the previous decade. Most of this disc was played live into a 2 track DAT recorder. I saw them then, and they really were that good. Perfect in one take.
Thomas' devotion to clean sound was at its height, whether playing sweetly and gently or juggling raw electricity like Jimi Hendrix or Duane Allman. He sounds like an angel who learned to play surf but couldn't quite forget the heavenly choir. Even as he pulls you into a curling feedback tube and lets it collapse in a million droplets of howling noise around you. Thomas's music is, without question, *about* the sea, about surfing. No band has been better named. This disc is the great surf novel, expressing in music a range of emotions and images that might be impossible to find words for.
Whitman's bass playing is a brilliant foil for Thomas here- carrying some or all of the melody some times, providing counterpoint. The way bass and guitar trade melodic lines, the way all three instruments take turns supporting rhythm or melody is miles and miles beyond anyone else playing 'surf music'. "Ocean Beach" is a case in point- the song is essentially a bass solo supported by guitar solos. Forget Dick Dale, Laika and the Cosmonauts, etc, etc. Whitman was the best bassist working in this field in those days and resets your expectations forever after.
Martyn Jones' drumming combines relaxed competence with a cymbal sound that is so close to crashing surf that the effect cannot be accidental. As much as the 'surf' flavor of the melody and playing, Jones' spare and dynamic drumming conveys the feel of the sea. He starts some songs, ends some songs and adds that one extra touch that makes a good song great- the ska-like rim-shots at the end of "Ocean Beach" for example. The shimmering AND ticking cymbals, and dramatic rolls, that make "Be My Noir" such a delight.
Listen to this record. Buy this record. Find something you love as much as these men loved this music, and maybe you'll be lucky enough to create something a fraction as beautiful.
Classic!.......2001-06-21
5 Stars? How about 5 squared?.......2001-06-14
Why? Cause its just so profound! This is the real SOUL music. Its Ravel on steroids. Its the Pacific Ocean rushing up to greet you, grabbing you, flinging you under, and holding you down, until you can't get your breath, and a white light in a tunnel dawns in your brain.
Its music that conveys a sense of the awesome, solemn, beauty of a natural world that is sometimes tender, sometimes cruel, changable, and dangerous--like Ramakrishnas vision of Kali rising from the waters, giving birth, then biting the head of the newborn infant before slipping beneath the waves. Its music that expresses all of the power of the Collective Unconscious.
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